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2024-06-06 15:32:35That same day after his meeting with his subordinate and his butler, he decides to go see his long time best friend and ally, Harry.
They had gone to the same college and graduated together. For a short time, Harry had worked for the Cullinghams before making something of himself and traveling to another location to find his own path.
He didn’t cut communication with Jake as they were friends and they kept in touch, so when Jake told him his plans of revenge, Harry who also hated the Hendrixs had plans to make it a reality.
“Good to see you Jake,” smiled Harry as he got up from his seat to shake his friend before gesturing to a seat across his table.
“Thanks man. You haven’t aged a day.”
“Dude, it’s only been a year or two. Cut me some slack.”
“I expected the Macdonalds to have caught up on you.”
They laughed at that joke before getting down to business.
“You know why I’m here Harry,” the heir said. “You know what I want.”
“And while I fully support you, I just want you to know that what you might be doing might be considered in this part of the world as a felony.”
“How so? It’s just revenge. I’m giving them the same treatment they gave me and my family.”
“Deliberate harm isn’t a thing the law smiles at. You could just… walk away.”
Those words were not something Jake wanted to hear and he frowned at the thought of leaving his plans behind.
“Have you seen my father as of late?” He said, going through his phone to pull up a picture of his father being hooked up to a machine. “Yep, that’s him. Now how do you think I wake up every morning to have video calls with my mother only for her to show me this. Those people destroyed my family, Harry. I am not taking anything back. I’m going down with the ship so stick to the plan and show me what you know.”
They had a staring contest to which Harry lost as he nodded and started clacking in his keyboard.
“Lucky for you I am in charge of the data of the company in this country and I am doing a routine check so it’s not against the law,” he smiled mischievously.
Jake wanted to know more about the family and the company. He wanted to know what he was working with.
He had already gone to the company earlier in disguise even when it wasn’t the ideal thing to do.
He had snooped around and gotten what he wanted. Now he had physical contact of what he wanted, he needed to see their online presence.
Harry showed him the data.
“This is against the law for you to go through since you are not a nobody and your family is already still in partnership with the company.”
“I don’t care,” Jake said, going through the names of the leaders of the company. “It seems like Camilla, their eldest daughter is the heir to the company and would inherit it when she gets married.”
“So what? You want to get married to her to get access to the company?”
“Don’t put so much pressure on me. I’m still thinking of my options.”
“The plan when last we spoke on the phone was for you to be her bodyguard. Getting up close and personal wasn’t the plan.”
“This is up close and personal to me Harry,” the man growled. “I will take them for everything they have.”
“Jake, listen to yourself. You’re blinded by anger. Maybe you should take some time off. Cool down. You’re in a new place. You have enough money to blow out. I can show you around. We could get some drinks, you could play a few games and even make a few investments and make a few…”
“…thousands? Millions?” scoffed Jake. “My father made multiple billions from his company. You expect me to roll over and start over like I’m playing monopoly.”
“You go after these people and you won’t have a life when you’re done. I’ve seen what they do to people and trust me, you don’t want to do that.”
They sat in silence for some time while Jake scrolled through his phone with an intense look on his face.
Harry, who was curious, looked across his table to see a live feed of people around a building.
“Is that a camera feed I see?”
“Yeah. I placed some around the Hendrix estate today as well as their building.”
“Invasion of privacy, felony and a jail time to boot without bail. And that makes me an accessory to whatever crazy this is.”
Jake dropped away his phone to look at his friend.
“I need help, Harry. And you are going to help me. I wish I had someone else to work with me on this but all I have apart from my subordinate Tom and my butler is you.”
“This could get me in jail.”
“I’ll get you a good lawyer.”
“I could lose my license for this.”
“I’ll… figure something out.”
“There was a pause. A very long pause and I don’t like it.”
“Will you stop panicking and help me? It’s not like you won’t be getting back at them for all they’ve done to you anyway.”
Harry sighed. “You know?”
“Demoting you for telling them the truth about their company’s acquisition sector? I’ve done my research.”
They both sighed.
Jake looked at the computer to see Camilla’s face.
She wasn’t bad looking but he didn’t want to marry her as he hated the family for what they had done, however he had plans for them.
He didn’t care if he would be a bodyguard or a romantic suitor anymore. Whatever would get the job done he would do it.
“So are you going as Jake Cullingham or do you have a secret identity?” Asked Harry, but Jake smiled and got to his feet.
“I’ll let you guess.”
