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my turn to lead and protocol the meeting, so if you could, please say present
when I call your name.”
An exasperated grunt I was extremely familiar with filled the room.
Glancing at the blue-eyed man across the table, I found the irritated face that
went with the sound.
“Of course, Kabir,” I said with a smile even though I agreed with the
scowling man. “Please call away.”
Ocean eyes pinned me with an icy look.
Meeting his stare, I heard Kabir go through each of our names, obtaining
confirmation from both Héctor and Gerald, an unnecessarily cheery present
from me, and another grunt from Mr. Grumps.
“All right, thanks,” Kabir said. “Next point in the agenda is, project status
updates. Who would like to start?”
He was met with silence.
InTech provided engineering services for any entity that did not have the
ability or man power to design or engineer plans for their own projects.
Sometimes, they outsourced a team of five or six people, and other times,
only one person was needed. So, all five team leaders in our division were
currently working and supervising several different projects for several
different clients, and all projects never stopped moving forward. Eating away
milestones and encountering all kinds of issues and drawbacks. We had
conference calls with the clients and stakeholders on a daily basis. The status
of each project changed so briskly and in such a complex manner that there
was no way every other team leader could catch up in only a few minutes.
That was why Kabir’s question had been met with silence. And why this
meeting wasn’t completely necessary.
“Um …” Kabir shifted in his seat uncomfortably. “Okay, I can start.
Yeah, I’ll go first.” He shuffled through a folder he had brought with him.
“This week, we are presenting to Telekoor the new budget we’ve been
developing for them. As you know, it is a start-up that’s working on a cloud
service to enhance mobile data on public transportation. Well, the resources
available are rather limited and …”
I absently listened to my colleague while my gaze roamed around the
meeting room. Héctor nodded his head, although I suspected he was paying
as much attention as I was. Gerald, on the other hand, was openly checking
his phone. Rude. So rude. But I didn’t expect anything else from him.
Then, there was him. Aaron Blackford, who I realized had been staring at