Till Death Do Us Part

The Jackson Empire Part 2

Chapter 4- The Jackson Empire Part 2

The lamp inside his study was half lit when Dave Harold entered the room. He leafed through the papers on the table then pushed them aside.

“Not an unusual day for us Dave.” He said as he looked up at the man who entered the room. “Yes, Jim. The Blofis are making a good turn of their money as they increased their share on our hotels. Do you think they will aim to run it in the near future?”

“No, I don’t think so. The Blofis cannot outrun the Jackson. You know that Dave.”

“Yes, I know. He was a good friend way back in your school days. But do you think you can trust the guy?”

“George’s intention is to strengthen their bank as they plan to merge it with the Jackson Group. But we retain the majority ownership as their share is only a few percentage compared to ours.”

“This brings me to think why Paul Blofis is a frequent visitor of Sally these days.  Did you notice?” Dave hinted.  Jim looked at his assistant, friend, cousin rolled into one. Since that day when his Aunt Agatha came bringing Dave into their doorstep, he had treated Dave like the brother he never had. His sister Virgie had always been jealous of the affection he poured to a cousin he now only knew. Dave had always this intuition that never fails and he loved Sally like his own daughter. 

               “Yes. But this is good for both families as the Jackson will have a financial backer whenever we plan for expansion.”

               “But you were not yet updated with the latest news regarding your daughter,” replied Dave as he sat down with Martini in his hand.

               “Updated with what?” asked Jim curious with what his cousin had to say.

               “Well,” he smiled “Sally had been following this handsome football hero of the Black Stallion.”

               “You’re kidding Dave! Tell me this is not true.” This time Jim was not smiling. He was serious. His business partner George Blofis will blow his head off once he learned about this. This is bad news for both the Blofis and the Jackson.

               Dave got up and took the newspaper and scanned the Sports section. There at the inset was a picture of the Black Stallion as they played with Red Dragon and another one below as Poseidon was surrounded by fans as he signed autographs and on the background was Sally with the owner of the candy store standing at the entrance of the backroom stage.

               Jim tightened his lips as he stared at the picture. He released a deep breath as he controlled his temper. What would his business associates say once they saw his daughter in the picture waiting like a dog at a football player? He almost crumpled the

newspaper he was holding.

Poseidon couldn’t remember a time when he had spent all day thinking about a girl, but from the moment Sally had said “Yes.” to this dinner tonight he had thought of nothing else. As soon as he met her yesterday at the game, he was determined to see her again.

“Shall I pick you up at your home?”

“No. Let’s meet at a restaurant.”

               “Where would you like to go?”

               Sally did not reply.

               “How about at Allen’s along Bel-Air Street?” Poseidon replied.