I can't apologize enough for l leaving this story dormant for so long but today I dedicated some time in between to get this chapter done and up and hopefully its a good enough read for you lot who are still reading and following. Hopefully my mistakes are few as well. I have one other story to update so i'm working on that chapter as well as i am about to post this one. so feel free to let me know hat you think/. .. Sincerely I'm sorry.
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CHAPTER 13 – REVALUATIONS =CONCLUSION PT 2
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Trick struggled to regain his senses from the shock of it all. How did this happen? He saw and heard Aoife but didn't make out her words right away, not until she was clutching his arm and frantically shouting at Lauren from what he could see as he surfaced after feeling like he was caught underwater… well- Aoife was carrying on hysterically really, she was overreacting and he quickly nipped that in the bud raising his voice above hers… "Stop it, Aoife! Please no one else move and please don't over react as such Aoife it's not you- so please sit down, truly, I'm fine… I just… needed a moment to collect myself. I'm not going to have a heart attack… truly-everyone, I'm fine, I-It's just the sudden pain in my chest –um-my chest hurts… because of what I have done… honestly I actually felt my own heart just break painfully at what I've done…all what I've –done." He said not really looking at anyone in particular, his head bowed deep in shame.
"Father_" Aoife began still standing at his side
"Aoife…give me a minute- I ha-have to…" he stuttered a little, before finally lifting his head to look at Stella directing his next set of words at her "…How could you-I…I- believed you every time over my own granddaughter…?" he said with an unrecognizable look to Stella.
Stella was paler than ever, tears swimming at the corners of her eyes but not enough to blur her vision or miss that look. She couldn't help but think it was a look she had never seen before on his gentle loving face ever, a look she didn't think he was capable of, he knew… they both knew before he continued…
"I believed you when you said that she didn't want to see me happy with someone else… I believed you when you said that she dislikes you for coming between me and her… I believed you when you said that she should marry Dyson not just so we can get access to the Asian market but because Izzy needed help to run MCP, if I planned to retire… wh-when… all along- all of this-it was all planned…you went through all of this to help him steal my company… my family's legacy… my money…? Why?"
"No Patrick! Please listen to me patty I-I changed; I swear I wasn't really helping him… can't you understand I had to play my role with him… patty, honey- I swear- I love you… I do-I fell for you but I had to keep up pretenses with Dyson, I was constantly living in fear… fear for my daughter, myself and you, you don't know what he is capable of." Stella said with the release of tears and a well scripted act of fearful desperation. She hoped was convincing enough.
"LIES-THE OLD HAG OF A BITCH IS LYING." Dyson roared and tried to escape the hold he was currently in but Hale and Cole kept him firm in their grasp. "…ALL LIES, SHE LOVED BEING FUCKED LIKE THE WHORE SHE IS. I AM MANY THINGS BUT I NEVER HELD A GUN TO HER HEAD. SHE COULD HAVE LEFT ANYTIME, TOLD YOU ANYTIME, BUT SHE COULDN'T LEAVE MY BIG COCK ALONE, SHE DIDN'T WANT TO. SHE LOVED EVERY SECOND OF BEING MY SPECTACULAR WHORE DOING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING I ASK." Dyson bellowed aloud to get everyone's attention.
If it was possible Stella shrank into her seat looking quite deathly paler now. She knew that this was the end for her, the look trick was giving her said it all.
It would seem that trick was not buying anymore of what she was saying and yet he wanted to believe that she really was coerced into it all as he said … "Tell me Stella, what would have happened once you and Dyson had successfully gotten rid of my Izzy…? If you both had succeeded in having her, killed that day she was found in the car park at work?" Trick asked all color drained of his face once more now that he was seeing everything clearly.
"I swear-that was his plan, he wanted to teach her a lesson -besides he didn't plan to kill her, as they had not been married for even a year yet, so he summarized that the likely hood of him getting any sizable share in MCP would be to small, because you would have likely continued to run MCP and he would still be answering to you instead of getting you thrown out of your own company." Stella replied burying her face in her hands as she cried harder throwing dyson even further down into his grave and also in a last desperate attempt to garner some kind of pity from Patrick.
Trick shook his head in disbelief, not quite wanting to believe any of what he was hearing but it had to be the truth, Stella wasn't that clever, a gold digger yes, a seductress yes but she wasn't this clever to go after him and Izzy. Disappointed that he had made himself vulnerable to her charms and chose to ignore the little warning signs he looked at her once more as he said… "He was so confident that my employees would have betrayed me and you were helping him plot this all along, was I really such a foolish old man to you?"
"WAIT! PLEASE!" Dyson shouted loudly "…Gentlemen a little slack please that I may look him in the face so that I may answer that question myself truthfully- surely she doesn't know all of what I was plotting… surely you all don't believe that she could be so smart."
"Go on then." Trick said after hale and Ian had relaxed their hold on him but still kept a firm hold on his arms at his sides.
