I do not own Passions, any of the characters, or the sleepy little town of
Harmony. I would hope that you would know this, but I also do not own
Donald Trump, I am pretty sure that he owns himself, although his ex-wives
own quite a bit!
Chapter 19- A Most Unwelcome Visit
At work the next day, Kate was sitting in her office doing some paperwork when her assistant Trudie's voice came over the intercom.
"Miss Crane, I tried to stop her, she wouldn't listen to me!" Trudie cried. "She is on her way to your office." Her door burst open to reveal her mother, Ivy, standing there, a very angry look on her face.
"Marguerite Katherine Constance Crane, explain yourself this instant!" Ivy demanded.
"Explain what?" Kate asked.
"Explain why you have been in town for nearly two weeks, and you haven't bothered to tell your own mother!" Ivy yelled at her daughter. "I had to hear it from Rebecca!"
Kate stood up. "Mother, you never gave a damn about me in the past, why should I have bothered? I knew you wouldn't care. You never have."
Ivy looked shocked by Kate's statement. "I still had a right to know. I am your mother, after all."
Kate rolled her eyes. "Mother, you gave up your right to know when you shipped me off to boarding school and left me there."
"Your father and I sent you there to get the best education money could buy!" Ivy countered.
"Money, right. That was the only thing that you and father could ever give me. Never anything else, like love, or compassion!" Kate countered.
"We did the best that we could!" Ivy said, wavering slightly.
"That was the best you could? Mother, please, don't dare to lie to me. I grew up watching the way that you were with Ethan, don't tell me that the way you treated me was the best you could!"
"Ethan has nothing to do with this!" Ivy said.
"Ethan has everything to do with this! My whole life, I wondered what was so wrong with me that my parents hated me so much that they had to ship me off to another continent so they wouldn't have to look at me! Kate shot at her. "And then, a few years ago, I found out what it was. I was a real Crane, I was Father's child. Ethan was some bastard child with your former love."
Anger flashed in Ivy's eyes. "Don't you dare speak of Sam Bennett, or Ethan! You have no right judging me for things you don't understand!"
"Mother, your problem isn't that I don't understand, the problem is that I do."
"Kate, I'm warning you..."
"Warning me about what? I already know what a bad person you are, let alone mother."
"How dare you..." Ivy began, but Kate cut her off.
"How dare I what? Tell you the truth? Why do you think that you haven't seen me for SEVEN years, mother? Lizzie and Lexie haven't been home for at least that long, Fox only came home a year ago, and from what I have seen and heard, you haven't been all that maternal towards him. I know that life as a socialite is extremely taxing, but I thought you had time to learn how to count. You have FIVE children, not just ONE!"
Kate took a breath. "I think it is time for you to leave, Mother." She turned away, looking out the window. When she heard the door slam, she felt relieved. Had she just done that? Kate had been waiting for years to tell her mother all the things she just had.
Theresa poked her head in the door. "Kate, are you okay?" She asked.
Kate turned around. "Did you just hear what happened?" They had gotten pretty loud.
"I think that people in Vermont heard what happened, Kate." Theresa said to her. She couldn't believe some of the things that Kate had said to her, some were pretty harsh, not that Ivy didn't deserve them, but still.
"I can't believe I just did that." Kate said softly, sitting down in her chair.
"Believe it. You really let her have it."
"I have wanted to say those things to her for so long. I needed to do that." Kate said. "I want her to feel as much pain as I have. That little display doesn't even come close."
"What you said about Ethan, Fox said something like that a few months ago, you know."
"Ethan, yeah. He always had all of Mother's love and attention. He really is the key to-"Kate stopped mid sentence. She knew the perfect way to hurt a lot of people at the same time. "Excuse me, Theresa, but I need to go and see my Grandfather for a few minutes. I will be back later."
~*~*~
"Alistair, your granddaughter is here to see you. Should I let her in?" His secretary Gina asked.
"Yes, you can send her in."
Kate opened the door. "I hope that I am not disturbing you Grandfather, but I want to do something, and I thought that I would run it by you first."
"Well, what is it, my dear?" Alistair asked her as she sat down across from him.
"I was thinking, I want to show people here that I am not to be trifled with, that I mean business. I remember a story that you once told me, that you always fire someone when you take over a company, to show them that you are not messing around."
"What is it that you want to do? Fire someone?" He asked her. She was growing more and more like him every day.
"Yes, I do. I don't want to fire just anyone, though. I want to fire someone specific, but I wanted to get an okay from you first."
"Who is it?" He asked her.
~*~*~
"Miss Crane? He is here to see you now."
"Thank you Trudie. Send him in." Kate told her.
The man came in. "Sit down." She instructed him.
"What is this about?" He asked.
"The company is moving forward, and unfortunately, not with you. You're fired." Kate said simply, very Donald Trump.
"WHAT!!" Ethan said, in obvious shock.
"I was speaking to Grandfather, and he and I came to the conclusion that you no longer fit into the company's future. I will need you to clear out your office by the end of the day." Kate told him, with a smile.
