Chapter 9
I don't own these characters, but it would be nice if I did.
Wait...In this story, I actually created some of them, so I do own them.
Anyways, I do promise to keep them true to themselves.
And as for the ones I did create, who they are is up to me, so...
Friday finally arrived in Boston as well. Cody and Bailey were both looking forward to their date night that night, but both had to get through their work days first. And both had pressing matters on their schedules. For Bailey, it was the board meeting that she hoped would put an end to all of the hard work she had been doing and the mess going on at Tipton Industries. And if she was lucky, it would also be the last time she would ever have to deal with Wade Harrison. For Cody, it was his morning appointment with Wilfred Tipton. He was hoping that he had discovered the poisoning in time to prevent any permanent damage.
That morning, Cody was doing some paperwork in his office when there was a knock at his door. Looking up, he saw Todd St. Mark and smiled.
"Hey..."
Todd smiled back. "I've got some good news for you. The honeymoon suite at the St. Mark hotel has been reserved in your name for this evening."
Cody sighed in relief. "Thank you. One less thing I have to follow up on today..."
Todd laughed. "No Problem. Why didn't you just use the Tipton though?"
Cody grinned. "Because there are people there who might spill the secret to Bailey. I want tonight to be a complete surprise for her. I want her to remember this night for a long, long time..."
"I try to do the same for London, but she always finds out what I have planned."
"Well, next time you want to surprise her, just let me know. I can book everything in my name, and she will be none the wiser..."
"I may take you up on that..." Todd paused. "By the way, I noticed my father-in-law has an appointment with you in a little while..."
Cody shook his head. "And you also know I can't discuss anything about it..."
Todd held up his hands. "You don't have to tell me, but you know my wife..."
Cody laughed. "Since I was 12..."
"Just saying if she wants to know, I'm not getting in her way..."
"Duly noted. Well, I should finish up a few more details before Wilfred get here. I definitely don't want to keep him waiting."
"Good idea."
At 9:55, Cody was sitting at his desk doing yet more paperwork when his office door opened and Wilfred Tipton marched inside. Cody looked up and smiled.
"Good to see you again, Mr. Tipton. You ready to get started?"
Wilfred nodded. "You're darn right I am! I've been waiting for this day all week."
Twenty minutes later, they were back in Cody's office sitting there talking while waiting for the lab to return its results.
"I understand you took Bailey and the kids to an amusement park this weekend. Good. Of everyone that works for me, Bailey is one of the ones I trust the most. I've never had to worry about her work a single day. And she brings such a common sense approach to board matters. I don't want to see her get burned out."
Cody smiled. "I don't either. But Bailey doesn't know how to do anything halfway. She gives everything 110%. And she has a huge heart. I mean, she's put up with me for over 25 years..."
"Oh please. From what I hear, her desk at the shelters are a mini shrine to you and the kids. I'd feel sorry for anyone who dared mess with any of you. And we both know she has the resources at her disposal to bring the pain..."
"Definitely..."
At that moment, there was a knock at the door, and the lab tech stuck her head in the door. Cody motioned her in and took the file from her. Opening it up, he began reviewing the results. And once he was done, he began grinning.
"Congratulations, Mr. Tipton. The level of potassium chloride in your blood is now down to a normal level. Until you give me further notice, you can continue to get your prescriptions filled through my office."
Wilfred grinned. "Excellent. And I appreciate the offer, but I'm hoping after today, further testing of my medications will not be necessary."
"I wish you luck then."
Across town, Wade Harrison was in his office when his door busted open and someone marched in and closed it behind him.
"We may have a problem!"
Harrison looked up. "What?"
"Do you know where the old man was this morning?"
"Where?"
"Over at Mass General. And do you know who he was meeting with?"
"Who?"
"Mr. Dr. Doolittle...the chief of medicine."
Harrison frowned. "I don't like the sound of that one bit."
"It gets worse. I found out they also met early last week as well. And Dr. Martin ran tests then. From everything I hear, he's one of the best doctors in New England."
Harrison sat there and thought. "Which means he could have discovered the poisoning..."
"Exactly! And if he did, the old man is probably aware that something is going on..."
"Especially if he found out last week..."
The other man paused. "You think he might have found the bugs in his office?"
"I guess its possible..."
"You think the soy bean futures...?"
Harrison stopped to consider that idea. He began shaking his head and anger. "The old man set us up!"
