CHAPTER 1
Meeting With Alistair Crane
"What too you so long?"
"I'm sorry Grandfather I was studying for."
"Do you think I'm an idiot Foxworth?"
He cringed. He hated that name.
"You think I don't know that you've been kicked out of school again? Do you really think I'm clueless?"
"I'm sure you didn't ask me here to lecture me."
"You'll speak when I ask you. You are going back to Harmony. Tonight."
He hated Harmony.
"No, I won't go there. There is nothing for me there."
Alistair Crane banged his fist on the table and Fox jumped.
"I said you are going to Harmony. I have a job for you."
"What kind of job?"
"You father's wife."
The door opened and Alistair's secretary came in.
"I am so sorry to disturb your meeting Mr. Crane, but your son is insisting on speaking to you. He is on line 1."
She left the office as Alistair was putting Julian on speaker phone.
"It better be good Julian."
"Father, she is driving me insane. I have to get rid of her."
"Who are you talking about, Julian."
"Teresa, who else?"
"What has she done this time?"
"She is giving millions to different charities."
"Let her."
"Let her? Father, I said millions, not pennies."
"It's good publicity Julian. You can learn something from her."
"But Father."
"Good bye Julian."
He hung before his son could put a word in. He turned his attention back to his grandson.
"The job I had for you is Teresa."
"Julian's wife?"
"Yes, I want you to bed her."
"I'm sorry, I think I misunderstood you."
"Don't play dumb, Foxworth. You heard what I said."
"I don't even know her."
"Don't give me that, you have slept with women you spoke to for 30 seconds." Fox looked at his grandfather.
"Do you have cameras and spies everywhere?"
"You will do as I say. It is time that you prove your worth to this family. Your inheritance is on the line."
Fox looked at him in total disbelief. Alistair threw a file in his direction.
"The jet is leaving for Harmony is 30 minutes. I would get ready to go if I were you."
Fox got up, picked up the file from the desk and left.
He was looking out the window. He could see the clouds under the plane. Why did his grandfather want him to sleep with Teresa? But then he thought, Alistair is the most devious person I have ever known. He picked up the file and opened it. There was a picture of Teresa inside it. She was smiling innocently. She was certainly beautiful and she seemed to be full of life and naive. He couldn't help but see the vulnerability in her eyes. The poor thing had no idea what was in store for her. The more he thought about it, the more he felt comfortable with his grandfather's plan.
"This could should be a lot of fun."
"What too you so long?"
"I'm sorry Grandfather I was studying for."
"Do you think I'm an idiot Foxworth?"
He cringed. He hated that name.
"You think I don't know that you've been kicked out of school again? Do you really think I'm clueless?"
"I'm sure you didn't ask me here to lecture me."
"You'll speak when I ask you. You are going back to Harmony. Tonight."
He hated Harmony.
"No, I won't go there. There is nothing for me there."
Alistair Crane banged his fist on the table and Fox jumped.
"I said you are going to Harmony. I have a job for you."
"What kind of job?"
"You father's wife."
The door opened and Alistair's secretary came in.
"I am so sorry to disturb your meeting Mr. Crane, but your son is insisting on speaking to you. He is on line 1."
She left the office as Alistair was putting Julian on speaker phone.
"It better be good Julian."
"Father, she is driving me insane. I have to get rid of her."
"Who are you talking about, Julian."
"Teresa, who else?"
"What has she done this time?"
"She is giving millions to different charities."
"Let her."
"Let her? Father, I said millions, not pennies."
"It's good publicity Julian. You can learn something from her."
"But Father."
"Good bye Julian."
He hung before his son could put a word in. He turned his attention back to his grandson.
"The job I had for you is Teresa."
"Julian's wife?"
"Yes, I want you to bed her."
"I'm sorry, I think I misunderstood you."
"Don't play dumb, Foxworth. You heard what I said."
"I don't even know her."
"Don't give me that, you have slept with women you spoke to for 30 seconds." Fox looked at his grandfather.
"Do you have cameras and spies everywhere?"
"You will do as I say. It is time that you prove your worth to this family. Your inheritance is on the line."
Fox looked at him in total disbelief. Alistair threw a file in his direction.
"The jet is leaving for Harmony is 30 minutes. I would get ready to go if I were you."
Fox got up, picked up the file from the desk and left.
He was looking out the window. He could see the clouds under the plane. Why did his grandfather want him to sleep with Teresa? But then he thought, Alistair is the most devious person I have ever known. He picked up the file and opened it. There was a picture of Teresa inside it. She was smiling innocently. She was certainly beautiful and she seemed to be full of life and naive. He couldn't help but see the vulnerability in her eyes. The poor thing had no idea what was in store for her. The more he thought about it, the more he felt comfortable with his grandfather's plan.
"This could should be a lot of fun."