In a day or two

"What is with this sudden dinner party invitation, Peter?"

Vikram asked looking at the email.

"I am not sure. But it's a piece of floating news that these days he hasn't been keeping good health."

"Well, I just hope that the party is a harbinger of good news. I need to settle my ties right with him, which I have severed once."

"This is the right opportunity for you then. Before he decides to give his company to his public trust or his daughter, maybe you can step in and ask for a role in the Joint Board."

"He has a daughter?"

"No one knows. She is an estranged daughter. She left him when she was young. But that's just what people think. Maybe she is back to take care of his business. But as per my inside information, there is no such information. And recently I have heard that he is transferring the ownership of all the small companies owned to the main company trust."

"And why do you think, he will give me a role in the Joint Board?"