On their arrival in George Town, Olga was waiting to meet them at the arrival’s gate. Arrowsmith introduced her to Sean and Marie-Paul and they took a taxi together to the Hyatt.
“Call your journalist friend and we’ll give them an exclusive interview. You’ve done nothing wrong, the market is back where it was, perhaps Swap’s shares have not gone back up to their previous highest level, but the management has done a good job and have been able to convince the market that the company is intrinsically good.”
“What’ll you tell them?”
“We’ll tell them you had a nervous breakdown, you know stress and all of that.”
“What about the money?”
“Don’t worry, remember the mountain of cash the company is sitting on, the proceeds from the last flotation, it’s huge, and even with a cash burn rate of a million a month the future is still looking good.”
“I suppose so, but journalists are special, those bastards on the Limerick Echo started this!”
“Never mind, our friends Ennis and Carvin won’t say no to our offer, it’s a golden opportunity for them to retire, remember they have to think about their future as well, they’re not exactly rolling in money,” he winked slyly and laughed.
“That bastard Kennedy’s in jail, probably will be for some time to come, that’s his fault for getting involved with money laundering and the Mafiya.”
“Ortega is out of the way, we have nothing more to fear from his strong arm boys and we can get on with our lives.”
“As for myself perhaps I’ll try to salvage Ciscap.”
“Castlemain would have been the one in the shit, the Irish Union had over-stretched itself financing too many dodgy or crazy projects with too many crooked politicians. He could well have ended up in jail like Kennedy, but that would have been unlike Castlemain and his kind, they always find a way out!”
Chapter 87
Five Years B&B
Offshore Islands Page 86
