Negotiation 2

Michael help Alex travel back to his house the both of them kept quiet the entire trip back after Alex finally got back home. He looked at Michael who still had a sad expression on his face which was uncharacteristic for him.

Alex wanted to say that they could always just find a game publishers by themselves and negotiate with them. But, Alex knew that Michael wouldn't agree as he really wanted his father to be apart of Alex's plans. As Alex had spoken about many of the other game he wanted to create which would cause a lot of controversy in the future. And they would need to create a professional law team to handle those types of problems. As well as other illegal business they would need.

Which is why after hearing about it Michael strongly recommend his father's law firm even though he's father firm wasn't very big or well-known. His father had been considered as one of the top best lawyers at his previous law firm and was an upright man. Which is why he left his previous law firm which was considered one of the best in their city before it was investigated for unlawful practice after finding out about what they were doing in the dark.

And if Alex was able to accomplish his goals of creating a gaming company that surpass EA and other gaming companies. And push the boundaries of what people thought about video games would create a lot of work for his father company. Which is why he was willing to sacrifice his dreams of being one of the pillars of their future company.

After dropping Alex home Michael worked back to his own house which wasn't to far from Alex's home. After entering the house Michael went up to his room to get some reset and clear his mind laying on his signal bedroom bed. Which was in the shape of a sport car which Michael had started to regret buying as he got older.

As his older sister Gabriella told him that he would never be able to get together with Ashley if she ever entered his room, which was filled with comic book and movie posters. The only thing that he was confident enough to show his future wife was his computer that he modified himself.

However, he's older sister said most girls weren't interested in computers but, Michael believed that Ashley wasn't like most girls. And he had confidence that he could win her heart as he gets older than they could start dating. Which worried Michael since they had a three year age gap and Ashley could just start dating someone her own age.

After having this thought just made Michael more sad than he was already, "I should tell Alex to start telling Ashley to focus on her getting work experience even more." Mattered Michael to himself.

As even though Ashley and her older sister had been considered two of the most beautiful girls in high school both of them never went out with any boys. And would only attend parties organized by the school or their close friends and stay far away from boys.

David finally left work but, he was still in a bad mood about how things turned out today and decided to talk to that his wife first about his current dilemma on what to do. After getting home David found his wife in the kitchen repairing dinner. Walking behind her he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the cheek.

"Oh, what's gotten into you today? Did the talk with the boys go well today?" Asked Maria sweetly to David who was currently holding onto her tightly.

"Huhhh"

Sighing David replied with a hint of disappointment "Not exactly."

"Hmmm, okey go wash up dinners almost ready and don't think about it too much alright." Said Maria as she didn't want her husband to feel stressed out while at home which wasn't good for him.

David decided to take his wife advice to go wash up and to clear his head. After ten minutes every body set down at the dinner table and ate silently.

Michael and David didn't talk to each other the intire time, which made Maria and her daughter Gabriella feel a little uncomfortable as these two men were the ones who usually drove the conversation.

And it nearly stayed like that for a while before Gabriella spoke up and talked about her day. However the two men didn't seem interested in her story. So Maria and Gabriella were the only ones who talked about their day and other unrelated topics.

Gabriella is twenty years old and is pursuing a career in medicine. She had light tand brown skin, dark chocolate eyes, long black hair. ( see comments for a better picture of both mother and daughter appearance. )

Beginning her first year of medical school after completing her undergraduate degree. At Columbia University beginning at the tender age of fifteen.

This is due to the pressure brought on by her close family friends Jennifer and Ashley. Who had always been top of the class at their pervious high. At first she didn't care to much about this detail howeve, being always compared to the both them.

Than later on Duke their younger brother, who was just as well discipline in his studies. Cause her to become more driven and focus in her own studies. After going through a bit of a rebellious phase for a time.

She even had the tattoos to show it but, after a talk with her aunt Martha and her mother she completely changed. Finishing high school at the age of fifteen leaving Jennifer and Ashley behind.

