"His phone's off!" one of the elders exclaimed, bristling in anger. "Chairman, the conglomerate's interests are at stake! How can Master Damien be so irresponsible?!"
"This project never should have been given to him in the first place," another elder said. "If Mr. Valerius had been handling it all along, something like this would never have happened!"
"And this entertainment city project with the Linton Family is huge! We've already invested a significant amount of capital!"
Every single person in the study had plenty to say, but not one of them expressed any concern for Damien Valerius—not about why he wasn't answering his phone, why he failed to meet with the Linton Family as scheduled, or whether he might have had an accident.
