“So, what do you think?” Nick asked the UPS team, looking for more than a guarded reaction. He spotted Bongero nervously shuffling his papers.
“Are you kidding?” Bill smile as he wiped a tear from his eye. “Nick, that was amazing. What a great job. And you used Dennis and Susan. Perfect.”
There was a sigh of relief from the entire AdWorks team. Months of work had all been worth it. Even Bongero was smiling. The UPS team stood and one by one shook Nick’s hand, then Jerry’s. Bongero, never missing a beat, got in line for his own undeserved kudos.
“We’ve never been portrayed like that before,” Bill said to Nick. “It’s extraordinary.”
Bella brushed up against Nick. “I hate to interrupt, but Dr. White is on the phone,” she whispered in his ear. “Says it’s really important.”
“Excuse me for one minute,” Nick said to his guests. He walked over to the phone on the wall of the conference room and pressed line six, where Bella had parked Shelly.
“Hi, there. Not really a good time, Shelly.”
“I know you’re busy, but I really need to talk to you about something.”
“Can it wait?” he asked as he waved to their clients. “I’m with
the UPS team.”
“Nick, listen.” She paused. “We got something.” “Got what?”
“The code. And we can’t get it to fail.” “What’s that mean?”
“It kills cancer, Nick. All types of cancer. It’s the code that saved my life. I just got off the phone with Dr. Shoo. He wants us to get to Salt Lake.”
Nick said nothing.
“Nick?”
“I’m here.”
“I know this is probably freaking you out about now, but we need to keep calm, and not let on. Too much is at stake.“
“I understand. Let me call you back. When do you want to
leave?”
“Immediately.”