Chapter 139: Good Of You

Broderick and his men drove inside B Hotel. Once the door of the car opened, he stepped down and saw hundreds of others cars parked in the mansion.

Today, the Alessandro's family home and abroad had come together for their clan's urgent meeting and B Hotel hall was used as their meeting point. Broderick stepped inside the hall and saw a large number of people seated. He couldn't even recognize many of them since many of the older ones prefer to give birth to their children in other developed countries so they can get the citizenship of those developed countries.

Broderick had never seen any reason to travel abroad, he rather wants NorthHill to rise from a developing country to a developed country. He was fully patriotic unlike many who were here today. Broderick noticed that many had a malicious look on their face. Weren't they supposed to be cheerful and greet him? Broderick went to seat amidst one of the seats while he awaits the presence of the Clan master.

The eldest of a clan is always, by default the head of the Clan. A lot of people began to talk, some were rumouring and some ladies were having gist with each other. They just had to keep doing something while awaiting the arrival of the Clan master.

"The Clan Master is here," Someone shouted from the back and everywhere became quiet at once. An old man who should be in his seventies appeared. His bodyguards couldn't follow him inside the hall as this was a clan meeting and whatever is discuss in here has to be private.

Everywhere became as quiet as a graveyard. The old man walked to the center seat that was specially reserved for the Clan Master.

"Greetings!" His old but mighty voice sounded.

Everyone stood including Broderick, they echoed with a slight bow of their head," you are welcome, Lord Douglas."

Lord Douglas gestured for everyone to sit and everyone sat including Broderick.

Lord Douglas placed his big IPAD on the table and adjusted the glass on his eyes to make it rest comfortably on his nose, he scrolled through some stuffs on his laptop then he raised his head and looked around, once his face fell on Broderick, he gestured for him to stand.

Broderick stood and bowed slightly," Master!"

The man starred at him with an emotionless gaze and said," your great grandfather managed the Alessandro's corporation and it didn't crash. Your grandfather managed it well and passed it on to your father. Your father worked hard to maintain our reputation in the city but when it gets to you, within a period of seven years of being the head of the Alessandro's corporation, you destroyed it to nought. Do you have an explanation behind this?"

"My Lord, In my first three years as the CEO of the Alessandro's corporation, I literally doubled the annual revenue and even you sent a message across to my mail then, congratulating me for a job well done. I'm sure other clan members will see the result of my success in the Alessandro's Clan group chat. However, Michael Alessandro came over to NorthHill six months and out of jealousy, burnt down the company," Broderick explained.

"Do you have any prove that Michael was the one who burnt the company?" He asked.

"No, my Lord." Broderick responded. "But not to worry, I'm not a bastard that will let the family company crash, I am building another one and work has already started on it, in five to six months, we would be done. It will be a resurrection of the Alessandro's company. It will be bigger and larger than the previous Alessandro's family company."

Lord Douglas looked down to his IPAD and read few lines from the note on his IPAD and said," it's a good thing you are working hard to build another company for the family but we can not overlook your incompetence. Hence, I have discussed with the elders privately before this meeting and had now decided to punish you."

Broderick remained standing still, just staring at the old man and not saying anything.

Lord Douglas raised his gaze to Broderick and said, "Will you accept the punishment or will you disregard us just because of your status as the most powerful man in NorthHill?"

"I have been taught to respect my elders. I will definitely accept the punishment," Broderick said and Lord Douglas nodded.

"Before I declare your punishment, your second offence which I and other elders of the Clan consider very brutal is depriving Nell off her right, you sent her out of her home and made her a nonentity. You made the bank freeze her account and let her beg for food on the street."

"She..."

"Quiet!" Two men shouted on Broderick, they were the one sitting close to Lord Douglas, one of them spoke harshly, "how dare you interrupt our master?"

"Did you not learn to let elders finish talking before you interrupt?" The second man asked angrily.

"I'm sorry." Broderick apologized. He had wanted to explain before but with the way the Clan elders rebuked him, he dared not to say a word again.

"Can I go ahead now or should I shut my mouth?" Lord Douglas asked.

"Please go ahead, my Lord" Broderick said with a slight bow of his head.

"Nell, can you stand, please?" Lord Douglas gestured to Nell where she sat. She was amidst those sitting at the backend of the hall by a corner so Broderick didn't even catch a glimpse of her when he walked in.

Nell stood with an angry and malicious face, she began to cry and said," my own godson made me homeless. I was good to him when he was young but he treated me like trash now just because he feels too powerful. He got intoxicated with power and made me become a subject of ridicule in the city despite by old age," she cried even more.

"Whatever explanation you have behind treating an old woman this way is not valid. If she was your mother, would you have treated her the way you did? Just because you know Nell is barren and she has no child to defend her, you treated her this way," Lord Douglas said and looked at Broderick as if he was looking at a very wicked somebody.

Lord Douglas then gestured for Nell to sit, then he began, "Broderick Alessandro, your punishment as decided by me and other clan elders is this; you will step down from the position of the most powerful man in NorthHill and let him have it." Lord Douglas gestured to someone who just walked in and Broderick trailed his hand only to see a strange tall man.

Broderick had no idea whom he is, he then turned to Lord Douglas and said, "If it pleases the elders of the Clan to let him have the position. He can."

"Good of you. Hand over the company you are currently building in the name of the Alessandro's family to him immediately," Lord Douglas declared.

"What!" Broderick exclaimed and quickly cautioned himself. The most powerful man in NorthHill of course has to be the richest and one who has the biggest company. "I will."

"Now," Lord Douglas demanded. All eyes drifting back and forth between Lord Douglas and Broderick.

Broderick placed a call across to Brett and commanded," bring all the documents of ownership of my ongoing structure to B Hotel's VVIP Hall now then bring a transfer of ownership documents too."