Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dr. Solomon Kane (Research & Development) in Legal Matters

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Alexis Kane (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Legal Matters

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dr. Solomon Kane (Research & Development) in Legal Matters
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Anthony keyed the panel to his, well Alexis’, quarters. He entered and walked over to the desk picking up a PaDD, signed it, and handed it to Alexis. “We know that Allison is going to lose it when she finds out. She’s going to go after everything. She’ll try to get more out of me and she might even go after Alexis. Here’s the thing though, other than demanding my shares in the divorce, she NOR her lawyers have done anything to pause our assets. So, before you go poking the beast, let’s take care of the bakery. Alexis, I’ve signed all my shares over to you. If you don’t want them, but don’t want to wait for your mother’s approval, you can sign your half of the bakery to Kane. Then he will own 3/4th of it. And since I am gifting them to you, Allison can’t demand any percentage of my profits. I didn’t make any.” While he talked he walked over to the replicator and after a swirl of lights he turned and set a bowl on the floor for Frigga.

“My lawyer is waiting for the paperwork. He’ll file it immediately. Then send her the files and we’ll watch the fireworks.”

Anthony

Kane thought for a moment and then looked at Alexis. “Hey… I know shit like this makes you feel all kinds of gross. But this is a good call. It gets your mom away from your dad, protects him, and insulates you. Because to get to you, she’ll have to go through me. So will her lawyers. You won’t have to deal with it. And I actually want to. But… it’s your call. And I will back you no matter what you decide.”

Kane

Alexis had already signed acceptance of Anthony’s shares. She was reading over the papers while her dad and Solomon talked. “Hmmm except I know you don’t want to run a business. You want to handle this the way you wanted to handle Soulis.” There was a very matter of fact tone to her voice and quirk to her lips that showed she may not like it, but found it more than acceptable. “This protects him financially and his retirement. Even at a 1/4th ownership of the bakery, Mom still makes more than he does. Even more now that he has no income from his shares of the bakery. See mom gets money from the shares but she is also paid a salary just like she pays her employees. The courts won’t grant her alimony and her lawyers won’t be getting their fee from the settlement. Mom will have to pay out of her own finances.” Alexis hadn’t signed hers over to Solomon, yet. She wanted clear time stamps on each document, showing the progression of the paperwork. She continued to read and then looked up at Anthony. “Daddy.”

Anthony shrugged, “You said you didn’t want to take them away from her. So, you give the patents of your recipes to Kane. Your mom can continue to use them, but if she missteps, it’s another tool, Kane can use. And of course if you are ever completely done with it you can always sell those patents and recipes to Allison for a hefty sum.”

Alexis nodded and signed her shares and control of the patents over to Solomon and then handed him the PaDD. It required three signatures: acceptance of his initial 25% shares, then acknowledgement that Anthony gave his to Alexis, and finally acceptance of all of Alexis shares. “We’ll have to send a record of the marriage certificate as well.”

Anthony

Kane signed, thumb-printed, and attached the marriage certificate. “Done.” and he handed the PaDD to Anthony to send. “You send that, so I can send my file.” and he chuckled. “I wonder how bad she will lose it?”

Kane

Anthony sat down at the desk and keyed in the comm code for the JAG office at command. “Oh bad. And if her door still isn’t working, engineering won’t have to just reset the computer code, they’ll have to replace the door and probably the desktop, shelves, and any glass like surface.” The connection went through, “Cpt Drebnac’s office. Oh! Cmdr Bonner. Hold on just a moment, he’s on another call, but he said to put you through.” A moment later a nasally higher range tenor voice sounded. “Anthony. No news, nothing has changed.”

Anthony chuckled, “Oh a lot has changed. My daughter got married.” There was a spikey little laugh, “Ah, well falicitations to your daughter and her husband. I presume you have made some business decisions to ensure your daughter’s financial future and your stabilize your current finances, yes?”

“Correct Drebnac. I’m sending you the files now. You can take care of this today?” The comm was quiet as the Ferengi lawyer looked over the documents, “Yes, these are all in order. It’s early here so I will go file these immediately, in person. I will let you know when it’s done. Oh and I sent that official offer for you to pay for Alisson’s immediate travel back to Earth. Came back declined with her signature and bioscan. That VPO request is going to look really bad for her later. Alright, I have work to do.” The screen went blank and Anthony chuckled. “Well, it will be a few hours at least before it’s finalized. Dreb will make sure it’s all signed, sealed, and filed correctly before he leaves the clerk’s office.”

