Ross went off on his next trip to OKC.
It was the usual agenda , a Monday morning meeting in the office with Fritz and Steve, then out to the field for a field show with about 50 potential investors, a video presentation and field presentation , and then discussion amongst the potential investors, lunch, and then everyone broke up until a Tuesday meeting at the office for further discussion with Ross,Fritz, and Steve and any potential investors who wanted to go to the next step.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went back to the regular office and were prepared to just sit and talk, when Ross noticed his cell phone was flashing, with an urgent message from Vic.
"Ross, while I know you are busy getting your papers together to comply with the subpoena, I wanted to let you know that Tiffany Patrick is getting really nasty. A Process Server just appeared at the office with a lawsuit for you. She is claiming that she is trying to sue you personally for damages, to try and get you to drop her husband's account during this process, citing a conflict of interest" Vic said.,
Ross was livid. "I cant come home now, Vic, I have important business to do here that is more important than Ms Patrick's lawsuit. Let me get in touch with Timothy and then call the lawyer I consulted with and retain him" Ross said.
Ross clicked Vic off, Dialed Tim's number, Tim answered, and Ross was furious.
"Timothy, you had better listen to every word I am about to say, or I swear to God I am going to drop you immediately, and let Tiffany and her sharks swallow you up whole. Are you going to keep your big mouth shut and listen to me?" Ross said,, evenly and not really yelling, but with fury in his voice.
"Yes ,. I am., I know that you are supposed to be in OKC, so I'm guessing that you called RossShell offices, and someone told you something you did not know about?" Tim said quietly.
"You are damn right I am in OKC, Timothy. I am just where I am supposed to be, with Fritz, Steve, and my potential investors. I am in my beautiful office talking real business with civil people. I am presenting a product, my oil and gas wells that I have jointly with Fritz and Steve. We are showing people our product, discussing it in depth, presenting the offer, telling them why we think it would be to their interest to buy our product, hoping they say yes,. If they say yes, we are happy to sign them, and have them as our investors. If they say no, we accept it with disappointment, and move on to the next show. We dont do this with the circus that you have run with me all these years, that have turned RossShell into "The Worst Show On Earth, have driven me crazy, and almost cost me my marriage" Ross said.
Ross then continued.
"Tiffany;'s attorneys sent me a claim that for me to represent you and your account during your divorce process is a conflict of interest, because I have drafted joint holding papers for assets that will now be part of your divorce proceedings situation. Tiffany is trying to sue me for damages personally, and to get me to drop your account immediately. I do not know any of this because I am not a lawyer, but so help me, when I come home from this trip, I am golng to go to my office, look at these papers, forward them to my friend the attorney for him to look at them, to let him give me his best advice, and for him to do the best thing for me. Even if this means I have to take a neutral position, resign from your account immediately citing conflict of interest, and just move forward with what I have to legally to protect myself and Kayley. I am throughly Fed Up with you and your games, Timothy" Ross said, slowly, in a low tone of voice, and with fury.
"Ross, I'm throughly sorry I put you in this position. Please just finish your business in OKC for as long as you plan to. I will leave you alone, and when you get home we will deal with this together with lawyers, and I will pay all of your legal bills. I dont want you to drop me business wise, and for this to affect our decades long best friendship. I know you are furious now, but when you look at it calmly, you know that Bitch Tiffany is trying to do everything in her power to create a stinging hornet's nest for me, and not you" Tim said calmly.
Ross sighed,. "I know. . Such is why I have to talk to you about this when my head is clear and I'm back in New York. I'm not going to tell Kayley a word of this until I get home so that I can protect her from this. I dont want her being all upset if I am not there to support her, and figure this out for everyone" Ross said.
"When will you be home?" Tim asked.
"Thursday morning at latest even if I have to fly all night Wednesday to get there. I dont need this and then to stay away too long and make Kayley all upset and angry on top of it" Ross said.
"Okay, focus on your business. I promise you that we will deal with Miss Tiffany when you get home" Tim said.
Ross and Tim got off.
Ross walked out of his office and into the other office with Fritz and Steve.
"You look troubled, buddy, whats the matter?" Fritz asked.