"It needs to be said… that…you're… a fucking stupid-shortsighted-unintelligent-cretinous-banal-inscrutable old fossil for a man Mr. McCorrigan… whereas a fool- a fool is an unwilling nincompoop of a victim. It's asinine to gift a worthless bitch like your precious Izzy a powerful company to run, it's not some doll house for her to fool around with and besides no FUCKING! -absolutely no FUCKING! Woman should be running a multi-million-dollar business. It's bad enough that you have overlooked a lot of good men better suited to run MCP and who could be making this company so much more money and building it even greater- I could expand on this issue but I won't, all I want to say is that… simply to put your weak pathetic Izzy in charge because you didn't want her to throw a tantrum all because she doesn't get what she wants you over looked everyone."
"You're wrong_" Trick was starting to say when Dyson cut him off
"_Listen, you, geriatric limp fuck…you might think you're fair… but you're not, you didn't even think to reward these men for their years of loyalty to you… and that's where I saw my opportunity to get what I wanted even more. So I said the right words and appealed to the realistic and human side of their greedy egotistical selves, I promised them power and more money and that's why they were willing to make me the next CEO of MCP with their backing... you have to see, if your dumb cunt Izzy was out of the picture then you would go back to owning forty-nine percent of MCP and the others who owned shares and had voting power combined with my measly one percent would have been enough to get you over thrown and myself instated, I even saw myself buying some of those old worthless farts out on the cheap giving me more ownership and power as I moved MCP into a new era, making it an even bigger-better corporate company giant than you could ever dream to."
"How dare you?" Trick seethed.
"Well since you asked, I'll tell you now a little of how I would have done it. Simply put I would have been raking in at least a quarter billion dollars a year once I had established a black market gun and drugs sector under MCP using the rest of the company as a front, there is billions to be made in arms and drug dealing and you-you superannuated limp-dick shit was hindering the success of your company by refusing to work with these dealers… and that was just going to be the beginning of my reign had I succeeded in getting rid of you both." Dyson finished smiling brilliantly as he puffed his chest out proudly.
Trick turned his attention from dyson, looking at the table once more as he tried to gather his thoughts… everyone remained silent not sure how to process any of what they were hearing, slowly he pushed away from the table but didn't move any further as he looked at Ian and Cole keenly before saying…"Ian… Cole… would you have voted me out of my own company that my family built from nothing?"
"Of course, not…! We weren't even aware that a rebellion was waiting to happen." Cole replied.
"I don't fucking believe this, of course -you two are two of the three silent partners in MCP, who we couldn't figure out at the time, god dammit it's always the lawyers?" Dyson said in great disbelief.
"Well… yes and no… see Mr. McCorrigan and our families have history, our fathers worked for his father before, and a long time ago his father gave our fathers shares in MCP to pass on to their children as they were great friends, our family law firm would be non-existent if it weren't for his father helping our fathers to achieve their dreams we owe his family more than gratitude, which is why when Ysabeau came to us we had no problem turning things over to her, we simply could not sit by and let anyone cheat an honest man out of his legacy and as his LPA she has all the rights to make these changes without his consent or knowledge." Ian explained this time before nodding at Cole.
"So naturally if Izzy had acquired his 49% control of MCP upon his retirement then automatically she would have our shares to as well as the third silent partner no amount of money would have gotten us to turn on Patrick or Ysabeau." Cole finished applying more pressure to the lock he had on Dyson's arm making his point clear.
"Arghh- assholes… you're really telling me that your share which is worth ten million each would not have made you turn on him for an additional ten million each to sell your share?"
"No." they both said firmly
"Ahhh- I get it, another set of pussies in suits. But I completely understand… what you're saying is that basically your firm stays afloat as long as you lick his grey- ashy hairy, midget ass?" dyson said beginning to laugh mockingly
"No! We get a lot of good business without MCP our firm is worth a good bit of money which we are happy to earn." Ian said passionately.
"Bullshit! -fucking bullshit! … so now it just comes down to who is the last silent partner… hmmm is it the maid Ms. Karen or perhaps the gardener Sal maybe it's the fucking postman, who the fuck is it? I'm sure you both know since you're the lawyers so don't fucking tell me you don't know… WHO IS IT?" Dyson growled hysterically
"Allow me gentlemen… to answer that question myself… it needs to be explained in a bit of lengthy detail." Trick said standing taller as he shoved is hands into his pockets not knowing what to do with them "…I haven't always been the best husband or father and now I realize I've not even been a good grandfather though I thought I was. I have made so many mistakes I realize… before and of late that I don't know if I can atone for them. Especially the mistakes I've made lately." He paused reaching for the glass of water two sips and he picked up where he had paused…
"I've worked hard most of my life because it's not easy running a million-dollar business. When I was younger, I had a different girl on my arm every other day, being rich and powerful has its perks and only one woman had the power to make me give it all up in an instant. I married young, nineteen to be precise and Isabelle was twenty… also she was the only woman who truly caught my eye, who made an honest and faithful man out of me at such a tender age.
The first five years we lived a care free life. Then one day she told me that she was pregnant, it was a great surprise to me even though it was planned for after the first five years we would try for a child.
