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Forty two

Author: Tcee Eke
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56

The sound of Franklin's hand hitting the glass table made the man flinch.

The place Franklin hit with his hand had shattered and pieces of glass were in his hand. Blood dripped unto the clear now broken glass table. The man was surely a strong geriatric.

“So we lost goods worth about one point five million, and you're here looking like we didn't lose a dime?!” Franklin snapped angrily.

He hardly ever got angry, but when he did, it was never good.

The man that brought him the news was already shivering in his seat. He knew better than to cross the geriatric, a snap of his finger could end him.

“Leave my study.” Franklin said in a disturbingly calm voice that sent shivers down the man's spine.

But the shivers engulfed him whole because he had no spine. He was a spineless man who did each and every bidding of Franklin. And if he happened to develop a spine, he'd become lost in history and life.

So the man stood up and walked out of the room quietly.

Franklin tapped on the table bell onc
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