Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Ch. 40 Confrontation and Confessions

Life Choices, Challenges, and Changes Part 2

Chapter 40 Confrontation and Confessions

Around six-thirty, Luke and Christopher followed Liam to the table in the middle of the bar. Earlier Liam reserved this particular table, so he was able to see watch the people who entered the bar and hotel.

"Liam you said you wanted to discuss your plan about how you wanted to handle Mitchum," Luke said to Liam.

"First let me get some drinks. What would you like?" Liam asked Chris and Luke when they sat down.

"A Sam Adams is good for me," Luke replied.

"I'll have the same," Christopher told Liam.

Liam motioned to the bartender and ordered the drinks. When the drinks arrived, Liam told them the reason for their sit down.

"I called Mitchum this morning and invited him to join me here at 7 pm."

"Did you mentioned to him that we know that he hurt Rory?" Christopher asked, gripping his bottle. Every time Chris thought about the bruise on his daughter's arm, he became angry. He and Luke agreed that if they ever saw Mitchum, he would wish he never laid a finger on their daughter.

"I didn't tell him why I was calling, I made it sound like it was two old friends going to have a chat. Mitchum should arrive shortly," Liam responded, checking his watch.

"Why did you do that?" Luke asked him.

"I want to watch the expression on his face when he sees the photographs of Rory's arm and the video. I want to watch him try to deny it ever happen. I know that Finn and the boys have known Rory since Yale, but do you know how the kids met?"

"Lorelai would be able to tell you that story. Luke, do you remember?" Chris said.

"I'm not sure, the first time I met Logan was when we went to Richard and Emily's vow renewal. You met him that day, too," Luke said to Chris.

"Yes, we both almost killed him. We found Rory with him in one of the back rooms at the country club, and their clothes were disheveled," Christopher added.

Liam shook his head. "I'm not surprised, those boys always had a way of getting into compromising positions with girls since they were teenagers."

"It wasn't long after that, Rory and Logan began dating. The Gilmore's approved, so no matter what Lorelai said, it didn't matter. But once they started dating, I liked him. He was polite, charming, intelligent and he seemed to care for Rory." Chris added.

"Yes, but Lorelai was weary. She kept on telling me that she didn't think he was the one for her," Luke added.

"Gents, I've known Logan and his family for many years. He has always been a charmer, a leader, and had the makings of being a good reporter and businessman, but Amanda and I have felt sorry for the lad. He was sent away to boarding school and always tried to do outlandish things to get his parent's attention and acceptance. For whatever reason, Finn, Colin, Robert, and Logan became fast friends, and united. Colin and Robert also came from unconventional families. So, we took the boys under our wing when we could. When Colin was accepted at Yale, they all decided to attend there too. It made sense since all of us were alumni from that school. We thought that college was a good place to sow their oats, especially in the first two years. All four young men were going to join the family companies destined to run them one day. So when the drinking and the partying started, we didn't try to stop it, never realizing the problems it would cause them. I never expected that their friendship would be so tight after they graduated. Robert and Colin seemed to be able to control their drinking, but I must say the drinking became a problem for Finn and Logan. It took four years for Finn to finally gain control of his life "