A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 95

John’s fingers eased around his golden fountain pen just then, as Randy’s words seemed to offer him assurance.

As for Randy, he was heaving a subtle sigh of relief–thank goodness he was sharp enough, or the days ahead would be disastrous.

“I’ll be constantly keeping an eye on things over there too, sir,” he quickly added. “I won’t ever let her be hurt by those loathsome dirtbags.”

“Good,” John replied, and finally turned his attention to his computer, returning to his own work.

The atmosphere at the conference room in Starstream Group was immeasurably grim.

They had never been a major enterprise, but things had always been calm, and they had never faced such a terrible crisis.

end, no one could hide their anxiety and panic at

Suddenly, someone spoke.

this goes on, I’m worried that our company

her words to trail off, while appearing to look apprehensive as well. Cordy looked at her just then, knowing all

never changed over the years–Kyle

look at everyone else, she said, “Accept the customers‘ demands for refunds. Stick to the full process for any customers as long as they ask for it–no questions asked, including

always reached at least 50,000 items nationwide. The company would never be able to

replied calmly, though she had been

about working for Cordy. While they had things to say since this

certainly trumped the anxious crowd, and they could not help being sincerely willing to listen to her arrangements. “Accept the refunds is the first step to salvaging our good name. The second is for Finance to do some math: I want the numbers of the expected losses, presuming that fifty percent of all refunds go through and include all due payments to our suppliers. I just need a number on how much capital we would lose, but I need it today… Sorry, but that probably means Finance

the head of finance, promptly replied, “Okay, I’ll make the

the major media outlets of North City, but there’s no need to bribe or sway them. However, the PR team must play nice so