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So, feeling sorry for their stepsister-and with Dad and the other brothers influencing him-even though Alicia couldn’t stand it, he still ended up spoiling the stepsister more.
But when Alicia stopped caring and cut him off, that’s when it hit him how important she really was.
Kevin nodded. “It’s up to you now.”
Even if it’s a long shot, it’s still better than just sitting back and doing nothing.
They all wished they could go back to the days when the siblings stuck together and nothing could break them apart.
Meanwhile, Leo was sitting in his hospital room, facing Mavis and her daughter, who had rushed over as soon as they heard he was in the hospital, both of them wiping away tears.
Even though he knew they were just worried about him, Leo was already in a foul mood, and watching them cry nonstop only made him more irritated.
Things had been going smoothly in the family, but with them crying all the time, it just felt like bad luck was hanging over the place.
All he could do was try to comfort them and
ell them to stop crying.
What Leo didn’t realize was that
three sons had already teamed up and were getting ready to take him on.
If he knew, he probably wouldn’t
be in the mood to comfort his wife and daughter.
Kevin didn’t go straight to Leo to talk about it.
Instead, he decided to wait and see how things would play out with the Hammond Group shares.
If Alicia really did sell her shares to that big shareholder, he’d only bring it up with Leo when his dad actually asked him to transfer his own shares.
But if Collin was wrong and Alicia sold to someone else, then there wouldn’t even be a reason to talk about transferring shares at all.
A couple of days later, that major shareholder went public with the news that he’d bought Alicia’s shares.
Even though he was still five percent short of Leo’s total shares, two other shareholders each entrusted three percent of their shares to him.
With that, the big shareholder’s stake now exceeded Leo’s.
So, Leo told his three sons to transfer their shares to him.
Kevin laid out his brothers’ plan to Dad.
Leo totally lost it–he was barely out of the hospital for a day before he had to check right back in. Handing over all his shares to Kevin? Not a chance. The old man wasn’t ready to retire anytime soon.
Backed into a corner, he had no choice but to agree to the power of attorney deal
The day they signed the power of attorney agreement. Austin asked their dad to release some funds so he could help steadli
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the company’s shaky situation.
Caleb also tried to get their dad to invest in his new show, hoping it would take some of the preware of
But Leo, still pissed about the whole shares situation, shot them both down without a second thought
The three of them got into a heated argument and ended up storming off, everyone in a foul mood.
Kevin didn’t ask for any money himself, but it was clear he was siding with his brothers.
Leo was not only pissed off-this whole thing really got under his skin.
“Can you believe it? My own sons don’t even trust me anymore.
Unbelievable. I’m not even dead yet and they’re already trying to split up my assets, he grumbled to himself.
Meanwhile, the three Hammond brothers all felt a bitter taste in their mouths.
Seriously, their dad was being ridiculously stingy with them.
They were handling real business here, and he wouldn’t even cough up a dime to help out.
Had Mavis and her daughter really brainwashed him so badly he was ready to hand everything over to them? they wondered.
When they weren’t strapped for cash, they didn’t give a second thought to how Dad planned to divvy up his assets.
But now that money was tight, they had no choice but to care.
Plus, blood should come first-and honestly, they thought their dad was way out of line.
Back in the day, their mom sold her shares in the Delaney Group just to buy Hammond Group stock and help the company survive that crisis,
She was always their dad’s right-hand woman-whenever he ran into trouble, he’d turn to her for advice.
She’d done so much for the Hammond family and Hammond Group, but Leo never once transferred a single share to her
Mavis and her daughter hadn’t lifted a finger for the family. All they ever did was mooch off the Hammond family’s me and if it weren’t for the Hammond family’s protection, they’d still be stuck in that nightmare of a life they came from
‘Seriously, what makes them think they deserve a fat slice of the Hammond family’s fortune? the brothers thought, their irritation growing by the minute.
It seriously pissed them off
Meanwhile, Nicole had been trying to reach Collin for two days straight, but he just wouldn’t pick up. Left with no other option, she had no choice but to turn to her three brothers for help.
Normally, the three of them would have jumped at the chance to go after Collin for her
But this time, each of them came up with an excuse to turn her down.
Nicole never thought her brothers would actually say no to her. She felt a sinking sense of dread in her gut
Ever since Alicia blew up and cut everyone off, everything had started spiraling out of contul.
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Nicole clenched her fists. No way. I can’t let this keep happening. Something has to change.’
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.