Surprise Melody Flintkote. Part Two
Copyright© 2019 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 1
I do hate to do this. My crew is ready ... I’ve trained them as best I could. I’d have to say they’re as good as I was when I was working for Mike in Auckland. I’ve grown a lot since North Island. I am particularly proud of my doors.
I knocked on the boss’s door. “Got a minute?”
He nodded. “Come in, Mel.”
The whole crew calls me Mel ... Surprise was just too much.
“Have a seat. I just have to look at this build sheet. Just a mo.” I sat.
“Want a look. The customer specified your cabinets.”
I shook my head. Jeez ... make me feel bad already.
“No?”
I slid the envelope with my notice onto his desk.
He picked it up and looked at it. “I’m not going to like this, am I?”
“I found my siblings. I believe I mentioned the possibility when I hired on,” I said. “I’ll work out my notice. Then I’ll be gone.”
“How’s your crew? Can they handle it?”
“There isn’t anything left I can teach them. They’re as good as I was 5 years ago.”
“We’ll miss you. Two weeks?”
I nodded, “Now, I want to talk to you about rebuilding my boat.”
He was all business.
“You have a boat? You know we are principally catamarans?”
“You know that cat, Basilisk?”
“Across the Coomera? Surely that’s not your boat ... some rich kid owns it.”
I tootled my fingers. “Rich kid here,” I said.
“Flintkote? You’re not...”
“Flintkote Industries. The three of us.”
The phone rang ... several times. It didn’t stop.
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