"And once you lose yourself, you have two choices: find the person you used to be... or lose that person completely." - Brooke One Tree Hill

Song :You found me - The Fray
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"You don't have the authority to make those decisions," Tim Jordan an elderly man in his late 60's says to Lexis. They were currently seated in the board room of his company Sidham which the Blacks had a 30 percent share in.

The blacks had been trying to acquire a telecommunications company named Livni but Tim Jordan one of Livni's top shareholders had refused to sell while also blocking the attempts made by the Blacks to acquire the company.

During the board meeting for shareholders of Sidham, Tim's personal company, Lexis had proposed a motion for the dismissal of the CEO Tim Jordan.

"I don't?" Lexis asks tilting his head and tapping his fingers from the index to the pinky against the table.

"To make that decision you need over 50 percent of the shares and you only have 30," Tim says smiling and leaning back. He knew what Alexander Black was trying to pull, He wanted to force him to give up his company or allow the Blacks acquire Livni. But he knew they couldn't as they didn't have enough shares.

Lexis looks at Maeve.

She walks forward and drops a file in front of Tim.

"As at today all the shareholders in this room sold their shares to my client," She says.

Tim's eyes widen. He looks across the room at people he'd worked with for years, whom he'd grown relationships and bonds with believing they'd never sell him out, refusing to belief it. He opens up the file in front of him which reveals that they'd indeed sold their shares to Lexis.

He glances up and looks at the faces of whom he'd considered friends but they mostly avoid his eyes while some look on with no remorse in them.

He closes his eyes and opens it letting out a heavy breath.

He leans back and looks Lexis in the eye.

Lexis looks back at him a bored expression on his face.

Tim laughs and claps his hands.

"Wow, wow, as expected of the Blacks, too bad you still don't have over 50 percent, you still need 2 percent which belongs to my daughter" He says leaning back. He'd given the shares to his daughter incase of something like this happening in future.

Lexis halts the tapping and nods.

"Ah yes, the daughter," He says and looks at Maeve. She walks over to the t.v. and connects her laptop to it as everyone observes confused.

A video starts playing of Lexis and a lady laughing together.

"Jane?" Tim says sitting up.

"Oh yeah, for those of you confused, that's his 2 percent daughter, Jane," Lexis says to the other board members leaning back and gesturing with his hands to the t.v.

Jane leans in and whispers in Lexis' ear placing her hand on his chest.

Tim balls his hands into fists, scared of what was to come yet not believing his daughter could have actually sold him out to Lexis.

Jane leans back and places a kiss against Lexis' cheek.

"Stop! Stop it!" Tim shouts too scared to see more or have the whole room see his daughter possibly have sex with Lexis.

"Why? We haven't even gotten to the good part, who stops a good movie halfway?" Lexis asks.

Tim slams his hands against the table.

"I said stop it!" He says getting up.

Jane and Lexis had gotten up and were heading towards a room.

Tim walks towards Lexis and slaps him hard against the cheek.

Everyone around them stays still as if paused by a remote control.

"You bastard! I said stop it!" Tim screams at him.

Maeve takes a step forward but Lexis raises his hands stopping her.

"Stop it," Lexis says in a cold, eerily calm voice.

Maeve turns it off.

Lexis tilts his head.

"Alexander Black, you're a monster just like your father," Tim says.

"Livni or Sidham and whatever dignity your daughter has left, your choice," Lexis says.

Maeve walks over and places a document in front of Tim.

"It says you'll sell your Livni shares to us, giving us your full decision making rights. You'll also never interfere in our buy out or lose Sidham,"Maeve says.

Tim grabs the pen in her hand and pauses for a second, He signs it.

"Send him his daughters first movie," Lexis says to Maeve.

"See now that wasn't so hard was it?" Lexis says getting up.

"You devilish..." Tim starts raising his hands room slap Lexis again. Lexis holds his hand midway.

