Chapter 40 - I Am Going To Disown Him

"Father, where have you been? I was too worried for you. I have been calling you for a long time." Mr. Herris Thomson said worriedly when he saw his father entering the house.

"I ....... I am going to disown him. How dare he to disobey me?" The old man said in an angry voice.

"Father ....... father ....... please be calm. Who? Who disobeyed you?" Mr. Herris Thomson asked worriedly.

"You want me to be calm? How can I be calm, when your son is making my life hell?"Gerard Thomson said angrily.

"What has he done?"Catherine Thomson came running from the kitchen and asked.

"You .....you are asking me? Tell me that you have no idea about it. I am going to call Derrick to come back. That ...that punk has lost his eligibility to be my successor. How can he make me feel ashamed in front of my childhood friend?"Gerard Thomson said in an angry voice.

"Father, will you please tell us what is the matter. Why are you angry?"Mr. Herris Thomson asked again.

"That ......that punk has got married to that girl."The old man replied.

"What!"Both Herris Thomson and his wife asked together in a shocked voice. They just could not believe in their own ears.

"Yes. Your spoiled son has married a woman who belongs to some unknown family. Let go of her family, she even does not know her name also. I.......I don't know, how he could think of marrying that woman! I........I think that woman has seduced him. Otherwise, my..........my grandson can not do this mistake."The old man said in the same angry tone.

Catherine Thomson wanted to oppose his words, but her husband signaled her not to speak anything. She nodded.

"Father, please calm down. you must have mistaken. He has not married yet."Harris Thomson tried to calm down his father.

"Are you thinking me a fool? I have seen their marriage certificate with my own eyes."

Both of them stunned to hear him. They knew that James Thomson would never be married to Helen Poter as per his grandfather's wish, but they could never think that he would be married to someone else that early.

"F.....father.Please calm down. You will fall sick like that."Herris Thomson said worriedly.

"How could he do this? Did not he think about us ever once? Should not he inform us at least? How can he take this big decision without consulting with us? What has he seen on that woman? What is she? No. I can not let this happen. I have to stop this."The old man said and got up.

"Father, please calm down. If he is already married then we should accept it. It is his life after all. As....as an adult, he .......he can decide to whom he would marry. Please, father, try to understand."Catherine Thomson could not stop herself more.

"What did you said? I should accept it? No, Catherine, I would never accept that woman as my granddaughter - in - law."He said and left them. Both of them sighed.

"What is it? Why he is suddenly married to her? I thought he was keeping her with him only to show off. I just can not believe that he can marry her."Herris Thomson uttered in a thoughtful voice.

"What do you mean by he was showing off ? Jula is a sweet girl. I like her. She is perfect for our son."Catherine Thomson replied.

"I know. I am not telling that Jula is not good. What I am telling that as per James's personality, is not his marriage  a little bit strange?"Herris Thomson asked thoughtfully.

"Darling, a person can do anything in love. What if he is really in love with her? ...........But, one thing I am thinking. On the day we visited them, I could not see any love for Jula in his eyes. Might be the bond of love in between them developed after our visit to the Rose Villa? Who knows what happened after that day, when I did shopping with Jula? I taught her some tricks to seduce my son."Catherine Thomson said with a mischievous tone.

"Catherine, you are really something. How can you teach a woman to seduce your own son?"

"I had to. Otherwise, our son would have to be a  bachelor forever. Now see what has happened? Within one week they are married."She replied happily.

Herris Thomson sighed to hear her.

"Catherine, I can understand that. But now what to do. Father is very angry. He would never accept her. What will happen to James now, if he disowns him? What will we do now?"

"Leave it to me. I will find out some way. I don't think he would remain the same for a long time. Let me think of a way."She said and lost in deep thought.

"What if we bring her to this house? She would be able to make up with father if she stays with us."Catherine Thomson asked suddenly. Herris Thomson stared at her with wide eyes.

"Are you insane? How can we bring her here? Father hates her to the core of his heart. He will throw her out of this house. And do you think that James would agree to it?"Herris Thomson asked in a stunned tone.

"You have to make him agree. I will tell you how you have to convince him. We can not let him lose everything that he deserves to get. We can not let anyone else snatch anything from him. We can not let father take any wrong decision for his anger. How can we allow an illegitimate grandson to be the successor of the Thomsons? We must protect what is belongs to our son."

"Yes. You are correct. We have to convince him to shift here. We have to find out a way to do this."Herris Thomson said in a thoughtful voice and left the room  with his wife.