Chapter Seventeen

George finished with the delivery guys and saw them off, as he was returning to discuss with Lucy his phone rang. It was his company's secretary Jane all the way from China, he ignored the call and said to himself that he would call after talking to Lucy because what he had to say could not wait. Jane called again and that was what alarmed George, she would never call again if it was not important.

So George picked the call, "Yes Jane, is there a problem?"  he asked.

Lucy heard him ask Jane what was wrong and all of a sudden George stopped and turned pale, it was as if he had seen a ghost,

 "George is everything okay?" Lucy walked over to him and asked with so much concern.

"Okay I'm taking the next flight out, everything will be fine", George assured his secretary and cut the line.

 "I have to go, there's been a slight set back at the shipping company and if I don't get there as soon as possible my company is history" he told Lucy a