>>5700335Alrighty, you begin with a nervous chuckle in your voice, she’s gonna have to explain a little!
“My father, as you’re probably aware, is <span class="mu-s">BERNARD HYRAM HAUSER: CEO OF HAUSER PHARMACEUTICALS</span> per my grandfather <span class="mu-s">IAN RYAN HAUSER’S</span> passing.”
And his company makes all the neat drugs, right? For athletes and soldiers and stuff?
“Exactly.” Nods your new employer. “It’s no secret that he’s dealt with the devil-”
Wai-<span class="mu-i">wh-Wh-</span><span class="mu-s">WHAAAAT?!</span>
“... it’s an <span class="mu-i">expression</span>. He’s performed shady deals in the past.”
Oh, gotcha.
“Yes, well,” Sighs the heiress as she begins to pace around the room, “Needless to say it rubs Dare and I the wrong way-”
She means <span class="mu-s">DARREN,</span> right?
“My brother, yes…” The girl answers with a raised eyebrow.
What’s <span class="mu-i">his</span> deal in all this?
“Dare is next in line for the keys to the proverbial ‘<span class="mu-i">Castle</span>’.” Mina groans. “Even though father knows <span class="mu-i">damn</span> well that Darren doesn’t want the company, he would see it burn to the ground before handing it off to me.” Before you can ask, the girl looks at you with tiredness breaking through her cool facade.
“He’s old-fashioned like that, and so are his cronies.”
So… what, you frown, is she asking you to <span class="mu-i">kill</span> this guy, o-
“Of <span class="mu-i">COURSE</span> not!” She exclaims as her eyes widen in disbelief! “No, no, that… that won’t be necessary…” Taking a few steadying breaths, the President drums her painted nails on the wall. “I… worry that father is going to do something drastic soon… something that’ll affect more than just our family.”
Well <span class="mu-i">that’s</span> just the right blend of vague and ominous! What’s she mean by that, huh?
“I mean exactly what I said:” She shrugs, “When I told father when we’d be holding our party this year, his reaction was…” Biting her lip to think of the right words, they come to her a moment later. “<span class="mu-i">Off.</span> Like I’d told him we’d be having it on his <span class="mu-i">birthday</span> or something. It’s never been an issue before and we’d discussed it months in advance…”
To be fair, you interject, having it on his B-Day <span class="mu-i">WOULD</span> be a dick move!
“Yes, yes it would…”
>CONTD. 