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Adventures of Jake Cullingham Four
In a dark alley, two men in trenchcoats and suitcases were talking to each other in hushed tones to make sure no soul apart from them heard their conversations.“What the fuck happened out there, Kay?” the taller one said with his eyes shifting in a different direction every second.“I had her but then this dude comes out of nowhere and foils my plan.” Kay answered with a sigh.“The fuck you mean foil your plan. It was a simple job. Get to her the minute she leaves the company and you put two or three bullets in her brains. Nothing complicated. A very simple mission. It’s like the classic way of dealing with threats. Now you’re telling me that you didn’t do it because of some guy? Who’s this guy? Thor the hammer waving god? Superman? You could have killed him and killed her. Given him the gun, let the police figure that shit out.”“That would have been a silly move to make,” Jake answered from the shadows a few feet away from them as the men suddenly looked in his direction in fear.“
Adventures of Jake Cullingham Five
The Hendrix family decided to have a meeting and they call everyone who is to benefit from the meeting. From close cousins who are on the board to the nieces and nephews who can stay, going up to the highest people on the board, the three children of Mr Hendrix himself.Mrs Hendrix who was still grieving stayed away from this one as she decided her children would handle it better without her aid.It was during this first meeting since Mr Hendrix died that Camilla decided to show up, but she brought a little surprise for her family at the meeting hall.As soon as she dropped from the car, Jake, who now went by the name Micheal black, rounded the car to open the door for her.He reveled in his new job as this would give him access to places he didn’t have access to before.“Now look,” she said while they were in the elevator going up to the secluded meeting hall of the company. “Don’t talk to anyone. You work for me and only me. Wherever I go, you go too.”“Including the ladies bathroo
Adventures of Jake Cullingham Six
Jake stayed all night searching for more information about the Hendrix family and he found a few things he hadn’t known before.Some were already public news but others were still things he was finding out during his time at the office with Camilla.“Here is your tea master Jake,” the butler brought a drink for his master who was working late on his new job.“Did you know that these guys hate each other?” Jake laughed. “The other day I went to the meeting and they were all at each other's throats. I thought they had unity but I guessed wrong. Even the demons sometimes hated each other.”“So they are at war with each other. Fascinating.”“I know right?” The man laughed as he took the tea and stood to his feet. “It seems like they all want the company for themselves. Also, I snooped around hospital records and I found something interesting about the cause of the death of Mr Hendrix.”“That should be interesting. Although you should be careful sir. You don’t want to be caught doing that.
Adventures of Jake Cullingham Seven
When Jake got home, he had his butler and Tom buy the house back for him anonymously. Apparently, the one who had put the house for sale was Camilla and this had him confirming history that she was just like the rest of his family.After that little conversation he had with her in the finance office, he also found out her role in the company was now to buy and sell small businesses, especially the dying ones with no exception to building properties.“If you’re so angry at your siblings for being ahead of you, why don’t you just call them out for their actions and save yourself the trouble,” Jake noted to her to see if she would be different from her family. “I mean, you can see how your family acts. You can see how they behave and how they hold little businesses captive. Can’t you just minimize on that and help grow your business the organic way?”That got a laugh out of her as she stretched her body.“Look, I’m loving the whole righteous idea thing but that would not work in busines
Adventures of Jake Cullingham Eight
Jake arrived to the restaurant Tom and the butler had fully booked and found the owner of Metro-corp sitting in a corner drinking an expensive wine.All around were bodyguards of the man which had Jake smiling.He had only one plan, and it was to dissuade the man from going into any business with the Hendrix family.They were leeches who stole from businesses to thrive. All he had to do was make sure that Rashid was not going to sign anything with the contract with anyone from the Hendrix company.That way, he would still keep his pride and his business.As he entered the restaurant, he was stopped by security.“This restaurant is closed,” the guard said to Jake who raised his brows.“I know,” said the heir. “I’m here on business with Mr Rashid.”The guard laughed as another guard joined him.“Sure, and I’m here on business with the president of the country. Beat it boy, before I give you the first class ticket to the emergency room.”Before Jake says anything, Tom intervenes. “He was
Adventures of Jake Cullingham Nine
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Adventures of Jake Cullingham Ten
Camilla invited Jake to be her plus one at an event being hosted by the Hendrix family.Apparently in that event, it was announced that Technova and the Hendrix family were going to be business partners.Jake, who had over the years changed the name of his father’s company and started afresh until he had built it back up to a multi billion dollar business, was ready to use his company as a weapon against the Hendrix’s.When he had planned to do this, the butler had been against it.“Revenge really is a disease young master. Don’t do what you want to do. It won’t lead you to make good decisions and trust me right now you are making a terrible mistake.”“Look, as much as I love listening to you, I sometimes feel like you don’t know how much this means to me. They destroyed my family and I will do that to them.”“But using a company that just recovered is not good.”“It will be by the time I’m done.”“Just follow the plan,” the heir said, pointing to Tom. “You are the heir to the company
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Four
In a dark alley, two men in trenchcoats and suitcases were talking to each other in hushed tones to make sure no soul apart from them heard their conversations.“What the fuck happened out there, Kay?” the taller one said with his eyes shifting in a different direction every second.“I had her but then this dude comes out of nowhere and foils my plan.” Kay answered with a sigh.“The fuck you mean foil your plan. It was a simple job. Get to her the minute she leaves the company and you put two or three bullets in her brains. Nothing complicated. A very simple mission. It’s like the classic way of dealing with threats. Now you’re telling me that you didn’t do it because of some guy? Who’s this guy? Thor the hammer waving god? Superman? You could have killed him and killed her. Given him the gun, let the police figure that shit out.”“That would have been a silly move to make,” Jake answered from the shadows a few feet away from them as the men suddenly looked in his direction in fear.“
