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I do not own the character protrayed in this story however the story it self is my own minds ramblings about the show.
CHAPTER 10
"Your father is tricking you" she said icily
Those words are ringing in my head, playing back like a bad song. I can still see the look on Rory's face, like her world was tumbling down around her, the proverbial shoe has dropped.
"Mom, what the hell are you talking about? You are drunk, sober up and call me tomorrow." I said trying to push Rory into the building as fast as I could
"I have known your father a long time Logan, do you honestly thing he is going to hand over the family business to some gold digging whore" she said with pure hatred
"That's it, Rory go upstairs I'll be right there." I said to her, she was crying now, I kissed and pushed her in and told the doorman to escort her up to our apartment
"How dare you talk to her like that, you have no right to come here and disrespect me and my fiancé, leave now or I will call the cops." I said I knew my mother didn't like Rory but this is ridiculous.
"I know the papers are fakes" she said grabbing at straws.
"Sure they are mom!" I said sarcastically "Good night" and I turned and walked away leaving her alone on the sidewalk.
When I got into the elevator, I let out a deep sigh. What if she was telling the truth, what if my father is planning something; tomorrow I will make a call and find out what in the hell is going on. I walked into out apartment to see my Ace sitting on her feet crying, no sobbing. I ran over to her just to hold her to try and make her calm down, no use she seemed to get worse. I sat with through the sobs just telling her I loved her, that it will be ok and that I did not agree with anything my mother said, she never responded. Finally after a while she calmed down enough that we went into the bedroom changed and got into bed, she was still crying, but not sobbing when she fell asleep clinging onto me for dear life. I stayed up most of the night thinking, what if it was all a lie, and what if? It's the if's that will kill a person.
The next morning I woke up early and made the first of two very important calls. I got the number from Rory's cell phone and dialed.
"Richard Gilmore, here" he said answering his cell phone
"Good morning Richard, it's Logan" I said
"Logan, son why are you calling so early?" he questioned
"I had an unexpected visitor last night, one who had nothing good to say" I said cryptically
"Logan really, if you need to tell me something just say it, I am here to help" he said trying to push things along
"My mother stopped by actually ambushed Rory and I last night on our way home from dinner with our friends, she was obviously drunk, however she said something that I can't seem to shake" I started
"Go on son" he encouraged me to continue
"She said my father was tricking us, with the company. Now as much as I want to believe my father has tuned over a new leaf I can't help but think he would be capable of doing something like this." I said getting agitated the more I spoke
"Do you really think he would do something like that and lie to not only you but to me" he asked honestly
"I am really not sure this is the reason why I am call, I was just wondering, you still have the papers right, could you ask your attorney to look over them, you could say you are just looking out for Rory's interest." I was almost begging for his help
"I was doing that anyway, so I will make him dig a little deeper to make sure everything is on the up and up, ok?" He said sympathetically
"Yes, that would be great, I know it would make Rory calm down, she was extremely upset last night, my mother called her a few names and the nicest was a gold digger, so I really need some good news to cheer her up" I said, informing him about how bad the night actually was.
"WHAT, your mother said what? Why on earth would she say that, Rory might not have Huntzberger money but when she turns 25 she is receiving two sizeable trust funds, so she is in no way a gold digger" her grandfather said extremely mad
"I know that, I never thought that, she has never asked for anything, and when ever I do get her something she always says she can't accept it or that it's too much. You have a very modest granddaughter, you should be very proud." I said trying to lighten the conversation
"Yes, we are very proud of her, oh and Logan, she doesn't know about her trust funds; so please do not tell her." He asked me
"No problem, sir, and thank you for your help. I need to go Rory is waking up now, thanks again, Will I hear from you later?" I asked hoping this could be resolved today
"Yes, son I am meeting with the attorney in a little while, I will call you at this number when I am out of the meeting, is that good?" he said compliantly
"Yes, thank you so much again sir" I said a little relieved
I hung up the phone and walked over to the bed when I saw that she wasn't moving I got up and made coffee, the only thing I knew would make her get up. The entire pot brewed and still no sign of her, so I poured two cups and walked back into the bedroom. She hadn't moved.
"Ace, come on you have class in an hour and a half; it's time to get up." I tried
"Come on babe, I will make you breakfast" I tried bribing "I have coffee"
Still no movement, so I placed the two cups down on the nightstand and slipped into bed with her; I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her tight.
