Under His Protection

“Hi Jas, Lisa how do you do” he asked smiling and at the same time shifting his glasses up his nose.
 Jasmine nodded, and Lisa bowed slightly, each of them smiling.


“How do you do Mr. Grant?” Lisa said


“Hi Dad, you know sometimes I still wonder how much of that stuff you consume weekly”


“I don’t know. I mean I like it so much that I don’t even care how much of it I take daily. What does it even matter? It’s healthy. I feel nostalgic with every sip, the good old days. Let’s leave that can we? How was your day as CEO?” he said, smiling coyly.


“Dad, it was a hell of a day. Quite enjoyable though, I feel being a CEO is not that much of a stress, minus the mental torture though.” She said and sighed.


“Securing the Zink computer deal is hellish Dad” she complained, tomorrow, the board expects me to come up with a brilliant idea and an efficacious strategy. Dad they do not even want to help and it’s frustrating” she hollered in exasperation. 
Avram Grant was cool. He smiled, his signature relaxed smile and Jasmine thought she was seeing in him an irresponsible father for the first time. He looked as if to say

“Girl that’s your problem”


“If you take cognizance of the board breathing down your neck while leading, you are bound to fail. Yes Jas, categorical failure. For a fact, the board doesn’t give a damn about you. All they care about is their money; profit optimization, baby.” He said, his face devoid of any emotions.


“But dad, what the fuck do I do!” Jasmine bellowed, tears glistening in her eyes.
Again, Avram Grant was cool. He decided to keep quiet, expecting her to burst out in emotions so he would laugh at her.


“Dad!” she wailed like a child,

“Won’t you say something?”


“Okay, easy now, easy now. Don’t go all puppy on me ” her father said,

“Relax, relax, but you can still cry. I cried a lot in the past and it kind of made me better. I mean even a king was once a crying baby. But if you are going to cry, at least cry like a pro, not like an amateur” he said and she laughed.


“I knew the board was going to give you a hell of a day. But you see, every monster has a weakness and every organization has its imperfections. I pursued and studied the organization for as long as 7 months and I noticed, that Zinc computers will soon go bankrupt!” 
Lisa and Jasmine could not believe it. Why would Brown link corporations be interested in buying off a company with its debt?
“ The wonderful thing about business is, we are all only playing games. Yes, probably you might be thinking we should all be on our heels about the deal but one thing we all forget is there is always a beautiful side to every nutty situation. Zink computer executives are still holding out because they think their soon to happen bankruptcy is still secret, we can settle the deal by showing them evidence of their company’s huge debts, telling them we would buy them off completely with their debts, and also give them a stake and with their promising products, Brown links can kick start its own computer gadgets manufacturing operations”


It was like a revelation, Jasmine was happy, she took determined strides toward her dad and hugged him.


“Dad, I love you!” she yelled and her dad laughed while Lisa looked on, all smiles.