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Timothy - 31. Chapter 31
Arriving home, I made an invoice and emailed it to Randy.
I was finished with Ann Marie. I did more than I should have, except I did not want to saddle Mom and Dad with her. If I know her, she will find out the pre-nuptial is illegal, and she will go after her money. That will be the last we see of her or hear from her.
“Tim, do you know how much money she will inherit?”
“No, and to be honest, I don’t care.”
“Do you think she will pay your invoice?”
“No, and to tell the truth, I don’t want her money. But if she becomes a problem for Mom and Dad, I’ll go after her for everything she owns.”
I knew my position concerning my sister may have sounded cruel. But she has treated our family as if we had the plague. I could only think of one reason for her to feel that way. She thought she was better than us, and if her friends knew us, they would think less of her. This way, she could pretend her parents are anything she would want them to be. I’ll bet she told a real beauty of a story about her parents.
“I always found it interesting. When there is no one else, there are always your parents.”
“I never understood why she was ashamed of us. Sure, we weren’t millionaires, but we had a nice house, Dad provided well for us. When my grandfather was alive, he set up education accounts for us.”
“Randy was excited about his computer.”
I knew Stephen wanted to change the subject, and I was all for that. A shower shut me up.
I was glad to be home. Our lives returned to normal, as normal as one’s life could be. Randy discovered that he could send messages to us that would be printed automatically on our printer. It wasn’t unusual for us to arrive home, and there would be a message in our printer tray from Randy.
Gramps hadn’t forgotten the one case he lost, so I now had the assignment to review the case and present my thoughts concerning how I would have handled the case. Stephen told me not to be surprised if Gramps doesn’t want to reopen the case.
Gramps had another job for Stephen as well. He now had to automate the accounting department. “Stephen, you do know you are in a training program.”
“Training for what?”
“Training to take over for Gramps. Who else would inherit the company? You are his grandson, and Dad doesn’t have the knowledge or background to run the business. It will be you, and surely you know that?”
“Well, I thought maybe someday, but Gramps isn’t ready to retire.”
“And you aren’t ready to step in his shoes either. But you will be, that is why you are working automating the accounting department. Next will be purchasing, invoicing, production scheduling. In the next five years, you’ll have experience in every department.”
“What about you?”
“I’ll run Legal for you and support you any way I can.”
“Does that include back rubs, holding my hand, and showers?”
I kissed him, “Yes, and we can start now with a shower.”
Over breakfast the following day, “Tim, I have been thinking. If I had a sister that lied as much as your sister does, I think I would make sure she learned a lesson. A loving family is something to be proud of, and if your friends don’t appreciate that, you need new friends. She lied to your parents and took advantage of them.”
“I wonder what she will do once she finds out the pre-opt is not valid. My guess is we won’t see her until she needs money or a place to live.”
“Has she paid your invoice?”
“Not yet. I’ll wait and send her another with a fee for not paying the first invoice. I’ll continue doing that until the invoice is significantly high enough to take her to court. Then we will find out everything there is about her financial position.”
“The publicity of a trial for unpaid invoices will cause a problem for her. Her friends may decide not to be friends.”
Breakfast over, we walked to work. A kiss and I headed to the Legal department. I’ll check with the lawyer who wrote the prenup at lunchtime to see if she contacted them.
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