Skeletons.
1087 Words
"Last night an an anonymous individual made posts on networking services accusing Elvis Morrison, CEO of Morrison Holdings formerly The James Holdings and his wife Janet Morrison of murder, the victim his late fiance Tony James." all new stations has the same breaking news running every five minute. This was a huge deal. Morrison Holdings was not a small company and the death of Tony had shaken the nation. The quiet man had been a beacon of hope for gay men in country T. The LGBT+ community had always been looked down upon by the society until a rich influential man had come out of the proverbial closet.
He had brought hope to his fellow 'queer' folk, he had always supported his people gave to charity, hired them to work in his company even though most of them resigned after his passing. His death made so public especially by his fiance Elvis drawing sympathy nation wide. The rest of the world may have forgotten but not those at The Tony James foundation. It has been created to help the LGBT+ folk that were in need in Tony's name therefore they were among the first to notice the post.
Whispers had started on the down low and very soon it became a country wide thing, television stations were covering it, radio stations were talking about it. the mail man by the corner. "Remember Tony James? His fiance killed him for wealth" those that did not know him did their research on the man. Turned out one could become more famous six years after their death.
Elvis who had been out country was on the plane when the news broke out and was caught off guard by the media when he landed. "Mr. Morrison, why did you kill your fiance? Mr. Morrison you were never gay right? Mr. Morrison what do you have to say for yourself?" questions were fired rapidly at the confused man. A phone was then shoved in his face with the article on display, just the title alone made him pale. He blubbered an excuse before trying to get away from the paparazzi.
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Back at the Anderson residence Brandon was watching the news with a knowing smile in his face. He had just made his first level of attack and things were going better than he thought they would, after all he had been dead for six years and did not think people still remembered him but reality proved him wrong. Tony James was number on the trending topics of every social networking service.
Seeing panicked Elvis on the news had been icing to his cake. This was just the beginning, he would make them pay for everything. He realised that Elvis had not changed much, sure he was a little older but Brandon would have recognized him if he had met him out on the the streets. His heart used to beat really fast previously whenever he saw that face but now he was just disgusted by the mans. He had been curious about Janet but the clever woman had locked herself in some undisclosed location.
In this game Brandon had all the chess pieces and he could move them however he wanted, no one would ever suspect him. Country T was a big country, Tony was dead and only Elvis and Janet knew his cause of death. He would real love to the couple turn against each other but that was entertainment for another day.
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Then another post when up, " I know what the two of you did, when he begged for mercy from you Elvis you death. What a great fiance." Chaos! Total chaos ensued right after. It felt like everyone was in front of their computers or on their phone waiting for the next update like their favourite novel.
Somebody out there knew something and everyone wanted in on it. Elvis had firmly declined interviews from the media try to stay as low key as possible. Morrison Holdings stock started falling. Never in the past years had Elvis thought that someone would come revenge on behalf of Tony, all his friends were in on it after all. So who was it? Who was trying to expose his dirty linen in public? Had he not foreseen Tony's cremation by himself he would have thought the man had faked his death and was back for revenge. If he knew how close he was to the truth he would go crazy.
He had tried to hire a water army to help clear his name but the were overwhelmed pretty fast and soon after people started digging in his personal life. Stories began surfacing online, the had touched on a wide variety of topics. From Janet and Elvis's relationship when Tony was still alive to why Elvis had inherited The James Holdings, suddenly the well woven web of lies was starting to have holes.
With Brandon fanning the flames from the back there was new topic of discussion everyday, he was hitting it over and over again while the rod was still hot never giving the Morrisons a break not like they deserved one.
With Janet no where to be found Elvis kept getting targeted by the general public, most actually believed that his silence meant he was guilty and turned on the police. Why were they not doing anything? Had they been bribed? Such a huge controversy demanded an investigation yet no one was taking action. Netizens were get restless and very soon Elvis was summoned to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation offices for questioning. That which did not go as planned, someone leaked his schedule and on the appointment day crowds had gathered a long the and at the gate screaming murdering, jeering and throwing things at him.
Never in his life had Elvis been humiliated like this and he had thought pretend to be gay was humiliating back then. His so called friends had deserted him, his business partners had all backed out on him. No one including his beloved wife was picking his calls. Never had he felt so desperate before.
But this was just the beginning, all the skeletons in his closet were about to come out.
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