Ethan stood up. He couldn't believe what was happening.
Chapter 19- A Most Unwelcome Visit
At work the next day, Kate was sitting in her office doing some paperwork when her assistant Trudie's voice came over the intercom.
"Miss Crane, I tried to stop her, she wouldn't listen to me!" Trudie cried. "She is on her way to your office." Her door burst open to reveal her mother, Ivy, standing there, a very angry look on her face.
"Marguerite Katherine Constance Crane, explain yourself this instant!" Ivy demanded.
"Explain what?" Kate asked.
"Explain why you have been in town for nearly two weeks, and you haven't bothered to tell your own mother!" Ivy yelled at her daughter. "I had to hear it from Rebecca!"
Kate stood up. "Mother, you never gave a damn about me in the past, why should I have bothered? I knew you wouldn't care. You never have."
Ivy looked shocked by Kate's statement. "I still had a right to know. I am your mother, after all."
Kate rolled her eyes. "Mother, you gave up your right to know when you shipped me off to boarding school and left me there."
"Your father and I sent you there to get the best education money could buy!" Ivy countered.
"Money, right. That was the only thing that you and father could ever give me. Never anything else, like love, or compassion!" Kate countered.
"We did the best that we could!" Ivy said, wavering slightly.
"That was the best you could? Mother, please, don't dare to lie to me. I grew up watching the way that you were with Ethan, don't tell me that the way you treated me was the best you could!"
"Ethan has nothing to do with this!" Ivy said.
"Ethan has everything to do with this! My whole life, I wondered what was so wrong with me that my parents hated me so much that they had to ship me off to another continent so they wouldn't have to look at me! Kate shot at her. "And then, a few years ago, I found out what it was. I was a real Crane, I was Father's child. Ethan was some bastard child with your former love."
Anger flashed in Ivy's eyes. "Don't you dare speak of Sam Bennett, or Ethan! You have no right judging me for things you don't understand!"
"Mother, your problem isn't that I don't understand, the problem is that I do."
"Kate, I'm warning you..."
"Warning me about what? I already know what a bad person you are, let alone mother."
"How dare you..." Ivy began, but Kate cut her off.
"How dare I what? Tell you the truth? Why do you think that you haven't seen me for SEVEN years, mother? Lizzie and Lexie haven't been home for at least that long, Fox only came home a year ago, and from what I have seen and heard, you haven't been all that maternal towards him. I know that life as a socialite is extremely taxing, but I thought you had time to learn how to count. You have FIVE children, not just ONE!"
Kate took a breath. "I think it is time for you to leave, Mother." She turned away, looking out the window. When she heard the door slam, she felt relieved. Had she just done that? Kate had been waiting for years to tell her mother all the things she just had.
Theresa poked her head in the door. "Kate, are you okay?" She asked.
Kate turned around. "Did you just hear what happened?" They had gotten pretty loud.
"I think that people in Vermont heard what happened, Kate." Theresa said to her. She couldn't believe some of the things that Kate had said to her, some were pretty harsh, not that Ivy didn't deserve them, but still.
"I can't believe I just did that." Kate said softly, sitting down in her chair.
"Believe it. You really let her have it."
"I have wanted to say those things to her for so long. I needed to do that." Kate said. "I want her to feel as much pain as I have. That little display doesn't even come close."
"What you said about Ethan, Fox said something like that a few months ago, you know."
"Ethan, yeah. He always had all of Mother's love and attention. He really is the key to-"Kate stopped mid sentence. She knew the perfect way to hurt a lot of people at the same time. "Excuse me, Theresa, but I need to go and see my Grandfather for a few minutes. I will be back later."
~*~*~
"Alistair, your granddaughter is here to see you. Should I let her in?" His secretary Gina asked.
"Yes, you can send her in."
Kate opened the door. "I hope that I am not disturbing you Grandfather, but I want to do something, and I thought that I would run it by you first."
"Well, what is it, my dear?" Alistair asked her as she sat down across from him.
"I was thinking, I want to show people here that I am not to be trifled with, that I mean business. I remember a story that you once told me, that you always fire someone when you take over a company, to show them that you are not messing around."
"What is it that you want to do? Fire someone?" He asked her. She was growing more and more like him every day.
"Yes, I do. I don't want to fire just anyone, though. I want to fire someone specific, but I wanted to get an okay from you first."
"Who is it?" He asked her.
~*~*~
"Miss Crane? He is here to see you now."
"Thank you Trudie. Send him in." Kate told her.
The man came in. "Sit down." She instructed him.
"What is this about?" He asked.
"The company is moving forward, and unfortunately, not with you. You're fired." Kate said simply, very Donald Trump.
"WHAT!!" Ethan said, in obvious shock.
"I was speaking to Grandfather, and he and I came to the conclusion that you no longer fit into the company's future. I will need you to clear out your office by the end of the day." Kate told him, with a smile.
Ethan stood up. He couldn't believe what was happening.