Chapter Five

Finn's POV::

“It’s good to see you again, David,” i said, never losing my cool, I loved the look of anger mixed with fear in his eyes, i knew my mission was beginning to unfold, and i would not stop until I brings David Gilbert to his knees.

“I was getting things straightened out and then you swoop in and steal my company out from under me,” the man continued to yell, he was so angry, his face was completely red and he could barely speak. The angrier David got, the calmer i felt.

“I guess you should’ve run your business a bit more above ground and not left it vulnerable to a takeover,” I said.

David looked like he wanted to jump across the room and strangle me to death, but held himself, trying to control his raging nerves.

I looked over the man, who had seemed so much larger than life when I was still a teenager, the man now looked shrunken and old. It was satisfying.

“I ran my business successfully, for over forty years, you pompous piece of trash, you may have the rest of the world fooled but I know where you come from and I know who you really are,” David spat at me.

I was beginning to lose some of my calm, i narrowed my eyes on the man who had changed my life, I knew David was trying to get a reaction from me but I refused to bite, I refused to fall shamelessly into his trap.

“Unlike you, David, I kept a protective, watchful eye on my business, I may have started out on the wrong side of town, as you like to point out but I made choices to change my life and now you’re the one who will have nothing,” i said, with a mocking smile.

David actually lunged at me, as the security guards immediately stepped into the room, i held my hand up, to stop them from grabbing the man, i wanted him to try and throw a punch, I was normally not a violent man but it would be my total joy to knock David across his pathetic jaw.

David saw the look in my eyes and quickly backed down. “This isn’t the last you’ll hear from me,” he said, still not leaving the office, his nostril flaring, his eyes turning red.

“Security please escort Mr Gilbert from my building, Let the front desk know he is no longer welcome to step foot on the premises,” i finished, turned my back on him, as if david didn’t matter in the least to me.

“I will get you back for this, just you wait,” David yelled, as the men dragged him away, i continued to smile as i sat back down and once again looked over the papers that gave me ownership of the EarthMix Corporation.

I pressed his buzzer, “Sophia can you please pull up the full employee list for The EarthMix Corporation and the financial documents.”

“Yes sir, I will have the information to you within a few minutes,” she replied, as efficient as always, i didn’t know how I had been so lucky to find her but if she ever retired o would have a hell of a time replacing her.

Sophia brought the information to him and i got to work, I had not done my normal homework when acquiring the corporation, I normally knew the business inside and out before I took it over, I simply hadn’t cared with this one, I was buying it up no matter what, I didn’t even care if the buy ended up costing me millions of dollars, I had the money to spare, this was about my pride and nothing more.

As I studied the papers over the afternoon, I was surprised to find there were some legitimate reasons to keep the company as it was, instead of splitting it up like I normally would do, if David had run things how he was supposed to, the corporation would have never gone into jeopardy of being taken over, the man was more of an idiot than I had originally thought.

I would have to think about what I was going to do with this one. If I decided to leave it in tact, the first thing to go would be the name, I wouldn’t leave that man’s name attached to any aspect of the business.

The Corporation was a major producer of medical equipment, they actually made a quality product but had a horrible marketing department, if the right people were brought in, i may decide to keep the company together.

As I studied through the papers over the next several days, I discovered David had embezzled millions of dollars, and that was one of the reasons the company was in such a weak state, I would leave the legal department to look further into it, wouldn’t mind if the man ended up in prison, it would just be icing on the cake.