Adam was sitting up in his hospital bed reading the paper when Scott walked in.

"I thought you were supposed to be staying away from those." said Scott with a frown.

Adam folded down the top of the paper to look at him. He was reading a copy of the Times which contained a long interview with Erica Kane alongside the stars of the Erica II: Desire and Destiny. Erica had managed to take over the interview and twisted the whole thing to talk about Bianca, as she was the main focus of the second instalment of the biopic, and with it her relationship with Marissa and their kids.

Scott relaxed a little. Although the Inquirer was still persecuting Marissa in every issue, the majority of the news industry had shifted their coverage if not in favour of Marissa and AJ at least more balanced in their reporting. This was thanks in part to Krystal and Erica's hard work.

"I'm much better; I don't need to be coddled." Adam said briskly.

"Of course." said Scott.

He already knew about Adam's improved condition and after talking to Brooke he was here to talk to Adam about the state of his business empire. Brooke had offered to be there with him but Scott wanted to do this himself. He was given the job of looking after the company and he was going to take the responsibility.

Scott swallowed nervously and took a seat by the bed, placing the file he had brought with him on his lap.

"Adam, I need to talk to you about Chandler." he said. "I'm afraid there have been problems with the company. Since you were hospitalised a lot of the backers have withdrawn support and some of the board are in revolt… But I do have some ideas to help rebuild the finances."

Scott handed over the file to Adam. The older man had a deep frown on his face as he took the document.

"I'm not surprised." Adam said, as he slowly opened the file. "The company was already on a knife edge."

He glanced through the document.

"You want me to take on a partner?" asked Adam, "Caleb Cooney?"

"We need to focus on building a stable, reliable image in order to bring back the backers. I think the only way we can do that is to ally ourselves with an established, successful business."

"You don't think we can do this on our own…" began Adam but then he shook his head, "Forget I asked." He knew full well the mess JR had left Chandler in and before the scandal and his illness they were barely back in the black.

Scott held back a smile.

"I thought you might have taken this harder than you are."

Adam sniffed.

"In business you need to learn to roll with the punches while you fight to stay on your feet."

Adam reached across and squeezed Scott's hand.

"I can see I've left my business in good hands…"he added. "You're a fighter I can see that."

Scott's back straightened at the supportive words.

"… Now all you have to do is get Courtland Electronics on board." said Adam handing back the file. "Also send me a copy of your financial projections… and I also want the names of the trouble makers on the board although I think I know who they'll be…"

Scott frowned again.

"Aren't you supposed to be taking it easy?"

"No, Scott… I need to be getting back on my feet and my company along with me."

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