Ross sighed. "Tiffany Patrick is getting very nasty with me personally. I just gave Timothy a piece of my mind so to speak on the phone. Right now I just have to make sure I focus on what I have to do here for the good of all three of us in this room, and any investors that we hopefully sign. I am not going to tell Kayley about what Tiffany did until I get home. I want to protect Kayley from this if I am not there to talk to her about it in person "Ross said.
"Okay, well then, you will deal with that when you get back to New York. For tonight, let's hope that we started "The Game" so to speak on the right foot, let';s have dinner, you will go back to your hotel, then we will continue discussion with people tomorrow" Fritz said.
"Sounds good to me" Ross said.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went to dinner, and then Ross went back to the hotel, where he called Kayley.
"So, boy, how was the game today?" Kayley ribbed.
"I dont know yet, girl, we are not going to the field until tomorrow. Fifty possibles, hoping to sign twenty, the usual. I will be home Wednesday night, or Thursday morning" Ross said.
"Okay, goodnight, sleep well" Kayley said.
On Tuesday, Ross, Fritz, and Steve went to the oil fields with the 50 potential investors for discussion , slide presentation, and well presentation.
There were fifteen immediate nos, fifteen maybes, and twenty almost certain yes.
When they got back to OKC on Tuesday night, The thirty five people who were still interested, along with Fritz, Steve, and Ross, went out to dinner., Those thirty five took contracts, with twenty two committing to sign, and saying they would forward the contracts to business managers, and attorneys for signatures.
"Not, bad, twenty two definite yes, with some maybes. That was a very decent show, indeed. Ross, do me a favor, go check out of your hotel, get the Hell out of here, and go deal with Timothy and air him out. You are also going to have to tell Miss Kayley about this, and I know that is on your mind too" Fritz said.
"Thanks, guys. We did a decent job, considering all going on. We have financing for real estate almost set, this is our second decent signing hopefully in a month, things are decent " Ross said.
Ross went back to his hotel, made a midnight flight to JFK, and called Kayley.
"Oil boy with twenty two signings done. I will be in JFK by 6 am , and home at 7. "
"Okay, see you in the morning, safe flying" Kayley said.
Ross got on the plane, tried to sleep, but was very troubled.
The plane landed on time, Ross took an Uber home, opened the door, and Kayley met him at the door.
"For a guy that just signed twenty two out of fifty possible investors you do not look happy. Something else is wrong. Please tell me what it is" Kayley said calmly.
Ross almost pushed past Kayley into the bedroom.
"You are damn right I'm not happy. I have a very serious problem with the situation regarding the Patricks Divorce" Ross said.
"What is that?" Kayley asked.
"No matter how tired I am, I have to go into the office in a few hours to look at some important papers, and call my lawyer. Victor said that while I was in OKC, I got papers from Tiffany Patrick's lawyers saying that she wanted me to drop Tim's account immediately because of a conflict of interest since they used to be married, and I did joint financial work for both of them. Tiffany is further trying to sue me for damages personally., The personal suit could be just shooting for the moon, but the dropping Tim';s account could be real so that I cant prepare and do his financial work solo while this what looks like mess of a divorce is going on:"Ross said.
"Would it make you feel bad if you had to drop Tim as a client?" Kayley said.
"Yes, and no. We both know that you and I will be fine without the money due to the work I do with Fritz and Steve. We both know that Tim drives me crazy sometimes. However, Tim is also my best friend, and I think Tiffany is trying to just bury Tim legally and financially with any claim she can come up with just to get back at him. The woman is out of control, and no one seems to be able to calm her down. If she continues to go crazy, Tim can get into a long war with her, which will cost him a ton of money, he might lose all or most of his money, end up in bankruptcy, and have nothing to give her anyway. I wish that someone could calm her down and we could figure out some kind of settlement, but the woman is so angry at Tim that does not seem likely now." Ross said.
Kayley massaged Ross' s shoulders.
"Honey , get undressed, take a shower, and try to rest. You will discuss this all with your lawyers and Tim later,. In the meantime, take care of you, us, and our marriage first: "Kayley said.
Ross sighed. :Okay:
As Ross undressed and showered, he had a lot on his mind.'
'
The trip to OKC had been productive.
Yet, the situation with Tim and Tiffany was getting more ugly every day.
Would something be able to be settled in the divorce case between Tim and Tiffany?
That would be seen.
