“You will need the pre-requirements before you are officially a member” Jack Harding voices from his seat. He normally doesn’t care or voice his opinion as Lester and Drake are good businessmen. He feels some of their decisions lately are based on emotions than business. “May I ask, Oliver; why did you choose Richard?”“Most directors are made up of family members; I have my father, brother and brother-in-law on mine. We were fooled by Nathan and Paul to believe Drake’s relationship with his father was a good one. Besides putting Rick as CEO of Peterson Properties; we saw him at Drake and Leona’s wedding, Richard stood beside Drake as a groomsman. That told me he was a trusted ally to Drake. It was only fitting to ask his brother” Oliver explains as the other director’s nod their acknowledgement.Emmett and Lester were concerned it wasn’t a unanimous vote to have Richard on as director; however, they couldn’t worry themselves with it. There positions as CEOs of Lester Drake Media beca
The following morning; Simone heads to Saint Anthony’s medical hospital to pick up her father and get him settled back home. “Thanks for coming with me Kat” she states, climbing into the passenger seat. “Emmett’s got a few things he needs to deal with at work.”He was meeting the finance manager to get them to purchase the shares for Richard to become a director. “It’s not a problem. I want to show your old man my progress in these shoes” she replies to Simone; picking up the shoes next to her and placing them in the backseat.“I have Dad’s colleagues making you some new legs” Simone tells her bodyguard. “Did you go in for the plaster fitting?”“Yes,” Katrina smiles as she takes off down the street. “They said they should be ready in a few days.”“I guess, you and Suzie have put in the work you need to walk properly in the shoes” Simone says, commenting on Kat’s statement of showing Phillip her progress.“We have” Katrina blushes, keeping her eyes focused on the road. Her blush doesn’
Simone and Katrina left Phillip’s place late in the afternoon. Simone wasn’t leaving until she was sure Phillip and Linda were comfortable. “Did you see the golden ringlets on Jake?” Katrina asks Simone on their way home. “He is going to break hearts when he gets older.”“Linda said Jake was a spitting image of her husband” Simone responds with a giggle. “She was right. She showed me a photo of him.”Simone’s first opinion of Linda didn’t give her enough credit. She come to like Linda, the more she got to know her. She thought she was brave raising her son as a single mum. ‘I don’t know what I would do if I lost Emmett suddenly’ she frowns, not wanting to go further into that thought. “Simone?” Katrina asks, pulling her out of her thoughts. “Are you ok? You went quiet and started crying?”“I must have been going further into my thoughts, than I wanted” Simone laughs, wiping the lone tear from her cheek. “I was thinking how brave Linda is and wouldn’t know what to do if I lost Emmett.
Emmett and Simone arrive at the bungalow to see Lester’s car in the driveway. “You have got to be fucking kidding me” Emmett shouts, getting out of the car and running up the stairs. Opening the door; “Lester, get the fuck out here” he yells out, to stop any surprises he didn’t want to try and erase from his mind. “What the fuck are you doing in my house?” he screams as Lester comes out in his boxer shorts.“The piped burst in my apartment. Caitie said this was vacant so we came here” Lester explains, putting his pants on as Simone starts laughing at the irony of the situation. “We thought you wouldn’t mind.”“Let me guess; Sandy lives on the floor below your apartment?” Emmett questions, his patience wearing thin.“Is that who’s apartment it was?” Lester snickers as Caitlyn comes out wearing one of Simone’s robes she found in the wardrobe.“My bed? Really?” Emmett snaps, turning to walk out the doorway; shaking his head at the pair. “You could be more respectful. Now I’m going to bur
Simone and Emmett headed into their office building for work the following morning after repacking their clothes to place in the back of the car. “Today is going to be interesting” Simone says, climbing into the passenger seat of the car.“As long as either Lester has left the bungalow or Richard has left the penthouse; I will be happy” Emmett responds, turning on the ignition and setting off down the street.The pair remain quiet, for the rest of the trip. Neither wanted to say anything that would upset the other. Once they were at the office building; Emmett gives Simone a kiss before heading up to the top floor in the private elevator. “He better be out of the house” Emmett murmurs to himself.As the elevator door opens, Lester glances up where he is standing near Vince’s desk. Opening his mouth to say something, Emmett grunts before walking past him into his office. “What did you do?” Vince chuckles as Lester glares at him before going into his office, slamming the door behind him
Bartholomew and Mitchell continue to type quietly on their computers; “Bart; look at this?” Mitchell says, moving his screen to show him what he found.“Hmm” Bartholomew sounds, looking down at his screen and starts typing away. “I’m coming in behind you. We need to put blockades up without alerting them.”Emmett looks between the two men; “What’s going on?” he asks, getting off his seat to see what they are doing. “Can you get the mainframe back up?”Bart glances up at Emmett; “Simone” he says nudging his head to the side. Emmett, Simone, Mitchell and Bartholomew walk to the corner of the room. “The hacker is still in the system waiting for us to boot the mainframe” he whispers to Emmett and Simone.“We can block them from getting any personal information. They are sitting idle; we can’t determine what information they are trying to hack” Mitchell includes in a whisper. “What if we boot each department individually; we will be able to follow the hacker to see where they go.”“Can you
“Jeremy O’Connor?” Simone questions not knowing who this person was.“The older brother of Seamus and the one pulling the strings for the Irish Mob” Stuart says, pulling up a picture on his file. “When I looked at the circumstances behind Seamus’ arrest; I found something interesting. He wasn’t supposed to be at the bar on the day of his arrest. That got me looking into his case a bit more.”“And?” Emmett asks, getting a bit impatient with Stuart.“The records state Seamus was the sole organiser for the Irish Mob in Rocky Valley. When he was arrested; official reports show mob activity ceased. Everyone knows it didn’t and those in the know thought he was running the mob from the inside. I have a source who has told me the true person running the mob” Stuart informs them, letting out a long breath. “He would like to remain anonymous for obvious reasons.”“And that’s Jeremy O’Connor?” Simone queries, turning to look at the computer screen.“Yes” Stuart sighs, opening another folder. My
Bartholomew hesitantly sits in his car, trying to build the courage to get out and head into the café. “You can do this” he says to himself. “She’s an old college friend. She’s not the crazy woman that didn’t know when to leave you alone” he chuckles realising the irony Simone was talking about. ‘Difference is; I backed off when she said no; most of the time’ he tells himself. ‘Claudia; or should I use her real name; Claire did not.’“It’s now or never” he says, getting out of his car.“Bart” a blonde woman calls out waving him over to the table she was sitting at. “Over here.”“Claudia” Bartholomew smiles, taking a seat opposite her. “How have you been?”“No hug?” Claudia says, getting out of her chair. “It’s been a long time, you could a least give me a hug.”Bartholomew taps a beat on the table before standing up, putting his arms out inviting Claudia to put her arms around him. “It has been a long time” Bartholomew says, taking his seat again. “I see you are still hacking into pl