234's Lifelines

8. Fate

"And once you lose yourself, you have two choices: find the person you used to be... or lose that person completely." - Brooke One Tree Hill

Song :You found me - The Fray
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"You don't have the authority to make those decisions," Tim Jordan an elderly man in his late 60's says to Lexis. They were currently seated in the board room of his company Sidham which the Blacks had a 30 percent share in.

The blacks had been trying to acquire a telecommunications company named Livni but Tim Jordan one of Livni's top shareholders had refused to sell while also blocking the attempts made by the Blacks to acquire the company.

During the board meeting for shareholders of Sidham, Tim's personal company, Lexis had proposed a motion for the dismissal of the CEO Tim Jordan.

"I don't?" Lexis asks tilting his head and tapping his fingers from the index to the pinky against the table.

"To make that decision you need over 50 percent of the shares and you only have 30," Tim says smiling and leaning back. He knew what Alexander Black was trying to pull, He wanted to force him to give up his company or allow the Blacks acquire Livni. But he knew they couldn't as they didn't have enough shares.

Lexis looks at Maeve.

She walks forward and drops a file in front of Tim.

"As at today all the shareholders in this room sold their shares to my client," She says.

Tim's eyes widen. He looks across the room at people he'd worked with for years, whom he'd grown relationships and bonds with believing they'd never sell him out, refusing to belief it. He opens up the file in front of him which reveals that they'd indeed sold their shares to Lexis.

He glances up and looks at the faces of whom he'd considered friends but they mostly avoid his eyes while some look on with no remorse in them.

He closes his eyes and opens it letting out a heavy breath.

He leans back and looks Lexis in the eye.

Lexis looks back at him a bored expression on his face.

Tim laughs and claps his hands.

"Wow, wow, as expected of the Blacks, too bad you still don't have over 50 percent, you still need 2 percent which belongs to my daughter" He says leaning back. He'd given the shares to his daughter incase of something like this happening in future.

Lexis halts the tapping and nods.

"Ah yes, the daughter," He says and looks at Maeve. She walks over to the t.v. and connects her laptop to it as everyone observes confused.

A video starts playing of Lexis and a lady laughing together.

"Jane?" Tim says sitting up.

"Oh yeah, for those of you confused, that's his 2 percent daughter, Jane," Lexis says to the other board members leaning back and gesturing with his hands to the t.v.

Jane leans in and whispers in Lexis' ear placing her hand on his chest.

Tim balls his hands into fists, scared of what was to come yet not believing his daughter could have actually sold him out to Lexis.

Jane leans back and places a kiss against Lexis' cheek.

"Stop! Stop it!" Tim shouts too scared to see more or have the whole room see his daughter possibly have sex with Lexis.

"Why? We haven't even gotten to the good part, who stops a good movie halfway?" Lexis asks.

Tim slams his hands against the table.