Anthony

Kane looked at Alexis and then took her hand. “Comm us when its done. We’ll be in our quarters. There is a lot to discuss.” He looked at Alexis and said “Ready? Or is there anything you need right now?”

Kane

“No nothing I need right now.” She stood, letting his hand pull her up, “Except to get out of this dress uniform.” Anthony thought he might pull a muscle. Alexis was oblivious as she turned her head to call Frigga. “You two go on, I can babysit Frigga for a few hours.” Anthony laughed at his own joke, fully aware he was probably the only one enjoying it. He held up a brand new bright yellow tennis ball. “You wanna stay don’t you Frigga.” The dog trotted over and sat right at his feet, eyes fixed on the ball.

Alexis sighed and shook her head as they walked out. “Everyone bribes my…our dog.” They moved down the corridor to their quarters. As the door slid shut, Alexis asked, “What do we need to discuss?”

Alexis

Kane undid the hair tie and shook out his hair. He then sighed and reached forward and started undoing her tunic.

Alexis stepped in close to him running her fingers through his hair before reaching for the closure of his tunic.

“Well… there is a certain social convention in many cultures that is deemed ‘consummation of the marriage’. So… we’re gonna do that. And we’re gonna keep on doing that until we feel like stopping.” He tossed her tunic to the floor along with his and he reached down and scooped her up off the floor and held her against him. He walked towards the bedroom as he leaned in and kissed her.

Kane, Husband of Alexis

Alexis stared into his eyes, “Oh good because I really didn’t want to talk.” Her arms went around him, pressing so close they might be trying meld together. She kissed him back with all the feeling and meaning that she didn’t have words to express, but their hearts understood.

Lex, Wife of Kane

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A few hours later, the comms chirped and Kane rolled over and silenced it. “I bet that is your dad. Are you gonna get it? Or…” and he grinned and kissed her.

Kane

Alexis shrugged and kissed him, her hand caressing up and down his back. After several minutes she answered him, “No, he hasn’t commed again, and I don’t feel like stopping.” She sighed, “Unless of course you want to know what it is right now.” Alexis kissed him again, “I love you.”

Alexis

Kane looked at her for a long moment, a thoughtful and slightly confused look on his face. “I love you too, Lex. More than anything.” He kissed her back, and soon the vomm was the furthest thing from his mind.

Kane

The earlier comm had been a request for Frigga’s presence and when Alexis didn’t answer, GALEN had simply located Frigga and summoned her. Anthony, no matter how quickly Drebnac got the papers filed, had no intention of bother thing for at least 12 hours. He certainly couldn’t have his new son-in-law thinking he really was trying to ruin all his fun. Anthony chuckled to himself. It had been long enough he supposed and he tapped his combadge. =/\=Cmdr Bonner to Cmdr Kane. Whenever you have time.=/\= Anthony chuckled and wondered which of them would answer.

Bonner

Kane looked at his wife and said “Now then… which one of us is he talking to is the question.” and he smiled and kissed Alexis and then tapped the comm by the bed to audio only. =/\= What? =/\= was all he said.

Kane

Anthony rolled his eyes with a laugh. He hadn’t expected anything else. =/\=I received that confirmation we were waiting for. I shouldn’t interrupt but I’m really curious about what’s gonna happen, so whenever you proceed I’d like to know.=/\=

Alexis had shrugged, which only curled her closer against him when Solomon asked who her dad was talking to. Given her father’s answer, “He’s talking to you.” She kissed his neck and then laid against his shoulder and closed her eyes.

Alexis, the other Kane

Kane looked down at her and said “Lex… we gotta do this. Pull the bandaid off. Quick and get it over with.” He tapped the comms. =/\= Thirty minutes. Meet you there in twenty. =/\= and he closed the comms. H3 sat up and sighed. Looking down at her, he smiled. “I’m really happy you let me marry you.” and he stood up and started getting dressed.

