The Secret (Part 4)
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sidhe_faerieTitle: The Secret (Part 4)
Fandom: Original
Characters: Cherry Morgan, Victor Caster, Lady Veronica Smythe
Author: sidhe_faerie
Rating: PG
Length: 1265
Content notes: #16. (Music)
Summary: Cherry turns the tables on her blackmailer
The Secret (Part 4)
From the panicked phone call that Cherry received from Victor, she could tell he was more than a little stressed with the sudden appearance of Lady Veronica. On the other hand, Cherry knew that she would have to face the music sooner or later.
Cherry tried to calm Victor down and it didn’t work as well as she had hoped. She thought that maybe a good night’s sleep would help him that is if he could actually sleep. She couldn’t
Cherry walked up to the front door of the town house and knocked at a few minutes past ten. She was surprised when the door opened almost immediately.
“Good. You’re here.” Victor looked flustered already. “She expected you earlier this morning.”
“I had a few calls I had to make.” Cherry walked in. “I came as soon as I was done. I had to talk to a contractor about a building that the company is renovating. I didn’t mean to make you worry.”
“She hasn’t been exactly pleasant this morning that’s all.” Victor sighed. He helped Cherry with her coat and put it on the hook by the door. “She is in the music room.”
Cherry realized that there was music from a piano coming from somewhere down the hall. It sounded like Chopin.
Playing a piano is a strange thing to be doing right before you threaten to blackmail people. Cherry chuckled at the ridiculousness of it all.
“Cherry, she is serious.” Victor admonished her.
“I need to ask you what you want to do. I don’t really know how you feel about all this.” Cherry put her hand on his sleeve. “If the truth comes out, how will you feel about it?”
“I am not ashamed of you or my love for your mother.” Victor nodded. “I see. You are going to call her bluff.”
“Let’s just say I don’t negotiate with terrorists.” Cherry smiled. “So are we on the same page?”
“Yes.” Victor smiled and waved his hand in the direction of the music. “The music room is this way.”
Cherry followed him. “You know you can always come to New York and live there. It would be a nice place to retire.”
“I will think about it.” Victor opened the door to the music room and started to announce Cherry but she put her hand on his arm and shook her head.
Cherry walked up to the piano and glared at the woman playing. “I’m here. Now what?”
“Please sit. I will be ready to talk as soon as I finish this piece.” Lady Veronica glared back at her as she continued to play.
Cherry pulled the sheet music off the piano and threw it on the floor. “You’re finished.”
Lady Veronica slowly shut the lid of the piano and turned to the younger woman. She looked Cherry up and down. “You are not what I expected.”
“Good.” Cherry folded her arms in front of her. “Start talking.”
“I want five million American dollars or I release all of those lovely letters to the press. I’m sure that amount would be cheaper than the lawyers you would have to pay when they find out you aren’t even a Morgan.” Lady Veronica smirked.
“I made some phone calls last night, after my father called me. Every one that may possibly have claim to the Morgan fortune knows that I am not Alex Morgan’s daughter. They also agreed to leave things as they are. So you see, your threats have no weight.” Cherry smiled at the now pale woman. “You can show anyone any one of the letters you want because you will never get one penny from me or my company.”
“You aren’t the only one who would be exposed.” Lady Veronica smirked. “Do you think the Earl will continue to employ someone involved in such a scandal?”
Victor stepped forward. “Try it and I will inform the Earl that you tried to extort money to insure your silence. He may sack me but I have somewhere to go. I have my daughter. You will still have nothing.”
“You wouldn’t dare.” Lady Veronica glared at Victor.
“He won’t have to.” Cherry put her hand on Victor’s sleeve. “I plan on telling the Earl as soon as he arrives later today. I just wanted you to know that I don’t like it when people try to take advantage of others.”
“You certainly are a tough one.” Lady Veronica realized she was beaten. “Greta was never as strong minded as you seem to be.”
“I suppose I take after my father.” Cherry looked fondly at Victor. “Look, if you try anything else to make trouble I will make trouble for you. I made some calls last night to see if I could get any information on you and I did. It seems you have a gambling problem and Vinnie the Hat is looking for you.”
“How did you find out about that?” Lady Veronica was startled.
