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LUCAS

Author: KC Sylvester
last update Last Updated: 2021-10-08 03:22:31

Lucas was busy in his office pouring over the presentation he will be making to his investors in the next few hours when his phone rang. His company just won a bid to be the sole producer of a pharmaceutical product that will be able to cure the illness of Cystic Fibrosis. A respiratory illness that has gone ages without a cure and just a few months ago scientists had a breakthrough. 

He turned his dark brown eyes in the direction of the ringing phone. He didn't need the distraction right now. This presentation will determine if his company gets the funding he needs to fully go into more research and mass production of the drug. He needs the right words to convince the rich folks he is going to meet that this endeavor is worth aligning their ship to because in few months he will be lining their pockets with a lot of money more than they will invest into his company. 

The phone stopped and started up again. To avoid the sound interrupting him again Lucas picke

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