"How does he know its us though? Nothing is traceable back to us."
"He might not know exactly that is us, but he knows someone is out to get him!"
The other man started getting nervous. "I don't like this one single bit. With both the Martins and now this...I say we scrap everything while we're still ahead."
Harrison shook his head. "No way. I always go after what I want, and I get it. What kind of example would I be to my nephew if I just gave up? No, I won't do that..."
"What do you suggest then? Where do we go from here?"
Harrison paused. "I think we both know what we have to do..."
The other man just looked at him. "Are you saying we should actually do Plan B? I thought that was just talk..."
"Yes. Call it in and have it done. We have to do damage control and shut up the vet..."
Across town, Bailey was in her office gathering all of her materials for the upcoming board meeting. And as she did that, Katie stuck her head in the door.
"Should I expect you back after the meeting, or are you calling it a weekend once its done?"
Bailey looked up. "I was planning on coming back here..."
Katie smiled. "I was thinking you could go shopping once you left and find yourself a new dress that will make Cody's eyes pop out and his tongue to hit the ground. And then a little something to wear later that will knock him dead..."
Bailey laughed. "You think I should?"
"Sure, why not? He's been a good boy, right?"
"Of course..." Bailey paused and smiled. "You know, I think I will do that. The other night, he wanted to get a little romantic and I told him we had a long day the next day. He completely understood though. These past few weeks, I know I've been a little frazzled with work, but he's been nothing but the best. I told him I wanted a rain check, maybe this is my way of showing him how much I appreciate him and everything he does."
Katie laughed. "Get on out of here then..."
About an hour later, Bailey was pulling all of her materials into the Tipton boardroom and began setting up all of her things for the meeting. In preparation, she turned off the ringer on her phone. And to her surprise, Wilfred Tipton walked into the board room followed by several of his guards and closed the door.
"You ready for this, Dr. Martin?"
Bailey smiled. "Yes, Sir. I'm ready to see those two crooks get what they deserve."
"Good. I'm going to have my guards in here in case they try to cause problems. I don't want them trying to do something stupid."
"You think one of them would try to bring a gun in here?"
Wilfred grinned. "Nope. All the entrances to this floor have detectors built into the doors...even the elevators. If they tried, an alarm would have gone off immediately. My hope is we catch them completely off guard."
Out in the hallway, Harrison and his partner in crime were looking through the window into the conference room, and both saw Wilfred and Bailey talking.
"What do you think they are talking about?"
"No idea, but whatever the good doctor is saying, hopefully she'll be shut up soon." Harrison turned to his accomplice. "Has it been taken care of?"
The man sighed. "I made the phone call. It should be happening any time now..."
Harrison grinned. "Excellent."
Across town, Cody was still in his office trying to finish up yet more paperwork when there was a knock at his door. Cody looked up and saw Todd again.
"How about we get out of here and grab some lunch?"
Cody paused and nodded. "Good idea. I think I could use a change of scenery..."
Todd grinned. "Good...And you're buying."
Cody laughed. "Yeah, I'm buying lunch for the heir to one hotel chain who is married to the heiress of another one. That sounds about right. But if I'm buying, I pick the place."
Todd laughed too. "Just don't expect me to put out...Not on the first date anyways..."
Cody shook his head and laughed. "Lets get out of here. And I choose that little hole in the wall place down the street."
"If we're going there, I'm definitely not putting out. I want caviar and truffles..."
"You've been married to London way too long."
Todd laughed. "Probably."
Both made their way to the closest exit to them and had just began walking away from the hospital when they heard what sounded like a car backfiring.
Todd shook his head. "Someone needs to get a tune up..." He kept walking and happened to glance next to him. But Cody wasn't there. Todd stopped and turned around intending to tell Cody to keep up. But instead, he saw Cody sprawled on the sidewalk. That's when Todd noticed Cody's white dress shirt was quickly turning red. And that's when it hit him...it was blood.
To be Continued...
AN: Don't kill me yet. Hang on for the ride to follow. On another note, I think the SL curse struck again last night. What three teams were in contention for the #1 pick? Cleveland, Minnesota, and Utah. Minnesota being the team of Kevin Love, and Utah the former team of Deron Williams. Both team's jerseys were worn on the show. The other team whose jersey wasn't shown - Cleveland. And who got the #1 pick? Cleveland. Hmmm...