After we had Aoife, we were told we couldn't have any more children, it was devastating news but then we were even more thankful we had our beautiful baby girl. My father passed away after Aoife's sixth birthday and the pressure to keep leading MCP grew, decisions had to be made and business had to keep going of course all the late, long hours started to affect my family life but Isabelle always said she understood, I thank god every day for blessing me with such a wonderful wife in every way then.
Eventually my daughter had grown into a teenager, I hadn't realized that ten years could fly by so quickly but it did. At sixteen she was partying every night with her friends, skipping school… Isabelle tried with Aoife and still talking didn't seem to work and I just didn't have the time to be a good attentive father and soon a good husband I didn't try to fix it but don't misunderstand what I'm saying also is that I never stepped out on my wife and my wife never stepped out on me even when I neglected her. I honestly didn't attempt to resolve the rift that had grown between my daughter and myself, hell I didn't know we were having any problems, I thought she understood like her mother that everything I was doing was for the company and them. I guess not because one day I'm sitting at the dinner table to have a hot meal… a first in so many years of coming home to meals being kept warm in the warmer.
Sat at the table was belle and myself when Aoife and some black-eyed liner, rock-punk dressed up wanna be walked in to announce that they had just gotten married and that she was pregnant, and all I could think was she was one week shy of her seventeenth birthday. How could she ruin her life so easily?
Needless to say I was beyond angry, and she was quite angry to and we argued… said a lot of hurtful things… it was also the first time I was told to my face I was the worst father in the world and she hated me and never wanted to see me again or have anything to do with me since I don't know what it means to be a father. It should have changed me, made me step back and re-evaluate what was important, it's not like the business was failing we were thriving more than ever but I just couldn't stop working long enough to focus on my family life. Belle never complained, she didn't nag me, we talked she said nothing that should have alerted me to how terrible the situation really was so I fleetingly thought everything was great at home. I guess belle tried to handle everything and didn't want to stress me out because our teenage daughter was acting like a typical teenager. The end of that was she left with the punk. Stayed in contact with her mother, dropped in at the house to see her but cut me off completely. So being stubborn I figured if she wanted to grow up so fast them let her so I didn't try to fix what was broken between us then." He said running a hand behind his neck and just as quickly pushing it back into his pocket.
"Regretfully I wasn't even there when Aoife gave birth. I might not have wanted her to have a child then because I knew she wasn't ready, shamefully one of the things I told her before she left was that she should have aborted the baby, she said defiantly she wouldn't because she was going to show me what a real father looked like and how a real husband didn't neglect his wife or family duties it was then with those last words she moved out. Needless to say, before that day we weren't really talking- even if we were screaming at each other whenever we crossed paths sometimes in the few times, she visited her mother before she gave birth. Again, it was a lame attempt to get through to her because I didn't think I was wrong if I provided everything for her."
Moving along, I didn't get to hold my first and only granddaughter till she was a month old because Aoife refused to comeback home so she wouldn't have to see me or speak to me ever again like she'd vowed.
It was unfortunate for her but lucky for me that Bo's father up and left claiming he had made a mistake and he wasn't ready to be a father and he felt because we were rich that he shouldn't have to hold down a part time job to support his family. My wife had called me at work and told me it was the reason for Aoife returning home so suddenly, she begged me to not say anything and just let her be, give her some time because it would be a good chance to fix the rift between us. So, when I got home early that day, she was there with her tiny precious little bundle who was wailing at the top of her lungs…
Isabelle had gone to the store to buy some baby stuff as Aoife didn't have enough things for her then, her teenage husband at the time having given her no money to support them and she refusing to accept my wife's money either. Honestly all she had in the bag she'd come with was an empty bottle and two diapers and maybe a change of clothes for herself aside from the one on her back. I could tell she was having a hard time but I didn't say anything. I couldn't as I- I feel like it was just yesterday it all happened but that day I had no words as I re_" Patrick was trying to get his words out but the memory was still like a fresh wound to him, as he pressed his fingers over his eyes trying to stem the sudden tears no one made a move to interrupt, finally he reached for the glass of water again and drank the whole lot, before clearing his throat… "_I'm sorry for the sudden breakdown, I just… Ahhh... so what had happened that day is, I got home and they were both there and I remember tears filling my eyes as I approached her and asked if I may hold her, she didn't look at me or fight me then I knew she was exhausted as she just placed her gently in my arms and immediately she began to quiet, as I rocked her and by the time Isabelle got home Ysabeau was asleep in my arms but I couldn't put her down… I didn't want to… holding her made me realize what I had been missing out on… essentially what I missed out on all along, holding my precious granddaughter made me realized that I missed so much of my little girl growing up till she had become a grown-up still young girl who didn't need me anymore, who didn't want to need me because it would seem I didn't care about her at all growing up.
She was probably right even if everything was misunderstood but that baby in my arms I knew she needed me, they both did and I vowed silently I would love her like I failed to love my own daughter, I would do better and be better for her… and every day after that I found a reason to be home early to spend more time with my precious granddaughter and family, I'd reconnected with my wife and daughter, I'd also finally convinced Aoife to go back to school and get her certificates etc.