"I know you are upset I am working on finding out what is going on, please trust me" I said "Do you trust me?" I asked her hoping for some response.
She stirred a bit then turned to look at me, her face still tear stained with fresh ones present.
"Did you call your father?"
"No, I called your grandfather?" I said honestly
She popped up in bed in obvious shock that I would actually go to someone in her family.
"Why did you call my grandfather" she asked slightly confused
"Who better to find out if we are being set up, than your grandfather he is the best person he only wants the best for you and if there is someone out to hurt you he will find out." I said hoping to calm her nerves a bit.
"Now here is your coffee, I am going to jump in the shower real quick and get dressed then I will go put some pop tarts in the toaster you need to get ready for class." I said handing her the coffee I poured her.
"Thanks Logan, for everything" She said just above a whisper
"Just drink your coffee, Ace, you can have the shower in a few minutes" I told her while kissing her forehead.
I walked into the kitchen and she was sitting at the table drinking what I was sure to be her third or fourth cup of coffee, she was still very upset. I didn't know what to say to her, I had to wait until I heard from Richard then and only then would I know what to do.
We both walked out to go to our respective classes and agreed to meet for lunch at a café on campus. I begged her not to think about it but I knew she wouldn't stop. She kept thinking this whole thing was a set up right from the beginning. We both were nervous about the "NEW" Mitchum, so this really doesn't seem so improbable.
My class was over at 11:30 and I was meeting Rory at 12 for lunch I was still waiting for Richard to call me back when, finally my waiting was over.
"Hello, Richard thank you for calling me back" I said
"Yes, well there were a lot of papers to go through and of course we had to conference your fathers attorney so the whole ordeal took up the entire morning" he said clearly exhausted
"Well, what did you find?" I asked eagerly
"Everything seems legit" He said with a sigh of relief "The whole thing is quite complicated however your father is being quite thorough he doesn't want anyone to alter these changes after his passing."
"So, Ace can breathe easy, we both can for that matter?"
"Yes you can, both of you. May I suggest you call your father and tell him what is going on" Richard said
"Yes, sir I am going to call him right now, thank you so much for all your help" I said then told him I would see him Friday night for dinner and hung up
I still had 15 minutes before I had to meet Ace, so I decided to call my father. I am still a little uneasy about this whole thing.
"Mitchum Huntzberger"
"Dad it's me"
"Hello son, how are you today?"
"Fine, I had a visitor late last night"
"Who, weren't you out with your friends?"
"Yes we were and when we got back to the apartment, Mom's Limo was sitting out front and when she saw us she stumbled out of the back."
"What did she say Logan?" my father asked getting angry
"Before or after she called Rory and gold digging whore?"
"She didn't call her that, where was Rory?"
"Standing right next to me"
"Shit, what else did she say?"
"That there was no way you would hand the business over to us and that you were tricking us"
"Logan, don't believe your mother, she is extremely bitter especially right now"
"Dad tell me it's not true, please"
"Logan I swear it's not true, my attorney's have been working very hard to make this an iron clad deal that no one can ever change. I promise you I am not setting you or Rory up"
"Ok, I believe you. What about mom I don't think that was going to be the last time she tries something"
"I will handle your mother"
"Ok, thanks dad. Are we still going to see you tomorrow night?"
"Yes of course, 7:30 right?"
"Yes sir, see you then"
Just as I was hanging up Rory walked up to me still the same glazed over look in her eyes. I hope what I just heard makes her feel better. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her softly on her lips.
"How was your class?" I asked
"I have no idea, good thing I record my lectures" she said
"Couldn't concentrate, huh" I said
"Nope; have you heard from my grandfather yet?"
"As a matter of fact I just hung up with both him and my father"
"Well, are you going to tell me what is going on?"
"Your grandfather told me that he was with his attorney all morning and on a conference call with my fathers attorney for a while going through the entire document and it all seems thorough and legit"
I saw her eyes change a bit, there was some relief but not complete, she was still nervous.
"Okay, and what did your father say?"
"Well, he was extremely pissed at my mother and after I told him everything he swore that he wasn't tricking us and all was on the up and up"
"Great, so that's it right" she said sarcastically
"Ace, come on what more do you need?" I was a little agitated
"I don't know, I really don't know" she said starting to cry again "Maybe I need to sit down with your father my grandfather and the attorney's"
"Then that is what we will do" I said trying to comfort her
"Really?"
"Really" I said pulling out my phone to set the meeting up. I wanted her to be comfortable with the entire deal.
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