13. A CRITICAL MOMENT

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" She is quite rich.....Nahal...... don't get jealous..." Larrie said and everyone laughed. Melissa just smiled and left the room.

" Is she ok ......? " Lilly was worried.

" Actually....no......" Larrie continued with a tough voice. " Guys..... I've to tell you something. At first I thought to keep it by myself. But now I think it's better to tell you all , so that Issa won't get upset again. "

Larrie told everyone about Melissa and her family that he got from Hua Mei. Everyone was silent for few minutes , then Oswald said : " Our Issa suffered so much...... also we hurt her by asking about her family always.... Let's not ask her about anything and......we can just take care of her together........" His voice was trembling. Everyone agreed that.

The following days was very peaceful and the company was almost running in a good state. They were so happy together. Brothers and sisters loved Melissa so much and they were inseparable. Melissa was there stress buster. Every nook and corner of the company always echoed Melissa's name.

One day when Mr. Hans was talking to Helena and Larrie in the company , Larrie got a call.

" It's Issa...... I need to go now......see you around uncle. " Larrie said and left the room.

" Helena....... I need to tell you something...... it's....... it's about Larrie and Melissa......are they always together? " Mr. Hans asked.

" Most of the time. They are a wonderful bro - sis duo. Sometimes I even think if Issa was my own sister it would be so nice. " Helena said.

" Helena...... I want to tell to something serious.....Even though they are like brother and sister , most of time being them together won't lead to a good result....... you better tell Larrie to reduce more contact with Melissa. " Mr. Hans said.

" Oh ..... come on dad...... don't misunderstand them..... I know everything about both of them and I do trust them. Most of all it was Issa who made me and Larrie meet and get us together. " Helena said.

" Dear you don't understand...... it's not like that. You should be careful..... you know Larrie even lost his job because of her. You think it's silly...? " Mr. Hans was so stressed.

" I know dad ....... Larrie told me everything and it wasn't there mistake. And whatever it may be.....you see......now they own their own company and things are going well. " Helena tried to console her dad.

At that time Helena got a phone call from Larrie to go to the meeting room.

" Dad ... something came up.... we have a meeting.....and don't get upset with silly things ok..... bye. " Helena said and went for the meeting.

Mr. Hans thought that it doesn't work like this and he decided to meet Melissa in person. So he called his manager and told him to arrange a meeting with Melissa the next day.

In the meeting room , when Helena entered he saw everyone sitting with a gloomy face and she asked for the reason.

" We got a problem.....the west branch contacted us and.....told our last project got messed up. " Oswald said.

" Wasn't it a great work? " Helena asked.

" The project was of high budget. But we were cheated ......when presented the project , they were impressed and we gave full responsibility to Nick , west branch manager......we thought he was trust worthy......" Nahal said with a long face.

" Now , he had done the project in some other design and company was disappointed in our work. They says that either we have to complete the work in the prepresented design within the agreed time limit or have to compensate them......" Larrie said.

" Why don't we ask Nick for an explanation? " Helena asked.

" Nick is missing from yesterday......no contact at all......Either options of the project leads to big debt for the company. I think we're doomed......" Elwin said.

The room was in complete silence and everyone was in a shattered mood. They were confused.

" Can I ask dad..... for help.....?" Helena asked.

" Helena we've discussed it already....we can't involve everyone on this. " Larrie said.

" Larrie.... listen..... dad uses his money for me anyways.....my money is yours....why are you not thinking the fact like that..... I think it's the best solution. And if you are not interested in taking money from him we can borrow that......and can clear with him. After all it's better to get money from dad... otherwise we'll be doomed like Elwin said. " Helena said.

" I think it's better...... since we're new bies others won't agree to give such a big amount for us......so we have to consider that option. " Elwin commented.

"But..... Elwin....." Larrie was not satisfied with the opinion. But situation was so bad and it concerns the carrier of the entire crew. So they decided to ask for Mr. Hans' s help.

Helena went back to her office room. Her dad was still there. She told him about the situation.

" I'm happy to help you dear. Don't feel upset..... You just let Larrie to meet me in person tomorrow. I wanna discuss him about the depth of this matter and can give possible suggestions. " Mr. Hans said.

" It'll be great dad ...... You are the best...." Helena was very happy. She hugged her dad and went out to find Larrie.

She didn't expect that her happiness will end up in tragedy.

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