"I let you hit me once, don't think I'll allow a second time, the next time this hands touch my face, you'll lose them," Lexis says letting go and walking out of the room as Tim throws curses at him.

Once Lexis and Maeve step out of the room, Lexis asks her to take another elevator stepping into the elevator alone. Once the door shuts, Lexis bangs his hands against the glass mirror in the elevator.

It shatters, with a couple of shards getting into his fists which start bleeding.

He clicks on the ground floor and shuts his eyes.

The elevator doors open and he steps out ignoring the stares of everyone who notices the blood on his hands that's now dripping. Maeve walks out of the next elevator and notices the scene in front of her.

"Pay for the glass in the elevator" Lexis says walking towards the entrance. Maeve nods and calls for the driver who meets them outside the company. They get in.

"To the hospital" Maeve says to the driver.

They drive off in silence for a while till a phone rings out loud.

Maeve answers her phone.

"Yes sir,"

"I'm sorry sir,"

"Yes sir," She says and passes the phone to Lexis.

"Your father," She says.

Lexis shuts his eyes and let's out a deep breath. He opens his eyes and takes the phone from her with his left hand.

"Are you crazy or simply stupid?!" Peter voice shouts back at him.

Lexis shuts his eyes again breathing heavily.

"I told you to take care of Tim Jordan not get a public slap from him!" His voice bellows.

"You said to handle it. Did you expect him to embrace me considering what was done to him?" Lexis asks.

"I didn't waste five years of my life on you to have you slapped in public," Peter says.

"If you ruined his life then be smart enough to protect yourself from the consequences of your actions. If you want to be stupid, be stupid alone, don't soil the Black name with that stupidity, Fix this!" Peter says cutting the line as the car comes to a stop in front of the hospital.

"Alexander," Maeve says signalling their arrival.

Lexis winds down the glass and throws the phone out winding the window back up.

"Drive," Lexis says.

"But..." Maeve starts.

"I said drive!" Lexis screams.

The driver doesn't wait for another word and immediately takes off not sure where their headed.

"To the office," Maeve says.

Lexis looks to the side and notices some documents.

"No," He says.

Maeve looks back at him.

He picks up a file and hands it to Maeve.

"Go there," Lexis says.

"But I don't have a key," Maeve says.

Lexis leans back ignoring her and shuts his eyes.

Maeve sighs and turns to the driver who looks at her wondering where they were headed. She types the address into the GPS.

"At 18th make a turn"

The GPS calls out just as Hera tells Shakespeare to turn so she could scrub her back.

They were both taking a shower in the bathroom together after Shakespeare's attempts at painting turned to a paint war between mum and daughter. Luckily it was the type that could be washed off with water so they didn't have to do anything intense but to properly get it all out they were taking a shower together to help each other get the paint out. Though instead of showering, they were having a blast messing each other up more laughing and screaming. After messing around for a while playing, they finally decide to take a real shower.

"Mummy here" Shakespeare says taking out paint from her mum's hair.

Hera reaches out for some shampoo and notices they are out.

"Shoot, I forgot to bring the new one. Shakespeare hold up, I'll go grab the shampoo from the room okay?" Hera says.

Shakespeare nods.

Hera walks out wrapping a towel around her body.

"Mummy huwwy up!" Shakespeare calls out.

"Okay, start rinsing your hair," Hera says turning her head back to shout back an answer to Shakespeare while walking forward.

She collides with something causing her to loose balance falling back as her towel comes off. Screaming in shock and fear, bracing herself for the impact of her head and the ground but instead feels arms wrap around her naked body stopping her from falling as she's pulled up and brought face to face with Lexis.

"Shakespeare?" Lexis asks  raising an eyebrow.

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I've said this before but I guess you all love late updates, the more "Update !!!, Update now!!! Type comments I get the longer it'll take for me to update even if I have written the chapter... To everyone who's asked about my health and has been a sweetheart on the updates, thank you 💞

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