The Phillips family collectively stared at Michael Phillips, slightly confused at what had just happened.Michael had suddenly stopped while walking towards them, and had taken a seat at a nearby table.There he sat, staring at them, while they stared back at him.Soon, the family realized what was going on.It was a petty attempt from Michael to maintain dominance over the upcoming conversation, to have them come to meet him, rather than the other way around.“Come on folks, let's go” said Andrew to the rest of his present family.He knew just how frustrated they were by Michael's pettiness, but ultimately, they had no choice in the matter.The family collectively got up from their seat and headed to the table where Michael was seated.It was a round table, which only had two chairs positioned in front, and behind it.So due of this, Richard had to painstakingly drag two extra chairs over to the table, so that he and his father could join in the negotiations.Once this ordeal was ove
“I see, so you had the armour appraised” said Richard.“Of course I did, why the hell would you think I wouldn't get it appraised?” responded Michael.“Why do you think I left this place after your little stunt during the fundraiser?”“Wait?… you had it appraised today” asked Richard, curious.“No, of course not… getting it appraised was literally the first thing I did” said Michael.“I didn't appraise it at a museum, we all know how that would go, and I would prefer not to have the feds be all up in my business”.Andrew grit his teeth as he heard this.Michael was certainly more experience with dealing in artifacts than he thought.He had greatly underestimated him.But if he couldn't appraise it at a museum, Andrew knew he had to have gone with an alternative choice, a choice that could still give him and his family and advantage.“So where exactly did you get it appraised?” asked Andrew.“I appraised it via some British antique dealer” replied Michael.Andrew almost breathes a high
“Please Michael, I plead with you not to do anything drastic” begged Andrew, dropping his confident attitude and switching to a pleading one.But Michael was completely unfazed by their words, and simply filled up his glass with champagne once again.“That's your third glass of champagne so far, Michael, are you sure you should be drinking so much?” asked Louis.“So you care about my well-being now, eh, Louis?” asked Michael in a sarcastic tone, as he took another sip of his champagne.“Relax, it'll take more than three glasses of champagne to intoxicate me” assured Michael.“By the way, what the hell are you people even still doing here?, didn't I just tell you that these negotiations are over?” asked Michael, now annoyed.“We can't stop these negotiations just like that Michael, we need to get this armour back at all costs” pleaded Richard.“Well that's too bad man… now get out, or I'll call security to throw you out” said Michael, his voice threatening.“There has to be something we
“JESUS CHRIST UNCLE, PLEASE CALM DOWN!!” yelled Richard, as he tried to take Andrew's hands off his father's collar.Christopher on the other hand, simply sat back, taking small sips of his champagne, and watching the show unfold.“What on earth are you doing Louis, why would you make such an offer, you know we can't afford it?” asked Andrew angrily, as he viscously shook his younger brother.“Yes we can, Andrew” replied Louis, while still being violently shaken.“We might just have to sell a lot more of our assets, and use more of the Imperium contract” added Louis.“You stupid idiot, that could completely ruin us, we will go from an upper middle-class family, to a lower middle-class abomination!” yelled Andrew.“WELL WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE ANDREW!!” yelled Louis, as he pushed his brother off of him, and causing him to nearly fall from stumbling on a chair.Richard used this opportunity to come between his father and uncle, doing his very best to ensure their altercation didn't turn i
Andrew's body shook as if he had been gripped by the worst cold of his life.He tried to speak, but no words could escape him.“So it had all been for nothing” he thought.The family had spent millions of dollars that they didn't have, just to get to this very moment, and yet in the very end… It had all gone to waste.Andrew had never felt like more of a failure in his entire life.He wanted to fall to his knees and plead with Michael to change his mind. If that was what it would take to fix this, he was willing to do it.But deep down he knew it wouldn't work, all it would do was rid him of the little ounce of pride he had left.Truly, there was no way out of this, all hope was lost.“Welp, it was nice talking to y'all, but I am bored now, so I'm gonna get the hell out of here” said Michael, as he drained his champagne glass for the final time, and stood up to leave.Andrew was silent, even as Michael walked away from them, he said nothing, and just let it happen.Louis, on the other
Jason chuckled at Eric's tempting offer.One thing that he had learnt the hard way, while he ran around the streets of Parlsbury trying to make money, was that if something sounded too good to be true, it definitely was.“You know, at first, I was very excited with the prospect of acquiring the Phillips security building” began Jason.“However, the more I thought about it, the less sense it made to me”“Why would you want to hand me the secrets to the Phillips security building in the first place?” asked Jason.Eric sighed, as he placed his two hands on the table“you're a rich and powerful man Jason, as the CEO of Comet, you have your hands in a lot of powerful places, you are allied with a lot of powerful people, people who can aid me and my family” replied Eric“My family and I are going through some rather troubling times at the moment, as you know things haven't gone as well as they could have with us, and it has led to a lot of unforeseen circumstanc...”“Can you be a little mor
The room had been silent for over a minute.Jason and Eric simply stared at each other, with Eric impatiently tapping his feet on the floor, waiting for Jason's response.When Jason finally responded, it was to express his confusion at Eric's words.“You need my help?, I don't understand… why would you need my help?” asked Jason, confused.“You're Eric Phillips, head of the Phillips family and one of the four heavenly kings of Reville, surely you can…”“You are mistaken, Jason, I am no longer a member of the four heavenly kings of Reville" responded Eric, cutting off Jason's words.“Are you serious, how on earth did that happen?” asked Jason.“Let's just say that, there are many current developments the public are not currently aware of” replied Eric.“Apparently, it wasn't enough for the consequences of my family's loss of the Phillips security building, to be only financial”“It seems we had to lose our status as well, even before we had a chance to build our wealth back up” lamente
Jason laughed at Eric's obvious bluff, or at least he thought it was bluff, before responding to him.“I don't think so Eric, the reputation of the Phillips security company is in shambles, I honestly do not think there is any reasonable alternative to dissolving the compan...” responded Jason.“With all due respect Jason, I think you're wrong” disagreed Eric.“Really?” asked Jason, rhetorically, as he raised an eyebrow, and folded his hands.“Yes Jason, really… The reputation of the Phillips security building was destroyed, not the reputation of the Phillips security company” rebutted Eric.“I mean, I would have actually believed that, if the Phillips security company, was not completely tied to the Phillips security building” responding Jason.“Remember how you sold that project to Investors, you said it was the next phase of the Phillips security company's evolution, you called it your company's Magnum Opus for crying out loud” added Jason, chuckling lightly.“But what if we could