Hello Dean
"how can we help sir?"
The dean asked with a familiar smile that Mason has come across a lot in people who were hoping to get money or some donations from his company.
"I would like to see and report a certain student in this school, is that possible?" Mason asked with a professional stance as he crossed his legs while sitting down more comfortably on the visitor's chair he was offered.
"Yes, Yes sir. We certainly can " The Dean responded eagerly as he adjusted his recommended glasses and shifted forward in his chair with anticipation
"Do you have a name though?" He added
"That. I definitely do" Mason replied with a fixed smile on his face.
A few minutes later, a young man of about 35years came in, he seemed frantic as he came in with a kind of haste, nervously trying to straighten. The folds on his shirt with his other hand as the other was used to run through his hair.
"You called me, sir?" The young man who seemed a bit scared and worried said just as soon as he came in, with the door open though
"Close the door, Thomas. Come in here properly, I am not firing you" The dean ordered
"Ohh, okay sir. I hoped not" Thomas replied and closed the door behind him then moved closer to where the two men awaited him, both impatient for different reasons
"I need you to draw up a fast report on a student for me" The dean finally stated
"Name sir?" Thomas asked and by now, he had already brought out a notepad he meant to use to put down notes
"Bryan Holding" the dean replied
"Okay sir, I am on it" Thomas replied, now straightened and strengthen, he bounded out of the room
After spending about 30minutes discussing with the dean about the affairs of the country
Mason received a text from Evans "The board has called a meeting and you need to be here. Where are you?" the message read
Mason sighed
"Is everything alright Mr Carlton?" The dean asked noticing his countenance bur Mason waved it off with a forced smile, he was going ahead with what he wants to do today and that was it.
"Yeah. It is "Mason replied then typed back a reply to his best friend
"I will be there in an hour. Delay it" he texted back
"Okay the. Just in case though, I will ring Thomas up once one to hurry this up, he has always been a sluggish person. Sorry "The dean apologized with a nervous smile
Mason just smiled again and while the dean was on the phone, he tried to take notice of his environment stating from the glass slate which displayed boldly the dean's title and name to the mahogany table then to the various expensive paintings on the walls. A shelf full of rare books and one of the biggest collection of tech gadgets he had seen in another room that was away from them in a glass store.
Mason commented on the fact that he looked nice, it was after many persuasions that he had allowed Lisa to enrol in college and it was after many searches that he went for this particular one, he wondered what went wrong.
"Thomas, would you please check up faster?" The dean said into the phone
"what do you mean?" he asked again after some minutes, a brief pause and the dean frowned slightly ad then quickly smiled noticing that Mason was looking at him
"are you sure?" he asked into the phone again then added "we both know your ca be very wrong sometimes"
Another brief pause and the dean's countenance changed completely, he said in a solemn voice while sending a look Mason's way
"Send the details to my mail, now. I will confirm better with Mr Carlton" The dean finally stated and the line went dead as he placed the land line receiver back in its place
Mason adjusted in his seat again while waiting for the dean who put on a recommended glass then switched on the apple product monitor in front of him, clearing his throat, he said
"Hm, hm please give me a minute, Mr Mason, I just need to confirm this. I wouldn't like to cause any misunderstanding "The dean explained and it was Mason's turn to frown as an uneasy feeling overcame him
"Just who the hell is Bryan Holding?" Mason thought as he looked at the time on his expensive Rolex wristwatch.
The Dean was silent for some minutes as he scrolled through with the help of a mouse, his countenance remained solemn and when he finally took his hand off the mouse, he sat up straight and removed his glasses right before asking
"I am sorry sir, but I would like to be sure. Are you sure the student you would like to see is Bryan Holding?" he asked
Mason narrowed his eyes as he confirmed it
"Yes...?" he asked in a form of asking a silent "is something wrong?"
"The thig actually is…" The dean started and Mason kept silent, waiting for him to continue
"Bryan Holding is not a student of this institution "the dean finally said and Mason was left upset at the fact that he might have to keep searching until the dean added
"well, the thing is, he was but he was rusticated and no other institution in the state would accept him "He finally stated dropping the bomb on Mason
"Did you just say rusticated? "Mason asked in a slightly angry voice. He was not slightly pissed though. He was angry. Not only was Lisa being around that kind of dangerous guy who rides a power bike, she was with a dropout who definitely to Mason, had no future. He forced a smiled out as the dean continued anyways
"Yes sir. Rusticated, he had an affair with one of our lecturer's wife and beat up the lecturer when he was accused. he went to jail for a few weeks because of the assault and battery .so which is why I believe you can always find another potential student in our institution. We can always hold a competition to get you the very best" he said totally misjudging Mason's intentions
Mason tightened his hands as much as he could, he wanted to fling them and it was to land on the face of a certain Bryan Holding. That was all he wanted.
"Can I see a documented report of this though?" Mason asked hoping this will make Lisa stay away from the guy for now while he found a permanent solution.
"Yeah sure sir" I will have this forwarded to your mail. "The dean replied with a slight smile as Mason stood up and they shook hands
"I will see about the competition and send you a contract" Mason stated and the dean's smiled wide at the possibilities that might come in the future
"That would be great sir. Thank you very much for consulting with us"
"My pleasure" Mason replied with a slight satisfied smile.
On his way of the building, Mason knew just what he wanted to do .