LOGINPhilipp had deliberately dropped into the snow and was waiting. He could still take out the radio and warn John. Or he simply failed to raise his ski pole and wave that the signal for the two explosives experts was to detonate the dynamite to set off the murderous avalanche.
The two men had already been looking for the right places yesterday where the greatest possible exit was guaranteed.
They now lurked hidden behind a protruding rock and watched Philip with hawk eyes. Philipp had no choice, he had to sacrifice his brother for his own life. With incredible effort, he raised his stick and waved it. Immediately afterwards the earth began to shake and a tremendous thunder and rumble filled the mountains.
A huge slab of snow had come loose and was moving at high speed straight towards John. But John reacted immediately and drove rapidly down the mountain. Philipp watched John's shot drive tense. Without realizing that he was screaming, he cheered on his brother vigorously:
“Come on John, you can do it. Just take the aisle to the left and you are safe. ”
But John overlooked the junction to which Philipp had drawn his attention so urgently and drove on the right aisle, which led directly to his doom. Philip's loud cry of desperation was drowned in the loud roar of the outgoing avalanche. The red point had reached the abyss and John was swept into the depths by the enormous masses of snow.
Philipp still looked spellbound at the spot where he lost sight of John. Then he yanked the radio out of his pocket and shouted excitedly into the loudspeaker.
“John, John! Get in touch! John, please! ”
But the radio remained silent.
The two men crawled out of their hiding place. Philipp recognized from their expression and their lively conversational tone that they were very satisfied with their work. The fact that someone had died in the process did not matter to her.
The helicopter landed again on a small plateau, which picked up the two men and Philipp. Philipp was still trying to get in touch with John. But his brother didn't answer.
With a heavy heart he climbed the few meters to the helicopter, unbuckled his skis and climbed into the cockpit. The two men continued to talk animatedly about the dynamite and whether a smaller amount with better placement would have been just as effective in causing such a huge avalanche.
They hardly paid any attention to Philipp, who huddled in the corner stared into space. Doubt and feelings of guilt came up in him in incredible waves. Had there really been no other way to get away with life without sacrificing his brother's?
Philipp had always been the type who liked to move among the rich and beautiful. He felt at home in the high society of Vancouver, where he was also a welcome guest. He had met Pamela at an AIDS charity event.
She was one of the most beautiful and exciting women he had ever seen. Pamela had come with her uncle, the wealthy entrepreneur and businessman Ernesto Canetti. Canetti was a welcome guest at such events, as his donations were always very generous. Philipp had seen Pamela a few times in Vancouver society, but until then she had always ignored him.
So Philipp was quite surprised when Pamela started flirting with him. She had looked stunningly elegant in this black epaulette dress, which showed off her physical assets and made an incredibly great contrast to her rust-red shiny hair. After Philipp had returned her inviting smile, she came straight up to him.
“I have the unmistakable feeling that you want to invite me for a glass of champagne. Or am I wrong? ”She had asked him coquettishly.
“Not at all, I just wanted to ask you.”
“My name is Pamela, Pamela Canetti and I am here with my uncle Ernesto Canetti.”
“It is a pleasure to meet you, Pamela. My name is Philipp Lombard ”, Philipp had now introduced himself. "I've seen her at events like this a few times."
"Impossible," she replied with mock astonishment. "How could something like this happen to me that I had slipped my fingers from such an attractive man without flirting with him at least once."
Philipp handed her the pearly glass.
"Now I am happy to give you the opportunity for a second chance."
"Perhaps we can make up for these lost opportunities of getting to know each other over a nice dinner."
That was the hint of fate. Without thinking twice, Philipp had accepted her tempting invitation. That same week, Philipp took the beautiful woman out to a romantic candlelight dinner in one of the posh restaurants in the marina.
Pamela had been incredibly charming. With her beauty and intelligence, but not least because of her concentrated load of sex appeal, it was pretty easy for her to bewitch men and wrap them around their fingers. But behind this angelic mask was a hard-nosed and calculating rascal that was nothing too dirty to assert its interests.
But at that time Philip had no idea that she was a cold-blooded praying mantis. Soon he was madly in love with this bitch. Pamela was not only an attentive and interested listener, she also fulfilled his most secret sexual desires.
Philipp had felt comfortable and secure with her as it had never been before with any other woman. He would have loved to marry her off the job. But Pamela had asked Philipp to wait a little longer before getting married. Before she wanted to take this decisive step, she wanted to get to know Philipp a little better.
