#Chapter 111 Talk of the Town

The media room on the first floor was designated exclusively for press conferences. Its design was genius. With a separate, hidden exit on the stage area, it was designed to allow a spokesperson from the company to give a statement and then leave immediately afterwards without going near the reporters. Victor and I waited behind a door with a two-way mirror watching dozens of reporters file into the press conference room and take their seats. My stomach was in knots as I watched the room full of people buzzing with curiosity. They all had video cameras and their phones ready to record me as I read the prepared statement. Geez, it meant there would be recordings of me speaking on the evening news. I didn’t want to be on TV. I wanted to ask Victor to do the presentation, but I knew he was right. It was my family’s company and my father who was ill. I had to do it. I sent a prayer to the goddess to let me be able to speak clearly and not make a fool of myself in fr