For The Love Of Chéri (CHAPTERS 1-112 REWRITTEN)

Chapter 173 : Marcel, Knight In Shining Plastic

"Come in, Lennon!" Dolores called.

Lennon walked into her office. He was wearing a short-sleeved black shirt, tight black plastic trousers and a thick, black metal bodice belt around his waist. His blond hair was shaved close on the sides, and the longer back had been braided.

He sat down in front of Dolores, "You called for me, momma Dolores?"

"Yes. At this moment, all teams are being informed that you are AK and head of security. You are also in possession of Bordello codes and have power over all team sets. Now, sign..." Dolores said as she pushed a piece of paper towards Lennon.

"What's this..?" Lennon asked as he picked up the paper and started to read it.

"It is part of your pre nuptial agreement with Chéri, but this pertains to your job. It states that you will currently hold, in good faith, a portion of the business, and upon your wedding to my baby son, it will become a real percentage. It will also contain penalties and forfeits should you both separate or divorce within a certain timeframe."

"I agree." Lennon said quickly as he signed, "but, I will never leave Chéri, anyway."

"Good. What are your first initiatives?" Dolores asked.

"I am going to be the last AK. I am changing the title, as of now, to TK, talent keeper. The assets are now 'talent'. They are human beings, not commodities. I have hired a squad of asian women trained in martial arts as a personal inner core security team. I am also doing away with Marcel's concept of bands. I don't want there to be..." Lennon was cut off by his phone ringing. It was Nathan.

Lennon answered the phone before smiling at Dolores.

"Lenn?"

"Nate, what's up? I'm in a meeting with Momma Dolores?" Lennon said.

"Lenn, this is important. We're with the student group at a gas station and I just got a phone call from paa, practically ordering Logan and me to force you out of the house. I told him we've just left the place. Papa said that momma was awoken by a phone call in the middle of the night from an asian soundin' female, who was sayin' that you were in grave danger. Paa said when he woke up this mornin' momma was gone and uncle Dutch arrived sayin' she had asked him over to watch Paa."

"What the fuck...?" Lennon replied in shock.

"That ain't all. Papa's ordered Lo and I not to communicate with anyone from the family and not to tell them where we all live. Lenn... I'm really frightened. I'm scared of that French guy and his minions. Please, get the hell out the Bordello!" Nathan said.

Dolores leant forward, looking interested at whatever was being said on the phone.

"Nate! Thing's are different now! 'Ol ratatouille has lost all his power! He should be frightened of me! Not the other way around!" Lennon said.

Lennon could hear the phone being snatched out of Nathan's hand, by Logan, "Look, Lenn... can't you just leave until after Christmas, so we can all talk and have some time to think? Paa was very insistent on the phone! So much so, I think we really need to listen to him. Even if it means we can't talk to Coco or Serena."

Lennon rolled his eyes. "Listen! I'll talk to Paa! Don't you two get it?! Marcel, has lost! Game over! Lights out! Good night! The old man is done and he knows it. He's lucky I haven't evicted him from the Bordello...yet."

Dolores hit her table with her fist, and then held up her index finger in objection to what she had heard.

Logan continued, "Lenn, Paa sounded worried! And he's never worried 'bout nothin'. He said if he could fly, he would come out here himself and drag you out the house by force. By the way Lenn, he thinks it's a big house!"