Chapter 8
"Mr. Waters, Ms. Davies and party are here to see you," said Janet, Phil's secretary.
"Thanks Janet, send them in."
"Kyla, hello it's been too long, how have you been?"
"Fine Phil, how about yourself?"
"Great! Hello Ashley, Spencer it's good to see you again." Spencer nods.
"So Phil why did you need to see all of us?" Ashley asked.
"I wanted to advise Kyla to be careful of anyone approaching her with a proposal to sell her half of the record company and I wanted Spencer to know we are still working on getting her undead, so to speak because Aiden has responded to your divorce petition. Looking at Ashley, he wants half of the proceeds from the sale of your half of the record company."
"WHAT! Are you serious, who said I was selling and who in their right mind would buy only half of a recording company?" Ashley asked.
"Phil, now I understand what Aiden might be trying to do," Kyla said. "Because Aiden came to me a couple of days ago wanting me to sell my half of the company to some buyer/investor he knew was interested in being a part of the recording business."
Hmm… "that's interesting Kyla," Phil said.
"Why is that interesting Phil," both Ashley and Spencer say.
"Let's look at this scenario, Kyla sells her half of the record company to some buyer/investor he knows. Then Ashley is made to sell her half to get the money from the sale that she needs to give to Aiden as part of the settlement. So Ashley puts the company up for sale, of course Aiden knows this and he gets one of his investors or maybe the same one who bought Kyla's half, now that person has one hundred percent of the company all because of Aiden's manipulations."
"Aiden may be common sense dumb but he is very intelligent when it comes to manipulating the law. And that law firm he works for is well known for stealing money making companies right from under people. Their businesses are gone before they can do anything about it. It seems like Aiden is going to use this divorce to steal your company Ashley."
"I told you he was an ass… Ashley," Kyla said.
Spencer was very quiet during the meeting, which Ashley noticed.
"Spencer what's wrong?" Ashley asks.
"I'm so sorry I feel like I'm the cause of your problem."
"What are you talking about Spencer," Ashley said holding Spencer's hand.
"If I had not come back you would not have asked him for a divorce and he wouldn't be trying to steal your company."
"That's not true Spencer," Kyla said.
"Ashley turns and looks at Kyla, what does that mean Kyla?"
"There were so many reasons why I was mad at you for marrying Aiden, but you were so, I don't know you just wasn't listening to anyone. Aiden approached me a year after you two got married. He wanted me to sell him half of Raiash Records then."
"He approached you a year after we got married," Ashley said.
Yes… he made me so mad. He said since I was so angry with you for marrying him, why don't I just show you by selling my half of the company to get revenge. He thought I was so in love with him and jealous that he married you instead of me I would do anything he asked of me. He already knew some people who were interested in buying. I told him to get out of my room. That's around the time I moved out of the mansion. The fool thought I was still in love with him."
"Kyla why didn't you tell me," Ashley said.
"I tried to Ashley but at that time in your life you were not listening to anyone except Aiden. It was like he had you on lockdown."
"Oh, I guess I was…"
"Yeah you were," Kyla said.
"But if he knew you were adament on not selling why has he approached you again about it?" Spencer asked.
"I don't know, Aiden may be a good lawyer but he's still not too bright in the brain department when it comes to dealing with the simple things in life or he feels he can manipulate me because he thinks I'm still in love with him," Kyla said laughing.
"Spencer, Ashley and Phil shook their heads at Kyla's response."
"So what I'm I suppose to do Phil, I can't lose my company?"
"I'm not sure yet because the more difficult he makes it for you the more it is for Spencer," Phil said.
"For me!" Spencer said.
"Yes, remember you're still dead, so to speak you can't even vote. We need to get you back to being able to prove who you are but we can't do that until Ashley's divorce or she'll be facing bigamy charges."
"I'm sure Aiden would love that," Kyla said.
"Give me a couple of days to come up something and I'll call you Ashley. Kyla do not negotiate anything with Aiden, tell him you are not interested in selling. Maybe he might give up and we can get this divorce moving forward. Whoever he's dealing with will not settle for fifty percent, they will want one hundred percent of Raiash Records."
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Spencer and Ashley are at the mansion trying to figure out what Aiden could be up to. Ashley was unnerved by the fact that Aiden had been after her record company for over a year now. "I just can't believe Aiden would do this to me, Spencer. He knows that company is my life."
