Austin Blessing
3 min readMar 17, 2020

Eliminating The CEO

This fictional story was originally posted by me on Quora.

“What were the latest numbers? No, tell him no deal!” One of the world’s most powerful CEOs was ranting over his Bluetooth as he locked the door to his penthouse behind him. He had made himself a lot of enemies over the years. Tonight he would finally reap what he has sowed.

I smirk from my hiding place behind the couch as I firmly grasp my knife. As my target enters the kitchen he continues ranting. I slowly rise from my spit and quickly crouch walk towards him. My heart nearly stopped as he abruptly turned around. I…