The next morning; Jason was walking up to the front of the office building, holding Rebecca’s hand. Neither saw the man standing in the shadows, concealing a knife under his jacket. “I’ll get her new boyfriend and Rebecca will be mine again” he snarls under his breath.“Kat” Jason calls out, reaching the front of the office building and embracing his sister, before patting his pocket. “I’ve left my phone in the car. I’ll be right back, you will be fine with Kat” he says, giving Rebecca a kiss before turning back to the car.Jason waved to Emmett and Simone as they drove past, to park their car. Out of the corner of his eye; he saw Rebecca’s stalker glaring at him. ‘He wants to have a go? Let’s boogie’ he murmurs to himself. Pretending not to see him, he opens his car door and retrieves his phone.Just as he shuts the door; Rebecca screams out Jason’s name; at the same time, he round kicks his assailant; who was running up behind him.Falling to the ground, the stalker drops the knife
Emmett followed Simone into her office; “Is there something you wanted Mr Spencer?” Simone asks, turning to face him from behind her desk. “I’m not late with my rent for the office space, am I?”“You gave me your rent last night” Emmett answers, grinning at her. “I believe you are in advance as you paid twice.”“I only received the email this morning asking if I could be in the fashion show” Simone tells him, sitting down at her desk. “Holly has recently become pregnant herself and decided to do a maternity line. She thought it would be good to have a pregnant model instead of all the models having fake stomachs. I haven’t said yes yet; I was just letting you know; I was going to say yes.”“I wouldn’t stop you, if you wanted to do it” Emmett insists taking a seat in front of her desk.“Then why are you here?” Simone asks, glancing at him.Emmett wiggles his eyebrows at her. “Men; only thinking with their cocks” she mutters, rolling her eyes at him.“I was hoping you could tell me more
“Is Lester and Vince coming back tomorrow?” Simone asks Emmett as they walk into Bon appetite; one of the high-end restaurants in Rocky Valley. “We need him here for Sunday. They are booked out at the best of times. We both had to pull strings to get a reservation for tonight and Sunday.”“Mr and Mrs Spencer” Georgina the Maître D calls, coming over to the pair. “Your table is ready” she adds, giving them a menu and walking them through the restaurant to their table where a waiter was waiting to push Simone’s chair in.“Thank you” Simone smiles, taking her seat as the waiter places her napkin on her lap.“Georgie; when you have a spare moment; can you and Ricardo come to see me. We have a favour to ask” Emmett smiles, taking his seat opposite Simone.“Sure” Georgina says, heading into the kitchen.“He will be here. I’ve told Vince, bring him back kicking and screaming if he has to” Emmett explains, glancing down at his menu. “They only went out of town to check out a business opportun
The following morning; Lester and Vince had just landed at Rocky Valley airport. “Was it worth the trip?” Emmett asks over the phone.“Somewhat. They are worse off than we originally thought” Lester responds, collecting his bag before heading into the terminal with Vince. “Their whole structure needs remodelling and the chief editor is being ignored by the board of directors.”“Let me guess; Bald old men, smoking a cigar and drinking a brandy who think they know what they are doing?” Emmett chuckles down the line.“Pretty much” Lester laughs as Vince walks ahead of him through the terminal doors. He notices Vince nudging his head to the side and glances over to see who he was signalling.“Why is Jason and Beck here?” Lester asks Emmett down the phone; eyeing Jason and Beck walking away with a woman in front of him. He could only make out the top of the lady’s head because it was concealed under a scarf.Emmett closed his eyes at the other end of his phone. ‘Damn it; her plane must hav
Simone and Emmett spent Sunday morning lazing around the house. Simone messaged Lester a happy birthday with a reply, ‘yeah, yeah; I’ll see you tonight lol.’“Cait’s heading to the restaurant in an hour” Simone tells Emmett as she puts a navy-blue maternity dress over her head. “She said she spoke with Les this morning to wish him happy birthday.”Caitlyn and Simone had been messaging one another the little white lies they told and conversations they had with Lester over the last two days. It was to keep up the charade she was still in London. “Lester will be here soon. I know him; if I didn’t get him to come here, he wouldn’t go” Emmett tells her, putting on his tie.“Let me” Simone states, tying a Windsor knot in Emmett’s tie. “I use to tie dad’s all the time.”Smiling at her handywork; the doorbell rings. “It’s showtime” he says, giving Simone a kiss before heading out of the room for her to finish her makeup.“Where is she?” Lester calls out, marching to the bedroom. Emmett stares
Lester, Emmett and Simone waited for Caitlyn to head back to the table to resume their dinner. “I’ll see what’s keeping her” Simone says, getting up from the table. She had only been gone for 5 minutes, but she needed to go to the bathroom and thought she could fake it.“You’re pregnant. If you need to pee; just say I’m going to pee” Lester chuckles, taking a sip of his wine.“I need to pee” Simone huffs, poking her tongue out at him. “And I’m going to see what’s keeping her.”“How long have you known Caitie was coming back early?” Lester asks, now the women were away from the table.“Since I called to invite you for a birthday dinner” Emmett states, a smug look crossing his face. “This was their idea; I helped put the idea into motion” he adds as Lester glares at him.“Why did she come back early?” Lester asks, thinking the worst.“She missed you and called Simone to get her out of the interviews and photoshoot” Emmett states as the two girls come back to the table. He thought it was
The next day; Richard was waiting for Emmett to take him into the courthouse. Paul’s court case for fraud was that day and Richard was a witness for the prosecution. “How do you think Paul is going to react to you being a witness against him?” Simone asks, coming out of the bedroom, dressed for work.“Does it matter?” Richard queries back to her. “Mum is in jail because of what she did. Dad is going to join her because what he did. I don’t really give a shit what he thinks or how he would react.”Emmett walked out of the bedroom at the end of Richard’s sentence. He didn’t blame Richard; he felt the same way about Paul and Sylvia. “What time is the hearing?” he asks, taking a seat on the sofa to put his shoes and socks on. Emmett was heading to the courtroom as a representative of Lester Drake Media.“9am” Richard states, looking at his watch. “We should get going?”“I’ll come and see you in your office as soon as it’s done” Emmett says, giving Simone a kiss as Tiffany messages to say
“Which would you prefer; Mr Drake Spencer or Mr Emmett Peterson” Judge Glen asks Emmett; looking at his notes.“In this case your honour; I would prefer Drake Spencer as it refers to my business” Emmett replies, taking a seat on the stand and giving his oath to the bailiff.“You bought the business from Mr Paul Peterson?” Judge Glen asks Emmett.“I did” Emmett answers bluntly.“Did your feelings towards Mr Paul Peterson play a part in your decision on buying his business” Judge Glen questions.“It did not” Emmett replies, not offering more insight to his decision.“Please tell the court, why you decided to buy Mr Peterson’s business” Judge Glen queries, looking at Emmett.“I bought it for my brother” Emmett replies, giving Richard a small smile. Richard wasn’t shocked; he spoke with Simone about this very subject. Emmett was confirming what she told him.“I don’t understand” Judge Glen states, turning to look at Emmett. “You bought a business out of the blue, for a brother you had not