Chapter Six
Jane Anne awoke with a start. She
had a feeling she was missing something very important to her. She sat up in
the bed and tried to think back to what she was doing before she went to sleep
last night, but she couldn’t remember at all. It was like something was keeping
her from remembering. Just another thing she needed to work through, another
memory missing. She shook her head and went back to bed.
The next morning she woke up to the sound of both
her cellphone and the hotel room phone ringing. She bound out of bed and picked
the cellphone up first.
“Hello, Jane Anne Miller speaking,”
“Jane Anne-San, this is the Prime
Minister of Japan, Takinaka Izumi. I am calling on behalf of the Japanese
people. I would like to speak to you this morning before the conference today,
if you have the time,” The Prime Minister of Japan sounded put out. Like he
didn’t want to be talking to Jane Anne but he knew he had to. He had no other
choice. He would rather just not speak to her in front of the other heads of
state.
“Mr. Takinaka, it would be my
pleasure. You would like to speak about your population problems, without the
other heads of state chiming in correct,” Jane Anne asked while she shut off
the hotel room phone. It was just her 5 am wake up call.
She went to the mini kitchen
installed in her room and set the kettle on so she could make tea. Today was
going to be a long day she could tell.
“Yes. What is happening in Japan is
no body else’s business but ours,” The Prime Minister said sounding very angry.
“Unfortunately, this is where you
are wrong Mr. Takinaka. What happens in japan affects the whole world. It is no
longer every country for themselves. This is now a global community, and your
people are a part of it. What do you think would happen if your country
collapsed because there weren’t enough people to run it properly?
“It would have a ripple effect, Mr.
Takinaka. The loss of your economy would devastate the world’s economy. All the
progress we have been making would come to a screeching halt. So while I will
be talking to you before today’s conference we are going to sit and have a
frank talk with the other heads about what we can do to help you and you WILL
accept our help. Have I made myself clear,” Jane Anne’s tone brooked no
arguments. She was not having this man ruin all that the world had worked for.
The Prime Minister made a sound as
if to deny Jane Anne, but she interrupted him quickly.
“Mr. Prime Minster, this is NOT up
for debate. This needs to happen for the good of everyone. I will meet you in
the small conference room on the fourth floor at 7 am. We can sit down then and
talk some more about what is going to happen. Your population issue is all that
is on the agenda for today, and I want your full corporation once we get to the
main conference today. Good day Mr. Prime Minister,” Jane Anne hung up the
phone before the Prime Minister could protest again.
She made herself a cup of calming
lavender tea, and went to sit on her bed. She was already having a migraine.
She glanced at the mirror across from her bed and sighed at her appearance. Her
normally curly black hair was matted down to the side of her head. Her chocolate
brown skin was washed out and her almond shaped brown eyes were blood shot. The
combination of stress and lack of sleep was taking its toll on her. She need a
massage or something before she lost her mind.
Jane Anne drank her tea then stood
up quickly and used the hotel room phone to make an appointment for a massage
that night. She went in to her bathroom and took a shower then got ready for what
was looking to be a long, long day.
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