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Blackmail (Marek)

   Marek

"Thank you Mr. Kaiser, for your support in helping to eradicate sex trafficking. Your money and the provided resources will help immensely in the war against the heinous crimes." The slightly pudgy and much shorter man says smiling at the camera's while shaking my hand. The Chief of Police was next to him. A large group of cops, civil servants, and other government agency works filled the background.

I keep my face serious but nod. I hate doing these 'for show' photo opts. But it is only a mild inconvenience really. I know the money and information that I am providing is actually helping. I have made sure of it. This is not just a way for the Mayor or other political fucks to use as campaign boosters. It is for them, but I make sure that the money is used for it's intended purpose. I have had a few of them complain that they weren't getting a cut, but I had enough dirty on them to shut them all up. Now they smile pretty for the camera and take the photo op without a word. The good publicity suddenly good enough when faced with the alternative.

After our little public appearance, and the cameras are all gone the Mayor glares at me as he gets in is blacked out SUV. He is pissed that I won't publicly endorse him, and that this is all he'll get from me.

"What a little toad." Nick says as they pull away.

"He maybe a toad but he is not nearly as bad as some of the others." I say as we make our way to our waiting cars.

"No, not nearly as bad, but still his personality is shit." Nick says with a scoff. Nick is now fully healed and back to his rightful place. James and I both felt better when he was given the all clear to resume his work.

"As long as he does what we want I don't care about his shit personality. He has been easier to deal with then most of the fucking Senators. Most of those people are monsters. He is just an unlikable douche." I say as I rub my hands over my face. The car pulls out onto the street and we head back to my office.

After separating from my family I moved my office headquarters to the other side of town. The split from them is still slowly being severed. Only a month ago were we able to hire someone to take over as CEO. She was recommended by my mom. Though that was a huge red flag the woman had proven herself to be not only the best candidate but capable as well. My mom was a terrible person but she was good at spotting talented people. She had a good business sense. If her and my father had not been such selfish self-indulgent pricks they could have really been something in the business world.

When I got back into my office I first checked work emails. I had a few from Nikki the new CEO of Kaiser. She would send me emails to double check her work. So far only minor adjustments had been needed. I was impressed with how well she was doing.

After taking care of that I started working on what I had been really wanting to focus on. Only in the last month have I really been able to spend most my time on my goal of getting rid of the sex trafficking ring. Nick, James, and I had started to work on recruiting people to help us do what needed to be done not long after I got back from Prague. But the really work had really just begun. We also decided we would use any means necessary to get information, both legal and not so legal. Blackmail was our main weapons and we had an arsenal.

My parent's were unaware, at first, that they had given me all the blackmail I could ever need. They hung out with the most powerful, and wealthiest people they could find. Most of those people were just as despicable as my parents some of them were even worse. So I was able to learn and document all kinds of fun things about the 'elite' of this city, state, and country. All things I would use to make sure that what happened to Lily and Charlie wouldn't happen again. I know that isn't realistic, but It is what I was telling myself.

The black mail was keeping the powers that be in line and out of the way while me and my people did what we needed to. We still hadn't found out much about the people we were looking for. We did however shut down a few small or new rings down. It was a good feeling but not enough. I still had a huge amount of guilt that I have convinced myself will go away as soon as I take out the people who took the girls from me.

My thoughts are interrupted by my phone ringing. "Hello" I say not checking the I.D. before answering.

"Hello Mr. Kaiser its Nikki." The woman on the other end says in her warm but professional tone.

"Ms. Styles, how can I help you?" I try not to sound as cold as I feel. I really have nothing against the woman she has been professional and almost pleasant, but I would rather just be done with her and the company.

"I just wanted to thank you again for going over the emails I sent you, and the helpful feedback. It really has made this transition easier. I also wanted to let you know that I had a meeting with the pharma company that you had been talking to up until your departure. I wanted to know if you would like to get together to discuss how you would like to handle this now that you are no longer acting CEO. I really don't understand why the other board members where so against this. It looks like a no brainer to me. Not much risk but high reward..."I can hear her flipping papers and murmuring to herself as she scans the information about the company I was determined to take over before everything happened.

"I will have my assistant call you and schedule a time to meet. With every thing that has been going on lately I need to reacquaint myself with the proposal and the information." I answered trying to remember details about the deal. It seemed like a lifetime ago.

"I appreciate it. I really look forward to talking with you Mr. Kaiser." She said her voice a little bit brighter than before. She sounded hopeful. I guess she was just as excited about the deal as I had been before shit went bad.

"Anytime Good bye Ms. Styles." I said and we hung up.

I spent a few hours going back over the deal that Nikki had talked about. My assistant had already sent me the time to meet her tomorrow night. Apparently we would meet for dinner which was the only time we both had available. It was not a big deal. I didn't really eat much at dinner anyways. I would have to be careful not to drink to much before or during. I had been doing better about the drinking. Mostly because Nick and James were up my ass constantly about it.

I had just stood up from my desk to stretch my legs when a knock on my door sounded, and then it opened. I knew it wasn't my admin because she would have used the intercom. Nick's bulky frame slid in the door. Before he spoke he shut the door and stepped further in the room.

"Boss, one of our guys is on the phone. He says he found something."