Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Child of Mine ❯ Friday night dinner gone wrong ( Chapter 21 )

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Chapter 21 Friday night dinner gone wrong Part 1

 

Hilary was anxious, to say it plainly. She had let Gou stay the night at Tala's, she didn't want her young son to see that there was anything wrong with his mama… he was too young and he wouldn't understand. Hilary sighed and leaned back in the car seat, besides how was she supposed to explain her son that she had turned his own father down, he wouldn't understand it anyway given his age. He would only understand that his mama was very sad. Anyway she had spent the whole night crying telling Charlie and her girlfriends what had happened, none of them had said anything, just comforting words. But now as she sat here in the car, she could easily picture Gloria thinking how stupid she was for not accepting a proposal from a millionaire. Now she sat here in her car and was afraid to walk inside the restaurant, where she was schedule to meet Walter…and Kai.

 

“Mama?” a little voice asked. Hilary was swiftly brought out of her thoughts and turned her head to the right. Gou was sitting next to her and was looking at her questionably with his big ruby eyes.

 

“Yes sweetie?” she smiled at him.

 

“I'm hungry,” he stated. Hilary let a small laugh and unfasten her seatbelt. She opened the door and stepped out into the chilling night, C'mon Hilary, you can do this! You can face Kai, Hilary thought, while she opened the door to Gou's side and unfasten his seatbelt. She took her son's small hand and helped him out of the car, besides Walter will be here as well and maybe Kai won't even show up, Hilary thought momentarily reassuringly to herself.

 

But that slipped into the gutter when Gou started to tug impatiently at his mother's hand, he pointed inside the restaurant and kept saying “Mama look…Mama look!” Hilary looked trough the window to the restaurant and let out a little gasp. Walter McKinney had already arrived, but so had Kai and they looked like they were engaged in a serious talk. Hilary took her eyes of them when Gou managed to free his hand from his mother and ran inside while shouting. “Papa, Grandpa!” Hilary hurried behind him.

 

Both men turned their heads as the small lightning approached them, and both men smiled. Kai got out of his seat, but not before saying something to Walter too low for her to hear.

 

Gou leaped into his fathers waiting arms, while Walter stood up to greet Hilary. He kissed both her cheeks and took her hand in a small shake.

 

“Hello Hilary, it's nice to see you again,” Walter said in a somewhat sad voice. Walter pulled out her chair and Hilary nodded her head in thanks. Kai helped Gou to sit still long enough for a waiter to approached and take their orders. Hilary regarded the two men, Kai wasn't looking at her, which was understandable and Walter, when he smiled at her was it a sad smile. What had been going on between these two?

 

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One hour earlier:

 

“Mr. McKinney thank you for meeting me this early” Kai said and stood up from his chair reaching out his hand for a handshake. Walter McKinney accepted it and smiled.

 

“Well, Mr. Hiwatari the pleasure is all mine. When will Hilary and Gou be joining us?” A waiter appeared with a bottle of red wine.

“About an hour or so” Kai answered nodding at the waiter to pour the wine down into their glasses. He looked at Walter. “I hope you don't mind me ordering red wine”. Walter shook his head.

 

“Not at all Mr. Hiwatari…not at all” he took a small sip, tasting all the rich flavors in the wine. He nodded approvingly to himself and looked at Kai.

 

“A fine wine indeed” he started and glance at Kai suspiciously, “but I can't help wonder about the motives behind this little meeting.”

 

Kai raised his eyebrow at him and sipped the wine. “Hilary Tachibana”, he said curtly watching the older man intensely. Walter almost choked in his wine and stared at Kai for a few seconds before asking.

 

“What about her?” Kai sat down his wineglass, took one of the neatly folded napkins, then he took a black pen from his pocket and wrote something down on the napkin. Walter just stared; he knew what Kai was doing. Sometimes businessmen would meet at certain restaurants to discuss business and make deals. Kai handed him the napkin Walter hesitated in accepting it. What sort of deal did Kai Hiwatari want? He quickly took the napkin and looked at the figures.

 

Walter looked surprise and he stared worried back at Kai. “That's a lot of money you offering Mr. Hiwatari-”

 

“If I'm not mistaken. That sum is enough to save your company” Kai interrupted, “you will have no need to fuse with mine. Walter folded the napkin together with trembling hands. He looked at Kai more serious now.

 

“Price and terms?” he asked. Kai took a small sip of his red wine.

 

“Fire Hilary Tachibana” Kai said emotionless.

 

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Walter sat speechless for several minutes. He furiously shook his head.

 

“I- I cannot do that! She's one of the damn best secretaries my company has ever had…and she's a single mother” he said furious.

 

“Mr. McKinney I know very well what kinds of relations you have with my son and Hilary-” Kai caught Walter's eyes with his own. Walter trembled at the fire in Kai's eyes. “Do not underestimate me. I will do anything to have my son and Hilary in my life again, and if that means taking your business down, then I will gladly do it. Remember the contracts has not yet been sign I can still back out and you will be left with a business on the edge to bankruptcy.

 

“You're giving me no choice,” Walter said in a small voice.

 

“If you accept now, I might even consider letting you stay in my son's life as his Grandfather”

 

They sat in silence for sometime. Walter's mind was in chaos. What should he do? Should he do what was the best for him or….

“What will happen to Hilary and Gou?” Walter asked concerned. Kai smiled cruelly.

 

“ I have made sure that Hilary is blacklisted with every company she could ever dream to apply to. All except for mine!”

 

Walter stared in shock at Kai, “You have made sure that she will only find a job with you?”

 

“Well, my old secretary wants to retire, so I am in dire need of new secretary and Hilary is one of the best ones on the marked.” Kai replied nonchalant. Walter looked down at the numbers again.

 

“All right, you have a deal,” Walter sighed feeling somewhat defeated. Both men shook hands, when suddenly a young shout interrupted them.

 

“Papa, Grandpa!”.

 

Both of them smiled as they saw Gou running towards them with Hilary hurrying behind him. Kai got out of his chair to greet his young son, but not before saying to Walter.

 

“It's a deal”

 

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I'm sorry this chapter was so short, although I hope it was good enough. Anyway it will be sometime before I will update I'm in the middle of my exams and I'm concentrating on that for the time being. I will probably not be updating any my stories till I'm done with all my exams. I will therefore first be updating in July.