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With my mind racing I lean against his chest, listening to the wild beat of his heart.
What did you do Jericho?
What was so bad that it tore us apart?
It must be really bad if he can’t tell me now. I’ve never known this man to cower away from anything.
He’s the rebel, but maybe that was the problem.
Chapter30
Jericho
It’s Monday again. Three days since I raised the alarm to River that trouble was the reason for the end of our relationship.
I knew by telling her that I’d spoiled the moment and broken another connection between us, but I felt I had to.
Not saying something would have been like giving her false hope when she needed to have all the information to make the decision to stay with me.
Hearing her tell me she loved me wasn’t even something I could savor. Even though I realized I was desperate to hear those words. Starved. Starved for years.
I appreciated that she agreed to give me time. I didn’t chicken out by making the request. I just felt I needed the extra time to make sure I say all the right things.
I plan to tell her everything by Wednesday.
No later than that. I’ve booked us off both to have that time together first thing in the morning.
Now I’m in the meeting of all meetings. The one I’ve been waiting for since my grandfather announced his retirement. I’ve accomplished the goal. This meeting is to award me the CFO position of the Park Avenue branch of Grayson Inc. but I can’t even enjoy it.
Knight and I are in the boardroom of Park Avenue, joined by our grandfather and father.
We’re at the Park Avenue building because this will be the last time that we meet together as the senior management team of Grayson Inc.
Knight has been working on getting Grandfather to see that we were ready to take over the company. I was so happy weeks ago when he finally agreed.
There will be no more reasons to work with my father, or Bastian whenever he gets back, no need to talk to them or see them.
Everything changes today in the biggest of ways and all I can think about is the past.
“This is a great day for me,” Grandfather states, looking at Knight and I proudly.
Father is stiff as usual, full of hate, jealousy, and rage. I know why Grandfather wanted him present, but I wish he wasn’t here. I don’t like being around him when I’m off my game.
Regardless to how I feel and the worries clawing away at my insides about whether or not I’ll have a wife by the end of the week, my father’s presence today was a necessity.
Today my father will witness what he feared most.
Today is the day he tried to oppress.
I stare at my father as Grandfather starts talking about the early days of the company, and I think that every time those fists pounded into me, breaking bones sometimes, this was what he feared.
The day when we got the chance to have our own legacy.
Today also shows him that although Grandfather is leaving soon, he’s still the motherfucking boss and there’s not a goddamn thing anyone can do to change how he wants his company run.
Not even me.
The old man wanted me to clean up my act and fall in love. The same way Knight figured me out, I know my grandfather would have done the same thing.
