The Appointment in Manaus - Pt. 6 (Sophie Miller) (1/2) The next morning I was called to Edgar Brown's office again. "Good morning, Miss Miller." "Good morning, Mr. Brown." "Would you like anything to drink?" "No, thank you, sir." "Alright. Let's start then. You've been working for us for three years so far. I just wanted to tell you that you're doing a great job and we appreciate your diligence, reliability, loyalty and confidentiality. But recently, you seem to be a bit tired and overworked. So I was thinking, that maybe you would like a pause. A few days off. Just... take your family and go somewhere nice. Maybe Spain? Or Greece? We could even give you a small amount of money if your budget was insufficient." "Mr. Brown... I... I don't know what to say. I'm really happy to be employed in your company." "Great. So, your vacation starts next monday and will last a week. Now go prepare yourself, please, my father is awaiting a businessman at half past nine and he will need you to do the notation." The businessman was really boring. He came to complain about the new version of software, which he had installed in his corporate building and which, according to him, isn't compatible with an application they need for their work. While Mr. Brown was explaining to him how to download this one particular application, he constantly held his own that it "just doesn't work", that it had cost them three work days and he wants financial compensation or he will uninstall the software and want his money back. He left after an hour when he accepted Mr. Brown's offer to send one of our programmers to help them. I was coming back from the toilet when I heared two voices murmuring behind the door. "...the oldest. The two orhers escaped. But they're guarding the airport and there are extra patrols in the streets of Manaus." Wait! That's Edgar Brown's voice! And he's talking about Manaus again. I shouldn't be doing this, but... I pressed my ear against the door to hear better. "And what about our shipment?" said another voice. The father's voice. I really shouldn't be doing this. Not after what they offered to me this morning. "Unfortunately, they're going to spill all the cocaine in the water." Cocaine! So they're drug dealers? But... That can't be! Edgar is such a nice man. How could he be a criminal?! "But the point is that they won't tell anybody and we can smuggle cocaine to wherever we want except for Brazil." Too long, divided in two parts.