Chapter 13:// Standing up
It wasn’t a good time being the mayor. Dimos stood by his window and watched the city.
Or, more specifically, what little he could see of the city, between the high-rises and the skyscrapers. His little office was being engulfed under the steel towers. It reflected his mood precisely.
Oh, he wasn’t a conservative or anything. Progress was good, the city was moving forward.
But it shouldn’t move forward like this.
“Mr Mayor,” his assistant said through the intercom.
“Yes?” he grumbled. He knew what was coming.
“The CEO is here,” she said.
“Of course. Let him in,” Dimos said and turned around to face his enemy.
The CEO of Hephaistos Heavy Industries came in the office and left foot-prints of fine brown dirt behind him.
The mayor glared at that but he was b
