A Moment in Destiny

"Uncle, hand over all your shares; Marley will leave you with 8% of the shares, and you don’t have to worry about company matters! I’m confident that, with his abilities, he can make the Hughes Group prosper to higher levels. You just retire and live out your life! But, if you won’t turn your shares over, then it’s no big deal. Worse comes to worse, we’ll just liquidate the assets and head out separate ways!”

“You said we each only keep 8% of the shares?” Teddie couldn’t help ask.

“Wrong, it’s only 3% for you!” Sylvie coldly snapped.

“3%? Why is it different for us?” “Why do you get preferential treatment?”

“Because you don’t know how to manage it. If you had all 8%, you’d only squander it all. So 5% will go to aunt for safekeeping! Then your whole family will be insured!”

Hearing Sylvie’s words, both Kasper and Teddie were quite surprised. Kasper asked, “Sylvie, so you mean to say that, your uncle also gets 8% of the shares, but it’s divided with your aunt? He gets 3%, and your aunt and cousins get 5%?”

“That’s right!” Sylvie knew that, over the past few years, Teddie blew all of his savings on excessive spending. Her aunt, however, was a frugal woman. Not only was she unhappily married to Teddie, she needed to raise two kids on her own. Sylvie really admired her aunt, so she had to look out for her best interests. “What I don’t know is whether Marley will accept our proposal, but I’ll do my best to persuade him. If you all surrendered your shares and control over Hughes Group, you can just live out the rest of your lives in comfort and collect dividends at the end of each year. It might even be more than what you get from 10%, 15%, even 25 of the shares you have on hand now…”

Kasper and Teddie exchanged glances; Sylvie could tell her persuasion was working.

However, Teddie was dissatisfied with his share of 3%. “But how come I only get 3%? That’s unfair!”

“I think it’s just!” An authoritative, low tone suddenly boomed out from outside as the conference room doors swung open.

Sylvie stared in awe as her family members stood outside the doors. Her mother smiled brilliantly at her. In a split second, Sylvie’s face turned red, and she said under her breath, “Mom, dad, why are you all doing here?”

“Brother?!” Even Teddie stood up in awe.

“Brother, your health…” Kasper said in a concerned tone.

Sylvie thought to herself; at least they still had a trace of some conscience left to worry about Aiden’s health.

Aiden’s wife helped him enter the conference room, and Sylvie quickly pulled a chair for her father-in-law to sit down.

Aiden took a quick glance at Sylvie with admiration, but he didn’t say anything. Miriam took her hand and said nothing as well. Sylvie pulled up another chair for her mother-in-law as well.

“Come, everyone, sit down. I want to make everything clear today.” Aiden said as he scanned across the room.

Kasper sat down first. Though he still felt pissed, Teddie eventually sat down.

earlier was her own thoughts, which she’d not yet discussed with Marley. She didn’t know what her father-in-law thought. But from her past observations, she thought that Aiden treated his brothers rather kindly, so she assumed that her proposal would

moment of silence, Sylvie

her short, then looked

“What do

pondered a bit, “I’ve got no objections.

you?” Aiden asked

Teddie stuttered as he said.

tell us your reason!” Aiden looked at his brother without

at all!” Teddie managed to sputter

to say that, it’s not enough for

to watch his temper. Instead, he gently held and patted her hand. Miriam looked at him

for words; just a

“Brother, you’re sick, so I don’t want you to worry. But I have too much debts, I

again?”

the right words to

lowered his tone, “Tell me, how much does

Ernie owe

grew ill, “Ernie went as

don’t worry about this; I will discipline my own son. As for the 8%, I accept the offer! So don’t you worry

had never met Ernie herself,

the other hand, Teddie didn’t feel a hint of

do you think we’re going to come up with that kind of money?” Aiden began to raise his voice. “Teddie, you’re getting out of

began to get nervous as she felt Aiden’s temper

to grow concerned as well,

steadied himself and shook his head, “I’m

just managed to recover his health a bit. If he got angry and worsened his

who tried to force me out of the

of doing any hard work. You just never learn. Brother, if you still can’t learn to reflect on yourself, I don’t think you even deserve 3%!” Aiden fiercely

exploded, “Aiden, don’t be so harsh! I did my share of the

think that I don’t know what you’ve been doing these past few years? Regarding what Sylvie has said you’ve done, did you really that both Marley and I don’t

was shocked; he never thought his brother would

as people, we have to