This morning, I received a message straight after breakfast to see Bruno in his office.
He welcomed me with a smile and said he would like to make me an offer. ‘You’re a brilliant feline, Sasha,’ he said. ‘After a bit of training, I want to pick your brains to smarten up our operation. I can tell you are a strategic thinker from your approach to poker, and I would welcome someone like you to plan our expansion and manage some of our day-to-day operations. I’ll pay you well, and if one of your projects brings in some good money for us, you will get a bonus.’
‘This is one of my many clubs,’ says Bruno, showing me a photo. ‘We do well, and it’s easy money if you know what you’re doing. Think about it. I’m going to start you and Mitzi off with domestic stuff. I believe in starting at the bottom and getting to know what’s going on. I expect you to report back to me on passengers and any opportunities you might envisage. We have a ship loaded with rich targets here. Money to waste. And I prefer them to waste it in my direction.’
I thought it best to nod and agree to think it over. I will, of course, start at the bottom as I need to fulfil my part of the bargain to work on the ship in exchange for our passage. As for the rest, I will see.
Then Bruno took me for a short trip in his helicopter.
What a view looking down at the ship! Bruno even has a chandelier in the cabin and a fully integrated IT setup to control his operations worldwide. I feel both impressed and intimidated. I find getting dressed up in business suits a bit stifling. But we must look the part.
A note: these are all fantasy images, not real scenes, and they were created with AI.
