Page 95 of Takeover
"Fuck.Fuck.I'll never touch her again.I won't even talk to her.Ever."
I nodded."Of course you're not going to touch her because she is mine to protect."
I stood up straight, rolling up my sleeves.
Pierce and Gavin weren't even fazed.Micah was watching me closely though.He knew my temper and how hard it was to contain sometimes.And how much I hated a bully.The lengths I would go to in order to teach a bully a lesson.
"I won't tell anyone about this.I won't.Just please fucking let me go," Jacobson begged.
"Well, for starters, the next time you see her, and you will see her because I’ll make sure of it, you are going to issue her an apology.A lovely one about how you were wrong.You are going to donate five million dollars to Hearts & Hope because it’s her mother’s charity.And then you're going to donate two million dollars to the Violence Against Women Coalition just because I say so."
He gasped."Are you fucking serious?Seven fucking million?Fuck that.She was going to be a shitty lay anyway."
Micah sighed and shoved his hands in his pockets, and I glanced up at my brother."Go for it,” Micah said.“He deserves it."
And for once, I let loose my temper.
The next twenty minutes were a blur of unleashed rage and fury as I leveled blow after blow on Jacobson.
I had him by the hair and had knocked his chair over, when Micah stepped in and put a hand on my chest."That's enough.We need him conscious enough to do the rest."
The haze of red over my eyes didn't fade quickly enough, and I struggled against Micah's hold.My brother held strong though."That is enough, Atticus.He has to do the other part.Otherwise, there's no fucking point.He'll just go after her again."
That was it.Those words pulled me back.
Gavin and Pierce picked Bronson up.And with his bruised and bloody face, he still somehow managed to glower at me."Fuck you,” he said, though with swollen, bleeding lips and several missing teeth, it was barely coherent.
Pierce brought the laptop."So, Bronson, we've been doing a little research on you, and we have discovered several complaints by various women.So you're going to drop another ten million to be distributed to several battered women’s organizations to soothe the ache of what you've done to those women."
He gasped."No."
"And one more thing.You are also going to sell me"—I looked up at Micah—"How many shares was it, brother?Oh yes, ten thousand shares of Jacobson Inc.stock."
"What the fuck?"
"That's right.I'm buying in with enough shares to cause a little trouble."
He shook his head."That'll be more than I have.No, I'm not letting you have my company."
"Oh, you don't have a choice.You see, you're sloppy.Very sloppy.You leave evidence of yourself everywhere."
Pierce hit a button on the laptop and a photo appeared of Maria Klaus.She held the hand of a little girl who looked just like Bronson Jacobson."See?Maria has evidence of what you did to her.She was more than happy to talk to us.That evidence keeps you paying child support and maintenance.We have a copy of it, and we're not afraid to release it, so you'll do as you're told."
His eyes went wide."I'm going to make you pay for this."
"No, Bronson, you are the one who's paying.Go ahead, hit the buttons here and enter your account numbers."
He shook his head.
Gavin unclipped his right wrist."Let me make it easy for you."
Bronson glowered at me."Fuck you.You are a dead man."
"Then you should know that at my untimelydeath, all my shares in Jacobson Inc.will go to my wife, and thenshewill have you by the balls.”I couldn't really tell if he paled, but his hand shook and he finally typed in the account numbers as I’d expected him to.Then Gavin unclipped his other hand and his feet.
I looked at Micah, and he nodded as he checked the accounts."Yep, we have everything we need.The donations have been made to Hearts & Hope and VAW."
Bronson slumped in his seat."I'm coming for you."
