Is this destiny?

Dr. Siltanen was perplexed. He was summoned with an explanation that he needs to check on one potential patient (Marcus) and ended up with three. He doesn't have the means to transport them to his mental institution, and he was grateful that Jeff offered his vans.

"My men will drive. Let them know how they can help."

Dr. Siltanen spoke to Samara before he left. "I don't want to insinuate anything, but I hope that you are willing to allow me to evaluate you."

Samara thought for a second before responding. "Are you worried that madness is hereditary, and I might have this as well?"

Dr. Siltanen's silence answered her question.

Samara is not interested in psychiatric evaluation, but she would not mind seeing Dr. Siltanen again. He is a known doctor and his appearance is not bad, considering that he is in his late fourties.

"OK. I will stop by your office."

Dr. Siltanen smiled, happy that she accepted. That and the way she looked at him and didn't twitch when he touched her shoulder told him that this can be much more than a well-being checkup. "This is not done in the office. I will get better results from observing you in normal surroundings. Over lunch, maybe? Or dinner?"

Samara lifted an eyebrow. "Sounds good. You have my number…"

Jeff looked at those two flirting and he wanted to fling that doctor out already. His wife is on the roof!

Dr. Siltanen left and Sarah, Aiden and JoAnna joined Jeff and Samara in the study room. They closed the door so that anxious house staff can't overhear them.

Samara looked at four of them before her gaze settled on Jeff. "Make sure you stick to our deal, cousin."

Jeff confirmed. "The apartment you are using currently is on your name already. And the one downtown Dallas will be yours as soon as you post on social media that your father and brother are in a mental institution. My lawyer will be in touch about the other paperwork we discussed."

"I will make sure to let everyone know that you helped me deal with my crazy family members." Samara confirmed that she knows what her part of the deal is, and she wished everyone a good night before leaving the mansion.

They agreed that Samara provides a cover for Jeff's presence in front of Dr. Siltanen (that she called him to come). Also, she will publish on social media that her father and brother snapped under the stress and that Jeff helped to put them in an institution with a hope that they will get better. Finally, she will sign paperwork that she is forgoing any inheritance Marcus might leave behind.

In return, Jeff will put on her name two apartments and will provide her with a fixed monthly allowance which is enough for her to maintain her current lifestyle.

After Jeff has the documents in which she confirms that she does not want anything belonging to Marcus, Sophia will work on getting Marcus' assets on Jeff's name, with a reason that Marcus is not mentally capable, and his son is not doing better either.

JoAnna has her concerns about Samara. "Are you sure she will not change her mind?"

Jeff assured JoAnna that Samara is not a threat. "She was never ambitious. As long as she can have pretty clothes and attend parties, Samara is content. But if she changes her mind… her hereditary mental illness might flare up and she will join her father and brother."

JoAnna approved. As much as they should get rid of enemies, she is aware that Jeff is reluctant to take extreme measures against his own relatives. With their current plan, Marcus and Lukas will be locked up and Samara is harmless.

Jeff noticed that Sarah is looking at him expectantly and asked: "Yes?"

"The property on White Rock Lake, where Marcus and Lukas hosted the gentlemen-only party… I want it."

Jeff stifled a laugh. It is not very often that he sees Sarah so enthusiastic about something. "OK. Anything else?"

Sarah blinked. "I can ask for more?"

"You can ask for whatever you want. But I don't guarantee that you will get it.", Jeff said matter-of-factly.

Sarah grimaced and turned to Aiden, ignoring Jeff's smug expression.

JoAnna laughed. Her husband is a witty one.

"Ah, we are in the final stage…", JoAnna said with a tired smile on her face. She can't wait for this business to be over and they go back to normal routine (whatever that is).

"What is left?", Sarah asked.

With managing the army of Chaos and the kids and the upcoming events related to Ellie's wedding and Jesse and Oni leaving to United Kingdom as Aaron's assistants… she is not finding much time to follow up on Jeff's side. Aiden is on top of that, like a good brother.

Aiden responded to Sarah's inquiry: "We will watch Marcus' goons scramble when they find out that Marcus is locked up in a mental institution. Depending on what they did, we will punish them accordingly, but that is not something that requires us to get involved personally."

"What about Christopher and Bradley?", Sarah asked, knowing that these two are special cases and Jeff will probably not leave them to his subordinates.

"Both of their family's businesses are suffering. Bradley is in jail. He shoot Cooper and strangled Paige. Cooper will survive, but Paige was proclaimed dead on the way to the hospital. Sophia is helping the prosecutor so that Bradley gets a maximum sentence. Christopher is not leaving his apartment since stocks of his family's company plunged. His cell phone is off, and if not for food delivery, I would think that he is dead."

Jeff plans to pay his two ex-friends visits. He wants both Bradley and Christopher to know that Jeff is onto them and the if they didn't betray him, they would not be in this mess.

Sure, Bradley saw the evidence that Paige cheated on him and he lost it. But, Bradley's reaction would not be so violent if he didn't go against his family and against Jeff for a woman who saw him only as someone with a good credit card.

Bradley hopes that Marcus might pull some strings to get him out of jail or at least to get some lenient sentence.

As for Christopher? He went against Jeff because he was unable to make his business successful with his own abilities, and he decided to sell a friend with hope that benefits will propel him toward accomplishment.

Christopher is drifting between several possibilities and he is almost convinced that Jeff and Marcus are in this together, and that he was tricked. The other possibility is that Jeff and Marcus are not collaborating, but that does not change the key fact: Jeff knows that Christopher was ready to betray him. The fact that his family business is going down is a confirmation for Christopher that Jeff sees him as an enemy.

Jeff will wait for both of those traitors to find out that Marcus is out of the game before he makes an appearance. It will be a mix of sweet and sour, but it needs to be done.

"Can you handle the staff management here?", Jeff asked Aiden.

Aiden confirmed.

There is not much to do, other than to assure them that they will be taken care of and that until they hear back from him or Jeff they should resume their duties as usually. But it might take a while, depending on what questions those people have.

"Thanks, to both of you. All this should be over soon, and then I owe everyone a vacation.", Jeff told Sarah and Aiden before pulling JoAnna close to him. "Let's go home. You should sleep on the plane."

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