When Bo turned five Aoife had completed her certificate and degree and came on board to work, she had to travel a lot, sometime she would be gone for weeks sometimes a month or more because she was scouting business opportunities that we could buy or invest in. For almost two years she traveled returning home maybe ten times in that period, then one day she calls, actually a week shy of Bo's seventh birthday and says that she can't do it anymore, she didn't know how to tell us and she had tried to explain it in a letter she left for us which she had hidden away when she last came home.
She tried to explain that she needed to live her life and taking care of a child was the least of her priorities and that altogether it was troublesome having a kid-it had always been and she hoped we didn't see her as a selfish person for finally doing the right thing by leaving to live her own life. This all lead to her revealing that she had also met someone abroad and they were going to get married and live there… somewhere in Europe at the time. After reading the letter repeatedly, growing angrier each time I finally balled the letter up and threw it away in the trash, it broke my heart to read any of what she wrote.
I have to be honest and say that I have to stand responsibility for Bo finding that letter which I had no idea that she had... So, on the day of her seventh birthday, my Izzy asked if her mother was coming, I lied and told her that mommy was working and wouldn't make it but maybe next week and so it began, every day was the same thing… mommy working… she would come the next week. Eventually the weeks turned into months and the months started to turn into years and by the time Izzy was nine she stopped asking about Aoife plus Aoife had stopped calling before Bo was even eight and it's then I was… I was very sure Izzy also didn't miss her anymore because she had Isabelle and me, she wanted for nothing, she rarely gave trouble unless of course someone tried to bully her, she would take care of it herself but other than that Izzy has always been a straight forward child.
I just have to say that with all that has been revealed today I was ignorant to what was right in front of me…the fact that I didn't know was that it was because she believed her mother's selfish words written on a piece of paper. Bo didn't do normal teenager stuff if I'm truly honest. But it didn't set of any alarms for me and I guess she couldn't talk to me about what she was truly feeling then. I didn't know she was shouldering such a heavy burden for so long. I had no idea she had read that letter at all.
Teenagers in general are supposed to enjoy life at that age, I think… Bo though… she wanted to work she asked to work part-time so she started her first summer job at fifteen helping me as my assistant secretary when my secretary Mrs. Martha, god bless and rest her soul got ill before she passed away. Every school break she would come work in the company, I noticed she had a really good sense of business, she asked questions and interacted with the staff, learning every aspect of each department of business within the company and she would ask me a lot of questions when we were home at the table, Isabelle would give me this look, as she had told me many times before that Bo would be a suitable leader for the company in the future.
So I finally heeded her words and started showing her the business, she was a natural genius, she had charm and persuasion as well as all the staff liked her and I was getting older so grooming her to take over wasn't hard she was up for the challenge she repeatedly said as much, I knew that when my time to step down came that MCP would be in very capable hands, still I wanted her to live her life the way she wanted, I honestly thought that she would do like Aoife and want to live as teenagers do, travel the world, fall in love, make mistakes. Bo didn't however do that as she said she wanted to work fulltime in the company and go to college. She was nineteen when I made that decision to show her everything after I asked repeatedly what she wanted to do with her life. It was always the same answer. 'I wanna be like you running MCP'
Then when my wife took ill just after Bo's twentieth birthday, I had no problem putting her in charge to take care of my wife… though I had the best medical team money could afford I didn't ever want to leave belle's side. Bo knew this and it's why she only consulted me if it was necessary but she was already making big decisions without having to ask me anything really. I was so grateful and very proud of her, we both were, but I more so for her allowing me to spend the next four years easily being at my wife's side as she battled with cancer. Even when I tried to reach out to Aoife, she never replied being too busy living her life still. I guess she had the same beliefs as me that Isabelle would pull through this or maybe she didn't want to see her mother dying. I didn't ask because we never spoke for more than a minute before we began arguing.
And I formed my own beliefs… no doubt then I thought often selfishly that she was doing it to spite me… because I hadn't been there when it mattered to her, because I was too busy with work- but I still wondered how she could do this to her mother... the one person I was sure she knew and believed was there for her no matter what wrong or right she did- my Isabelle never had one bad word to say about our daughter even as her life grew shorter and shorter each day without much contact from her. I was so damn angry-angry that she wasn't making an effort to come home and be with her mother, even when she asked her that one time she managed to be awake when she called, she pleaded with her to see her one last time, I thought she would at last come back and be with her mother until… as a family for however long belle had again…
Believe me I know fully where Aoife gets her selfishness from…me! … I'm a lot like her in some ways. When belle's plea went unanswered, I tethered on being just as spiteful as my daughter…I wanted to teach her a lesson, I wanted nothing to do with her again… I was going to cut her out her inheritance but Isabelle told me I shouldn't that I owed it to her… that she would come around one day. While she still could she had Ian and Cole put everything of hers of value to Aoife including her shares in MCP after I had taken away the shares, I had given to Aoife… I only found out after when her will was being read, I was even angrier.
