Chapter 128: Hypocrites? Righteous Individuals?
November 10, Monday...
"Let me get this straight. Seven! Freaking Seven! Seven wrestlers have opted to buy out their contracts," Rob said with a blank face as he stared at Mr. Gibson and Mr. Wolfe. "And Marie is one of them."
"Yes," Mr. Gibson replied in a clipped tone.
Rob stared at the duo in shock. He didn’t know what to say at this moment. The moment he entered LWC building this morning, he was asked to meet with Mr. Gibson. Never did he expect to receive such a news from the duo the moment he sat down.
The news was like an unprotected chair shot to his head. It left him dazed, unable to even think properly. He really didn’t know what to do at this moment, causing him to parrot out the same information said to him back at them.
Rob wanted to rage. He wanted to curse. He wanted to flip the table and shout at the duo. But... but... One look at Mr. Gibson’s barely restrained angry visage and Mr. Wolfe’s defeated countenance took the wind out of his sails.
Rob took a deep breath and let it out slowly. He didn’t speak. Neither did Mr. Gibson nor Mr. Wolfe. Silence reigned in the room as Rob chewed the news in his mind.
This was bad. This was really bad. He didn’t think the situation would worsen this quickly. While he had expected wrestlers to leave, he didn’t expect them to leave all at the same time. And especially not this soon.
Rob rubbed his forehead tiredly trying to think through the implications of this news. He had expected desertions to happen slowly over the course of this month. But, the en-masse desertion really left him reeling for a bit. He knew neither Mr. Gibson nor Mr. Wolfe were prepared for this.
Letting out a long breath, Rob asked, "What about contract renewals? Anyone?"
Mr. Wolfe grimaced and shook his head, causing Rob’s heart to plummet to the depths.
"I have tried to be generous with the rates, within reasonable limits, however most of them feel that staying in LWC was a risky endeavor and didn’t want to commit," Mr. Wolfe sighed.