Chapter 3 Daniel cartel

THREE

WRITER

** Seoul, Korea**

The cartel enterprise was busy as always.

They just had their board meeting at the upper floor of the skyscraper.

The enterprise which was the headquarter of all mc cather business,had many departments that manage the affairs of different companies owned by the Cartel.

It was a very large sky scrapper that had up to twenty one floors.

The cartels owned chains of companies and had shares with many companies as well.

They had manufacturing company,real estate management company, petrol stations and even co-owned an entertainment company that deals in talent management.

Everyone departed immediately the meeting was over, leaving only Mr and Mrs Cartel;Luke and Sonya.

"I have a meeting with the managers of all our petrol stations. Many tanks are coming into the country,and I don't want Don lee to get the deals before me." Luke said to his wife.

Don lee was their rival. It was a petrol based company owned by an influential man in the country.

The CEO of Don lee had a strong connection with the president,so he often gets the best deal before Luke does. He seemed unbeatable in that sector because that was his area of focus,he only deals on petrol. But this time around,Luke decided to take that sector more seriously.

"I thought you were going to meet certain ministers before proceeding to meet the managers."

"Yes I would,but I need to pass an information to the managers before I do."

"OK." His wife said.

Sonya was putting on a creamy white suite, and her hair was packed into a bun. Her face was beautiful but she always have that 'business minded' look on her face, She rarely smiles. Her husband was like that too,so they could be called birds of the same feather.

They were both business oriented,and it took that double effort for them to get where they were now. As a matter of fact,that was the main reason why he married her.

"Am going home today but I will only stay for twenty minutes."

"What are you going to do?"

"Daniel. It's time for him to wake up,he has been sleeping a lot and it's not good for the heir of this great organization." Sonya said.

Luke lighted his cigarettes, "He is still grieving,and grief won't run our business."

"Well,he is your son too and you can do better than smoking about it."

Luke grinned and puffed out smoke, that was what he loved about his wife. She was always serious and hard.

"I have already planned it out,he will work at the company for a year to get familiar with things before proceeding to get a degree. I don't need him wasting time too."

Sonya walked away,she didn't turn neither did she say a word.

******** THE CARTEL'S MANSION****

Martha breathed in and out as she climbed the stairs.

Sonya just got back and instructed her to call Daniel.

Sonya comes home only once in a month.

Even Martha had become afraid of Daniel like the other workers,and doesn't even know when to talk to him.

Apart from his parents,she was the only one permitted to talk to him at all,and a reply wasn't guaranteed.

Martha was the oldest worker that they had. Daniel wasn't like that before,she had been with him right from when he was a child. She filled the space of his mother that was always absent. She knew that Daniel wasn't one that talked too much or to many people,but he was light hearted and listened to everyone.

But ever since Tasha died last year,he became cold. He didn't eat for a week when he heard the news. He kept crying and crying,and almost died if not that his father came back.

He feared his father so much and maybe his mother,but not like his father.

He got back on his feet after that and started doing certain activities,but he suddenly began again last month and stopped talking to people. Sacking people at any slight mistake. He just hated being around anyone.

It was even just yesterday that he stepped out of the house in a month.

Martha knocked on his door and got no response. She knocked three more times and paused for a while before opening the door.

Waiting for him to reply was one thing that would never happen. She closed the door slowly.

Daniel was sitting on his bed,but his back was turned on her. He was facing the window.

He was just putting on singlet and then a trouser.

Martha was worried,the weather was cold and Daniel always catch a cold easily.

"Your mom is back and wants to see you." She managed to say. He looked like he was focused on something that she couldn't see because he was backing her,or peharps he was just staring into space.

He stood up. "Am coming." He said in a low tune without even looking at her.

What! He replied?

He wasn't smiling but he looked a little bit cheerful. He always looked handsome no matter what.

Martha didn't even know when she shut the door and went downstairs in happiness. She haven't felt that happy in a month.

She bowed at Sonya who sat at the cushion with her legs crossed,she was drinking wine.

"He is coming." She said and Sonya nodded.

She bowed once again and left.

Sonya was suprised that he affirmed to come quickly. She thought that he would have made her come up by herself.

Within a minute,he came down and sat on another cushion without saying a word.

He had worn a hoodie over the singlet.

"You all should give us space." She said to the maids and guards that were around,and they all bowed and walked out.

She looked at her son with the wine still in her hand. "You are still not speaking." She paused,Daniel just relaxed on the cushion,he wasn't looking at her. "Well,I don't have any problem with you not speaking,the heir to cartel shouldn't be a talkative,but am speaking more on action,you need to act more."

Daniel still didn't speak.

"Did you visit your company this week?" She asked him.

Daniel took a while before answering "yes."

"Good. You know that the shopping mall was created as an experimental tool for you. Don't let us down,we want to test your abilities through that."

She sipped her wine,"I don't want you going around showing your weakness to everyone,we are not weak people. Move on."

Daniel scoffed,that was exactly all that his parents cared about. It was only about their name and nothing else.

"So tell me,how is the company going?" She asked.

Daniel felt like shrinking at that point,like dying.

"I have only a few minutes left, don't waste my time!"

Daniel exhaled. "It's all good." He just said.

Sonya dropped the wine on the glass table beside her and stood up. "The next time that am back,I don't want you to give me only that answer. I would need full details." She said and walked out.

Daniel tightened his fist in anger,he felt like evaporating out of this world.

He climbed the stairs in anger, and immediately he got to his room,he threw the glass cup he saw in anger and it shattered.

******

Immediately Sonya got inside her car,the guard shut the door and the driver drove off.

They were cars behind and before the one she was in and they were armed with securities.

She was really upset,Daniel had improved,yes,but that wasn't the improvement that she needed.

She is his mother and despite any wall around them,she knew that a lot was still off with him and that wasn't cool.

She dialed her husband's line immediately, hoping he wasn't at the meeting already. He doesn't answer any call during meeting,even if it was an emergency.

Luckily,he picked up.

"I think it's high time we introduced Nina to Daniel. He is going to marry her and I think he is now old enough to know that."