A MAN'S WORD...

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Troy woke up to John putting away the papers on his desk.

"How long have I been out?" Troy asked the younger man.

"Two hours sir" John replied.

Troy hummed.

"Sir..." John started to say, and Troy looked at him.

"I think you should see a doctor." John suggested.

Troy raised an eyebrow.

"Why?" Troy asked John

John fidgeted in place.

"Sir...you have constant headaches, and you fall asleep without warning. Most days your sleep is disturbed. I think you should let the Royal Physician see you." John said with a tone of worry in his voice.

Troy stared at the younger man.

"Okay" Troy simply said before returning to his work.

John smiled to himself and made a mental note to inform the Physician to see Troy.

~

"The first release had a minimal effect. But it has stirred the pot hasn't it" Irving said to his brothers.

Grayson hummed.

"Well...on to the next. The recording" Landon said excitedly.

Jasper stared at his brother and then shook his head.

"I still don't want to release this" Hendrix said with a frown

"I know brother...but it is...needed" Kristian said.

Hendrix's frown deepened.

Hendrix recalled the whimpers of his sister and clenched his fists. The man was all for beating Troy to pulp, but his brothers had stopped him. He wished he could have been there for his sister. No one deserved to go through what she had gone through. Recalling it, Hendrix's anger grew.

Hendrix was snapped out from his thoughts when a hand patted his back.

He looked to his side to see Grayson.

Grayson just patted his brother's shoulder and then walked to his desk.

"Hendrix will deal with releasing the recording. This time we need people feeding online comments with the truth and people spreading the truth by word of mouth. Landon I'm sure some of your 'lady friends' can help?" Grayson said looking at his youngest brother.

Landon grinned. "Of course...just leave it to me" Landon replied with a wide smile.

Kristian shook his head and chuckled.

"You guys...my Brian's birthday is coming up" Irving suddenly said with a squeal.

He pulled five baby blue enveloped from his suit pocket and smiled.

"You're all invited" he said as he rose. Irving went round the office giving each brother an invite as he explained details for the day.

"It's a party. I expect my boy to be spoiled by his uncles." Irving said before taking his seat.

"That goes without saying brother" Kristian said as he looked at the baby blue card with balloons, party poppers and his name written in fancy black cursive. On the side was a picture of Brian with a toothy grin.

Kristian smiled at the invite.

Irving was beaming like a proud father and Kristian wondered if he would ever beam like that someday.

~

Hendrix stared at the room. He had his men take up computers, ready to storm the net with little truths that made up the story between Margot and Troy.

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