468 Lost it all
Both Raymond and David had very meticulously tracked down each and every board member and dug up all the dirt that they could so that it can be used as leverage against them. He did so to dismantle the existing lead directory of the company so that they couldn't oppose his decision when he would decide to go public.
And all the events were happening just as he had expected.
But everything but coming as a shock for Sebastian. He took a step forward and asked in a hushed tone,
"What is all this Raymond. I thought we had a deal about you taking ownership of the company. That's it. Why are you tearing down the baseline of my empire?"
"I would like to call these as additional benefits father."
Then turning towards everyone, before anyone could utter anything he said,
"And starting from tomorrow, Walker Enterprises is going Public. I have relinquished the entire control of the company to the new governing body. All the holding assets shall be dissolved and ten percent of the profit will go to all the governing bodies and the rest ninety percent will be merged back to the parent trust board."
"Mr. Raymond…. "
"Mr. Raymond. The whole company will be dead in a second. Why are you doing this?"
And true to the speculations of people, the stock prices of Walker Enterprises started plummeting down as the news of Walker enterprises going public was online in seconds.
Unable to see the future of his company, getting ruined like that, Sebastian went ahead and took the file from Raymond's hand and quickly skimmed through the papers.
It was only then that he realized that his son was hell-bent on destroying him completely. Even in the wildest of his dreams, he didn't imagine that Raymond would do such a thing. All broken and disappointed, he looked at David, the man whom he trusted, but he hung his head low and didn't even look at him.
Then it started to dawn into him.
David was never his man, to begin with. His loyalties always stayed with Raymond. For the first time in his life, he did a mistake, his instincts had gone for a toss. Unable to bear anything anymore, he turned back, wanting to leave as soon as possible. But his march halted as he heard,
"Can you just wait for a moment, dad?"
"You see, I am not done here."
Saying that Raymond flashed a wide smile at his father and then said,
"But that is not the entire reason, why I have decided to come here in front of you."
Saying that Raymond paused and looked at his father again.
His eyes were trickling with rage and fire of revenge. Sebastian couldn't even imagine what instigated him to this extent.
Sebastian screamed at the top of his lungs.
Drinking up that insult, Raymond turned and said,
"You should not have said that."
"You of all the people, should not have said that."
And saying that Raymond took out another paper from the file and said,
"Attention please ladies and gentlemen. You have heard many breaking statements and probably you hope to see them as the headline in tomorrow's post. But please hold that thought because the breaking news is yet to come.
Then pausing for a second, Raymond looked at Akira for a moment and then said,
"I, Raymond Walker here solemnly declare that Sebastian Walker isn't my real father. We are not related by blood."
Period.
As if all the shock before wasn't enough.
As if all the damage he had done wasn't enough.
The media went into frenzy catapulting questions after question to Sebastian and Raymond. But Sebastian wasn't able to hear anything. The only thing that was reverberating in his ears was Raymond's words.
The secret that had been buried deep in his heart for all these years had come out in the open, only to mock and bite him back. The son, who even though was not his real progeny, was all that he counted throughout his life. Every single action of his, every single thought of his was for the well being of Raymond. But today, that same son, for whom he could stake his life, had reduced him to a joke.
But most importantly, he wanted to know, as to how he had come to know about it.
Unable to feel his legs, Sebastian was about to slump to the ground when he could hear the sirens wailing outside the hall and before he could try to infer what was happening, two officers came inside and showed Sebastian a warrant and cuffed him up.
"What is all this for?"
"Mr. Sebastian, threatening people and making an attempt to kill someone is also a punishable offense in our country. So I would now advise staying quiet as whatever you are going to say can be used against you. You can inform your lawyer and we can settle it out later."
"Is that the only offense that you have against me? An attempt? And for that, you are publically humiliating me? This will not go well with your career officer."
Sebastian hissed as the officer cuffed him.
"Well seeing the way things are, I think, you need to worry about your career more than me."
Saying that the officer, dragged Sebastian out of the hall and while he did, he whispered into his ears.
"The list of your sins is extremely high. Just that we do not want to disclose in public. Your son had asked us to keep it discreet."
"Discreet !!!"
Sebastian muttered under his breath and turned back once to look at the demon that his son had become. His chest was heavy and there was an indefinite amount of pain that bore through his chest. But he saw Raymond standing there all unperturbed, all unapologetic.
He realized, he had lost it all.
First Rose and now Raymond.
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