Memphis by Kelly A. Walker

Author:Kelly A. Walker [Walker, Kelly A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kelly A Walker
Published: 2019-03-20T05:00:00+00:00

I’m just sitting down to my morning coffee where there is a knock on my hotel room door. I’m not expecting Cain to pick me up for another hour. Curious to who my visitor could be, I head to the door and look out the peephole. He knocks again before I pull myself together enough to open the door. Once I finally get my wits about me, I turn the doorknob to reveal Arthur. I open the door all the way and extend my arm as an invitation for him to enter. I don’t really want to deal with him this early in the morning, but color me surprised that I may actually want to hear this man out.

“Arthur.”

“Memphis.” He steps into the room, looking around, almost like he’s looking for something or someone.

“What can I do for you, Arthur? I didn’t realize you were stopping by.”

Arthur clears his throat before taking a seat at the single chair by the desk. I decide to stand, giving myself a burst of confidence I don’t really have. I can only imagine what he wants. Maybe it’s too much for his other family, my being here, and he wants me to leave? Did Gretchen run to him whining about me being with Tanner?

“I want you to accept the offer from Jim.”

Sitting might be a good thing, so I cross the room and plop down on the bed. “Excuse me? Do you mind repeating what you just said?”

Arthur leans over, placing his elbows on his knees, steepling his fingers together. “I know Jim offered you a percentage of the Peterson business. I want you to accept it, then sell your shares to me. I’ll give you a decent amount for it, then I want you to go back to Wisconsin and never return.”

I sit on my hands to hide the trembling. I know this man did not just come here to ask, no, not ask, tell me to do this. “You have a lot of nerve, Arthur. First off, why would I ever do something like that? Better question, why do you want what Jim is offering me? Do you not own enough of your own company? Is this for your daughters?” I ask snidely. After the first dinner with him and his family I knew there would never be a chance for me to be accepted into his home, much less his family.

“I don’t need to explain anything to you, Memphis. I only need you to accept Jim’s offer, sell it to me, and go home.”

“Yeah, that’s not going to happen. I realize you know absolutely nothing about me, but if you did, you would understand that I can’t take anything from Jim. I don’t even know him.”

“It doesn’t matter if you know him or not. Just take it, Memphis.”

“Why? Tell me why, Arthur. The truth would be nice.”

Arthur lets out an exhausted sigh and runs his hands over his knees. “The business is in trouble. I need your shares to get us out of some debt.

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