It was the usual agenda , a Monday morning meeting in the office with Fritz and Steve, then out to the field for a field show with about 50 potential investors, a video presentation and field presentation , and then discussion amongst the potential investors, lunch, and then everyone broke up until a Tuesday meeting at the office for further discussion with Ross,Fritz, and Steve and any potential investors who wanted to go to the next step.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went back to the regular office and were prepared to just sit and talk, when Ross noticed his cell phone was flashing, with an urgent message from Vic.
"Ross, while I know you are busy getting your papers together to comply with the subpoena, I wanted to let you know that Tiffany Patrick is getting really nasty. A Process Server just appeared at the office with a lawsuit for you. She is claiming that she is trying to sue you personally for damages, to try and get you to drop her husband's account during this process, citing a conflict of interest" Vic said.,
Ross was livid. "I cant come home now, Vic, I have important business to do here that is more important than Ms Patrick's lawsuit. Let me get in touch with Timothy and then call the lawyer I consulted with and retain him" Ross said.
Ross clicked Vic off, Dialed Tim's number, Tim answered, and Ross was furious.
"Timothy, you had better listen to every word I am about to say, or I swear to God I am going to drop you immediately, and let Tiffany and her sharks swallow you up whole. Are you going to keep your big mouth shut and listen to me?" Ross said,, evenly and not really yelling, but with fury in his voice.
"Yes ,. I am., I know that you are supposed to be in OKC, so I'm guessing that you called RossShell offices, and someone told you something you did not know about?" Tim said quietly.
"You are damn right I am in OKC, Timothy. I am just where I am supposed to be, with Fritz, Steve, and my potential investors. I am in my beautiful office talking real business with civil people. I am presenting a product, my oil and gas wells that I have jointly with Fritz and Steve. We are showing people our product, discussing it in depth, presenting the offer, telling them why we think it would be to their interest to buy our product, hoping they say yes,. If they say yes, we are happy to sign them, and have them as our investors. If they say no, we accept it with disappointment, and move on to the next show. We dont do this with the circus that you have run with me all these years, that have turned RossShell into "The Worst Show On Earth, have driven me crazy, and almost cost me my marriage" Ross said.
Ross then continued.
"Tiffany;'s attorneys sent me a claim that for me to represent you and your account during your divorce process is a conflict of interest, because I have drafted joint holding papers for assets that will now be part of your divorce proceedings situation. Tiffany is trying to sue me for damages personally, and to get me to drop your account immediately. I do not know any of this because I am not a lawyer, but so help me, when I come home from this trip, I am golng to go to my office, look at these papers, forward them to my friend the attorney for him to look at them, to let him give me his best advice, and for him to do the best thing for me. Even if this means I have to take a neutral position, resign from your account immediately citing conflict of interest, and just move forward with what I have to legally to protect myself and Kayley. I am throughly Fed Up with you and your games, Timothy" Ross said, slowly, in a low tone of voice, and with fury.
"Ross, I'm throughly sorry I put you in this position. Please just finish your business in OKC for as long as you plan to. I will leave you alone, and when you get home we will deal with this together with lawyers, and I will pay all of your legal bills. I dont want you to drop me business wise, and for this to affect our decades long best friendship. I know you are furious now, but when you look at it calmly, you know that Bitch Tiffany is trying to do everything in her power to create a stinging hornet's nest for me, and not you" Tim said calmly.
Ross sighed,. "I know. . Such is why I have to talk to you about this when my head is clear and I'm back in New York. I'm not going to tell Kayley a word of this until I get home so that I can protect her from this. I dont want her being all upset if I am not there to support her, and figure this out for everyone" Ross said.
"When will you be home?" Tim asked.
"Thursday morning at latest even if I have to fly all night Wednesday to get there. I dont need this and then to stay away too long and make Kayley all upset and angry on top of it" Ross said.
"Okay, focus on your business. I promise you that we will deal with Miss Tiffany when you get home" Tim said.
Ross and Tim got off.
Ross walked out of his office and into the other office with Fritz and Steve.
"You look troubled, buddy, whats the matter?" Fritz asked.
