The 5th Agreement Novels & Stories

I recounted everything my conversation with Jareth Lockhart, the photos he’d shown me, the army Chun Kit had already begun bringing into New York. When I finished, the room fell into heavy silence. It stretched for over a minute before Tallis finally spoke. “I want to see the agreement,” she said, her voice flat. “As your lawyer, I can’t let you sign something that could destroy you.” I gave her a weak smile. She was angry, that much was obvious but not at me. She was angry for me. I opened my laptop and pulled up the document Jareth had sent me barely thirty minutes earlier. The others remained quiet as Tallis scrolled through the agreement, her eyes sharp and steady. Five minutes passed be

William leaned forward slightly, “that your time there is a vivid education on the weight of the Williams name.” The room seemed to grow colder. Thorne’s breath hitched. Mimi slid a single sheet of paper and a pen across the table. “Option B: You sign this. It is a full, legally-binding confession to financial misappropriation and conspiracy to commit commercial sabotage a sanitized version that omits the… biological specifics. You will immediately issue irrevocable instructions to dissolve the Veritas Trust. You will personally contact its members and instruct them to stand down, permanently. Then, you will surrender yourself to the federal authorities under a pre-negotiated, closed-door pl

"Fifty-fifty is something I would never agree to. If there are problems, you can paralyse a company that way. If we do this, I have fifty-one per cent." Al shrugs, looking rueful. "A man's gotta try." "Of course he has. If you're agreeable to that, then we have the basis for an agreement." Al beams. "Agreed." "In that case, read it through over the next day or so, then we'll get the lawyers to draw up the contract and we'll take it from there." "That's wonderful, Edward. Let's have another...." Edward shakes his head. "No, one's enough for me at lunchtime. And Richie and I have other places to go. I'll look forward to receiving your written agreement."

“Agreement of Non-Disclosure” “What’s going on here?” She wondered out loud. Aria scanned the documents noting that they were various agreements made by different parties on the same day, each legally bound to not share the information set out in the contract. “I, Andrew King, agree to not communicate or reveal the true identity of Mr Ivan D’Heart to any party aside from that privy to such information under any circumstance including those prohibited in this document.” The document spoke of the incident of mortality of the individual, under any form of duress as well as the time frame for which the agreement would be valid and stated a clause that would render the agreement null and void.

“This is the divestment agreement. I now allow you to divest and encourage you to sign it as soon as possible.” Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the divestment agreement in their hands! Philip really dared to act like this?

he said, silently daring any of them to disagree. “As long as our own people get to elect a new representative, I am okay with that” Jace said, noting the surprised look on everyone's faces. “What? It is a fair point. That can be statement number twelve” he said haughtily, not realising that they were surprised at his agreement and not the point he was trying to make. “I would like to add a thirteenth statement,” Sebestian said as he glanced around at them all. “I would like to add that we are to sign a new agreement every ten years, to show our commitment to this change,” he said, smiling when they all nodded.

“Well, just so you know, I already have the phone number of the remaining five clients that you have and just one message from me, they might also back out from their application.” “Is that all you want?” He nodded. “I just want him to suffer by not seeing you again. I think it is enough for me after all the suffering he caused me.” I stared at him. I am not sure what to think about this deal but seeing his upper hand, I guess I don’t really have any choice. “I need to think about it.” I looked him straight in the eyes. “Give me until five pm today. I will tell you my decision.” He put a business card on the table in front of us and stood up. “Then, give me a call at exactly five pm. And jus

He reached for the glass of bourbon on the table and took a slow sip. “Done,” he said finally. She blinked. “All of it?” “All of it. Including the five-year clause.” Camilla’s heart skipped. She hadn’t expected him to agree so easily. “Why?” “Because you just proved you’re worth more than your father ever believed.” His tone was low. “And because I’d rather have you fighting beside me than against me.” She wasn’t sure if that was a compliment or a warning. Probably both. By evening, Camilla sat in a smaller lounge room, flipping through the drafted agreement their lawyers had hastily prepared. Legal jargon filled the pages, but she understood it.

Instead, her heart seemed to be chained by the agreement, and she felt her chest being clenched by an invisible hand. “As long as you can keep this agreement a secret, there will be nothing to worry about the inheritance, and you will be able to take your share when the time comes,” Jessica tried to hide her true feelings when she said those words. "I know," Noah answered. “I will need a copy of this agreement after this. Each of us needs to keep this agreement until it no longer applies.” Hearing the man's words, Jessica nodded silently, but she didn't look energetic at all. It was just a piece of paper lying on the table, but it seemed like it had managed to tire her out.

They agreed and left without a second glance, with laughter and music drifting from the courtyard as I lay gasping in the dirt like a dying dog. I curled my hand into a fist with the last of my strength. For the first time in years, a strange calm settled over me. I knew I would find a way out, I would leave this place, and every single thing they had done to me over the past five years would be paid back. Not once, not twice, but a thousand times over!