“I run a real estate and construction company.” Cherry smirked. “The teamsters are chatty. Vinnie the Hat has a reputation for violence and he won’t care that you are some highborn English woman. He will break your kneecaps anyway but only if he finds you.”
“What do you want?” Lady Veronica asked.
“I want the rest of my mother’s letters.” Cherry went over and sat in an overstuffed chair. “Now!”
Lady Veronica stood up. “What makes you think I have them here?”
“Something that important, you would keep close.” Cherry pulled out her phone. “The teamsters also told me how to get in touch with Vinnie the Hat.” She held it up so Lady Veronica could see the screen. “They gave me his phone number.”
Lady Veronica hesitated then smiled weakly. “I will have them delivered.”
“I’ll take them now. Hurry up. It’s getting late and I would like to take my father out to lunch.” Cherry waved the phone. “Now!”
“I’ll be right back.” Lady Veronica walked to the door.
“On second thought, I’ll come with you.” Cherry stood up and followed her.
Victor grinned. He couldn’t have been more proud of his newly found daughter than he was at that moment. Cherry was certainly remarkable.
Lady Veronica walked into her bedroom. She looked at the maids. “Get out!”
The two women scurried out as quickly as they could.
“I see the staff really adores you.” Cherry leaned against the door frame after the two women left.
Lady Veronica took a box of letters out of a dresser drawer and walked over to Cherry. “I suppose you know everyone that works for you by name.”
“Most of them.” Cherry shrugged. She took the box and opened it. “So this is all of them?”
“Yes. Please don’t talk to my father. He will be very upset with me.” Lady Veronica bit her bottom lip.
“What? You can’t face the music when it’s you in the hot seat. I am going to do exactly as I said I would.” Cherry closed the box. “If you cause any more problems I will tell Vinnie the Hat where you are and depending how much trouble you cause, I may even buy him and his goons tickets to London.”
“You wouldn’t!” Lady Veronica was beginning to panic.
Cherry just smiled and walked away to let the woman think about what she said.
At the bottom of the stairs Victor stood waiting with their coats. “Did she give them all to you?”
“Yes. Let’s go to lunch and we can talk about your retirement.” Cherry let him help her put on her coat.
Fandom: Original
Characters: Cherry Morgan, Victor Caster, Lady Veronica Smythe
Author: sidhe_faerie
Rating: PG
Length: 1265
Content notes: #16. (Music)
Summary: Cherry turns the tables on her blackmailer
The Secret (Part 4)
From the panicked phone call that Cherry received from Victor, she could tell he was more than a little stressed with the sudden appearance of Lady Veronica. On the other hand, Cherry knew that she would have to face the music sooner or later.
Cherry tried to calm Victor down and it didn’t work as well as she had hoped. She thought that maybe a good night’s sleep would help him that is if he could actually sleep. She couldn’t
Cherry walked up to the front door of the town house and knocked at a few minutes past ten. She was surprised when the door opened almost immediately.
“Good. You’re here.” Victor looked flustered already. “She expected you earlier this morning.”
“I had a few calls I had to make.” Cherry walked in. “I came as soon as I was done. I had to talk to a contractor about a building that the company is renovating. I didn’t mean to make you worry.”
“She hasn’t been exactly pleasant this morning that’s all.” Victor sighed. He helped Cherry with her coat and put it on the hook by the door. “She is in the music room.”
Cherry realized that there was music from a piano coming from somewhere down the hall. It sounded like Chopin.
Playing a piano is a strange thing to be doing right before you threaten to blackmail people. Cherry chuckled at the ridiculousness of it all.
“Cherry, she is serious.” Victor admonished her.
“I need to ask you what you want to do. I don’t really know how you feel about all this.” Cherry put her hand on his sleeve. “If the truth comes out, how will you feel about it?”
“I am not ashamed of you or my love for your mother.” Victor nodded. “I see. You are going to call her bluff.”
“Let’s just say I don’t negotiate with terrorists.” Cherry smiled. “So are we on the same page?”
“Yes.” Victor smiled and waved his hand in the direction of the music. “The music room is this way.”
Cherry followed him. “You know you can always come to New York and live there. It would be a nice place to retire.”
“I will think about it.” Victor opened the door to the music room and started to announce Cherry but she put her hand on his arm and shook her head.
