Hidden Billionaire Son-in-law

Chapter 10

Eric now takes full possession of Hollywood, he starts making changes but the changes would basically affect Scarlett and Susan.

 News circulates the whole world that Hollywood has been handed over to an anonymous personality who wishes to remain so until he decides otherwise. 

People are tensed to know who Pat Carlos, one of the world's richest handed it over to. 

Eric schedules a special meeting with the new head of the personnel board, he's in charge of recruiting, promoting and dismissing actors and actresses whom he feels have breached the terms of contract of the movie industry.

 This meeting is termed to address an issue Eric had always had in his mind for sometime now.

He and Mr Eloine sit in on a round table discussion. Eric begins by clearing his throat, he had already mandated all the senior staff of the industry to keep his identity a secret or risk many years jail term.

 He's now in power and capable of doing all that, they are afraid of this and play by the rules.

"Eloine, I'll ask you to do one special thing for me." He says with decisiveness, firm eyes which creates tension in the man sitting opposite him at the far end of the long table. 

"Yes sir?" He smiles, it's an honor to have a man, older than him with probably forty years estimate calling him sir. 

Hormones spark across his veins as it dawns on him that he's now a billionaire. 

He heaves a sigh of relief, looks up to Mr Eloine.

 "I want you to throw Scarlett and Susan out of my company." 

"What, I mean what did they do?" 

"Don't dare argue with me, this' my company." He says firmly, then he remembers he's talking to an older man, though he's in charge, he still has to give him some respect. 

"Oh sorry, I mean throw them out, just sack them. Their services are no longer needed in Hollywood." He says kind of casually here, blushing with face downward at how they will react when they receive the news.

He hopes to be present when the news reaches them. To ensure this, he asks Mr Elione to send them the termination of appointment letter at night, when he'll be at home. 

It came as he expected, Scarlett is sitting on the executive chair fiddling on her phone. 

Today was a great day, she got to rehearse for a special role in her favorite movie theme, being a side-chick to a billionaire.

 He heard them making the discussion in the morning with her mom. Scarlett was so thrilled, she told her mom she couldn't wait to appear in the movie on cinema screens and millions of homes.

"Now your dreams will soon be aborted." Eric says inside himself, as he sits on the ground watching TV with Scarlett, she wouldn't let him sit on the executive chair with her. 

He raises his head from time to time to stare at the clock on the wall. He had authorized the man to send the termination letter through email to her and Susan at exactly 11 PM and it's 10:57 PM, three minutes to thetime. 

Eric tries hard to control his excitement, when he wants to grin, he covers his mouth pretending he wants to sneeze or cough. Scarlett's hateful eyes lands on him, he shivers slightly wondering if she noticed what he was doing. 

"Go and get me a glass of water from the refrigerator. Now!" She barks as Eric was a bit slow in rising up, he hastens out of the parlor to the kitchen downstairs. 

He's on his way up with a glass of chilled water in a glass when he hears a terrifying scream from upstairs.

"What's that? What's that?" Susan rushes in from the adjoining room panting. It has happened, Eric stands at the door over the transparent glass corner, with sinister smiles, they can't see him from where he stands but he can see them. 

He's so happy right now. He decides to stand for a while to watch how the drama goes.

"You aren't telling me anything," Susan complains as her daughter is overwhelmed with tears and can't answer her question. 

"Take mom, read it!" She says in the midst of tears. Susan gets the tablet from her and begins to read.

"It's with utmost regret and thanks for your contribution to Hollywood that we wish to inform you, that you, Scarlett and your biological mother, Susan Woodley, who have been actresses in Hollywood cease to be a member of this great movie industry." She pauses with unspeakable shock, exhaling heavily like she was taking her last breath. Tears starts to stream from her eyes.

 "Your termination of appointment takes effect from today." She bypasses the date stated.

 "Head of the Personnel Board, Mr Eloine." 

She smashes the tablet on the floor, Scarlett rises up with fury to challenge her mom. 

"Mom, you smashed my tablet on the floor?" She said, still crying, "Mom, do you know how much that cost me?" 

"What a fuck! Why would we be sacked without prior notice, what did we do, who would dare do this wicked act to us?" Eric smiles from where he stands, he decides to go up and deliver the water glass. 

"Take that away or else I pour it all over your body." Scarlett screams, Eric pretends to be worried, anxious about her tears and the commotion.

 Inside him, he's so delighted to see Scarlett of all people shading tears.

"Who would do this to us?" Susan repeats.

"I heard a new CEO governs Hollywood, he should be the one that does this." 

"Ouch!" Susan groans. "Maybe we should find a way, meet with him, and apologize?"

"But he's an anonymous person, mom?" 

"Listen Scarlett, we can work towards this!" 

Eric walks downstairs to return the water to the refrigerator, he grins.

 "This' where they'll get to know who I am. When they come to meet me at my desk, they'll be shocked to death!"