It wasn't supposed to be so, I always thought I would go first, so like any honorable man and loving husband I had long ago made sure to leave my wife with enough that she would never have to work should anything happen to me.
I didn't understand belle's reasons then, because with all my heart I believed Aoife didn't deserve any of it but I couldn't go against my wife's dying wishes, I wouldn't even though she was passed… whatever she wanted I would still do since there was nothing else I could do for her then… since I couldn't save her then…so I let it stand and Aoife unknowingly became a silent shareholder in MCP.
When she did show up again it was too late.
She didn't know that by then I had been through the worst with Izzy by my side and also running MCP, that she spent long hours at the office and spent the rest waking with me and Isabelle. And that when my sweet Isabelle passed she was with her family… me and Bo- because I had given up on Aoife and it would have been just me but she asked me to get Izzy home she wanted to say something important to her and she wouldn't have any more time after the night… she knew it would be her last few hours with us, I didn't want it to be true but I called Bo home urgently. I don't know what she told her before they called me back in the room but at the end myself and Izzy were there holding her hand as she slipped away sometime during the morning with a smile on her face.
It didn't get any easier after as Izzy had to literally pry me away from my wife's body before calling our family doctor to inform him of my wife's passing and again it fell squarely on her shoulders to make all the arrangements because I was absolutely distraught.
Then a week after Isabelle had been laid to rest Aoife shows up on my doorstep. She had been in Africa or wherever… with her then third husband a zoologist… she explained that they weren't at home when I tried to reach her, they were visiting villages like she is some god damn queen…and by the time she got back to their home and got my message she booked the first flight she could get heading to the states. It took her over four years and two weeks to get to the states, and that day as she stood there, I couldn't help but think how much I hated her, how selfish she has been for her entire teenage and adult life. I couldn't believe that she was mines and Isabelle daughter.
I wanted to lash out at her… I would never physically hurt my daughter or granddaughter for that matter… but there was a deep rooted need in me to hurt Aoife, I wanted her to be truly remorseful for never giving her mother her last dying wish that she had been waiting on for over two years and it could have easily been longer had I not insisted on telling her because we both were hoping she would beat the cancer but the one year turned into two, her remission was and then wasn't successful but still two damn years she waited and for years my hate towards my daughter grew and so I decided to hurt her financially… I had decided in those few minutes that I was going to for the rest of her life and to hell with what Isabelle wanted for her- yet I still didn't want to ever dishonor my wife's memory or wishes so I let her in but I made the decision like I said to never let her know what her mother had left for her because I felt that she didn't deserve it and she would only get it after my passing.
Not regretfully I had a fake copy of my wife's will made with a lot of alterations, I took everything away from Aoife… money, the vacation home, jewelry and gave it all to Ysabeau. I only gave her one item her mother and I had promised her since before she was even born. Aoife doesn't live of my family money now; she made her money as a divorcee… marrying and divorcing well of men after she was through with them. Over the years I had hoped she would change; she has but deep down I know the real Aoife and so I haven't changed my mind about her fully." Trick paused for a moment letting his words sink in
It could have been a minute before he spoke again… "So, you see Dyson even if you had gotten Aoife on your side, because like I said…. I know my real daughter and how selfish she is. simply put I don't trust her, I never have… which is why I honestly and sincerely believe that she would not fall short of betraying me yet again if it suited her because I was such a terrible father to her. Alas it wouldn't have mattered even if she betrayed me… Bo, Ian and Cole would have overturned any decisions that those good for nothing other board members would have tried to make in the end."
Trick finished as he slowly sat and reclined into his chair after having the entire room occupant's attention while he recounted briefly his and Bo's life with and without Aoife.
All of it was a tragedy really… would anyone believe that they weren't really a family on the inside unlike the outside? In the end its sad… which is why Ciara is literally crying quietly on Lauren's shoulder as is Aoife, anyone could tell by the stifled choking sobs she tried to cover up… it really was beyond sad if it even had McKenzie crying to.
Trick finished his bottle of water beside his empty glass before saying…"All this is because of me, when I look at things now, clearly I had become foolish over the years, if I couldn't see what was going on, I've alienated my own family a-and the only reason I had chosen you Dyson was at Stella's urging. I was being a nosey body know it all by trying to intervene in Izzy's life again because of Stella when we-no- when 'I' shouldn't have. I'm deeply ashamed of what I have put her through and done to her knowingly and unknowingly even if my intentions were supposed to be honorable. Again, I made the same mistake I did years ago by letting business come between me and my family, maybe I became too greedy when I decided to buy TWI.
I saw it as another huge investment boost for MCP, to make MCP stronger and a name well known in Asia worldwide… but- I also saw potential in you to be a brilliant businessman and leader Dyson and I honestly thought that you would have made a good husband for Izzy after I got to know you… I thought she would come to lean on you…that she would have a fraction of what I had with my Isabelle, a devoted wife and mother, a best friend, a life anchor to keep each other going when things get rough but I was so horribly-wrong."
"Aww- what a fucking…boring…touching story when you think about it, I was the god damn best husband your precious Izzy will ever have.