Cherry walked up to the piano and glared at the woman playing. “I’m here. Now what?”
“Please sit. I will be ready to talk as soon as I finish this piece.” Lady Veronica glared back at her as she continued to play.
Cherry pulled the sheet music off the piano and threw it on the floor. “You’re finished.”
Lady Veronica slowly shut the lid of the piano and turned to the younger woman. She looked Cherry up and down. “You are not what I expected.”
“Good.” Cherry folded her arms in front of her. “Start talking.”
“I want five million American dollars or I release all of those lovely letters to the press. I’m sure that amount would be cheaper than the lawyers you would have to pay when they find out you aren’t even a Morgan.” Lady Veronica smirked.
“I made some phone calls last night, after my father called me. Every one that may possibly have claim to the Morgan fortune knows that I am not Alex Morgan’s daughter. They also agreed to leave things as they are. So you see, your threats have no weight.” Cherry smiled at the now pale woman. “You can show anyone any one of the letters you want because you will never get one penny from me or my company.”
“You aren’t the only one who would be exposed.” Lady Veronica smirked. “Do you think the Earl will continue to employ someone involved in such a scandal?”
Victor stepped forward. “Try it and I will inform the Earl that you tried to extort money to insure your silence. He may sack me but I have somewhere to go. I have my daughter. You will still have nothing.”
“You wouldn’t dare.” Lady Veronica glared at Victor.
“He won’t have to.” Cherry put her hand on Victor’s sleeve. “I plan on telling the Earl as soon as he arrives later today. I just wanted you to know that I don’t like it when people try to take advantage of others.”
“You certainly are a tough one.” Lady Veronica realized she was beaten. “Greta was never as strong minded as you seem to be.”
“I suppose I take after my father.” Cherry looked fondly at Victor. “Look, if you try anything else to make trouble I will make trouble for you. I made some calls last night to see if I could get any information on you and I did. It seems you have a gambling problem and Vinnie the Hat is looking for you.”
“How did you find out about that?” Lady Veronica was startled.
“I run a real estate and construction company.” Cherry smirked. “The teamsters are chatty. Vinnie the Hat has a reputation for violence and he won’t care that you are some highborn English woman. He will break your kneecaps anyway but only if he finds you.”
“What do you want?” Lady Veronica asked.
“I want the rest of my mother’s letters.” Cherry went over and sat in an overstuffed chair. “Now!”
Lady Veronica stood up. “What makes you think I have them here?”
“Something that important, you would keep close.” Cherry pulled out her phone. “The teamsters also told me how to get in touch with Vinnie the Hat.” She held it up so Lady Veronica could see the screen. “They gave me his phone number.”
Lady Veronica hesitated then smiled weakly. “I will have them delivered.”
“I’ll take them now. Hurry up. It’s getting late and I would like to take my father out to lunch.” Cherry waved the phone. “Now!”
“I’ll be right back.” Lady Veronica walked to the door.
“On second thought, I’ll come with you.” Cherry stood up and followed her.
Victor grinned. He couldn’t have been more proud of his newly found daughter than he was at that moment. Cherry was certainly remarkable.
Lady Veronica walked into her bedroom. She looked at the maids. “Get out!”
The two women scurried out as quickly as they could.
“I see the staff really adores you.” Cherry leaned against the door frame after the two women left.
Lady Veronica took a box of letters out of a dresser drawer and walked over to Cherry. “I suppose you know everyone that works for you by name.”
“Most of them.” Cherry shrugged. She took the box and opened it. “So this is all of them?”
“Yes. Please don’t talk to my father. He will be very upset with me.” Lady Veronica bit her bottom lip.
“What? You can’t face the music when it’s you in the hot seat. I am going to do exactly as I said I would.” Cherry closed the box. “If you cause any more problems I will tell Vinnie the Hat where you are and depending how much trouble you cause, I may even buy him and his goons tickets to London.”
“You wouldn’t!” Lady Veronica was beginning to panic.
Cherry just smiled and walked away to let the woman think about what she said.
At the bottom of the stairs Victor stood waiting with their coats. “Did she give them all to you?”
“Yes. Let’s go to lunch and we can talk about your retirement.” Cherry let him help her put on her coat.