“You’re finished here Rob, for good.” Isn’t that one of the greatest sentences you have ever heard? It was Justin’s final line when he fired Rob after learning what he did in the 2015 flood.
With the reappearance of Stefan on Friday 13 January (a bad omen if ever there was one), Rob’s chances of having a good week were slim to none. Initially, he tried to brush Stefan off by saying he was out of work and getting divorced and so in no position to stump up more money to keep Stefan’s silence.
It didn’t take long for Stefan to find out that in fact Rob did have a job and a well-paid one at that. He sought Rob out in the Damara office. Rob, taken by surprise, hastily tried to face down Stefan and point blank refused to hand over any money. But Stefan wasn’t giving up that easily. He clarified it wouldn’t be the police he would tell all to but Rob's boss Justin and news outlets. Rattled, Rob agreed to get the money together but Stefan still had his killer blow to land. On account of Rob messing him around now he wanted twice the amount of his original demand. And with that he strode out and almost bumped into Lilian.
Although at the time Lilian convincingly told Rob she hadn’t heard any of his conversation with the “fertiliser sales rep”, we now know she heard enough to relay the situation to Justin who then called an impromptu meeting with Rob.
Rob defended his position but when he twigged it was Lilian who had informed Justin he got nasty. Justin kept his cool and told him “you’re finished here Rob, for good”.
