Chapter 7

Philip's POV

I was standing in front of the mirror adjusting my tie. Today, something seemed to be off, but I couldn't quite think of what it was.

My phone vibrated breaking me from the train of my thoughts.

“Mr. Brooks,” Adrian’s voice came through the speaker, “I think the board is panicking now, the sales are down and they want an emergency meeting, like, now. ”

“Christ,” I said aloud, as I raked my fingers through my thinning hair. ”I’ll be there in twenty.“

Taking the keys, I ran out of the house with streams of thoughts in my head. It could not be this bad, could it? We used to dominate the market for quite a number of years. This could only have been a blip, right?

Staring off into space, I nearly ran into a kid. I hastily held the brakes and shuddered at the close proximity that nearly claimed th child's life.

'‘Bloody hell!’' I cursed as I slammed the car into the park and got out. "Hey, kid! You okay?"

The boy then raised his eyes towards me and I could see he was on