Black and White

Jazz it up !

Danny came out of the bookstore and took a glance at the surrounding, it's just 8:45 in the clock yet it feels like 1 at night already . There were no other shops in this street ; a train left the station with a menacing whistle. " The last train probably" , Danny thought to himself, the station's nearby, one can clearly hear the whistle of the trains . Danny adjusted his white shirt and started walking . He went up the road to the Che Guevara statue , the statue's broken at places just like Marxism crumbling at various places .

'Ring , Ring' , Danny's thoughts were interrupted , he took out his phone , the screen flashed Rob's  name .

"Hey"

"Hey, how are you ?"

"I am good , what about you ?"

"Well the last 2 months had been pretty hectic , the media and the paparazzi didn't leave our side for a second but I guess the media will cool down after a week or two there's even a rumour about you not being able to sing anymore because of some disease" , Rob said laughing his lungs out .

Danny shook his head , he knew things will heat up in the media and new theory about his disappearance will come out , he was ready for this , "At least there are no rumours about me dying"

Rob laughed again on the other side of the phone , " So , tell me how's your life going ?"

"Well it's good , just like I imagined"

"And what about that guy from the football match ?"

Danny's expression changed but thankfully Rob can't see him or else he would have been worried , he composed himself and said , " Well , he doesn't bother me anymore all thanks to your 'Cup of tea' with his family"

"Ah ! That seems to work every time "

"Yeah"

"Well the reason I have ringed you up is that FRESH is making a move and it's very clear , the moment you disappeared from the showbiz , they made a statement in the media that you're hiding in some place as you're aware of your lack of talent but that is not something I am concerned about, its evident that they bribed Mark because Mark had been spotted to come out of a party with Aryan , the son of Mr. Abraham , the founder of FRESH and after that Mark's throwing tantrum at us , he said he won't go to his new album tour"

"Hmm, it's evident that they would grab the opportunity to crush ZAP's reputation but for Mark to throw tantrum is unlikely of him but again it's the showbiz, haven't you feed him some candies ? I guess that'll work"

"Don't you think that I haven't ?"

"Then what he wants ?"

"He wants to be  10 percent share holder of our company , do you really think Mark would come up with that ? The strings are being pulled from somewhere else"

"Hmm that sounds serious , okay , offer him 5 percent from my share and give him the bungalow near the beach"

"Why the bungalow ?"

"The bungalow , though belongs to me , but is owned by DAMCO construction, the lease ends in 7 months , don't renew it , complete the legal affairs with him as well , when the lease ends , tell DAMCO to renew the lease as on its own based on the previous set up but make sure not to clean that up so no words come out from them , then DAMCO will be dealing with him directly  and as far as I know Mark , he won't be coming out with a penny , then legal action will be taken against him for mishandling of property by DAMCO and if something like that happens then we can take back our 5 percent on the ground of sabotaging ZAP's image"

"Hmm quite a solution , I'll let you know what happens, but then again be careful Danny , my haunch is they will go personal this time"

"I guess I have heard that line for the hundredth time already !"