Chapter 45 - She Is My Daughter In Law

The Allen patriarch was tired of hearing his children talk as if what they were doing was not a real problem because at that moment he felt that he had not raised them well. In all his life, he could not imagine his kids doing something like that. He had heard of other children who had gone astray because of their wealth, but finally that morning he realised that he really had been wrong, his children were the same.

He felt ashamed as he picked up his cell phone to call his friend, but it was his business that was affected. He had to do something to defuse the situation with Eli Jensen, maybe in the name of their friendship he could persuade his son to stop the cancellation of their contracts. Reluctantly, he picked up his cell phone and began calling Eli.

At the Jensen mansion, Eli Jensen was still in bed, enjoying his lazy morning as he quietly read the newspaper. His life was really peaceful and quiet these days since he did not have to go to work anymore, and he really enjoyed these moments. When his cell phone rang, he frowned a little, because in all the years he had worked as the chairman of the company, a call in the morning was always a sign that something had happened.

" Hello Eli, how are you, it's been a long time..."

"Hello Karl, well not that long, we played golf last week, so what happened that you call me so early in the morning..." Eli smirked, people who need favours can be really stupid sometimes, he thought.

"Nothing really serious, I just do not understand Eliott cancelling our contracts without telling me first, so I was wondering what the problem was..." 

"Karl, you do know that my son is my reflection plus his mother and you know how we are, if he did that, that means you or your family have insulted our family, right?" Eli smiled slyly as he thought of his son.

" I know he's a reasonable child, so there should be a reason, but it should not be that serious to break our contracts like that."

"So you are saying that my son should not have done what he did? Does that mean you are okay with what your kids did?" Eli raged on the phone, how could he have the guts to say it was not a serious matter?

" No, no, I am absolutely not okay with it, but it's just a mistake they made, it's my fault for not raising them well, but can you forgive them this one time?" begged Karl on the phone, he really had no other choice, he was ashamed, but there was no other option for him.

"Are you kidding me? Do you even know what they did?"

"I know, I know, but it's just a girl! I am sure we can find a way to work this out with the girl's family..."

"I am the girl's family, she's my daughter-in-law!" Eli could not allow him to continue his lousy speech and slowly cut him off, but even over the phone his voice sounded cold, "Now, do you think Eliott is going to let your children go without doing anything?" 

Karl's hand shook, his phone threatening to drop as he heard what his friend was saying, his head buzzing badly, his voice shaking as he asked, "By daughter-in-law, you mean....?"

"I mean my only son's wife! So if you know the position your children have put you in, do not call me to talk business anymore. Because of our friendship, I will not stop seeing you, but you must know that your children must pay for what they have done. Even if it was not my daughter-in-law, they need to be punished for this kind of immoral behaviour."

After interrupting the conversation, Karl looked at his children with disgust and slapped his son across the face, something he had never done before. He was on the verge of breaking down; his nerves went all numb thinking about how easily he had just lost his entire work. "How can I bring such stupid children into the world, where did it go wrong that my children have to develop such behaviours?" He could not believe that the company he had worked so hard to build was about to go bankrupt because of his children. ROYAL CORP. was his first customer, seventy percent of his sales came from his contract with R. C., how was his business going to survive without them now?

About this slap in the face Kevin was not happy, but he knew that the slap was nothing compared to what he had done to his family. Kylie on the other hand was still unaware of the magnitude of the problem she had caused, after all it was her idea to begin with. Thinking her family was rich enough and the girl was a nothing in front of her, she did not give the problem a second thought until she heard her father say, "We are going to go bankrupt because of what you did!".

"Dad, it cannot be that bad, it was just a joke with a little model, Eliott's father would not terminate your friendship over it, would he?" said Kylie indifferently.

"Is she stupid or just too spoiled to see what's going on? "A little model? Didn't I tell you last night that she was Eliott's wife?" At this point, Kevin thought that his sister really was a lost cause.

" So you knew who she was and you still dare to do something like that?" Karl became furious and looked angrily at his children.

"Dad, I didn't know! It was Kylie because she did not like the girl, she asked me to help her, and because the girl was really beautiful, I agreed, thinking that everything was under control, I just wanted to help Kylie but now Christopher has said I am going to prison for it! Dad, I don't want to go there, what can I do?" Tears ran down his cheeks as he thought of his impending misery.

"Don't come to ask me, when you decide to rape someone else child or wife did you think about what consequences your act was going to have?  You two will find your own solutions to your problems. If you have to go to jail, you will! That's not my problem!"

Things were a little more lively at Eliott's house. When Leila and Fidelia walked in, they were relieved to see Alex looking well. Fidelia did not sleep well that night, even though she knew Eliott was taking good care of her, but she could not feel relieved until she saw her.

"Baby girl, how are you?"

"I am fine, do not worry. I am just a little hungry, I thought you were going to bring me breakfast! How can you visit a sick person without bringing anything?" Alex pouted at her friend, not caring about the other people looking at her smiling at her cuteness.

Hearing that, Fidelia was even more sure that her friend was fine because the more she thought about food, the more she was happy.