HasturTheKing
Planetoid
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2020
At first glance, Rothbard Family Ford seemed like the least likely place for an intricate story about blackmail to take place. A quaint little car dealership nestled in an idyllic American suburb, it seemed so serene at first glance but a tumultuous storm of lust and betrayal remained hidden within its walls.
The Rothbard's had been in the automotive industry since the forties and the dealership had passed through three generations of their family before it wound up in the hands of the brothers who now owned it. Jefferson and Dante Rothbard were polar opposites as brothers. Jefferson was a hard partier who rarely concerned himself with the company's finances at all, as long as the dealership supplied him with enough money to keep up his daily requirement of alcohol and lap dances, he was more than happy to let his brothers run amok.
Dante on the other hand was a stalwart professional. A prim and proper man who dedicated most of his life to the daily function of the dealership. In fact, his obsession with the maintenance of his great-grandfather’s legacy was so great that it had a rather negative effect on his life outside of work. In his mid-thirties and never married, it seemed like Dante was cursed to be a lifelong bachelor though he didn’t seem too concerned with the proposition from his outward appearance. Inside however he was a bit more conflicted with his inability to find a suitable partner and it had started to show in the aggressive way he disciplined some of his more wayward employees.
For now, Dante stood before a large glass window in his office that overlooked the dealership lot. His left hand clenched tightly in his right as he watched his salesmen and women dotter around the dealership that monday afternoon. While his eyes were focused on the lot, his mind had other places to be as evidenced by the large assortment of financial records and documents that were strewn about his antique oak desk. It was a familiar soft feminie rapt at the large double doors that guarded his office that woke him from his haze. He marched to the door and opened it to see his secretary Kristine before him, a woman he had a bit more than casual fondness for.
"Sit." Dante ordered in a harsh tone unfamilar to his most-trusted employee. Uninterested if she would follow his orders or not at the moment, he strided behind his desk and took a seat in the large wingedback leather chair that served as his throne. Dante was a tall, lanky man at six foot two and around a hundred seventy pounds. He wore a handmade navy blue italian suit that accented his wiry frame particuarly well. A pink hankerchief rested in his right breastpocket as he picked up a manilla folder up from his desk and offered it to his compatriot.
"As I'm sure you are aware Kristine, someone has been charging our repair customers for parts that they never received. At first I thought it might have been someone in the repair department but these repairs were authorized with my name even though I never signed off ofn them. The only person who has the abillity to do that here other then me is you so my only question is, why? Why have you betrayed my trust in such a vile manner? I thought we had something special together." Dante's choice of words belied the fact that he was more hurt by his employees breach of trust then the money she had stolen from him.
"Don't worry I'm not going to fire you. Just help me understand so I can decide how to punish you properly."
The Rothbard's had been in the automotive industry since the forties and the dealership had passed through three generations of their family before it wound up in the hands of the brothers who now owned it. Jefferson and Dante Rothbard were polar opposites as brothers. Jefferson was a hard partier who rarely concerned himself with the company's finances at all, as long as the dealership supplied him with enough money to keep up his daily requirement of alcohol and lap dances, he was more than happy to let his brothers run amok.
Dante on the other hand was a stalwart professional. A prim and proper man who dedicated most of his life to the daily function of the dealership. In fact, his obsession with the maintenance of his great-grandfather’s legacy was so great that it had a rather negative effect on his life outside of work. In his mid-thirties and never married, it seemed like Dante was cursed to be a lifelong bachelor though he didn’t seem too concerned with the proposition from his outward appearance. Inside however he was a bit more conflicted with his inability to find a suitable partner and it had started to show in the aggressive way he disciplined some of his more wayward employees.
For now, Dante stood before a large glass window in his office that overlooked the dealership lot. His left hand clenched tightly in his right as he watched his salesmen and women dotter around the dealership that monday afternoon. While his eyes were focused on the lot, his mind had other places to be as evidenced by the large assortment of financial records and documents that were strewn about his antique oak desk. It was a familiar soft feminie rapt at the large double doors that guarded his office that woke him from his haze. He marched to the door and opened it to see his secretary Kristine before him, a woman he had a bit more than casual fondness for.
"Sit." Dante ordered in a harsh tone unfamilar to his most-trusted employee. Uninterested if she would follow his orders or not at the moment, he strided behind his desk and took a seat in the large wingedback leather chair that served as his throne. Dante was a tall, lanky man at six foot two and around a hundred seventy pounds. He wore a handmade navy blue italian suit that accented his wiry frame particuarly well. A pink hankerchief rested in his right breastpocket as he picked up a manilla folder up from his desk and offered it to his compatriot.
"As I'm sure you are aware Kristine, someone has been charging our repair customers for parts that they never received. At first I thought it might have been someone in the repair department but these repairs were authorized with my name even though I never signed off ofn them. The only person who has the abillity to do that here other then me is you so my only question is, why? Why have you betrayed my trust in such a vile manner? I thought we had something special together." Dante's choice of words belied the fact that he was more hurt by his employees breach of trust then the money she had stolen from him.
"Don't worry I'm not going to fire you. Just help me understand so I can decide how to punish you properly."