Chapter 322 - Team of six (11) (2/2)

Edward smiled. He was happy that this time he is not the last one to find out.

He didn't like the idea that one more of his daughters is involved with a boy from White family, but he is aware that he can't prevent it. The best thing to do now is to observe the situation.

There was a knock on the door. It was Mr. Joe, the butler. He informed Edward that Sam is here to see him.

JoAnna and Sarah looked at each other and then at Edward.

”Dad... ” Both girls said in unison.

Edward smiled. ”Come, give me some privacy... we can talk more later.” He ushered them toward the door.

”Dad, can we just say something?” JoAnna pleaded.

Before Edward could answer, Sam was at the door. ”Hi, my friend, sorry to barge in like this...” Sam gave a glance to JoAnna and Sarah, his gaze lingered on Sarah longer than necessary and he headed to Edward for a handshake.

Edward shook Sam's hand and looked at his daughters. ”We will continue later.”

Sarah and JoAnna walked outside and looked at the closed door of the study with regret. They both regretted that they didn't give some kind of warning to Edward that Sam will come, probably looking for money... and that he should not give him any.

Sarah and JoAnna went to family room and took turns pacing around, waiting for Sam to leave. They know that if they go inside and warn Edward in front of Sam, they will expose themselves. The fact that they are the ones sabotaging Sam's company in order to destroy it, needs to stay secret. Their methods are not exactly legal.

JoAnna cursed herself internally. If Edward lends money to Sam, why did she come back home? She felt useless.

”Hey…”, Sarah called JoAnna. ”Even if dad decides to give him money, it is not something that can be finalized right away. We will have time to talk to dad once Sam leaves. Even if he initiated transaction, there will be a window where he can stop it.”

JoAnna responded with a nod.

”Come and see this... it's a good distraction while we wait for Sam to leave.” Sarah gestured to JoAnna to join her in looking at the news on her laptop.

”Wow! They are crashing hard!” Sarah exclaimed. ”This graph shows value of stocks for Sam's company. They are less than half what they were worth on Friday.” Sarah said with glee, trying to keep her voice down.

”What does that mean?” JoAnna asked.

”It means that your hubby should start buying, if he is not buying already. For every dollar worth on Friday, now he needs to pay 45 cents.”

JoAnna was confused. ”But it's still 45 cents, he can't make a dollar out of it when he takes over the company.”

”No, but that is not the plan...” Sarah frowned at JoAnna before knocking her head slightly with a finger. ”Instead of staring at his handsome face, you should pay more attention to his words when he talks.” Sarah teased JoAnna before explaining in a quiet voice. ”The plan is that after getting control of the company, it will be sold out in pieces. In that way, he will get much more than a dollar for every 45 cents he spends now.”

”What makes you think that someone else will not think this way and buy the stocks?”

Sarah thought, 'How is it possible that JoAnna didn't pay attention at all during our online meetings?' She still decided to explain. ”In order to sell company in pieces, you need to have control of it. That means, that Jeff needs to own more than half. As of Friday, he already owns about a quarter. Today he needs to buy enough so that he crosses 51% of total shares. If he can't get that much, then all effort and money will be wasted, and he will be stuck with lots of shares which are not worth a squat.”

”You are saying that if anyone wants to try the same thing, they need to make sure they own more than half?”

”Correct” Sarah confirmed.

JoAnna thought for some time before finding another point she needs clarified. ”When he sells the company in pieces... What about the people who work there? Will they be out of job?”

”Jeff and Sophia talked about this...” Sarah was not in the mood to repeat the whole plan just because JoAnna is mesmerized with Jeff and can't pay attention. ”They have a plan. No one will be left on the street. Ask Jeff for details when you get a chance.”

At that time, they heard steps in the hallway and saw Sam leaving. Sarah and JoAnna observed that he was in a good mood. Two girls looked at each other with concern in their eyes, and then headed to Edward's study.