And I had my reservations about you Aoife… I knew there was a dark side to you, if I had known you had daddy issues I would have filled that void for you, believe me I'm sure I would have gotten to fuck you while married to your daughter, because you hate your father and besides no woman can really resist my wolfish charms, still it doesn't surprise me one bit I guess that even you her mother and absent father knew your daughter wasn't worth your love or time…its cause she was a cold bitch even as a child, it doesn't matter what your daddy says- I believe the saying that 'mom' knows best and you certainly knew that she didn't deserve any of your love… bravo! I commend you for loving yourself above all else and putting you first… I do the same, still it's a fucking shame I didn't have all this information sooner- you and I definitely could have gotten rid of the old man and his bastard Izzy and take over the world with MCP…" He said winking at Aoife. "…And you could have called me daddy all you want."
"Did you really think you would have gotten away with it dyson?" Trick asked quietly
"Now… I guess, we'll never know… so how abut we cut a deal eh tricky boy? Come on man you owe me for marrying your grandbitch-daughter when nobody would want to marry a cold cunt like her. I endured a lot while being married to her… now I can honestly say I was the one ashamed to be married to her… but bottom line is… I was doing you a favor by even agreeing to marry her when no one else would want her, she was going to get old and live like a spinster in a big mansion never marrying or giving you an heir." Dyson said tilting his head thoughtfully before saying…
"Well when I put it so… I guess I should thank you all for saving me from continuing to wreck my life more than it already is."
"You don't even have a life anymore asshole, but whatever you have left you will spend the majority of it in a prison." Ciara surprised everyone with her outburst.
"ALL RIGHT! Enough of the bickering, this is my show and it isn't over yet, I've still got a few more surprises, the coup de grace… the best of the best… trust me it's really worth the wait."
"What else is there to say Izzzzzy?" Dyson sarcastically asked hissing-ly dragging out her name longer than it should be.
"I'm glad you asked… for starters TWI is no longer your family company, MCP now owns it. Um-also your family is being sued for breach of contracts and any other things my lawyer Mr. Santiago, Ian and Cole were able to come up with, your father has been served with the papers a few hours ago, hence you both no longer have a company."
"OOHHH-AAHHH…! Well- have I got news for you sweetheart…" Dyson mocked again with a sick manic smile making his eyes gleam brightly.
"Do you now?" Bo asked left eyebrow raised in mock surprise, knowing fully well why, but she'd let him think he still had one up on her just so she could burst his bubble again.
"I certainly do babe." He said pausing smugly, but really dragging this out or intentionally trying to get some kind of reaction from her.
"Should I throw you a bone or a ball?"
"I'm not a dog bitch."
"I didn't say it but…Well_"
"_WELL! For starters, Izzy… you can't do any of what you just said because I already sold the company and FYI just in case you missed it you have it all there in the recordings."
"Did you really?" she asked face not betraying anything of what she knew, which obviously he didn't know and the moment would soon be upon them where she crushed his tiny marble balls for good.
"What do you mean if I did- of course I did and I sold it for a lot more than your old man was willing to pay?" he said calmly but confidently by the tone in his voice and body posture.
Looking at him she knew the moment had arrived "…dun-dun-dun…hm! Did you really…?" she asked again with a small sinister smirk to her lips this time brightening her eyes more than ever.
"Yes, I did, I have the papers to prove it… I sold it to your competition Vex Marquise." He snarled cool composure no more, still though triumphantly thinking he had gotten one up, on her.
"OH! Would these be the papers you are referring to?" she asked dropping it on the table before it was shown on the big screen.
"Yes, that would be it," he said recognizing his hand writing and the first sentence… "…but how-how did you get a hold of it?" he asked brows furrowing tightly as a sinking feeling of doom began to set in even deeper in his soul.
"I'm so glad you asked… just give me, one moment… to give you the answer-in detail my dear, you'll be so surprised at the answer…" She replied as the screen shifted to Skype where a call was being placed, after two rings it was picked up… Vex Marquise image filled the screen.
"Ello' my sweet-sexy-succulent-succubus-angel face-Bo-dacious boobie- babe… pun clearly intended there about your boob's luv_"
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"_Vex cut it out, besides be on your best behavior as you have a room full of guests… say hello to everyone."
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"Ello' everyone,"
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"Vex I will make this quick, as I know you are very busy over there in the Swiss… Can you clarify for us right now if Mr. Thornwood has sold TWI to you?"
"Bo-Bunny Boobs –babe…" Vex whined before sighing dramatically… "Ysabeau- really you wound me, how can I possibly afford TWI when I have no money? Male prostitution ain't all it's cracked up to be luv."
"Vex you're lying… I signed the papers we both did; I saw the money you transferred it to the account." Dyson burst out looking to rush forward but was being restrained still by hale and Ian.
"Uh-Yeah… about that… well see -that's the thing, your signature is legit but the paper was just a fake by that I mean what you read was stuck on, once your signature was applied I later peeled of the top film layer and then printed out the real contract showing that MCP had purchased TWI for a paltry 2 million dollars mate, I'm sorry you didn't read the contract over and everyone knows you ought to read your contracts properly."
