Getting ready for the two respective parties; Emmett got dressed in a pair of khakis with a light blue, thin polo shirt. Whereas; Simone was putting on a lilac purple knitted dress. Simone and Tiffany decided for her to go as Simone. Although everyone knew who she was; it was safer from any uninvited guests wanting to join the party; compared to, if she was Leona.It was still early in the morning; Lester and Tiffany were planning to make a whole day of entertainment for the pair. Emmett convinced Lester to go somewhere they wouldn’t get recognised. “It’s cold out; you need to put on a sweater” Simone tells Emmett, brushing her auburn hair.“I’ll put one on when I go outside” Emmett tells her, grabbing the sweater he was talking about. “I won’t be wearing it for long. Lester’s taking the jet to the Bahamas.”“Jet? What Jet?” Simone gasps, not realising they had a private jet; then reprimanding herself for not asking about one.Snickering softly to himself; “First in, first served” Emm
The group of ten climb the stairs to the Lester Drake Media Jet and quickly take their seats. Lester had already stored towels on the plane for those wanting to go for a swim during the day. “The towels are in tote bags in the overhead lockers. I am assuming everyone is either wearing or has packed some swimming gear. If not; I am sure we can find a beach you can skinny dip on” Lester tells everyone as every set of female eyes, roll at his comment.“If you don’t already know; my name is Greg and I will be your pilot today” Greg says coming over the loud speaker. “I’m required by law to give you the safety rundown before take-off. In case of an emergency; leave me the fuck alone so I can fix it. If I can’t; I will try to land the plane as safely as I can. If we manage to survive an emergency landing; I will head to the rear of the plane and help the ladies to the emergency exit, which happens to be the door you came in. Men; you are on your own. Buckle up and enjoy the ride.”Giggling
There was a debate between the group before heading to the hotel. The women wanted to get dinner first and watch the sunset. The men wanted to freshen up first, before they ate. “It’s fine. You go back to the hotel. We will stay here to watch the sunset and head there when we are done” Simone intercedes in the argument as the rest of the ladies nod their support to her comment.Emmett grumbles before conceding to Simone and the rest of the men follow suit. They all head into a local restaurant and sit down on the balcony to watch the sunset. After the waitress takes their order; “It’s really pretty here” Caitlyn says, a blush coming on her face as Lester puts his arm around her. ‘I have to stop this. He’s handsome and everything; he isn’t the type of man I have in my life’ she says to herself.“Catie, do you want another drink?” Lester asks the strawberry blonde beauty, a small grin appearing on his face.“No. We’ve been drinking all day. The water will be fine” she states, giving him
The next morning; Caitlyn wakes up to see Lester lying face down on the notepad and pen. She gets out of bed and pulls the notepad out from underneath him; ‘pros and cons of having girlfriends to just having Caitie as my girlfriend’ is written on the top.Pros; having someone to take to banquets and balls when I need to.Cons; Not sleeping in the bed when we are in a hotel. Spending all my money on more than one girl. They aren’t Caitie. They don’t have Caitie’s Smile. They don’t have Caitie’s laugh. They aren’t Caitie. I really like Caitie. Caitie is better than them. I prefer to be with Caitie. Caitie makes me laugh. Caitie is more sophisticated. Caitie’s personality is better. Caitie has the cutest ey... ‘He must have fallen asleep writing’ she laughs inwardly.Nudging Lester; “wake up sleepy head” Caitlyn giggles.Stirring, “what” he croaks, rubbing his cheek where the pen left an imprint. He looks at the notepad Caitlyn is holding and blushes; “I must have fallen asleep” he whisp
Simone went into work with Emmett the following morning. After the uncomfortable plane ride back from the Bahamas; he needed to speak with Lester and she was meeting with Richard. Richard decided to stay at Sandy’s place the night before. ‘I’m happy for them both’ she says to herself, getting off the elevator on the third floor.To her surprise; Richard was already there. “Good morning” she says with a smile.“Morning” he answers, turning to face her. Richard wasn’t sure how to react around Simone, now Sandy and him were an item. As she smiled at him; he looked down at his feet, shuffling from one foot to the other.“What’s the matter?” she asks. Although, she figured she already knew the answer.”Um…” he blushes, not sure how to answer her. “I feel like I am cheating on you” he whispers, not knowing how else to put it. “I know I’m not. We were never together. My heart always belonged to you, regardless if you didn’t feel the same about me. I feel like I am doing you an injustice.”Pu
“Hi Les” Simone says stepping onto the elevator with Richard. “Why are you taking the normal elevator?”“Maintenance are doing scheduled repairs on the private elevator” Lester says with frustration in his voice as the doors close behind them. They had barely begun the decent to the ground floor, when there was a jolt and the elevator stops dead. Everything turns pitch black except a red emergency light flashing in the small space.“What happened?” Richard asks, looking around him. He knows what to do in these circumstances; however, he had a fear he couldn’t control. He was fine; until he was locked in a confined space. The other two hadn’t noticed, he was starting to breath heavier, taking deeper breaths to calm himself down.“Fucking maintenance” Lester screams, pushing the button on the emergency speaker. Waiting a moment; ‘that’s odd’ he says to himself as no response comes back. ‘There is always someone manning the station.’Pulling out his phone; he turns the flashlight on befo
“Where exactly are we?” Richard asks, pushing on the emergency hatch above them. “Are we close to any of the floors or are we in between levels.”“I don’t know” Lester says, wondering how he could be slumped in the corner unable to breathe one minute and looking for a way out the next. ‘He has the same look in his eyes as Emmett when he gets pissed off with someone’ he says to himself. ‘Maybe that’s a good thing.’Glancing at Lester’s expression; “I’m too pissed off to worry about it. The hatch is sealed; probably done before we got on. There is an emergency override for the doors. If we are close to one of the floors, we may be able to get out.”“There’s a bomb or something” Simone gasps; as Richard looks at her confused.“What do you mean?” he asks, concerned the whole elevator will drop the two stories or the three of them will be killed in an explosion. Shaking his head to get those thoughts out of his mind; he calls Emmett; “where is the bomb situated?” he asks, not letting him a
Richard, Lester and Emmett met in Richard’s office the next day. “I don’t want to go back to what I was in high school” Richard says to the two men in front of him. “I understand Dad needs to pay for putting us through the ordeal. I want to do things legally and I know what will hurt him the most.”“What are you proposing?” Lester asks, glancing between the brothers.“He built this company from scratch. No-one could tell him what to do because he knew better” Richard explains, a grin appearing on his face. “Here is a list of clients I remember. I think we need to get in contact with them and tell them about Dad’s little misdeed. Have them seek out what building products were used to what they paid to have.”Lester lets out a laugh; “are you sure you two aren’t the same person?”Emmett grunts at Lester’s question, a grin appearing on his face. “We are brothers” he mentions, rolling his eyes. “I was telling Les; it would be a shame if some of his old clients got wind of it. It will be h