Therapist's therapy

Action steps

Arianna wasn't sure she was awake when Mr. Benson's call came in. She was sitter at her grandma's coffee table while her mother brewed tea in the kitchen. She picked the call on the first ring.
"I have news which I can't place u dear good or bad" his voice boomed before Arianna could even say anything.
"Please let it be about the assignment" she asked holding her breath.
"It's not. Is Travis hearing this? I want him to hear it from me" Arianna looked at her grandma humming while brewing tea and made her way out as quietly as possible. She had to come around to tell her grandmother a guy slept in her room yesterday and was hoping she wouldn't have to. Travis lay flat as a corpse, his shoe and socks arranged beside the bed. The bed had no ruffles although he was on it like he didn't weigh a thing.
"Wake up Dracula. We have news" Arianna said pulling at his toes. He opened his eyes slowly as though he wasn't ever truly asleep.
"That tickles you know" he said slowly pulling himself out of bed. Arianna removed the call from hold and turned on the speaker.
"You can go on sir." Arianna cued setting the phone on the table.
"Travis, your grandfather fell into a coma" Travis caught his breath.
"That's awful" Arianna commented.
"But that's not the news. Julianna claims he willed the company before falling into coma" it was Arianna's turn to catch her breath. "What the public know is that the will be released to Julianna since her husband" Arianna was on the other side of the call but she could see Mr.benson air quoting the word husband "is dead".
"Grandad in a coma? How could you Julianna?" Travis clenched his fist furious. Arianna put a hand around his shoulder
"You are better off thinking it's due to natural causes" Arianna soothed
"Things always turn a mess overnight. At this rate I'll be too scared to fall asleep" Arianna heard Louis comment in the background.
"But this could be a good thing right? Considering I'm alive and all" Mr. Benson said trying to lift the mood.
"If Julianna is behind it then I'm very sure it isn't a good thing. There are two perspectives. One is that there isn't a will at all and Julianna is going to fabricate it when she "claims it". In that scenario you claim it first and we win. The second scenario is that there is actually a will and then you reveal that you are our mastermind, the will is still in Julianna's favor saying Harry is the heir and we have no trump card. We lose" Arianna theorized.
"How did you even think of that?" Travis' hurt was now replaced by amazement.
"Trust me, it's obvious" Arianna answered. "It's a battle of cunning freaks eh" Arianna heard Louis comment again.
"So what now? The deadline for the claim is next tomorrow"
"She isn't giving us time to come up with something eh. Well a very wise person said if you need something you should make it, so we are going to buy time."
"How are we going to do that?" Travis asked spirit rising.
"We are sticking to our original plan. We are going to plant a traitor. Julianna will have no choice but to take time to rethink her strategy, it also doubles up as us finding out if she is indeed pulling the strings on the will. Sir, how is that assignment coming up?"
"I'm just right about rounding up the numbers. A good number are with Julianna while others are on the fence seeing where they will benefit the most" Mr. Benson replied.
"I'm going to need you to sit up on that. Use whatever means you have to gat them in our favour. Focus on that alone" there was silence on the other end of the line for a few minutes.
"Fine. But I'm assuming you will take care of everything else?" Mr. Benson asked weary.
"Oh don't hold me in such high regard I'm not done giving assignments yet. Louis, I need you to visit Travis' grandad just get us as much information as possible." Louis' laugh echoed through the speaker. "I didn't think my first assignment would be so insane, it's impossible you know"
"I used to think it was impossible to fake a death but someone sure pulled it off" Louis laughed again harder than before.
"Can I call this respect for this old man?" He teased.
"You could call it recognition" Arianna teased back.
"Fine! I'll show what I can truly do" Arianna heard his voice fading from the room.
"I guess I already have my assignment from last night" Travis added not wanting to be left out of the conversation.
"Good thing you remembered" Arianna said patting his back, he swapped her hand away
"What would you have Travis do? I could help"
"He will be fine daddy sir" Arianna mocked " I'm not making him do anything dangerous or immoral" Travis thought of Arianna's  kidnap plan and rolled his eyes.
"Yeah I'll be fine dad. I also need to pull my own weight" Mr. Benson let out a breath.
"Alright. I'll see you soon then." The line cut.
"I should go home and freshen up"
"That works. We need to wrap this up today it's our only hope" Travis nodded and pulled on his socks and shoes. Arianna went out to make sure the coast was clear "okay. See you in a bit"
"Yeah I'll pick you up when I have the address, I can count of you to get all the equipments right?" Travis asked on his way out.
"It's not an armed robbery we are only borrowing her for a few hours" Arianna explained checking that the hallway was empty again.
"If you say so" Travis made his way to his car and Arianna went back to her grandmas.

It was a little past noon and Arianna was getting worried. She hadn't heard from Travis. His dad had probably heard about the plan and placed him on house arrest. Just as she was about to dial Mr. Benson, a horn came from downstairs. Since nobody for miles owned a car, Arianna took her bag and ran downstairs. A tinted car Arianna didn't recognize was waiting downstairs. When she drew closer the window rolled down to reveal Travis, dressed head to toe in chic black.
"You were supposed to dress to blend in not impress" Arianna said circling the car to sit beside him.
"You don't look bad yourself" he joked and started the engine. They drove a while before Arianna suddenly spoke up "Let's get this story right, If we arrive and I sense we are being watched I'll let you know so just keep driving. If not, or story is that we are company surveyors and we just need to ask a few questions about Harry. Your lines are 'I'm starving after doing this all day can we do this at a cafe?' Got it?" Arianna urged.
"Okay...I still don't know how this is going to help"  Arianna let out a long breath "Okay. We get to their house, get her to follow us to the cafe, she calls Harry, we stage it to look fishy, Julianna sees us, begins to suspect Harry from hiding something this vital from her. Understand?" She explained.
"No! I'm even more confused now" Arianna rolled her eyes and slumped in her seat. "Just ask your questions"
"First off, how do we know Harry is hiding the fact that he has a fiancé from Julianna?"
"We are going to find out on getting there. If she knows ,there would definitely be some sort of protection to prevent this whole plan from playing out"
"Makes sense, next how are we going to get Julianna there?" Arianna looked out the window
"I'm leaving that to luck" she said almost in a whisper
"What?!" Travis almost ran off the road.
"Juliana coming is just a bonus. I know for sure she won't leave Harry unfollowed no matter what so either way is fine. But knowing Julianna she will be there."
"You seem sure for someone relying on luck"
"Oh I am. Because Julianna overestimates me after all"
"Hmm" Travis scoffed "Well, let's see how this goes"