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Ch. 2

Fitz was having an awesome day. Gigi's Domino reveal went off without a hitch, and press and blogosphere alike were raving about it. The employees of Pemberley Digital were excited, too, especially those who worked in the Labs that put in all the man-hours to make it happen.

When Reynolds contacted him to say that Darcy wanted to see him, Fitz thought nothing of it. Moreover, he was rather curious to follow-up on those box seats that Gigi mentioned in their last conversation. Twenty minutes later, Fitz arrived at Darcy's office, finding Ben Forster leaving. With a wave to Ms. Reynolds, Fitz knocked on Darcy's door and entered.

"Darcy! It is Domino Day Domination! Have you seen the latest press coverage from Wired? I told you today was going to be…" Fitz stopped. Darcy was pacing behind his desk, looking up briefly to acknowledge Fitz's presence before continuing to prowl in agitation. Fitz had not seen Darcy this upset since Halloween.

"…awesome," he finished. "Dude, what's going on?"

Darcy continued to pace, but spoke clearly and succinctly, "Sit. I need to update you on recent events."

Fitz arched his eyebrow, but followed Darcy's request. He shut the door and sat down in front of his desk. After a few moments of silence, Fitz tried to help Darcy in getting the conversation rolling by asking, "You didn't just fire Ben, did you?"

"What? No, of course not," replied Darcy in surprise. "Why would you think that?"

Fitz shrugged and explained, "Well, I just saw him leaving the office, and I haven't seen you so wound up like this for a while. I mean, people would think that Grumpy Cat is really Nyan Cat after stepping into this office for two minutes."

Darcy stopped his pacing, and looked at Fitz in total confusion. "What is this nonsense about cats?"

Fitz smirked, glad that he was able to distract Darcy from his brooding. "You know," said Fitz, "for a guy who is CEO of a media company on the cutting-edge of digital technologies, you lack the basic knowledge of popular internet memes."

Darcy rolled his eyes at Fitz in response before taking a seat at his desk. "Well, I guess that is why I keep you and Gigi around to engage the internet audience. Nice demonstration by the way, even if you decided to discuss my personal affairs in the process."

Fitz held up his hands in defense. "I did nothing, that was all Gigi. I simply asked how you were doing, but she was the one who brought up the box seats." Darcy rolled his eyes again, but said nothing. Fitz continued, "But now that you mention it, what did Lizzie say?"

Darcy sighed, not really wanting to explain everything, but knew he needed to bring Fitz up to speed. "She didn't say."

Fitz gave Darcy a quizzical look, and replied, "She said no? But I thought you guys were finally starting to get along…."

Darcy cut Fitz off, elaborating, "No, she didn't have the chance to respond. Charlotte Lu called informing her of a family emergency. I just made arrangements for her to go home tonight."

Fitz sat up straighter in his chair in alarm, "What? Is anyone hurt, or—what happened?"

"No, her family is fine physically as far as I know," replied Darcy, "But the situation is very serious. Apparently, for the last month Lizzie's younger sister, Lydia, had an intimate relationship with George Wickham."

Whatever Fitz expected to hear, that was not it. "That jackass? I swear, he is some neighborhood pest that doesn't know when to go away. Wait, I thought you told Lizzie all about your history with him, and didn't Gigi just do a video on Lizzie's vlog about that tool?"

Darcy groaned, still reeling from his blame in Lydia's misfortune, "I did, but upon my request, Lizzie kept the information about Gigi's involvement from everybody until Gigi's herself revealed it last week. And apparently, Lizzie and Lydia had some fight over the holidays. They haven't spoken to each other since Christmas, and their lack of contact also included not watching the other's vlogs."

Fitz nodded, "Yeah, family fights can get complicated sometimes. But okay, Lydia is dating that bastard. Which is bad, I agree, but not 'emergency' bad."

Darcy continued, "Well, as I said, Charlotte informed Lizzie about their relationship, which took a darker turn today. Evidently, George is trying a new scheme to extort money by selling a sex tape of himself with Lydia, banking on her YouTube celebrity status."

Fitz's mouth fell open, "WHAT!?"

Darcy nodded grimly, "Yes, he made a website, which has a countdown clock to the release date."

Fitz shook his head in disbelief, "Man…and when is that exactly?"

Darcy tried to give a weak smile, which looked more like a grimace, "Valentine's Day. I believe he was going an ironic pitch."

Fitz gave a hollow chuckle, "Yes…and a certain vindictive pleasure. Hey, isn't that also Lizzie B's birthday?"

Darcy nodded, "Yes, but I doubt he knew her well enough to know that. But this stunt did serve both to earn a quick amount of cash while also getting back at Lizzie, and possibly me."

Fitz rolled his eyes, "That dude seriously needs to get some therapy. Anyways, so that's why Ben was here earlier? Did you recruit his expertise?"

