Chapter 315 - Trouble just got worse (3)

19 April, Steven's apartment, City K

Angrily Steven spat "The two of you are asking me to go into a marriage, without the presence of the only pre=requisite as I see it, love, and planning to separate. The two of you are crazy."

"Not crazy, pragmatic son."

"And I know you care for my daughter, even if only as a friend. You have done more than anyone could have expected over the last few days for her…"

"Because I cannot stand bullies. I would have helped anyone in that situation."

"But I know you well enough son, you would not have had them stay at your home. That means Abigail is…"

"She is Uncle Mo's daughter. I know the relationship between the two of you dad, and I respect him hence I would never have dumped her at a hotel and left her vulnerable to confrontation with her mother. That is the last thing that she needs now. An Uncle Mo, you are doing exactly what you tried to do with Monica which drove her away and you have no relationship with your grandchildren, who seem lovely by the way."

"But…"

"Uncle Mo, you need to think carefully as forcing Abigail will have you lose a relationship with both daughters and that is something you do not want."

"Steven, I have no other idea how I can protect Abigail and give her the life she deserves if I do not prevent her mother from reeking her revenge because she has told her mother she has had enough of her abuse. All it does is let her mother continue the abuse by another means, and because the steps to do that will be put in place before the order of protection is granted the authorities cannot step in."

Steven could hear crying at the other end of the phone. He realised the utter despair that his Uncle Mo was in, simply because he could do nothing to protect Abigail's future. He did not think marriage was the answer to the problem. "Dad, I am assuming you had the head of the legal team look at the doc.u.ments?"

"I did. How did you guess?"

"When you have plans that impact me and you question if I will agree you know the one person who I will never question the conclusions reached."

"Are you implying I manipulate…"

"No, calling you on it this time," laughed Steven. "Seriously Dad, are you certain on everything?"

"Son, you know there are some things I never joke with. If I were not certain I would not have discussed the situation with Kevin nor would we be having this call."

Pausing, Steven took in quickly everything that they had discussed. It was clear that there were limited options. "Uncle Mo, have you thought about…"

"Steven, I have thought is there someone Abigail might want to marry. While there have been men around her, they have all run the other way, most likely because of my wife. The only other option is David Hwang who she has seemed comfortable with at society events but…"

"You have your reservations about him. I know that from our conversation."

Feeling trapped, Steven paused. Marrying Abigail was the last thing that he wanted. But it seemed that Uncle Mo had trapped himself in an unintended way in trying to protect his children.

Sighing, Steven said "I am not going to answer the question. But how about this. I will explain the situation to Abigail and see what she wants. The last thing that she needs is for us to force something on her because of the state she is in. Once she has made her decision, I will be willing to consider my position. I am extremely reluctant for this, but if I agree the two of you need to work out a pre-nuptial agreement, because without that to protect the money you want to Uncle Mo, your b*tch of a wife will use its absence to argue the trust needs protection from me. I will leave that up to you, but you better work on it because if Abigail says yes, we only have a few hours to pull this all together."

In saying this Steven was aware that he was trapping himself as of what happened earlier. She would jump at a marriage as this would give her what she currently desired.

While there was silence on the other end of the phone Steven added "Can you two accept it?"

"Son…"

"Steven, if that is what you want, then fine. But I need to Abigail to tell me her decision."

Sensing that he had gotten agreement, Steven said "Uncle Mo, that I can live with, but please understand that from my perspective I am reluctant to do this. However, I am only doing this because you have asked me, and I have an out in the end."

"Fine, but we need to act quickly before the b*tch that is my wife gets wind of what is happening."

"Uncle Mo, while I talk to Abigail, you and dad have your meeting. I promise that I will get back to you within the hour."

"Not a problem son. We will let you go." With that the call was ended.

Steven turned off the phone and sat there coffee cup in his hand. What in the world had he just agreed to? If this were Sally or even Rachael or Joan, he would not have the reservations that he was having with this. Abigail had stars in her eyes and no concept of relationsh.i.p.s but with her family that was inevitable to have happened.

As he stood up and left his study, he realised his troubles had just gotten worse, by his own making.

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