Liam’s outburst shocked Anastasia and Phils but it seemed to open Jason’s eyes. He looked guiltily at Liam, then said hurriedly “You are right. That was uncalled for. I shouldn’t have let my history with him cloud my sense of judgement” “And still, you are here while the man is storming out of the company right now!” Liam snapped. “Yes, yes, I will…” Jason quickly rushed out of the office and they all followed him in the hope of catching up with the representative. The men were just getting into their cars when Jason rushed out of the company and called “Mr Rodriguez! Mr Rodriguez! I am so sorry about earlier. You don’t deserve to be treated like that! I am sorry. If you can just come back inside now, I promise to be strictly professional about this” “Strictly professional?” the man said with a scoff as he turned back to Jason. “You must still think you are one big deal, Monroe. You are nothing. A failure who can’t even hold on to the company he was given for long. You will probab

A WEEK LATER The loss of Paragon Heights was bittersweet for Jason but it was mostly bitter during the following week that his employees got busy with the necessary procedure needed to hand over the company to a new owner. It was finally the day for the handing over. Jason dressed carefully and waited for Millicent to be done with their dressing so that they could leave too. Liam had finally left for Hongkong five days ago and he had promised to call in later to ask how the handing over went. Though Jason felt he should be around when the men came over for the handover but Liam believed that there was no need for that since the payment had been made and the agreement had been reached. Jason understood that his cousin was eager to head his company's operatiosn instead of having managers in charge as he had over the past moths. He couldn’t deny him that. “I wish you better luck in running your company” he had said before his cousin left in the limo he had asked the driver to drive hi

"You see this company, though on a smaller scale back then, was started by my brother and I, Manuel Monroe. I worked so hard by bringing this company up from the ground up while allowing my brother to ride my coattails. But then, sweet, gullible Manuel, God bless his soul, trusted a thief and a lying rogue who caused my brother's death and took everything that belonged to us!" Silence swept through the room in the wake of Michael's compassionate speech. Then it was immediately followed by hushed whispers as the reporters began to wonder aloud about the turn of events, even as they waited for Michael to continue. They had come to the company to record one of the most iconic hand over in the history of Montreau. They had no idea that they would be dealing with something else entirely."What is going on, Jason?" Millicent asked for the umpteenth time as Jason kept his gaze pinned on his suddenly resurrected uncle."Same question on my mind right now" he muttered.The latter had not spar

Jason gave his uncle a pitiful look as he said "Yes, go ahead and do that while you are explaining to the Chinese Police authority about your tax fraud and some organised crime attached to one of your companies. Fight all you want while you are dealing with Montreau Police Department about your involvement in my parent's death and every other thing you've done to me. Yes, I can imagine you taking everything back while you are dealing with the FBI on some other crimes of yours""I…""Oh, don't bother. While you and your son were plotting my downfall, I was gathering enough evidence against you that will keep you away for life and still earn your grave prison time for a long, long, time. Both of you""Daddy, can he…is it true? Are we going to jail?" Liam pulled urgently at his father's arm in panic and the latter slapped him hard."You useless piece of shit! You couldn't even handle something so small? I knew I made a mistake by trusting you with this!" With that, Michael ran towards t

The Monroes had a celebratory brunch with Heinrich, the deadly duo, and Anastasia the following day. Heinrich invited them to his home to celebrate his clean bill of health and the promotions. The doctor informed him the day before that the toxins in his system had been finally gotten rid of. Also, the neurotoxicity potency had been curbed to a minimal level. Though he still had to take medication for the rest of his life, new research funded by Jason was already underway on how to completely cure neurotoxicity. So they were all optimistic that he would be totally fine and free of medications soon. They all arrived for the brunch in high spirits. Everyone was still happy about the turn of events in the company. The deadly duo and Anastasia marvelled at the magnificence of Heinrich’s home. Then they all settled down to the magnificence spread provided by Heinrich’s cook and his assistants. Mouthwatering biscuits and gravy complimented the no yeast, French toast bagels so well, yet the