I nodded. "Tell me what you know."
He cleared his throat. "Aidan, my father, though he is a complete dick who I still can't believe did something like this, was only acting on fear. He was afraid for our family and for AIS..."
"I didn't ask for you to plea for your father, James." I growled out. "Tell. Me. What. You. Know."
He nodded. "I overheard my father talking to Becca about a week ago." I looked at him furiously. "I needed to be sure, Aidan. I couldn't just put my father out there like that without being sure!"
I nodded in agreement. "Continue."
"After I overheard the conversation, I had the call traced and followed the trail from there. When I located Becca, she was in England. I forced her to talk to me, threatening to go to the authorities if she refused. That was when she told me about my father's involvement." He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Apparently, my father held that incident of Becca breaking into your home over her head. He has surveillance footage of her breaking in. He threatened her with prison time and destruction of her career with the felony, unless she assisted him with his plan."
"His plan?"
"He had false birth control pills created to replace Lilli's prescription." His head was dropped low. "I am so, so sorry. I was hoping that I was wrong about it and I am ashamed..."
"You didn't do it." I put my hand on his shoulder.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm not sure yet." I sighed out, pinching the bridge of my nose. "I am going to talk with Liam as well as Lilli. After that, I will be confronting your father." I growled out.
James left my office soon after and I sat at my desk. Lilli was right, how could she trust anything in this life with me. I reached for my desk phone.
"Amy, I will be leaving this afternoon. Please rearrange my schedule and have Liam’s schedule rearranged."
"Yes, sir, Mr. Iverson." Amy replied studiously before I hung up.
Next, I called Liam. "Liam Iverson’s office."
"Ginny, I need Liam."
"I’m sorry, Mr. Iverson, I wasn’t aware that you were calling. Please hold for one moment."
"Aidan?" Liam’s voice was immediately on the other end of the line.
"I need you to come with me this afternoon." My words sounded gravely eerie.
"What’s the matter?" Liam’s voice was dripping with concern.
"We have answers to the birth control pill situation."
"Oh, I’ll clear my…"
"I already have Amy on it. Meet me in the lobby around noon. I have a car prepared to take us to Lilli."
"Okay."
For the rest of the morning I attempted to do some work but failed miserably. I was barely participating in the many business calls and couldn’t focus on the documents spread haphazardly on my desk.
Liam met me in the lobby at noon, right on the dot. A few seconds later, we were in the car, heading toward the house as quickly as the afternoon traffic would allow us. Walking into the sitting room, I saw Lilli sitting with Viola. I looked at Liam who simply gave me a look that confirmed that he had called Viola to meet us.
Everyone sat while I paced the room, explaining the details of everything that James had told me.
"James should be here too." Lilli said quietly, "and your uncle."
"I’ll deal with him soon enough." I growled.
"I’ve already called them." She snapped.
I turned to look at her. The fierceness in her face was new. I wouldn’t dare test her fury at the moment.
"What are you going to do, Aidan?" Liam questioned.
"Keep in mind that he is family." Viola added.
"Family? HA! Family doesn’t drug each other! Apparently he missed that memo!" I sat roughly onto an antique chair, causing it to creak under the pressure.
"Aidan, he is still your Uncle and…" I looked up as Lilli sighed loudly and put her hands over her face. "And I can understand his fears, even if he had a distorted way of securing the safety of his family and the family business."
She was trying to be rational but I could tell that she wanted blood.
Jay entered the room with James and Henry following him. I clenched my jaw and fists while narrowing my eyes on him.
"Please sit, Henry." Liam motioned to the chair opposite me.
"Aidan, what..?"
"Perhaps you would care to explain to me your relationship with Becca Johnson? Or maybe, just maybe, you would like to beg for my wife’s forgiveness?" I shouted and moved to the edge of my seat.
"Aidan…" Lilli warned.
"What are you—?"
Henry was cut off by James, who placed his hand on Henry’s shoulder.
"Father, we know about Becca and using her to switch the birth control pills."
Henry’s face drained to a pale white sheet of what was once there. His eyes widened and he opened and closed his mouth a few times.
"I think that this may be the first time that I’ve seen you speechless." I snorted out at him. "How could you do that to me? To Lilli?!"
"I...I simply…Aidan, I was terrified that we would lose everything that my father built up. Perhaps, it wasn’t the most honest way to…"