Justin stared at his grandfather who, after a minute or so, looked away spitting out "Fine. You better get her to accept reality because it will be happening."
With that President Fu-Gan stalked out of the house and Justin motioned to some bodyguards who followed the president out and he quietly said, "Ensure he is off the premises, and make sure it is secure."
With a nod the guards around him moved out without saying a thing.
Justin turned and looked at their parents before saying "You two just sat there and did nothing…"
"We cannot do a thing, he controls everything…"
"Father, how many times do I have to tell you, he does not. You allow him because you are not willing to stand up to him…"
"But…"
"Mother there is no buts. He has the two of you terrified to say a thing against him. If I had not been here, you would have allowed him to imprison your daughter and force her into a bigamous marriage, simply for his vanity."
"He would not do that."
Throwing his hands up, Justin said "Seriously were you not listening to that conversation mother? He told your daughter she was going to marry Daniel Wu, without any input from her. Do not forget that I know Daniel and he has confirmed that he married yesterday to my contact but refused to tell me who his bride is."
"But Father…"
"Grandfather, Father, will not give a care about that. Daniel has known for months what Grandfather intends. He wants to force Daniel to marry his granddaughter and Sebastian to marry the vice president's daughter. His intended bride for me is his major opponents' granddaughters"
"Father only wants what is best…"
"Best for him father, not for your children. His intention is to link his two main opponents to him through becoming family and eliminate them to secure his position for as long as he can from them. Also, tying in the Wu family, is about accessing wealth, because Daniel despite his age is a brilliant businessman. Who could have, with the support of only Cole Meng, wrest control of his family company from his Uncles who everyone else in business supported to take control after his parents died. Once he secured his position, not only has he studied at university, but he has also grown the company and if it continues the path, it is on will become one of the three major companies in the country within the next five years. That is serious money, that grandfather wants to pull in for his future campaigns."
Justin looked at his parents and said "Can the two of you be honest with me? If it came down to a choice between protecting your children or keeping the life that you have, which by the way you are miserable with, what would you do."
"We want both."
"Father, do you really thing grandfather is going to give you a choice? He has made it clear that he will get what he wants. So, you need to tell us what your choice is, or I will just presume that you are going to protect the miserable life that you have…"
"How dare…"
"How dare I mother. I dare because we deserve the truth from you. It should be an easy decision, but the two of you want to argue with me, which means that the answer is easy to determine. You will not make a choice, and therefore you will not protect your children."
Justin turned and put out his hand to Rebecca and said, "Come with me, because we need to talk."
Without waiting for a response, as soon as Rebecca had placed her hand in his, he walked out of the room gently pulling her before heading upstairs to his suite. He paused and ushered Rebecca inside, saying to the guard standing outside "No one is to come in, unless I say otherwise."
"Yes, Sir," came the bodyguard's immediate response.
As he shut the door, Justin paused and waited until Rebecca sat down on one of the chairs in the lounge area. He moved over and opened his safe, pulling out an envelope before closing it and sitting down.
Rebecca with a confused look on her face said "What is going on Justin. You did not need to have that confrontation with Grandfather. He is not that stupid."
Justin shook his head, before saying "Becca, Grandfather is desperate. His term as president is due to expire in about twelve months. While he has some pockets of support within the population, his problem is that in the key groups needed to support a further campaign if lacking. The main funding presently is locked behind the vice-president and the head of the senate as the two most likely candidates to take over from him."