The general assembly then went completely different from the way Philipp had imagined. The unexpected setback that the monkey died in the test phase just before the shareholders' meeting destroyed all of his hopes. Now there was no way to escape the Mafia's stranglehold. If he wanted to stay alive, he had to do whatever they asked of him. And Pamela didn't hold back long after the change was due.As an enterprising woman, Pamela knew exactly what she wanted. It was also in their interest that RNV3 should go into production as soon as possible. So Pamela had hatched a diabolical plan that lived up to her evil character.After the terrible scandal during the general assembly, the time was extremely favorable to take Philipp out of the company and send him to a diving station. Due to Philip's sudden failure, as sole managing director, John should quickly have got into trouble to continue the company profitably. Pamela had expected a rapid decline in business, so that John w
In the course of the next few weeks, Philipp had more and more trust in Pamela. He told her about the problems in the company, the study that was commissioned, and the vast sums of money the research devoured. In this context, he had also told her about the problems with his brother and that he had no idea how difficult it was to raise this money, when the company was nowhere near as much as the research was currently devouring. And investors were in short supply anyway. In addition, the banks did not want to grant any more credit increases. On the contrary, they were even considering calling the loans due if the necessary progress was not made soon.Without being aware of it, he had given Pamela exactly the information she wanted. Pamela had made it appear as if she wanted to help Philipp out of a tight spot and offered him a change in the amount of the loan amount to cover the loan. Seen in this way, he would have been creditworthy again and more time could have been given t
Philipp had deliberately dropped into the snow and was waiting. He could still take out the radio and warn John. Or he simply failed to raise his ski pole and wave that the signal for the two explosives experts was to detonate the dynamite to set off the murderous avalanche.The two men had already been looking for the right places yesterday where the greatest possible exit was guaranteed.They now lurked hidden behind a protruding rock and watched Philip with hawk eyes. Philipp had no choice, he had to sacrifice his brother for his own life. With incredible effort, he raised his stick and waved it. Immediately afterwards the earth began to shake and a tremendous thunder and rumble filled the mountains.A huge slab of snow had come loose and was moving at high speed straight towards John. But John reacted immediately and drove rapidly down the mountain. Philipp watched John's shot drive tense. Without realizing that he was screaming, he cheered on his brother vi
“Do you think that it really makes sense to do the descent in this weather?”“You don't need to worry. According to the last weather report, the weather remains stable. The pilot also confirmed to me that it would not start to snow, "said Philipp soothingly.“There should be great powder snow in the upper half of the descent. The route is new and only opened up last year. It leads through a wonderful area. I hope you are rested and in good shape, because this descent is really only for experts. ”John nodded confidently, although he wasn't really sure whether he would be fit today. But he didn't want to show himself naked in front of Philip and appear weak."Who else is there?" Asked John."Nobody, just you and me.""Isn't it a little dangerous when only the two of us are on the road?""Come on, where is your sense of adventure?" Replied Philipp challengingly. "We're not wimps, we're real men," he continued euphorically and patted John encou
A week ago, Philipp had called John and told him that he was ready to return to the company. Philipp would now have had enough time to think about how things should go on for him. But he didn't want to talk to John about this delicate matter in the company, but on neutral ground, where there was a relaxed atmosphere and where neither would be exposed to stress or distraction from the company.For this reason Philipp invited his brother to go skiing in Jasper this weekend. Both were excellent skiers, one of the few things they shared in common. The snowfall had started quite early this year, so the conditions for helicopter skiing were just ideal.Even though John didn't actually have time to ski, there was no way he wanted to turn down Philip's request.He urgently needed Philipp in the company so that he could finally concentrate on research again. Perhaps it was really good that he had a physical distance from the pending problems of the company. In the past f
The shareholders had considered John's concerns to be justified and decided against trying the drug on people. The side effects had to be reduced to such an extent that there was no danger to life and permanent damage was also excluded.After the session ended, a heated argument broke out between the two brothers. John had thrown Philipp's incompetence and greed for profit at the expense of others, while Philipp had described his brother as a coward, procrastinator and fearful rabbit, whose willingness to take risks was zero. Philipp was fed up with being put off all the time, while other companies were a lot further with the development of the drug. He wanted to finally get results and not just watch as vast amounts of company money were pumped into research that was unable to finally develop an efficient drug.Here he had met John at a sore point, because he was only too aware of how much money this project cost and how much his meticulous work was thrown back again an