Christian rejected Justin's call for the umpteenth time. He had nothing to say to the traitor. Hogan was too willing to take his suspension without a fight, after all, he'd humiliated himself enough that night by trying to destroy Christian's image yet lacking the evidence to. Christian had the best hackers working that night to make sure all the images were deleted from the cloud and all other sources before the meeting. He suspected that Hogan was Albert's source and contractor, no wonder the man knew so much about him and the family. "Christian, you are treading on dangerous grounds, I would advise that you be careful." Pa Pete said as he entered Christian's office that afternoon. "A good afternoon to you too, Pa Pete, I hope the meeting last night did not leave you so stressed out." He said with a smirk. "Could you quit being so cocky and listen?!" Pete snapped and Christian could do nothing but smile. "Hogan might have a plot to bring you down and you are presenting you

Motivated by the news that Campbell had for him, Chris was eager to get the DNA test out of the way. That was when it dawned on him that he had no personal or close relationship with Evans and could not imagine how he might react to being asked to do a test all of a sudden. For a second, he reasoned how easy it could be to simply walk into the Robinson estate and demand that they go to the closest hospital or even the estate clinic to run the DNA test; he had the finest doctors that could work on it and give him results within the hour. But he held back that plan, it was truly reckless and would alert Evans of what his plans were. He had to be coy and he had to be smart so the man would be free enough to give out his samples - without even knowing it. Christian thought of several ways he could get his samples and the thought of luring Evans with a younger woman crossed his mind, but of course, he still seemed to be quite smitten with his newest wife and might not budge as quickly a

Pa Pete stood before the executive board, his face expressionless, he wore a blank look that anyone who knew him enough learned to be afraid of. Christian sat at the far end of the table, his face stoic, his mind wandering, trying to piece together and make sense of the Campbell saga. "I wish to thank all of you who have shown up at this meeting on such short notice." He began and the board members murmured their responses. "For years, the Robinson family has been one, one blood, one team, one goal, one table. Together, we have fought enemies strong and we have defeated them like the dust. Together, we have brought down mighty consolidations and we have partnered with untouchable giants. Together, we have become the most powerful family in this city and dare I say, one of the most powerful in this state.Even as a family, we do not know the measure of our strength, we do not know how raw our power is or how far we can go when the chips are down, and we may not know just how deep

The past came like an ugly smoke from an old flame and it threatened to burn everything in its path. Christian sat on the edge of his hotel room bed. He could still not come to terms with the fact that Luciana was back in his life and with a baby. A baby, a baby he could remember having with her. "Master, the men are here," Potter said with a low bow as he entered the hotel room. Christian could not remember any knock but he knew Potter would not just barge in on him, he'd no doubt been too caught up in his thoughts to hear anything. "Welcome, gentlemen." He said the neatly dressed men got in and shut the door.Christian knew he had to act fast, it was only a matter of time before the press had air of the news and everyone began to believe it. Already, two members of the executive table had called him and so had other partners. Rumor and scandal in the Robinson family could never be hidden, everyone had their ears to the ground. "I need you to do a thorough investigation on this

When the TV station aired the interview, Pa Pete could not tell them to take it down because it was a live show and everyone was watching all over the world. The family was distraught about the turn of events and while some threatened to sue Lucy for such frame-ups and false claims, others still believed that Chris might have made it all up just to save face and send Lucy away. But despite what the rumor mill has in store, Chris was out of the mess just in the nick of time. He compensated the investigators heavily and sure enough the family verified from them that Lucy had Nicholas from another man. Seated at the fancy restaurant, Christian looked at his time again, he was running late for the announcement at the office but he had to meet with Xavier, the CEO of the goldmine first. He was tired of being toyed with by Dr. Pedro. Just as he thought of giving Xavier a call to remind him of their appointment, Potter called again, telling him that the meeting was to kick off in half an