Chapter 192 Family Reunion - Part 1
Within a few minutes, all channels on the TV were announcing the change of ownership for Diamond Corporation, now PEG Industries. Ivan, after addressing the employees and informing them of what to expect, had his people go through the employees' contracts. He terminated all employees who were above 6 months old in the company. To him, they have worked with Bryce and will be loyal to him. When he was done, he only had three employees left. Zora, who was just a week old and two employees who were just two months old in the company.
"You are Zora," Ivan said, staring at Zora, who had been brought to his office, the office used by Bryce.
"I am going to let you stay and work, as..." Ivan said and picked up Zora's contract. "As HR manager. You will help my boy here recruit new employees starting tomorrow," he said. "I will reduce your salary by 40% because of your relationship with Bryce. This is your punishment. I am only keeping you because you knew your place when my lawyer announced me," he added, and Zora stood there trembling.
"Do you understand?" Ivan asked, and Zora just nodded, terrified by Ivan.
He had so many tattoos on his arms, and one that showed in the opening of his top shirt button.
"Now get to work," Ivan said, and Zora was thrown out of the office.
"How is everything going?" Ivan asked his guard, with both of his legs resting on the office desk.
"Sir, we just spoke with the bank as instructed. Bryce will not be able to withdraw money from any of his accounts. Four guards are already at the apartment he recently purchased. Everything once owned by Bryce is now yours," the guard reported.
"Perfect," Ivan said with a smile, exposing his gold tooth on his right. "Have you arranged for the doctor?" he asked.
"Yes, boss. I have already given him 50% of the agreed 5 million dollars. The remaining balance will be sent once Bryce is dead," the guard reported.
"Let's not keep him waiting. The hospital is such a boring place. This will be great entertainment for him," Ivan said and laughed like a madman. "Let's go," he added, dropping his legs to the floor from the table.
"I will need someone to stay behind and keep an eye on those three employees as they open vacancies for the positions," Ivan said, and two of his guards stayed behind.
He left with one guard and his personal guard. Outside the office, he sat in his car, and they drove towards the hospital.
At the hospital, his personal guard engaged the receptionist and returned to lead him to Bryce and Angela's room.
Upstairs, inside the ward where Bryce and Angela shared a room, Bryce was chatting with Angela, trying to find out how she was doing and how she felt now. The door flew open, and two guards entered the ward, followed by Ivan.
"Bryce, Bryce, Bryce, nice to see you again," Ivan said, laughing. "I told you the last time that I will see you again," he said, and one of his guards quickly pulled the chair placed by the side of Angela's bed for him to sit. The chair was placed just a distance away from the foot of the two beds, but in the middle.
"Ivan, the bully," Bryce said, sitting on the bed. "How nice for you to come visit me at the hospital," he said and adjusted his wristwatch on his wrist.
"I had to come myself to deliver this news," Ivan said, smiling. "Have you seen the news today?" he asked.
"Why? You splash your ugly face on the news, and you want me to see?" Bryce asked.
"Mr Moore, who is he?" Angela asked, terrified by Ivan's presence and the two guards inside the room wearing dark shades.
"Some crazy bull I went to school with," Bryce replied nonchalantly, and Ivan laughed.
One of Ivan's guards moved and showed a tablet to Bryce. Bryce stared at the screen and the expression on his face slowly changed as he stared at the screen.
"Now that is a better look to have, Bryce," Ivan said, reading the shock on Bryce's face. "Oh, you have a call coming through," he said, and Bryce's phone rang.
Bryce answered, seeing it was from his apartment.
"Sir, we have all been driven out of the house. A lawyer by the name Jay came here with some men dressed in black. He showed us a document saying that one Mr Ivan Davis is now the owner of your apartment. They ask us all to leave," the servant reported, and Ivan watched as Bryce clenched his teeth.
"Oh, why don't you check with your bankers too?" Ivan said, enjoying what he was putting Bryce through.
"What did you do?" Bryce asked through gritted teeth.
"Why don't you call and find out?" Ivan said, and Bryce made the call.
"What is happening with my account?" Bryce questioned.
"Sir, it has been frozen. I am sorry you don't have access to your account until everything is cleared," the banker said to Bryce, and Bryce brought the phone down from his ears.
"Bryce, as you sit here, all you have left are your clothes and your phone. I wanted to take that away from you, but that will make me too cruel. I only came here to deliver this news personally. I told you I would take everything away from you, and I did. Now that you know your end, you are free to go. Don't worry, I will not separate you from your wife," Ivan said and stood up from the chair.
He walked towards the exit, and his guards followed him out.
"Mr Moore, did you lose everything you have?" Angela asked with concern.
"Yes," Bryce replied.
"Can we pay for the medical bills?" She asked, intending to help.
"No," Bryce replied.
"I have some money saved. We can use it. Do you know how much we owe?" Angela said, and Bryce stared at her, surprised she wanted to help him, but he felt warm inside.
"Thank you," Bryce appreciated and moved his feet from the bed, but remained seated on the bed.
A doctor walked in a few minutes later.
"Mr Moore, it's time for your medication," the doctor said and walked towards Bryce's bed.
Bryce stared at the doctor in silence while he removed a syringe and picked up a medicine bottle. He pulled the content into the syringe. After setting it up, he cleaned Bryce's shoulder with spirit, but before he could do anything, Martin walked in with three police officers.
"Stop right there," the officer said and pulled a gun on the doctor, who stopped.
"Right on time," Bryce commented.
"I got the alert when you triggered it," Martin replied.
Bryce took the syringe from his hand and got down from the bed.
"Martin, let the police handle this man; he has taken the bait. We need to move," Bryce said, walking away from his bed after handing the syringe to one of the officers.
"Mr Moore, what is happening?" Angela asked, feeling scared.
"An officer would stay here with you. I will be back," Bryce said and followed Martin out.
"Where is he?" Bryce asked.
"On his way to your apartment," Martin replied.
"Perfect, let's go welcome him home," Bryce said with a smile.
The two got into the Range Rover and headed for the apartment. They arrived at the apartment and saw Ivan's car already parked inside the compound. The police also arrived just in time.
Bryce, Martin and 10 officers walked into the compound. The guards outside were quickly overpowered and put in handcuffs. Bryce entered the apartment first.
"Bryce," Ivan frowned upon seeing Bryce. "How did you go past my guards?" he asked. "I should have instructed them to kill you," he added.
"Maybe, you should have because right now, they can't," Bryce said.
"Mr Moore, I'm going to call the police and have you arrested for trespassing on private property. You signed this property away to Mr Davis here," Jay said and handed Bryce the document.