Chapter 4

The ride to the theater was longer, so both Kylie and Jeremy got to talk. Christmas break was approaching in just over a week, and he wanted to see if Kylie would want to travel to Los Angeles with him for a week. His family would be visiting some cousins and dealing with hiring some new business executives. He wanted to take Kylie to Disneyland and just show her around the city.

“Have you ever been to LA?” Jeremy asked.

“I think when I was like two. Not anything I can remember. Why?”

“I have to go with my family over break. I want you to come.”

“You really want a second date,” Kylie said while grinning and giggling.

“I was thinking of taking you as my girlfriend.”

Kylie just stared at him. She was not expecting this at all. She so wanted him to be her boyfriend but was expecting things to go slower. She was not going to let this get away from her.

“I would love to go with my boyfriend. If he could persuade my mom,” she replied. Her face showed a glow of happiness which Jeremy noticed. He soon replicated it.

“I think I can do that.”

“There may be a slight problem. I don’t think I can afford it.”

“I will cover it, don’t worry.”

“I can’t ask you to do that. I need to be able to cover my part.”

“My invite. My offer. My money.” he replied. “Listen, we have not talked about money, and I promise I will explain how I can afford it later. But for now, just go along with it, okay? I really want you to come.”

“Okay. I would love to go.”

As they pulled up to the theater, they noticed that a lot of their fellow classmates were in line for tickets. Jeremy looked over to Kylie, who looked out the window with a scared expression. He knew that some of the people had bullied her, and this may be stressful.

“You know we can skip the movie if you want. We can just hang out alone.”

“You would really do that?” she asked. She was internally grateful for the offer. While she wanted to show off her boyfriend, this was not the place.

“Yes. I can see you are uncomfortable with all of them here.”

“I am. Let’s just go hang out. If your sure it’s okay.”

“Totally. Let’s go to my place. We can watch a movie on our TV.”

“Thank you,” Kylie added as they started to drive toward Jeremy’s house.

While the kids were having dinner, their parents were meeting each other for the first time. Unknown to each other that their children were now boyfriend and girlfriend.

“Hello, Ms. Robertson,” Jason stated as they walked into the room. Mary had set up the presentation shortly before. They shook hands, and he introduced his wife. “This is Cassidy. My wife.”

“It’s great to meet you both. Please call me Mary. Ms. Robertson never sounds right to me.” she said while giggling. Both Cassidy and Jason smiled and nodded back. “My boss was unable to make it as he came down with an illness. I have been given permission to do the presentation solo. Is that an issue?”

“Not at all. We are really looking forward to it,” Jason replied.

“Great! Let’s get started,” Mary responded as she walked over to the computer to start the presentation.

It went well. Mary presented all the aspects of the business and never stumbled over any questions.

“I think this would be a good investment for us,” Cassidy stated.

“I agree. So is our initial offer acceptable? Five million for thirty-three percent of outstanding shares?” Jason asked.

“Yes. We actually would be willing to sell a further ten percent for an additional one point five million.” Mary responded.

“That sounds fair. Let’s do it. Have the deal written up and spent over. We will wire the money into your company accounts.” Jason said after agreeing with his wife.

“Great!” Mary added. “I will get it done first thing tomorrow. My daughter is out on a date tonight, so I need to make sure she gets home safe.”

“We were about to say the same thing. Our son is out on a date as well!” Cassidy responded while laughing slightly.

“This would be quite a coincidence, but what’s your son’s name?”

“Jeremy”

“Well, I am going to say that’s the same Jeremy I met earlier tonight when he picked up my daughter.”

“WOW! The chances!” Jason said while joining in on the laughing.

“I have to say. He was very polite when I was introduced earlier. You raised a great son.”

“Thank you. I hope to meet your daughter soon. I am guessing if tonight’s date goes well, we will see more of each other.”

“I would assume so!”

Mary was slightly worried at the fact that she now knew Jeremy potentially had access to a large amount of money. She did not want her daughter to get involved or attached to his wealth.

The parents who were renewed by this new connection began to discuss school, raising their children, and business. They spent the next few hours just talking.

Meanwhile, back at Jeremy’s house, the children were just walking in.

“We can go into the living room and put on a movie,” Jeremy told Kylie.

She nodded and followed him into the living room. The TV was bigger than any other she had ever seen before. This was something that Jeremy convinced his parents to buy as they watched so many movies at home. Her face must have convinced Jeremey it was overwhelming. He decided it may be a good time to explain his financial status.

“Let’s sit and talk for a min. I want to explain some stuff about my life, so you are not surprised. Given your my girlfriend now.”

“Okay...,” Kylie responded with a questioning tone.

“I have a lot of money, way more than I can ever use. I wanted to let you know now as you will see aspects of it around the house and my ability to do things. Like taking you to LA.”