Once they were in the room, Marcelo put up a silence bubble around them. It was the best he could do in the triple redundant way of not being overheard.

He rubbed his chin and shook his head. His hand dropped away from his face.

"I won't even pretend to understand the complexities of what a clone of the woman who helps me run my part of the company means. I just..." He scratched an eyebrow. "... have no idea how to handle that situation. Outside of talking to Sage as soon as I can. But I have a good idea of Sage's skillset. If this Tessa is anything similar, it's a boon to whatever company will have her."

He took a breath. "If you get back control of your company, I guess she could be a valuable right hand. Or I could talk to my father and get Sage's... sister? Cousin? I don't know. Anyway, a job at Veridian in Brazil. Possibly one of the branches my cousins run. Or for my father as he's impressed I managed to hire Sage."

Marcelo had not nor would likely ever to be able to tell his father Sage hunted him down for a job. The more pluses he had in the win column, the more likely he'd get to stay in the States with his wife and work for Veridian here.