"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME… YOU CAN'T STEAL MY FUCKING COMPANY AWAY FROM ME… IT'S NOT POSSIBLE…!" Dyson roared
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"Mate…. No one stole anything, you signed it over fair and square mate."
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"But I saw the twenty-two million in the account it's there."
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"Oh… hmmm- yeah-about that… see apparently there are documents out there with your name on it and apparently you were running a Ponzi scam, something so along those lines, yeah… and the trail shows you embezzling money from MCP to your own account under the pretenses that you were purchasing businesses, well fake businesses anyway the end is that you're wanted for fraud among other things, you know it's a capital offense and I'd say you're looking at major jail time mate."
"You fucking bastard, I'm going to get you… I'll wring your fucking neck as I feed your organs to you one by one."
"Well if you can get to me in the next 72 hours, otherwise I suggest you use the time wisely to plan your escape."
"When did you turn coat on me, you and Bo aren't even friends?"
"Bo, my darling luv' have you been telling tales again?"
"Of course not, I did tell him from the first day that he should not do business with you because you're a snake… was that not fair warning enough?"
"Aw-yeah mate I do remember her saying so to yer'."
"That's a lie, you told me six years ago you guys had a falling out and you tried to make it up to her but she wasn't having it."
"Yeah that's true I did say that but it must have slipped me mind to mention that my luv'ly Ysabeau and I made up five years ago… after she allowed me to fondle the girls-yeah-sorry 'bout that mate… I -am… really… but I owe Bo so much, she helped me out when I got me-self in a spot of bother five years ago, after which I promise to change me ways, because of 'er I still got me big sister, it's a long story… so maybe I'll visit you in prison and tell yer' over a game of chess mate."
"Not before I kill you, you, cock-sucking…bastard punk."
"Hey the name calling is really hurtin' my feelings you know… and you liked sucking on my bastard cock that one time we were wasted at the hotel with those girls celebrating our pending deal."
"I NEVER…! I'll hurt you a lot more when I get my hands on you. VEX. I SWEAR YOU'RE A DEAD MAN WHEN I FIND YOU." Dyson riled and sputtered in vain.
"Well catch me if you can until then I'll see you around eh- mate, Ysabeau as always, a pleasure to lay thine eyes upon thy beautiful face, hugs and kisses for my luv'ly boobies and you of course babe, bye I really gotta run."
Dyson began to laugh like a complete maniac in the next breath, before he started muttering and mumbling inaudible words to himself.
"Well I guess that brings us to the end of this very productive and definitely informative meeting, thank you everyone for being present and farewell." Bo stated as she picked up her coat.
"Do you feel good about what you have done? Do you know how many lives you have destroyed in the past almost two hours?" Kenzi shouted suddenly keeping everyone seated
"I feel fine to be brutally honest as for the second I'd have to say…No, as a matter of fact I do not but would you care to enlighten me as to the many lives I have somehow destroyed?"
"You're the worst kind of person there is… you're rich, beyond fucking rich you got so much money you don't even know what to do with it and sure my mom isn't the best person but when Patrick kicks her out what is she supposed to do, where is she to go? How will she live with no job or without the support of the bastard father of both our children? Penniless and facing a lifelong jail time… just what are we supposed to do? Who is going to provide for these children? And don't be a rhetorical ass, I'm not done yet… just what were you suppose to get out of all of this?"
"May I speak now?"
Kenzi shrugged her shoulders
"I'm a bad person for exposing the truth? Or am I just a bad person for exposing your family lies and deception? This was never about money for me, too bad I can't say the same for your mother and Dyson, who had planned all along to make my family a target by targeting my grandfather and me. I honestly don't know why dyson and Stella thought to control me by marrying me of to someone (him namely) when I could never love would never love him, secondly she sort to split gramps and I up, sure I don't need coddling and grandfather is a grown man who can think for himself I have no problems with grandfather finding a next woman to love to be his wife but from the first I never took to your mother… her motives and intentions weren't pure. She took advantage of his vulnerability… his loneliness… even though he had me I know he is still lonely… I know he wanted a different kind of companionship, compared to what I could give him."
"So basically, you're saying he is stupid to." Kenzie said
"Sometimes he can be, but the bottom line is if he had known before hand and didn't care because he was blinded by love then I'd be fine with it, I wouldn't have meddled as they were his mistakes to make."
"All pretty words describing a fool still."
"I guess you would know since you were made a fool of to, still- maybe if he had known all along I really wouldn't have intervened- but instinctively I listened to my instinct from the first, I just didn't get the right feeling about your mother whom has more than once showed her true colors and only managed to fool grandfather who was blinded by possibly-love…into believing her 99% of the time that I was the one at fault. No matter though… the point is I just hate injustice I hate it even more when it's my own family that's being fucked with. It's one thing to fuck me over… your mother interference that she knew what I needed and convinced my grandfather that she knew best cost me a lot of things…"
"What could you have possibly lost… a couple thousand dollars_?"