Darcy ran his hand through his hair with a sense of frustration, "Yes, because honestly, I have no idea where else to start. I know he is busy with the launch of Domino today, but he is the one person with the expertise who also will be discreet. I asked him to review Lydia's latest videos for any ideas where George could be. Frankly, I doubt I could stomach watching those videos myself. I also asked him to see if he could extract an IP address or any information from that awful website."

Fitz was stroking his goatee in thought, "Yeah, that's a good start, but before we get too carried away with plotting revenge, I think you need to tell Gigi what's going on."

"Why? The last thing she needs to hear about is George's manipulative actions against another victim. She is still recovering from what he did to her."

"Exactly," argued Fitz. "She is better hearing it from you than getting a nasty shock about this on her own. And it is Wednesday, so was Lizzie working on a new video today?"

Darcy's nodded, his mind briefly reflecting on how Lizzie smiled when he came to see her today.

Fitz continued, "See? She'll probably find out tomorrow when she watches Lizzie's video. You have to tell Gigi."

"Tell Gigi what?" said a female voice from the doorway. The two men jumped in surprise.

"I did knock," said Gigi, coolly, closing the door behind her. She walked up to Darcy's desk and crossed her arms, looking between her older brother and Fitz. She continued, "But you guys seemed to be in an intense discussion. What's going on, William?"

Darcy looked from Gigi to Fitz. Darcy put his hands over his face in weariness and indecision on what to tell his sister. Fitz took pity on Darcy and took the matter of out his hands.

"Okay, Gigi, here's the deal. Lizzie's younger sister, Lydia, is caught up in a mess with George Wickham."

Gigi stared at Fitz, in shock. "WHAT!?" She turned to her brother, "William, what does he mean?"

Darcy removed the hands from in front of his face and glared at Fitz, "Way to break it to her, Fitz."

Fitz raised his hands, "Hey, you weren't doing anything, and it's better to get straight to the point."

Together, Fitz and Darcy explained the story to Gigi. She sat dumbfounded in a chair next to Fitz, just trying to process everything.

"So Lizzie's on her way home now," finished Darcy, "And Fitz and I were just discussing what to do next."

"Oh, William," said Gigi, sadly, "And you had the theater date planned for tonight, too. Did you get a chance to ask her before she had to go home?"

"Asked her, yes," said Darcy, "But Charlotte called before she answered."

"You seriously have the worst timing ever," groaned Gigi.

"Tell me about it," muttered Darcy.

"So what are we going to do? Is there anything legally we can do to prevent the video's release?" asked Gigi.

"Hey, that's an idea," said Fitz, but Darcy shook his head in response.

"I don't think so, not without knowing George's location or where the video is being stored. But my hypothesis is that they will be in the same location."

"Oh, really?" said Fitz.

Darcy looked between Fitz and Gigi. He knew George well after all, and he had analyzed the situation from every possible angle. He explained, "Yes. George is counting on getting a lot of revenue from this video. He would limit the access or copies to prevent it from being leaked early. No, he will have the video and any copies very close to him. And legally, there isn't much room to maneuver. Lydia is an adult, who as far as we know, consented in making this tape. Regardless, any lawsuit would definitely take more than two weeks to get off the ground, by then it would be too late."

"Shit," said Gigi. At a sharp look from her brother, she muttered, "Sorry."

"So if the legal route isn't an option," said Fitz, "then we take the alternative, but more exciting route. Let's hire Tom Selleck for the case!"

Gigi looked at Fitz in confusion, "Who?"

Fitz laughed, and replied, "Oh, Gigi, I forget how young you are sometimes to remember the awesomeness of the 80's. Tom Selleck played a TV character called Magnum, P.I."

Darcy looked at Fitz with a raised eyebrow, "Hmm, that isn't a bad idea. A private investigator may expedite the process more quickly. I'll ask Reynolds to have one meet me here tomorrow." Darcy turned to Gigi, "I know you want to help Lizzie, but I don't want you to worry about this mess. There's not much else we can do right now anyways, so just go to conditioning this evening as planned. It may actually take your mind off things."

Gigi looked mutinous, but she decided not to argue with her brother now. He looked worn out, and the last thing he needed was to fight with her. "Fine," she muttered, then raised her voice to a normal tone, "But don't try to hide stuff like this from me in the future, all right?"

"Fine," muttered Darcy, just like his sister did ten seconds previously.

The three of them sat in silence for a few minutes, each of them lost in thought. Then, Ftiz and Gigi decided to leave Darcy to make plans with Reynolds about the private investigator.

"Dude," said Fitz as he was leaving, "Try to get some rest tonight, okay? We still have time to fix this."

Darcy just nodded in reply as Fitz and Gigi left his office. He leaned back in his chair for a moment before making the final arrangements for the day and heading home early to take his mind off this whole mess.