Chapter 77: We Won't Let Them Bully Us
Ella
"You must be joking," my father's deep voice commands everyone in the room. "First of all, you threaten my family and secondly you have the audacity to ask for fifty percent of all profits?"
Even I hold my breath in the tense silence that encompasses the room.
"I can only do thirty percent," my father says, making my jaw drop open before I get a hold of myself and snap it shut.
Well, I didn't expect that... and apparently neither did Jaxon and his uncle.
"Don't get ahead of yourselves," Jaxon says automatically.
"Now, now, Jaxon," his uncle says, putting another fake smile on his face. "Perhaps he didn't understand. We want his support... for fifty percent."
"I understand," my father says while matching the fake smile. "And I can give that support... for thirty."
"Now, see here," the president says, his smile dropping as his face darkens. "I think you forget who is in charge in this situation."
"I didn't forget."