Ross sighed. "Tiffany Patrick is getting very nasty with me personally. I just gave Timothy a piece of my mind so to speak on the phone. Right now I just have to make sure I focus on what I have to do here for the good of all three of us in this room, and any investors that we hopefully sign. I am not going to tell Kayley about what Tiffany did until I get home. I want to protect Kayley from this if I am not there to talk to her about it in person "Ross said.
"Okay, well then, you will deal with that when you get back to New York. For tonight, let's hope that we started "The Game" so to speak on the right foot, let';s have dinner, you will go back to your hotel, then we will continue discussion with people tomorrow" Fritz said.
"Sounds good to me" Ross said.
Ross, Fritz and Steve went to dinner, and then Ross went back to the hotel, where he called Kayley.
"So, boy, how was the game today?" Kayley ribbed.
"I dont know yet, girl, we are not going to the field until tomorrow. Fifty possibles, hoping to sign twenty, the usual. I will be home Wednesday night, or Thursday morning" Ross said.
"Okay, goodnight, sleep well" Kayley said.
On Tuesday, Ross, Fritz, and Steve went to the oil fields with the 50 potential investors for discussion , slide presentation, and well presentation.
There were fifteen immediate nos, fifteen maybes, and twenty almost certain yes.
When they got back to OKC on Tuesday night, The thirty five people who were still interested, along with Fritz, Steve, and Ross, went out to dinner., Those thirty five took contracts, with twenty two committing to sign, and saying they would forward the contracts to business managers, and attorneys for signatures.
"Not, bad, twenty two definite yes, with some maybes. That was a very decent show, indeed. Ross, do me a favor, go check out of your hotel, get the Hell out of here, and go deal with Timothy and air him out. You are also going to have to tell Miss Kayley about this, and I know that is on your mind too" Fritz said.
"Thanks, guys. We did a decent job, considering all going on. We have financing for real estate almost set, this is our second decent signing hopefully in a month, things are decent " Ross said.
Ross went back to his hotel, made a midnight flight to JFK, and called Kayley.
"Oil boy with twenty two signings done. I will be in JFK by 6 am , and home at 7. "
"Okay, see you in the morning, safe flying" Kayley said.
Ross got on the plane, tried to sleep, but was very troubled.
The plane landed on time, Ross took an Uber home, opened the door, and Kayley met him at the door.
"For a guy that just signed twenty two out of fifty possible investors you do not look happy. Something else is wrong. Please tell me what it is" Kayley said calmly.
Ross almost pushed past Kayley into the bedroom.
"You are damn right I'm not happy. I have a very serious problem with the situation regarding the Patricks Divorce" Ross said.
"What is that?" Kayley asked.
"No matter how tired I am, I have to go into the office in a few hours to look at some important papers, and call my lawyer. Victor said that while I was in OKC, I got papers from Tiffany Patrick's lawyers saying that she wanted me to drop Tim's account immediately because of a conflict of interest since they used to be married, and I did joint financial work for both of them. Tiffany is further trying to sue me for damages personally., The personal suit could be just shooting for the moon, but the dropping Tim';s account could be real so that I cant prepare and do his financial work solo while this what looks like mess of a divorce is going on:"Ross said.
"Would it make you feel bad if you had to drop Tim as a client?" Kayley said.
"Yes, and no. We both know that you and I will be fine without the money due to the work I do with Fritz and Steve. We both know that Tim drives me crazy sometimes. However, Tim is also my best friend, and I think Tiffany is trying to just bury Tim legally and financially with any claim she can come up with just to get back at him. The woman is out of control, and no one seems to be able to calm her down. If she continues to go crazy, Tim can get into a long war with her, which will cost him a ton of money, he might lose all or most of his money, end up in bankruptcy, and have nothing to give her anyway. I wish that someone could calm her down and we could figure out some kind of settlement, but the woman is so angry at Tim that does not seem likely now." Ross said.
Kayley massaged Ross' s shoulders.
"Honey , get undressed, take a shower, and try to rest. You will discuss this all with your lawyers and Tim later,. In the meantime, take care of you, us, and our marriage first: "Kayley said.
Ross sighed. :Okay:
As Ross undressed and showered, he had a lot on his mind.'
'
The trip to OKC had been productive.
Yet, the situation with Tim and Tiffany was getting more ugly every day.
Would something be able to be settled in the divorce case between Tim and Tiffany?
That would be seen.