Conversing with her mother about, her first day at SUNY Downstate Medical School. She would take brief glances at her younger brother and father who remained quiet as they ate their meals.

After dinner everyone went to bed early instead of setting down and watching tv as they usually did after dinner. "So do you want to talk about what happened today with you and the boys. Or.. is now not the best time?" Asked Maria

David and Maria have been married for 10 years after he and his ex wife got divorced, after she cheated on him with one of his good friends who was a doctor. She also wanted to take full custody of their son Michael, but Michael was a very smart kid and knew that his mother was the one at fault.

As David quiet his job to protect their family from being implicated in his firm crimes. Michael also kept running away from the house his ex-wife stayed at with her new husband. Which made the court think he was the one who was involved in his actions. However, David was a experience lawyer and was able to get full custody of Michael after a long illegal battle.

After that they lived together with Maria and her daughter Gabriella for a while. Maria used to be their house keeper and Michael's baby sitter she had been the one who basically raised Michael every since he was born.

Hence Michael has always seen Maria as more of a mother than his own biological mother, as she would spend most of her time attending social gathering than be at home.

Hence their strained relationship with each other and since David lost his job and had to spend even more time trying to start up his own firm. He encouraged Maria to move in with them with her daughter also move in as well.

Maria had never been married before and Gabriella's biological father never wanted to be involved in raising a child. And had never contacted Maria after she got pregnant with Gabriella and so there was no problem in living together with them.

After David established his own lawyer firm he had more free time to spend the his son he started to develop feelings for Maria. And David wasn't a shy men after figuring out his feelings for Maria he boldly told her how he felt about her. And asked her if she felt the same way about him, which she also confess her feelings for him. They than began dating for about a year before getting married.

It also helped that Maria was an absolutely stunning beauty with her curvaceous body that all Mexican women were known for. Her jet black hair, dark brown eyes and light tand skin tone made her the envy of many women.

His previous wife also didn't like her due to her attractive appearance her face alone was enough for many men to come running after her.

Now they have been married for almost 10 years now and have known each other for about sixteen years now. Both knew each other very well by now and had great chemistry and understood each other. Which was much better than his previous marriage which was arranged by his father, he couldn't say he had a happy marriage with Michael biological mother.

Even after he caught her cheating on him he was more upset about his best friend sleep with her than anything else. So he didn't have a strong reaction for what she did so getting a divorce wasn't a big problem for him.

After the awkward dinner conversation which was basically just between his wife and adopted daughter. After settling down on their bed David began relating what had happened today between himself and Michael and David.

"It's about Michael he wants to continue making those silly videos games and I'm afraid he wants to make it his future career." Said David lamenting at his son choice in occupation.

"So what if he wants to create video games for a living, it doesn't sound bad I mean look at how many kids ask their parents to buy them those things. It seems to me that there a lot of money to be with those silly little games." Said Maria clearly having a different opinion of the situation.

"Wait you actually agree to let him continue down these path." Said David in surprise at his wife reaction to the situation

"Oh, cariño (sweet heart) if this is what Michael wants to do with his life why stop, remember how you told me how you fought with your father about becoming a lawyer. Why do you want to stop your on son from following his own dream. At the very least give him a chance to prove himself just like you did cariño." Said Maria

After hearing Maria's explanation made David reconsider his previous actions as he also remembers how hard he fought his own father to be a lawyer. So why was he so angry about letting his own son go down his own path. Even if it didn't work out at least he would learn a lesson from failing.

(Huhhh)

Sighed David, "Your right, everyone has the right to choose their own path in life."Said David seeing that his wife had a point about the whole thing.

"Good and that why you always have to listen to me before making such big decisions without me. Now hurry up and go talk to your son and make up."

"Wait like right now?" Asked David.

"Yes, now. Now hurry up and get going Rápido, rápido, levántate y vete." ( Translation Quickly get up and go) Said Maria