Group Chat
Alex
What the fuck? You’re married, Rafe?
James
Not telling us first is something you’ll never live down.
Rafe
It happened very fast.
Alex
Someone explain it to me.
James
His new wife gets another set of shares when she marries, and by marrying Montclair, those get combined with his stake. So now he has majority.
West
It’s smart. Your sister is still livid, by the way, Rafe. Thank you for putting me in that position.
Rafe
She would have tried to talk me out of it.
James
You knew, West?
Rafe
He was my witness at the courthouse wedding in New York. And before either of you say anything, I wasn’t going to ask you to fly out for what’s essentially a business merger.
Alex
Two seconds, Montclair.
Rafe
Two seconds what?
Alex
That’s how long a single text would have taken you.
West
In my defense, I was told ten minutes before the ceremony what I was there to witness.
James
And what now? Is this revenge for what Ben Wilde did to your sister?
Rafe
Yes. He loves his company. His whole identity and ego are tied up in it. And now it’s mine, and I’m going to make it more successful than he ever could.
Alex
And what about the new wife? His niece?
West
Yeah, what’s she like?
James:
….are you not going to answer this, Rafe?
Alex
She looks pretty in the pictures. I’d imagine he’s confused right now. Probably too busy “arguing” with her to answer his poor, neglected old friends.
Rafe
Fuck off.
James
Well. That certainly sounded like a yes.