Chapter 57 - 57. Compromised.

"Why are you here?" She asked.

"What do you think? I warned you, I'm sure I did. If things got out of hand I would get involved." He said walking towards her.​​

"What has gotten out of hand?" She frowned.

"Are you seriously asking me that? Look at you, look at the state you're in." Goerge stated bluntly.

She pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes at her uncle, "don't tell me all of a sudden you're concerned about me."

He laughed "I'm not concerned about your physical health, you are tarnishing our reputation. First you blow up about being attacked by some imaginary person in a spa, now you have scandalous video on the internet. For goodness sakes Patricia, you are a Lee act like one!" He yelled.

Patricia rolled her eyes, "please like that video is going to hurt me." She huffed.

"You think it's not? Father sent me here, I didn't even know about it. He found out first." Goerge said smiling at her reaction.

Patricia stiffened and sat up straighter. She looked at her uncle and folded her arms.

"What you don't have any more snarky responses? Huh? Smart mouth?"

"Shut up!" She screamed.

He chuckled "it's over for you neice, whatever leverage or brownie points you had over me with my Father is done." He said. "And the saddest thing is that you did this to yourself, pathetic."

She glared at him.

"While the walls are still closing in, would like to finally tell me what in tarnations you did to the actress Jessie Marin?" He asked.

"It's none of your business, Goerge" she spat.

"You know for a second I was beginning to think, maybe she actually knows what she's doing, maybe I should be wary of her. But it's so pitiful to see you fall on your face neice." He looked at her "you are an embarrassment to our family, I mean if at least you can't plan out someone demise without leaving dead ends how do you call yourself a Lee?"

Patricia smirked and then looked at her uncle. Then she began to laugh, George's brow went up in question.

"Why the hell are you laughing?"

"Beautiful dear uncle, if infact I'm truly screwed then you are going down with me. Infact you stand lose much more than I" She laughed.

What are you talking about Patricia?" He asked.

"How do you think I got rid of the actress?" Goerge gave her a pointed look.

"Your precious little baby" She smiled, Goerge eyes widened and she continued. "In all honesty, you did it, you got rid of her not me. All I did was gift you a perfectly healthy and beautiful woman and you uncle did the dirty deed." She said slowly so each word hit him as she intended.

"How the hell was that possible? I know all the women that come into my auction house, because at one point or another I get to meet them while we break them before they are sold" He said with so much venom.

Patricia shrugged and blew his a kiss.

George shook his head and paced the room. "We always do a thorough background check. Women that have been leaving alone for more than three months. Orphans, women with no one to look for them. Runaways, poor and unfortunate women that no one cares for. Jessie Marin does not fit into any of those categories. How did they ever?" He asked.

"You're not the only one with influence dear uncle" Patricia smiled at him.

"How did she stay there for three weeks and I never came across her?" He asked again.

"Because she didn't, she was sold in a night. How? Because like you I have people everywhere. You might be the one in the running for grandfather's throne. But a lot of people are still very loyal to my father hence they are loyal to me." She said, really enjoying the effect she was having on her uncle.

He grimaced and look at her with intent to kill, walking up to her with murderous steps, he raised his hand to strike her but she stopped him.

"I wouldn't do that, you see that?" She pointed to the camera in her room. "Don't be stupid." She warned him.

He looked at the camera then back at her, grabbing her upper arm he pulled her to himself. Patricia winced at the pain but didn't let him notice. Looking in his eyes with a much ferocity as he was looking at hers.

"Ten years I've run that auction house without the slightest problem, ten years I strictly adhered to my rules and stuck to the principles. So many others came before me, so many came after me, but they no longer exist. Why? Because I never compromised. Now a foolish, stupid and naive girl playing gangster comes and messes everything up." He spat.

"Oh please..." She rolled her eyes. "Do you really think this is the first time? Kim han ji, Felicia Han, yes the politician. I got rid of them through that very auction house. In your so called ten years I've sent not less that a dozen women there and you've hadn't the slightly idea. And I always succeeded because I never heard of them again why? Because the men that buy women are just disgusting perverted criminals just like yourself. How Jessie Marin managed to come here to my hospital room today is shocking to me, I should be asking you uncle. What the hell went wrong?"

George let go of her, rather violently. He walked back running his hands in his hair.

"How long ago was this?" He asked her.

"Uh... it should be a little over a month now." She said.

"And you are sure Jessie Marin was in your room?"

She nodded "I'm not crazy, I know what I saw."

"Well I don't believe anything that comes out of that deceitful mouth of yours, do you have proof?" He asked.

"Of course not! Do you really think I would be slandered if I did?!" She yelled at him.

"What about the CCTV footage? What happened to that?" He asked her.

Patricia eyes widened "I hadn't thought of that!"

George shook his head "yet you thought of it while I tried to hit you. You really disappoint me." He said.

"Let's go check it out this moment" Patricia said.

"Ofcourse we're going this moment." George groaned.

He waited for her while the nurse put her IV on a rollable stand, and they left together in search of the video room.

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"Katherine?" Paul held the phone to his ear, completely and totally in shock that she called him so soon.

"You called." He said softly.

"Make no mistake, I'm still very mad at you. I just wanted to make sure that you deleted the video from the CCTV in Patricia's room" She asked.

"The one of you and Jessica, sure I did." He said.

"No, the one of me threatening her."

Paul froze, "Hello? Hello? Paul answer me."

"Shit."