“That was what I told him.” It felt good to have some back-up. “I‘ll definitely go over to his office or the house later today and try to have another talk, now that I have more information.”
“You should do that. It‘s always better to resolve issues and not keep them hanging.”
“I have heard you and I will do that. How are you preparing for your return?”
“Oh, that. I‘ve finished packing and I‘m just counting the hours till my flight. I decided to make a few phone calls to Nigeria because I just got off the phone with my lawyers.”
“Didn‘t the lawyers know you were on vacation?”
“They knew, but something urgent came up. Speaking of shares, the broker was with them and they wanted my permission to sell some of my late husband‘s stock. They have to inform me for any sale over five percent, and in this case we have seven percent. Normally I just concentrate on the industrial and fashion side and leave them to represent the corporate side. My lawyer mentioned there were problems with the company. He has some proxy forms for me to sign when I return so he can attend the general meeting and vote on my behalf. That is, if I do not sell. Come to think of it, this sounds similar to what Bestman is going through.”
“So you don‘t know which company owns those shares?”
“No I don‘t, the lawyers are never very specific…”
“Do you know if you have stock on Bestman Group?”
“I really don‘t know. I only began to familiarize myself with these things not long ago…”
“Aunt Isioma, this is urgent. Is there a way for you to check?”
Her aunt caught on to the urgency in her voice, “Well, I believe Funmi has a file that contains all the business documents left to us by her late father...”
Gladys was growing anxious, “please check on that file…”
“But why do you think it‘s so important to find out if I have these shares?”
“I think those are the ones your lawyers want to sell. In fact I‘m sure of it,” Gladys insisted. “Those shares are hot on the market now.” “There should be other shares selling well too, not so?” Her aunt tried to be rational.