"Ashley… Aiden was always for himself you just could never see it. He knew we were dating but he had to tell you of his undying love for you, how you made him feel like a whole man just being near you, he would give you the world if you just gave him a chance. Not giving a damn about my feelings or the relationship we were already in," Spencer said getting angry.
Just than the doorbell rings and Ashley goes to answer it.
"Hello, I would like to speak to Spencer."
"Bitch what are you doing at my house and how did you know Spencer was here?"
"Look I don't want to talk to you, just tell Spencer her lover is here."
"Her lover," Ashley pulled her hand back to slap down Linda, but Spencer stops her.
"Linda what are you doing here? Wasn't that beat down you got at my parent's house enough for you? Now you're showing up her at my wife's house, have you completely lost your mind?"
"Look Spence baby I just want to talk to you. To convince you to leave this skank and come back to me."
"Who you calling a skank… bitch," Ashley yelled from behind Spencer.
Spencer was having a little trouble keeping Ashley from jumping Linda while trying to talk and ask Linda why she was at Ashley's house.
"Come back to you, I was never with you, Linda" Spencer said.
Linda's conversation was making Ashley's blood boil. "She's can't come to my home and call me a skank and take my wife. Move Spencer I'm gonna to kick this woman's ass so bad she'd wish she was back on that deserted island."
"As long as Spence baby is there with me on that deserted island, me and her making love all day and all night," Linda said smirking at Ashley.
"Shit, Spencer let go of me… this bitch cannot come here and talk that smack to me."
"Ashley stop, calm down sweetie… Linda how did you know I was here? Where are you getting your information from," Spencer asked curious.
With a smirked showing on her face, "from that skank's husband Allen… "you mean Aiden."
"Yeah, I slept with him a couple of days ago. He was telling me about his wife's, wife had come back from the dead and how his wife can't make up her mind who she wanted since he was such a fantastic lover… and he was. I knew it was you he was talking about," Linda admitted.
"You… slept with… him?" Spencer and Ashley said.
"Umm… I didn't say that."
"Yes you did," Spencer said.
"No, no I didn't… anyway I've come for you."
"Go away Linda you are a brainless slut. What makes you think I would want you now after you fucked my wife's husband, huh? Go away and if you so much as come near Ashley or me or this property ever again, it will be your last. Do you understand me Linda?"
"Umm… Yeah, Spence baby, Linda said feeling a little defeated in her quest to get Spencer to go with her. I was just doing what I was told?" Linda turns to go, "wait what were you told and by who?" Spencer asked Linda. "Allen told me…" "Aiden…" "Yeah, he told me he overheard you telling your wife you no longer wanted her. That you were in love with me and that I should stake my claim to you before Ms. Thang over there tricked you into staying with her. He even paid me money as incentive to come after you. Not that I needed an incentive."
"How much did he pay you?" Ashley was now asking.
"I don't speak to skank's," Linda said.
"What! Listen you beaver ass bitch…" "Ashley, please calm down," Spencer said as she was again trying to hold onto Ashley.
"Linda how much did he pay you," Spencer asked still trying to hold Ashley back.
"Ten thousand dollars and two plane tickets to South America."
"Go away Linda," Spencer said, "and don't ever come back here." "But Spence baby…" Spencer slammed the door in Linda's face.
"Ashley… Ashley… where," Spencer started to say.
Ashley was sitting on the couch with her head in her hands crying.
"Ashley, please don't cry."
"When did Aiden change Spencer? First he's trying to take my record company from me and now he's trying to make sure I don't have you either by sending that bitch to chase after you. "Damnit!" I am not that same scared person I was five years ago. Did he think I would run back into his arms? I was thinking of divorcing his ass even before you showed up."
"Ash we need to come up with some game plan against Aiden. I wonder if we could give your half of the company to Kyla or someone else you can completely trust. Someone that couldn't be manipulated by Aiden or greed."
"I don't know Spencer? We could talk to Phil, maybe he could tell us if I could do that. The only other person besides you, I would totally trust is Mr. C."
"My father, why would you trust him like that?"
"Spencer, your parents were really great to me, when you were lost. But Mr. C, if it wasn't for him I don't think I would be here today. I love him like he was my own father. So yeah, I would trust him with my half of Raiash Records, without fear that he would sell it to someone."
"Wow, Ashley I didn't know you felt that way about my dad. Okay, call Phil and tell him we need to see him right away. I'll call my father and see if he can come with us."
