Mike pushed Philip in the wheelchair and Maddy and Kate linked hands and left. All was right in the world… for now.
Mike pushed Philip in the wheelchair and Maddy and Kate linked hands and left. All was right in the world… for now.
"Philip, I'm sorry, if I knew this was going to happen, I would have told you." "I know Kingston, but Ben is going to die. If I have to call in every single favor to get rid of him I will do it. He threated the wellbeing of my wife and unborn child, I am going to take everything he owns and then watch him burn. Stay out of it, you have always been a good friend to me, I don't want you implicated."
"I would take a hit for you Philip, you know that!" "Not this time, but I do need a favor from you." "Anything."
"I want to use funds to trick Ben, he is so greedy he won't see it's a fake." "Whatever you need, I'm not even asking for permission, do it."
"Thanks, I'm sending you on a two-week cruise. Take Mary and the kids and have fun."
Kingston laughed.
Philip smiled at his long-time friend. He was glad he still had a few. "Get going, when this shit hits the fan, I need you far from here." "Make him pay Philip."
"Definitely."
Philip watched as Kingston left his study and closed the door. Just then the woman he loved more than life itself, walked into the room caressing her stomach.
"Well look at you. I wish I could crawl all up inside you right now." Philip said in a deep sexy voice. Maddy blushed as she walked up to her husband and kissed him softly on the lips.
"Not sure I can handle your crawling at the moment." "I know, I'm just teasing, how are you feeling?"
"I am good honey, Sam gave me the all clear, so I am just taking one day at a time. The baby will here soon. How are you doing? In any pain?"
"A little pain but I'm fine. My physical therapy will start in a week. My recovery is going well but…"
"You are afraid you still may not be able to walk again." Maddy said.
"You know me so well. Yes, I'm afraid but I am willing to accept if I can't, all I need is you and our baby." Maddy caressed his handsome face and climbed onto the bed with him. "I love you so much Maddy, never forget that."
"How could I? You show me every day."
"Andre will take you to buy another house, the government is paying for it since it was their man that blew up ours. So we have to start from scratch. I will sell the land from our old house."
"I saw some online, I wanted to show them to you."
"No need, whatever you choose is fine. When we finalize the sale, Andre will have the security set up, then you can decorate as you see fit."
"You don't want to input anything?" "No honey, I trust you. Spend whatever you want, I don't care." "You never have Philip."
"I don't need to check behind you Maddy, from the first night I met you, you have shown me your true self, you have never tried to cheat me. You save money where possible, and I not only appreciate but I respect that in you. I know you aren't going to buy a house for 150 million and even if you did, I wouldn't care. So, do what you need to my love."
"Thank you for trusting me."
"You are worth my trust."
"I have to get to the office; I heard you plan to take down Ben." "Damn right." Philip was immediately angry.
"I want to deliver the final blow." Maddy said. "Deal."
"I'll go now, see you in a few hours, love you."
"Love you too honey, bye my baby." Philip said as he rubbed her tummy.
Back At Dalton Corp
The entire company was abuzz when they saw Maddy. The staff had grown to love her, and they had feared for her life. They had sent flowers, fruit baskets, cards, and she appreciated it all. As she sat in her office, pondering, her cell rang.
"Dalton Corp Vice President Peter speaking."
"Well if it isn't Philip's whore." The voice on the other end spoke, laced with Venom.
"I'm sorry, you dialed the wrong number." She hung up and called for Andre.
"Hey Maddy, what's wrong?"
"Ben just called me; he said I was Philip's whore."
Andre walked over to her desk, opened a drawer and pulled out a touch tone cell and turned it on. She put it on the desk next to Maddy's and waited for the software to load.
About five minutes later, it was complete. Just then Maddy's cell rang again and both phones lit up.
"Answer the other one Maddy." Maddy picked it up and answered.
"Dalton Corp Vice President Peter speaking."
"Bitch do NOT hang up on me again. Your husband is going to die a slow and painful death, you will sit and watch and then I will cut his baby from your stomach and watch you die while I do it."
"No one is scared of you Ben; you are a coward and Philip is a hundred times more man than you are. You think you have power? Well, we will see who comes out on top and it definitely won't be you."
"For a slut dancer you sure have a lot of confidence, I think I will have a little fun with you before I rip you apart."
"I see why Philip stopped contact with you all those years ago, you are a dickless fag and you will burn. Have a good day sir." Maddy hung up and began breathing hard. She took a few deep breaths to calm herself. She looked up at Andre and smiled. The game was on.
Philip created a business profile and send out a post for companies to bid on a 500-million-dollar construction project. He had plans drawn, rules and regulations, requirements, everything. To the average person it looked too good to be true, he also listed bank account information to prove he had the money to pay, within minutes over two hundred companies expressed interest but these were dummy accounts. As Philip scrolled through the requests for into, the one he wanted to see, popped up. It was Ben.
Ben had seen the post while he was scrolling the internet for projects he could make money from. It never occurred to him that not only was it fake, but that it was designed specifically for him. He immediately called his assistant.
"Lucy, get the file on the Web Project we did about 10 years ago. Check the post on Projects Web about the guest houses and format the old project to suit the numbers."
"Yes sir." Lucy said without hesitation. She was basically his lacky, willing to do any and everything for the man she was in love with but never saw her as anything but a good screw when his wife didn't want him. She found the file on her laptop and began editing it. Late into the night she was still working on it. Ben had left to go to lunch but ended up in several meetings. When he got back to the office, Lucy was still there. "Waiting for me?" Ben said with a snicker on his face. "Maybe." Lucy replied as she saved the document. She got up, walked past him and locked the door. She knew the routine.
Ben, unzipped his pants, yanked himself a few times and waited as she took her panties off. He bent her over her desk and within ten minutes, he was done. He went to the bathroom, cleaned up and left without a word.
Lucy got up, cleaned up herself and went back to the document. Around 9:30, she saved it, back it up and emailed it to herself. She picked up her bag and headed down to the underground garage.
"Hello Lucy." A voice startled her from behind a pillar. She reached for her pepper spray.
"No need for that, I'm just here to talk." "What's up, I haven't seen you in years."
"Well since you betrayed me, I never had any reason to say anything to you." The person said.
"I was wrong, it never should have happened, do you have to hate me for the rest of my life?" Lucy screeched, her voice echoing through the vast parking area.
"Calm down, we both made mistakes but at least I found out what kind of person he was. Either way, truce, I am here to save you."
"I don't need saving Andre."
"Oh yes you do, you are about to fall into a financial trap and Ben will be at the head of it. He doesn't care about you Lucy."
Lucy lowered her head. When she looked up the tears broke her big sister's heart.
"Lucy, I love you, I always will but you need to listen to me, if you never want to see me again after this, that is up to you but I beg of you, hear me out."
"Okay Andre, let's go somewhere." Lucy said as she turned to open her car door.
"Not tonight, I will find you at home tomorrow, no one can know I was here." "Okay but…" Lucy turned around but she was gone.
Lucy got into her Range Rover Sport and left.