100 Days With Mr Romero

Frankie knocked on the door to Gideon’s room with a careful sense of uncertainty.

“Come in Frankie. ” responded Gideon from the outside as if he was expecting him.

“Good morning Sir. ” Frankie greeted the moment he walked in.

“Your breakfast is ready. ” he said.

Frankie wasn’t sure whether Gideon will have the meal yet he tried his luck. Throughout last month, Gidoen had been skipping meals and when Frankie places it for him on his table, he barely touches it.

This is as a result of the crises he was having with his business. Since after the accident in the bat tub, Frankie noticed a sense of cheerfulness radiating around Gideon so he decided to try his luck with the breakfast that morning.

Gideon was seating on his bed reading a book when Frankie walked in to invite him for the breakfast.

“I’ll be there shortly. ” replied Gideon and Frankie smiled and nodded.

Few minutes later, Gidoen had joined Frankie in the living room.

“Why don’t we have the breakfast together? ” suggested Gidoen while pointing to the dining table.

“No sir. I’ll have my breakfast in my room. ” declined Frankie.

“Come on Frankie. Sit and eat with me. ” insisted Gideon with a smile.

Frankie nodded and accepted the offer. He sat opposite Gideon and when he reached for the spoon, his hands were shaking. Gideon chuckle and told him to relax.

After having breakfast that morning with his chef, Gideon drove himself to the office.

“Good morning Judy. ” he greeted her while walking pass her office to his.

“Morning sir. ” she replied witg her eyes all over him.

She quickly stood up and hurried after him with a file. He took off his jacket, place it around his chair and sat.

“There’s an invitation letter here sir. ” began Judy taking the letter out of the file.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“It came from the city museum. ” she said handing the letter to him.

Gideon collected it and opened it. He smiled and instantly stood up.

“This is good news Judy. ” he said flashing the letter before her.

Judy smiled even though she didn’t know what the good news was.

“The museum is requesting for our company to be part of their event tonight. They are booking all our bar tendants for their annual event this night . ” explained Gideon.

“We will also be supplying all the wine needed at the event tommorow night. ” he added.

“Wow! ” declared Judy.

“Send a confirmation letter immediately and seal the deal with them. ” ordered Gideon.

“Right away sir. ” Judy replied and walked out of the office smiling.

“What a way to start the morning. ” commented Gideon.

Judy called the museum and confirmed their acceptance of the offer. She went back to Gideon and reported to him that the deal had been officially sealed.

“However sir. ” Observed Judy when she went back to his office.

“The museum will be needing fity two bottles of Roaming dog wine and we just have twelve. ” she said.

‘What? ” blurted Gideon.

“Call the warehouse immediately. ” he ordered her.

“I did sir. We are all out. ” confirmed Judy.

Gideon stood up and began pacing around his office.

“We can’t afford to loose this deal Judy. We can’t. ” he said hitting his palms.

“We have two options here. ” began Judy.

“Either we call the museum and cancel the deal or.. ”

“Never. ” interrupted Gideon.

“If we cancel this deal, they’ll never give us another one when another opportunity comes. We will be tagged as incompetent. ” he almost screamed.

“What’s your other idea? ” he asked her after seating down.

“We get another brand, buy the wine from them and supply it to the museum

since our bar tendants will be the one’s handling the drinks. ” said Judy.

“That way, we can safe our face.” explained Judy.

“Genius! Your a genius Judy. ” Gideon screamed in excitement.

Judy smiled feeling proud.

“Get me the contact list of all bars in the city. We need to start calling them immediately. ” Gideon instructed her.

“Yes Sir. ” Judy replied and went out.

An hour later, Judy was back in Gideon’s office with a paper containing the list of contacts of bar owners and wine sellers in New york.

“I’ve compiled a list sir. ” she said presenting the paper to Gideon.

“First on our list is FREDDY’S ” Gideon said bringing out his mobile phone from the drawer.

He dailed their official contact number and got a negative response.

“They are out of Roaming dog. ” he told Judy and immediately dailed the next contact on the list.

“Tommorow? I need it tonight. ” Gideon said then hung up the call after nodding.

Gideon had placed his phone on speaker so Judy was hearing everything.

“Next? ” said an impatient Gideon.

“ZINOX. ” Judy said.

Gideon dialed their number and someone picked the call.

“Hello this is Mr. Romero. I need about fourty bottles of Roaming dog wine please? ” Gideon asked.

“I’m sorry we don’t take orders now. We only offer bar services. ” replied the woman who answered the call.

“You can contact our main office. They take orders. ” she suggested.

“Who is in charge of your main office? ” Gideon asked.

“LIA’S BRAND. Our new management. ” replied the woman.

Judy’s eyes immediately popped out of its socket.

“I’ll send you their official contact adress right away. ” the woman stated then hung up the call.

Gideon fell back on his chair allowing the words to sink in. He had completely forgotten that EMMA took over ZINOX months earlier. His phone then vibrated. The official contact adress of LIA’S Brand was sent to him.

‘Seems like we have to cancel the deal. ” concluded Judy.

Gidoen didn’t reply. He dialed the number sent to him instead.

“Hello. ” he said.

“Do you have roaming dog wine? ” he asked.

“Yes. ” replied the person who picked the call.

“I’ll be needing forty bottles. ” Gideon said.

“Okay. ” he nodded then kept the phone on the table.

“This is a bad idea. ” hesitated Judy.

“If Emma finds out we are the ones requesting for this, I doubt if she will sell to us. ” outlined Judy.

“We can’t make such a huge transaction anonymously. ” Judy said.

“I know Judy. ” replied Gideon.

“That’s why I’ll be going there myself. ” revealed Gideon.

Judy’s jaw immediately dropped.