105 Talking to the Boss

Monday, continued ...

The receptionist looked again and noticed Hou Yi coming out of the elevator behind Anna Jones followed by the bodyguards.All she could stutter was "Mr Hou, I did not know that you had an appointment..."

Anna, realised that she needed to stop things going to far and creating too much of a scene."I am not actually back to work.Could you let Alfred know that I am here and in Interview Room three.I will take Mr Hou with me, and could you also pleae ask Mr Williams if he is free could he join us.They both know what this is about."

Anna reached into her handbag and took out her Office pass card using it to open Interview Room Three.One of the bodyguards handed her, her laptop and Hou Yi is briefcase.Hou Yi then waited until she walked in and then followed, placing a gentle hand on her back.As soon as the door closed behind then, Anna opened her laptop bag, pulled out her laptop, connected it to the power and the office Internet.

Within a few minutes, Alfred walked into the room.Anna stood up, to introduce Alfred and Hou Yi "Alfred this is my husband Hou Yi.Yi this is Alfred Walters."

"Anna, your drafting, as usual was generally spot on.What you have drafted, I simply reorganised, no significant changes.On Friday and over the weekend I consulted a Senior Council [1] to ensure all technical aspects were covered.In doing that we referenced a few cases.We went back and forth and are happy so all you need to do is review.Senior Council however is not further engaged as I could not confirm your instructions to have them involved due to costs."

"Alfred, cost is not an object, engage who you need and the bill will be paid." responded Hou Yi quickly, knowing that overturning these orders would be important to Anna in taking her revenge.

"OK then.Anna I will leave you to review this, and where necessary make changes, and let me know when you are ready.Mr Hou, I have also drafted an affidavit for you to review and will leave that.See you soon." Responded Alfred, who turned to leave the office,

However, before Alfred could left the room Mr Williams entered the room, and was shocked to see Hou Yi there."CEO Hou, I did not realise that you were coming to deal with the issues Miss Jones was assisting you with last week."

Anna responded "Mr Williams, Alfred.Could you please both sit.You both need to know the whole truth, before anything.As Alfred is aware during my relationship with Lu Jinhu I was unwilling to admit that I was a victim of domestic violence.Unlike many I was simply a victim of emotional, psychological and economic abuse, not physical abuse."

Stan Williams, looked at his employee and realised that she was unwilling to admit what he knew was the truth, Lu Jinhu has physically assaulted her on a number of occasions.Yes her injuries as far as could be determined was minor bruising, which given previous police concerns for Anna they had documented.He wished Anna would admit the truth, but it seemed difficult for her to admit what she had.All he could hope is eventually she would admit it, when she was ready, and then what he had documented could be used.

Anna, continued "Just before Lu Jinhu proposed, I was about to end or relationship but when I accepted his proposal I recommitted to the relationship."

Stan Williams thought, well that was when her bruises become more frequent.He was so tempted to hand the information to the police, but Anna would be unlikely to cooperate with them at the moment.He will have to do it when she is ready.

Anna took a deep breath to calm down."As you might remember around 6 months ago CEO Hou was here for a meeting.We literally bumped into each other.Through various means we started communicating with each other.Nothing happened, but our discussions made me question my relationship with Lu Jinhu.It was only seeing him in passing at the Australia Embassy when I was completing the paperwork to marry, I realised I could not marry Lu Jinhu."

"When I spoke to Yi, it confirmed to me that he was who I wanted to marry.We simply agreed that I would end the relationship with Lu Jinhu, and we would wait a bit of time before marrying.I had not been able to tell Lu Jinhu before our intended marriage date of last Tuesday.I met him outside the Civil Administration Bureau but found out he never intended to marry me, used me to obtain Australian Citizenship, and fraudulently obtained the orders we are appealing."

"He had no remorse for his actions, particularly given he had married someone else before telling me he would not marry me.Given this, Yi and I decided we would not wait, so we married last Tuesday.

As you can guess this means that I my returns to Australia now will be visits only.I am not going to tell everything to everyone, but you both need to know.Oh by the way, Alfred there are the original and translated documents you need for the affidavit.Can you please give me the originals back ASAP."

With that Anna handed to Alfred the envelope from the translator.With that Alfred left the room.She then grabbed a second envelop and turned to Mr Williams and said as she handed it to him "And these are the balance of the original document you were waiting on."

Before either could say anything Hou Yi spoke, "Mr Williams…"

Alfred interrupted Hou Yi "Excuse me, I do not believe I am needed here for this conversation.Anna, when you are finished with your review and changes, let me know, and I will review again, and we will get these documents sworn for filing."With that Alfred walked out of the interview room, shutting the door behind him.

[1] Rather than getting into the technicalities, a brief explanation of what Senior Counsel is, will let you have an idea.In certain countries where the English system of law operates, there often is a demarcation between various lawyer's tasks that they perform and how the public can get access to them.In Australia these are called barristers, and they specialise in a few areas of law, in some states Senior Counsel are very experienced lawyers whose experience and skills have been recognised and appointed to that position.In the United Kingdom, for example they are known as Queens/Kings Counsel.Other countries that follow the same legal tradition use variations on these terms.