Chapter 315 - Team of six (4) (1/2)
Early that evening, they met for a video chat.
Sarah and Aiden in Fairfield, Sophia and Felix in Seattle, and JoAnna in Los Angeles.
”Where is brother-in-law?” Sarah noticed that Jeff is not there.
”He should be here any minute”, JoAnna responded. ”Jeff is swamped with work, and he is late from office.”
Sophia frowned. ”What work is it this late?” It was seven in the evening.
JoAnna defended Jeff. ”It seems that his assistant took an afternoon off, so Jeff was left to deal with everything himself. And he wants to clear up his tasks before weekend so that he can focus on this.”
”Do you want us to meet later?” Sophia asked. ”His inputs are important, and if he will be late...”
”We can't do later.” Sarah interrupted. ”We have plans. Remember?”
JoAnna sighed in relief. ”He is here.”
”Sorry I'm late.” Jeff told JoAnna and kissed her.
”You should say sorry to us also.” Aiden scolded him.
”With a kiss?” Jeff responded in a cold voice, and raised his eyebrows expecting Aiden's response.
Aiden shivered. ”No need, no need.”
Sarah laughed. This was the first time for her to see Jeff make a joke, and Aiden actually didn't find a way to respond! JoAnna's influence on Jeff is showing.
”OK. OK... settle down.” Sophia warned Sarah, but she was also surprised to see this side of Jeff. ”Sarah, Aiden, you two first.”
”We are ready for tonight. You can watch video feed from the club if you want. Latest cameras that Felix sent are set up, and they provide great night vision. I will send you links after the call. Vivian will be here around nine, and then two of us will go to Reflex.” Sarah looked at Aiden, and he continued.
”We are confident that Philip will not miss this chance. I will make sure to keep Sarah safe and to capture Philip.”
”What if he does not come alone?” JoAnna was concerned.
”Not a problem...” Aiden is confident that he can take Philip's henchmen. ”We don't think he will do anything drastic in such a crowded public place.”
”Once we capture them, we will take them to a rented isolated storage unit where we will do... our stuff.” Sarah's expression was intimidating. ”That will not be shared with you. Other than that, we have ready posts for social media and for the news outlets. They are on our share. I will send links later together with ones for video feeds from the club. The posts will be published on social media this weekend. Comprehensive reports of their criminal activity for the news are ready.”
”Good.” Sophia approved. ”Jeff?”
”As of today's market closure, I own 22% and 24% of two companies we discussed. That is max I could go without raising their suspicion. Stocks are purchased under market value with three different aliases to avoid their suspicion that someone has too much power. I'm ready for Monday. We will proceed as planned to get their value down. We are starting this weekend. Once their value goes down, most of the shareholders will be eager to sell off their stocks, and we will get enough to take over. At that time, we can consolidate all stocks under one name.”
”I will wait to hear from you before I make purchases as well. Whatever I buy, I will give you executive power on Tuesday, as we agreed.” Sophia added and saw Jeff nod.
Sophia proceeded with her update. ”I'm keeping in touch with a public prosecutor, he will be the one filling charges against them as soon as I give him the green light... Anna, we count on you to keep Edward out of this. It's up to you if you can do it from LA or will you come to Seattle. I suspect that Monday evening Sam will reach out to him. By end of workday on Tuesday, it should be over. I will block any Edward's finances I can from my side, but he has his personal funds.”
Sarah added. ”I will get Eve to redirect any incoming calls from Sam, so that they don't reach Edward. But that will not prevent him from coming in person to persuade dad to give him money.”
”That is where we count on you, Anna.” Sophia said.