"_Shut it-not everything is about money… it wasn't for me… still through all of this shit I've lost the most…for starters I was happy and in a committed relationship with someone who will never forgive me for the way I ended things with them to comply with my grandfather's guilty plea to do as he asked only it wasn't him- it was part of your mother's and dog-boy plan all along. I lost my dignity… self-respect…and my passion to continue working."
"All things you can get back anytime." Kenzie tried to argue
"Listen bitch- don't interrupt me, you had your two minutes now give me mines…" Bo hissed as she moved closer to Kenzie. Who clenched her jaw tightly and took a step back "…that's better- now as I was saying… it was all your mother's plan to get me under control, out of the way and then she and Dyson would get rid of grandfather and steal what they never put blood, sweat, family life and tears into… and that was only going to happen over my dead body.
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You're probably now wondering how I knew-when did I know and I'll tell you in a moment but now it's my turn to ask you a question…" Bo said pulling on her coat dragging it out
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"W_" Kenzie opened her mouth to say
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"_No patience at all with you huh… fine, I'll just say it…how did you feel about sleeping with my 'on paper husband'…? What if I had begun to love him…? Would you have continued to look me in the eyes and lie to me, deceive me…? You and your mother both…? Hmm, it would really be a cluster fuck triangle of shame if I was pregnant with his bastard child which I'm thankful more than ever I had good sense to never honor our business agreement as nothing more than a mere business agreement." Bo said disgust filling her face at what her life could be now if things had happened otherwise.
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"It doesn't matter since you never cared one iota for him…. You're still a despicable woman."
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"You can condemn me… judge me… hate me… it won't make me any more sympathetic to your problems…the way I see it, is you made yourself a very… maybe too comfortable bed in my… very-very fake- marriage- bed. So I guess you're going to have to continue to lay in it-hell enjoy the fake benefits if there is any but I don't owe you or that baby anything, so sue me if I don't feel fucking guilty about you or your child ending up with nothing, it's not my problem but the father's."
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"Whatever." Kenzie mumbled
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"Your response to everything-nothing new… now back to the part of how did I know that Dyson and Stella were going to betray my grandfather's trust? Well -see it happened by luck actually… I had just returned from my honeymoon… You remember what you said to me then stells…?" Bo asked looking at her
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Stella gave Bo a clueless look, completely not sure what she was talking about.
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"Ah… No! No-for real? … K -fine… let me remind you… this one time." Bo injected sarcastically …. "The devil… that's what, no good woman would leave their husband on their wedding night or disappear come- the morning."
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"And do you remember what I said in reply?"
Again, Stella looked at Bo like she was crazy…
"No? Can't quite remember…? Must I remind you again… fine-then let me jog your memory a little bit more …" -"Look Stell's… you and I will never be friends, I tolerate you but- . . … now get the fuck out my face and go fucking harass your skank of a daughter."
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"Yes… this is accurate yes? You remember that to right grandfather…? I'm sure Dyson does to, anyways how I knew something was up for sure was when I saw and heard Dyson and Stella on my way to my wing of the house where our bedrooms are, arguing in my bedroom 'about his bitch ass wife…ME! Whom he needs to step up and be a man and take charge of…' really are we in that age of where men tell their significant others what to do, how to live? Unfortunately for you two, I wasn't going to become one willingly, so the next day I hatched my own plan, had camera's installed and microphones to, pretty much bugged the place as you two remained so supposedly unsuspecting, with Stella spending gramps money and her clueless daughter also living it up with gramps money and dyson being the hard working in-law, you three clearly thinking that you were fooling poor devoted Izzy… Patrick's loyal lap dog and granddaughter, I guess you three figured we were to blind and you could get away with anything right under our noses. Sadly, that was not the case. I admit I was a bit slow to catch on but my luck changed quickly and I caught in at the right time.
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The other part of my plan of course...if I'm being truthful… well-honestly when I told him I would never accept him in my bed or consummate our fake marriage I expected him to honestly turn to you Kenzi, you're hot in that goth kinda way… however it was a real gift in the mouth when I stumbled upon these two in the pool house, I felt like I had hit the jackpot, ironically the only place I didn't bug because of course I like to sun bathe in the nude or pretty much roam around it naked you know just being free and being me while I swim. So, blame your mother and your baby daddy for fucking up your goldmine life you stupid, two timing, whoring…skank ass bitch."
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"Fuck you." Kenzie muttered unfortunately loud enough for everyone to hear
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"You're not my type and lastly as for what exactly am I to get out of this…? Justice, nothing more nothing less. Now if you have no further questions, I'm going to take my leave. Mr. Santiago, Ian you may unhand him as you Mr. Santiago and I need to be going."
Dyson did not move, he was still muttering to himself with a faraway look in his eyes and heavily frowned face, clearly, he has lost his mind, was everyone's unified thought.
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Bo didn't turn around even when her mother and grandfather called after her. She did what she came to and now she could leave at last conscious clear and heart so much lighter, she absolutely did not feel any kind of remorse for exposing Stella, Dyson and Kenzie the way she did, they really should have picked an easier target than her family.