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Chapter 21
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2022-01-04 06:22:28Adair’s Point of View
The morning is spent at sitting in a boring business meeting with people pitching ideas about our next project based on technology, health care, and interaction and quite frankly everything they had to say sucked like hell.
Relieved, I let out a deep breath and close my eyes as the last presentation finally comes to an end.
“We will continue to go through the proposals and short list some more people. Ms. Lodhi will be in contact with those who move forward. You may leave now.” I say in a bored tone telling everyone to get the hell out now.
There will be no short list because no one made it to the short list.
As soon as everyone leaves, Ms. Lodhi and I are left alone to discuss these bland and juvenile proposals.
“What do you think Mr. Adair?” Ms. Lodhi asks stapling the one page summaries of proposals together.
“What I think is that they w
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