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Jay was someone that was never not in close proximity to his phone. Karen very much knew that. Why he was not picking her calls greatly baffled her.

What if Carlos Fowler had gotten to him and hurt him?

Fear gripped her. She searched her phone for Mr Hugo's phone number and called him quickly.

Hugo had her end the call and promised to find out if anything had happened to Jay and get back to her as he had clocked out from work.

Karen waited impatiently. Checking the time, she realised time had flown by so quickly. Hugo was yet to return his call as he promised and it had already passed fifteen minutes since he promised to call back.

Then her phone rang and quickly she picked up.“Yes, were you able to reach him?

“Miss Karen…” Hugo started but then paused. “I'm sorry but Chairman Jay can't talk to you right now.”

Karen felt a shadow envelope her. Forcing back a lump, she asked, “why? Is he busy with work?”

“No. Urhm, personal stuff.”

A soft sigh escaped her. She wanted to ask what pe