Early Bird (Erkenci Kus)(Part 2)

71. Chairperson candidates

Standing with his pen between his teeth while he reads through the contract with Fabri again, Can nearly bites the pen in half when there's knock on his door.

"Can, Mr Fabri is here."

Speak of the devil...

He takes the pen out of his mouth, looking up at Deren, grinning too widely, followed by Fabri, who nods and smiles at him. "Welcome," Can walks around his desk and shakes Fabri's hand.

"Thank you. How are you?"

"Good thanks. You?"

"Always good."

"Please sit down."

Fabri nods and pulls out a chair, taking a seat.

"I was just reviewing our agreement," Can informs him when he sees Fabri eyeing the pages in his hand. "We've prepared all the documents as you wanted. This is the cliffnotes version, the detailed one will be mailed soon. Here, take a look, please." Can hands over the contract and Fabri takes it.
As he starts reading Can turns to Deren, who sent vibrations of angsty energy his way. "What's wrong?"

"The team is bit tense, Can," Deren whispers, glancing at Fabri.

Can lifts his eyes to the outside of the office. "Right," he says and nods at Fabri. "Take care of him will you? I'll be right back. Excuse me one minute," he says to Fabri and then walks out.

In the middle of the office, the chatter is loud and indistinct as all of his employees are trying to say something to each other at once.

He shakes his head and sighs. "Okay! Okay! Guys! Take it easy!" He calls out, lifting his arms to call attention. "Calm down and listen to me, all of you." He stops as they quiet down and makes sure everyone could see him. "Good. Now tell me what the problem is?" He waits. "Anyone?"

Sanem clears her throat next to JJ. "Uhm, Mr Can, they're a little panicked because they don't know what's happening." He turns, pacing back towards her. "Some think that they'll be fired and others that we're going bankrupt." She glances from JJ to Can. "Not me," she adds quickly, "but the others."

Meaning JJ has them all riled up again? Got it. Can nods. "Got it," he says and looks around at the 'others'.
"Okay, our position at the moment is this - Yes, we're going through a difficult time, but we are not and have not gone or are going bankrupt. You're all aware of Senor Fabri's attachment to us recently, and so, we got out of the worst of it."

He pauses for a moment, but only Sanem notices because he looked right at her for that split second.

"Because this is not a horror movie yet, I think everyone should be doing their best to keep working like always. Harder and with more gusto if necessary. Don't be scared, guys, okay? We'll be fine. Yes?"

"Yes Mr Can!" JJ cheers and holds up a fist, grinning as the group cheers.
Sanem glances around, clapping along slowly.

"And another thing, I don't want to hear anything about anyone being fired. While I'm here, no one is going anywhere. You're still going to get paid on time, and in full."

They cheer again and Sanem smiles. JJ throws a couple of papers up in celebration and one floats past her. She slaps it down and smiles again.

"We'll come out stronger on the other side, I promise. Now, let's get back to business shall we?" Can nods at them and then gestures to Sanem to make tea.

She gestures back that she was on her way and his eyes widen for her to hurry. Okay! She blinks, surprised by how normal the action was between them. She passes JJ to go to the coffeebar as he looks around the room with his chest puffed up.