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Chapter Nineteen

When Roland and Seto walked into Kaiba Corp., the security guard at the front desk stopped them and said, "A Mr. Pegasus is waiting for you in your office, Mr. Kaiba."

Seto thanked him and said, "Will you please let every department know that Mr. Kaiba wants everyone to go to the Auditorium, there is going to be a company meeting."

Greg the security guard said, "Yes sir, I'll let everyone know."

Roland and Seto walked to the private elevator that took them directly to his Office and as they walked past his secretary's desk, Seto said, "Vivian, will you please go to the auditorium, I want to have a company meeting." She nodded that she would and then they walked into Seto's Office.

There standing by the window was Pegasus and when he heard the door open, he turned and said, "I'm glad that we could have this meeting."

Seto then said, "Before I sign any papers, I want to inform all the employees about the merger and why I have to sell Kaiba Corp., and to who I'm selling it to."

Maximillion nodded that he understood and then Seto said, "Will you please come to the meeting, they will have questions that both of us will have to answer." Max said, "I'll be glad to come."

Then they walked to the elevator that would take them down to the entrance of the auditorium, the doors opened and the three of them walked into the room, you could hear the whispers for all the employees wonder what was going on.

Seto went directly to the podium and he said, "I'm here today to inform all of you that because of circumstances that are beyond my control, I have decided to sell Kaiba Corp., to Mr. Maximillion Pegasus."

Seto then said, "Is there any questions for either Mr. Pegasus or myself, feel free to ask us anything."

One man stood up and he said, "My name is James Wilson, and I've worked for Kaiba Corp. for nearly forty years, I'm worried that with the selling of this company to Mr. Pegasus that it will mean that my pension and retirement will go out the window, is that true?"

Seto stood there and he said, "I haven't signed any papers yet, because I wanted to make sure that all of you who are working for this company will have secured jobs and that any of you that are reaching retirement age that it won't bother any of your benefits at all."

Then Maximillion asked to speak to them and as he walked over to the podium he said, "When Mr. Kaiba approached me with this deal, he wanted to make sure that all your jobs would be safe and that no one would be fired.

I assured him that after the papers were signed and I take over, I will keep all of the employees working here, and no one will be fired or lose their jobs, unless they either want to quit or they don't do what their jobs entail."

After Pegasus said that, everyone in the room stood up and cheered, this caused not only Roland to smile but so did Seto and Pegasus. Then one of the women in the back of the room stood up and she said, "My name is Bridget and I was wondering if Mr. Pegasus will allow people to work their way up the ladder like Mr. Kaiba did."

Maximillion said, "That is how I run Industrial Illusions and I intend to run this company the same way."

Then one of the men stood up and he asked, "What will this company be called after the merger?"

Seto said, "That is entirely up to Mr. Pegasus whether he wants to keep the name the same or change it later on."

Maximillion said, "I think that I'll have a vote after I take over as to what the employees want the name of the company to be."

Then Seto and Maximillion stood facing each other and they shook hands and Roland said, "The merger has been sealed; now everyone needs to go back to work, and Mr. Kaiba and Mr. Pegasus will go and sign the papers making this merger legal."

So as all the employees stood up to go back to work they all cheered and clapped because they were happy that after the merger was signed their jobs would be secure and that all the benefits wouldn't be changed.

Seto, Roland and Max walked out of the room and got into the elevator and it took them up to the top floor and as they walked out of the doors and into the Office.

Seto sat down at the desk for the last time, opened the drawer and took out the paperwork that the lawyers had prepared and he said, "These are the contracts, I want you to look them over and make sure that they meet with your approval."

Max looked the paperwork over and after he was satisfied, he took out his pen, before he signed them, Seto called Vivian into the Office and asked her to witness the signing and then Max signed the parts, then Seto signed and finally Vivian witnessed them by signing her name.

When they were done, Max and Seto shook hands and Seto said, "Thank you for what you've done here, I know that you understand why I had to get rid of this monster. Now it's yours to deal with."

Max smiled and said, "I understand perfectly and I hope that now you can get on with your life without feeling as if you let everyone down. I know that everyone involved will prosper from this, and that they will always know how much you fought for their rights."

Max walked out of the Office and Seto looked at Roland and he said, "Now I'm finally free, free to live the life that I've always wanted, to marry the man I love and be happy."

Roland walked over to him and as he put his arms around Seto he said, "We're both free to marry the men we love and as soon as that jet lands that is exactly what I intend on doing."

Vivian knocked on the door and she said, "Sir, I want to thank you for allowing me to be your secretary, it has been an honor working for you."

Tears filled his eyes as Seto walked over to her and he hugged her and said, "No, the honor has been mine, I know that I wasn't the easiest person to work for, but you always let me know when I crossed the line and you weren't afraid to do it."

She laughed and said, "I guess it was my up bringing, I was an Army brat and my dad raised us not to take crap off anyone and that also meant the ones we worked for."

Roland laughed and said, "You are now and will always be one hell of a lady and I know that Max will love having you work for him too."

She then left the Office, Seto picked up the phone, and dialed Joey's cell phone and when he answered, he said, "It's done, the papers have been signed and Roland and I will be leaving to come home in the morning. Please let Jasper and Mokie know and Joey, will you marry me when I get back?"

Joey had tears in his eyes when he heard what Seto asked him and he said, "Yes, yes I'll marry you, and I love you. Please be careful and come home soon." Seto then said, "Joey, I have to go, but I'll call you in the morning when we are ready to take off."

Roland went over by the window and he called Jasper and told him that the papers had been signed and the he and Seto would be coming home in the morning, and then he asked, "Jasper, can we get married right away?"

Jasper wiped the tears from his face and he said, "Ro, I'll marry you at the airport if you want, all I want is for you and Seto to come home safely and soon."

Mokuba was listening to the conversation and he said, "Tell them that I love them and for them to come home soon."

Roland laughed and said, "You tell Mokie that we love him too and that we'll be home as soon as we can, Jas, I have to go now, I'll call you when we are ready to take off."

Seto turned to Roland and he said, "Lets go home, I want to spend a few hours with Helga and the rest of our family." So they left the Office and as they got into the car and Roland drove back to the Manor.

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