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There was a moment's pause as the various members looked at one another. When no one raised a voice, the Director began to draw the meeting to a close.
"Director?" said Chinaka.
"Yes, Mr. Okafor?" asked the Director.
"There's one more petition to consider. The Okafor clan proposes a match between my daughter, Orisa, and Carson Jayne, patriarch of his clan."
Carson stared at him in shock, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see Helena smiling and nodding her head. Predictably, there were objections from Lund, Clemonte, and van Heuval, even before Chinaka made his case. The other members shouted them down, and listened as the head of the Okafor clan presented an impassioned argument. He pointed out that the Jayne line had been underrepresented for years, due to the presumed end of the line. He also noted that his daughter had been happily married for some time, but the untimely death of her husband had left her without a suitable mate while she was still of child-bearing age.
So effective was his argument that the petition passed, 8-3. Carson felt a little self-serving voting in favor, but he couldn't help noticing the spiteful glee with which Helena cast her vote, staring down Helga Lund as she did so.
With no further business before the council, the meeting was adjourned. As Carson gathered his things in preparation to leave, he felt a tap on his shoulder. Turning, he found Chinaka Okafor waiting to speak with him. Carson felt compelled to express his thanks, both for voting against the Lund petition and introducing his own match with Orisa.
"Think nothing of it, Mr. Jayne. My daughter has spoken glowingly of you in recent weeks. In fact, she's returning to life in a way that I had given up hope of ever seeing again. I understand that she's told you something of her life with Taric?" Carson nodded. "You might be surprised to learn that I never really cared for my former son-in-law. He was most definitely Orisa's choice, not mine.
You should have been more vocal. Orisa thought you approved, Carson thought.
"Having said that, I've always trusted her judgement. I believe that she's learned a bit about herself and grown since she met the man she married. And, for what it's worth, I believe she's chosen well for herself this time. Your mother-in-law and father-in-law, both of whose opinions I greatly respect, assure me that you are unlike any man Orisa could ever hope to meet, and that you will love and care for my daughter as if she were a precious jewel. Will you promise me that?"
Carson looked at Helena, who had a naughty twinkle in her eye. You and I are going to have a discussion about secrets after all this is over, he sent.
I'm looking forward to it, she thought back.
Clearing his throat, Carson offered his hand to Chinaka. "Mr. Okafor, I give you my most solemn vow to treat Orisa like the treasure she is for as long as she'll have me. She's a very special woman, and I'm honored that you'd propose a match with me."
Chinaka shook his hand and said, "Then I am pleased to shake the hand of the man who's won my daughter's heart."
Heading home afterwards, Carson was over the moon to have received Chinaka's blessing. He realized that he still had work to do in wooing Orisa into his Pride, but could hardly contain his excitement at the opportunity. Later, he realized that if he was successful, he'd have ties to seven of the golden line families, qualifying him to be the Director of the project. He wasn't sure whether to celebrate that or not.
*****
The Director returned to his penthouse office after the meeting. He felt drained after each one, but this one had been especially taxing. His ties to the families were supposed to help insulate him from accusations of favoritism, as well as to symbolize acceptance of his leadership in the organization. More and more, he was feeling as if his good nature was being abused as people sought to leverage their support into his endorsement of projects that had nebulous benefit to Orriri at best.
A knock sounded at his doorway, and his secretary announced, "Mr. van Heuval is here to see you, Sir."
Speak of the Devil, and the Devil shall appear, he thought.
"Send him in, Patrice, and hold all my calls."
- COMMENTS
Jackspeed2uabout 1 year agoSo a couple marry and they hope for the best. The whole idea is that the married couple have an us against them attitude. They are a paired bond who should never have to question the others loyalty and support. This is the whole idea of marriage over just living with a chick or just fucking a chick on weekends.
Support isn’t always getting help to bury a body but having someone to come home to after a bad day or an argument at work and not have to win them over for support and sympathy.
Now the slut Cara, self described in the story, got married and probably for the wrong reasons. But either way he was besotted and Cara was too gutless to leave as it didn’t pan out. So Cara WAS UNHAPPY BUT CONTENT to stay in the shitty marriage or she would have left already.
Now here’s the rub once a better meal ticket was dangled before her she bailed immediately. Only one passing comment was made about seeing if they old do anything for the husband. That guy got a payout and that money for HIS injury and future needs was absorbed into the relationship and flittered away. So the bitch Cara bails on the husband as the cash runs out coincidentally just when a husband and wife should be supporting and helping each other as much as possible.
So a loyal injured husband is abandoned by a bitch wife looking for a meal ticket. The guy lives in disparate, desolate circumstances praying to any Goddess that will listen for a quick end to life while the wife goes off to live in a mansion. Fuck that.
Supporting evidence. My sister in-law got a brain tumour and damage was done getting it out she’s in wheel chair and can’t talk properly and doing the dishes in the dishwasher is as good as she can do. There in no fucking way her husband would leave her, just no way.
I went to work one day and two weeks later I left hospital after recovery from a work accident and I was a unich lost both my balls crushed to paste. Ouch. 6 years later depression and a suicide attempt and court cases. How stupid is this in a court hearing for compensation. I’m on the witness stand and the fucking other lawyer says “If you’d tried harder to heal the injuries wouldn’t have been so bad”, well that’s not a question so he had to reframe to “ why didn’t I try harder to heal better while I was in hospital?”. My response was “I was unconscious for 10 out of 15 days and those 5 days aren’t all that clear still.” Are you fucking with me unconscious and being criticised for my work effort. So my wife won’t leave and I’ve screamed at her to go as I just can’t reason why she’s still here. Her answer is always we are a team and she needs me and she loves her teammate. So I try to do as much as I can for her within the limits of my drugs.
So yeah you fucked up in that scene with the break up. If they were splitting up and the chick wasn’t such a cunt and having had all those resource offered to her and or her husband she could have gotten all debts cleared, moved to a better sized and layer out unit and a paying job somewhere doing something. Then leave him everything, Carson doesn’t want want their shitty couch in his mansion or need the $1200 in the savings account just leave it for the husband as it means more to him.
So you fucked this scene, the shooting scene, the hospital scene.
Fuck man google this shit, it only takes seconds. If you don’t like google then give duck duck go a try, I use them and am amazed at the unfiltered search results.
Anonymousover 1 year agoI think you're seriously projecting man. What, you think every divorce has to go badly? Some people can understand they're not right for each other and still care about each other. And how was Cara ever deceitful? Because she didn't tell her husband about Carson? He didn't need to know. A person who enjoys sex as much as Cara is eventually gonna want to be with someone as enthusiastic in bed as them. He knew that. You for some issues to work out.
Anonymousover 1 year agoCarson met Tilda's grandfather then he was later referred to by Carson as her father. Which role does Walton fill? Grandfather or father?
Anonymousover 1 year agoI don’t agree with how he is getting Sams aunt you sugar coated the discussion between her and her husband all that gushing about I really want to see you happy while I sit here in my wheelchair which I am in because I was at a job trying to make a living for us and got hurt he should just put a bullet in his head and end it. And she should leave the pride she is a deceitful and non caring bitch been giving u 5 stars on all the other chapters but for that scene going to have to give a 2 on this chapter
