165 Wades & Schemes IV : The Grandmother (1/2)
She was looking a little stern if not a bit angry, but I guess I could understand how having a great grandson and not knowing who he was or when he was born would feel like. But my grandmother was dangerous, and quite a few people were gunning for her, I didn't think it was safe enough to get her acquainted with Ron, but thinking about it now, that was a pretty stupid decision. I'm not invisible, but I doubt there's someone powerful enough to go through multiple layers of super powered human security and lay a finger on my boy. They would be wishing for death and won't find it by the time I'm done with them.
”Lets talk business first, I don't know how you want to do it, but one of your weapons factory would be in Nigeria...…”
”Not happening! I already have established factories, and with t this new deal coming into effect, I'm under no country's control, which makes me a neutral ground. You won't use me, or my money for politics grandmother. A factory under your sphere of influence would give you not just a political edge over your rivals, but also an edge over other countries. As it stands there's already a bit of tension with the realization that you're my grandmother, if they notice for one second that I'm leaning in favor to one country my deal will call through, and I'll lose everything I've worked for. The best I can do is have my engineers and tech guys manufacture a weapon that's unique to the country, plus you won't be on that throne forever, I rather not arm someone who would use my own weapons against me, or against members of my family. So no.”
Her hologram flickered a bit due to the unsecure connection, which was to be expected considering she was hacking through a secure network. The programs running cyber security were probably leading from her intrusion and figuring out a way to counter and evict her. And seeing as her finger were still moving, she's still hacking her way into something else.
”You're your own man now child, and you should act like a man. There was no need for you to spout so much useless nonsense, all you should have said was no. You owe no one any explanation for the decisions you make, especially when it concerns you company and your family, not even to me. And as it stands you've made it possible that you really won't be answering to anyone from now on, the first citizen of the world. I'm really proud of you, and so would your mother have been, if she was still here with us. But in that regard our discussion about family is over, let's talk Revenge!......why the fuck is that woman and her family still alive, plus I guess you now know that your father is not who you thought he was. But you were not the only one told that lie, I didn't find out until 3 days before his funeral, that was why I had sent your mother's brother to find you, yet you avoided him you problem child. After that we just felt it was better to let you find out yourself, that woman who raised you loves you so much, almost as if you were hers. But none the less grandson, the dead will remain dead, hat won't change, however, why would you involve the authorities, you could have just disemboweled the murderous bitch in front of her children and vice versa.”
So I know I have a mean streak that's thousands of miles long, it doesn't matter who you were, you fuck with me I can really mess you the fuck up. I now know I didn't get from my father, but rather from my mother and grandmother, they could be real monsters when they're going after someone who's messed with their family. Just like me, we tolerate no insult to our persons, not to mention someone who could actually murder my mother
”Death is an easy way out, grandmother. She suffer, be humiliated, insulted, everything she built would come crashing down around her, but she's not the only sinner. Her husband will suffer too, and just I don't end up cleaning my mess in the future, I'mma send her two useless son's along for the ride.” I said to her as I went behind my desk and took a seat on it, keeping my eyes on my grandmothers hologram while Penny and Kira leaned on the edge, just watching and listening.
”But her children are innocent.” My grandmother said to me with a sinister grin on her face, I knew exactly what she wanted me to say.
”There are no innocents, only my enemies and the dead. And in this case those two men are the dead, I rather not have to deal with vindictive Wades in the future, we're very hard if not downright impossible to put down. So it's better to pull them up from the roots, so that I don't have to deal with the weeds later.”
”Mhmhahahaha! Ahhh! You've learnt well, which is normal, you're the first son of my first daughter, not to mention my first grandson too. You need to have balls of steel to rule the empire you now have and keep your family and your people safe. Which means it's time you get yourself a Queen, your son needs a mother, and not an adoptive mother who's not always in front of her child! No offense young lady but I know your family quite well, you've done great for my family by loving that boy as your own, but it won't change the fact that if my boy here is not marrying you, that kid needs a mother. And that fool sitting behind you needs a woman to put a leash around his neck and reign him in, if not I fear what he would do to the world if he's left unchecked.”
Well that was a surprising turn of events, especially with the way she went after Kira. It looks like she has been keeping tabs on her and knew things I didn't, Kira is an amazing friend and one of the best people to have in your corner during tough times, but I don't really trust her, and the fiery hot passion between us had fizzled out into a tiny flame. I think we both knew it was just a moment we both had, it's not as if there won't be more moments if necessary, but being together in the long run was not in the works.
”Grandmother I'm 24, I have time, and I don't need a woman to help run my empire, or put a leash around my neck...…I'm just fine, all that matters to me right now is my son, money and power, a woman will throw all of that off balance.”
”Wálūé ágbá!(Shut your mouth please!) You're just a child! What do you know! If I say you need a wife, then you need a wife! In fact I should probably see if there are any nice young girls here that can be a good bride and mother.”
So she could say I didn't have to answer to anybody even herself, and then she goes and tells me to shut up and call me a child. There's no way to win against a mother of any sort, she's just ridiculous, she even used her tribal language against me! That wasn't fair, she knew I could understand it, but couldn't really speak, so there was no way to retort, using English to reply would be the same as agreeing she won, which she did, but a silent protest made me feel better.