Chapter 6

Sebastian presented a plan to construct a complete new structure to build a five star hotel just near the resort and in process plain a few forested areas and he also proposed to buy the resort from

Uncle Peter. I could see the stress on Uncle Peter’s face. I couldn’t hold myself and said

“so this is how you want to ruin the town and its natural beauty, this is where you were born..did you even think about it twice. There are so many other ways”

Sebastian stopped me there and smirked, “so you want to say that you have better ideas, I don’t remember you being a part of the presentation team”

Mayor got up and said all the questions and concerns will be discussed at the end, the presentations shouldn’t stop. I agreed.

It was Adam’s turn now, one of his assistant got up to start the presentation when Adam stopped him and said pointing towards me I want to hear this young lady’s ideas first.

‘She is not presenting the deals for today Mr Glass’ said the Mayor.

Adam replied ‘She just said there are other ways, I am curious as to what has she got in that little brain of hers’

I stood up and said defiantly ‘my brain is not little’

He smiled for a second there but quickly got his serious look back.

Mayor Asked me to expand on what ideas I was talking about.

I stood up and could literally hear my heartbeat in my ears. Sebastian smirked, and that gave me an unknown courage and I started talking like a professional.

I started by saying “you cannot talk about bringing prosperity to the town if you want to rip it off of its natural beauty and take business away from someone whose family has owned it for generations(looking at Uncle Peter). You can bring prosperity and business both only if you think about the town itself and its people first. First off all a big hotel in this town is a good idea as it will generate lots of job vacancies and town youth won’t have to go anywhere else, it will also open ways for new shops and other ventures, but we don’t want this to happen at the venture of loosing the town’s history.

Lets talk about the alternative I have in mind, three kilometres into the woods there is an abandoned warehouse if you all know” its a plain area around 30 to 50 acres as I have heard I don’t know the exact details. It is surrounded by mountains, forests and is also near to a lake. For this you won’t have to do deforestation, or hurt any part of the nature. The area is already a plain abandoned area for decades so you don’t have to cut trees or anything. You can use ecological resources, eco friendly materials as much as possible and go from there. There should definitely be a detailed plan around this including the management of waste materials.”

Everyone was silent and looking at me, I hear a clap from Uncle Peter and The Mayor followed, my cheeks turned red but I tried to be composed and calm.

The Mayor asked Adam, it is your turn Mr Glass.

Adam said “thats what I put forward. The young lady’s idea. I am happy to go forward with it and invest only if she agrees to be a part of the planning process and also helps when the construction starts”

Sebastian’s face turned green, I am not exaggerating he literally looked like he will explode. It gave me some satisfaction. But I definitely don’t have the experience to be a part of such a big project. The Mayor and Uncle Peter had a chat with me and said it is on me to save Uncle Peter’s resort and also brighten the future of the town. I hesitantly said Yes to the offer.