Kane

Alexis sat up next to him, kissed him with a soft sigh. “I’m really glad you drew that picture.” Which one? The one he drew of their hands and her wearing an engagement ring, but really it could have been any of them. Solomon, along with his drawings, made Alexis think about things she never took the time to consider. She stood when he did and kissed him again, quickly. “I’m glad I was wrong and you were right.” She grabbed her close and disappeared into the bathroom.

Twenty minutes later they were walking back into Anthony’s quarters. On his computer screen was the confirmation of all the filed documents. “She’ll get notice of the transfer of shares in about 4 hours.”

Anthony

Kane nodded and said “Then let’s get this bandaid off and clean the wound.” He went to the computer terminal and tapped in some commands. “Ok, she’s in the Lounge. I’m gonna ping her for a message waiting for he runner quarters, annnnd sent. Ok.” He looked up at Anthony and Alexis. “Here is how this is gonna play more than likely, based on her shown behaviors and personality. She’s gonna get that message, see the holos and the vid, and lose her s#!t. She will more than likely storm her way to our quarters first to try and confront Alexis because that is who she targets. When we aren’t there, she will come here. And she is gonna be on fire. Anthony, you answer the door. Lex, if you don’t wanna deal with this, you don’t have to. You can be in the bedroom or go to the lab if you want. If you wanna stay, just know she is gonna try to hurt you. And you too, Anthony. Accept it. Know its gonna happen. And then just move past it when it happens. We can’t give her any room to manipulate or play us against each other. Are we all on the same page?”

Kane

It was so tempting to not be there. To go work in the lab or sickbay. Alexis found dealing with things like this repulsive. Not just because it was a waste of time that could be spent more productively, but because she didn’t like dealing with the emotional details. If she was being honest and let herself acknowledge how she felt, Alisson had hurt her, deeply. Alexis could look back and see how it happened over the years, and even acknowledge that she chose to ignore it. Even if things weren’t perfect, if her mother didn’t understand her, Alexis had allowed herself to believe that both her parents loved her. That just wasn’t true. Operating with false assumptions ruined the data and the accuracy of the analysis. Alexis walked over to the replicator. The lights swirled and she walked away with a bright red carbonated drink which she took with her to the couch. “We’re on the same page.”

Anthony watched Alexis as she thought and then made her decision. He really would rather her go to the lab, but like he’d told Kane, Alexis had far too few choices when it came to her mother and he would do his best not to influence her choices. He nodded to Kane, “Yep we’re good.”

Alisson got the ping that she had a message. She was sure it was either from the really expensive (so they must ensure she won) lawyer or a friend from back home. She could check it later. Right now she was enjoying the attention of people in the lounge. She’d made bagels, of every flavor, and they were still freshly warm out of the oven. People were just scrabbling over themselves to get even just one. She chatted and was charming. Why, everyone just loved her. Except for those annoying scientists from the arboretum. They liked her, but they just thought Anthony was brilliant. Brilliant. That term was one of the nicer ones used to describe her daughter. Alisson prided herself on how well she pretended to make it a compliment when she talked about Alexis. If people just knew what she went though trying to raise her. And Anthony! Anthony encouraging her to just be strange and uncooperative all the time. Making Alexis like him more than her own mother. How dare he?! Well she would finally get what she deserved out of that marriage.

An hour later Alisson finally went back to her quarters. She was going to make soft rolls to take to the lounge for the dinner rush. Yes everyone would like that. Alisson walked over to the table and tossed flower down on the surface and began to add ingredients to the bowl. “Computer play my messages.” First there was one from Rose about the bakery and a special order. Then there was one from one of the other Star Fleet wives. One from her lawyer telling her again she needed to leave the ship. Well he didn’t know what he was talking about. She was enjoying herself. The last one had a video that she wasn’t really paying attention to at first. ‘Alexis what vows do you have for the person beside you?‘

Alisson’s head snapped up like a hunting dog that just caught scent. What? She walked over to the console, damp floured hands leaving prints on the desk, and leaned in to watch. Alisson blinked. Alexis got married!? without her? What was she wearing? When did this happen? There was no ship wide announcement? Didn’t they still do those? How could she not tell her own mother! And no cake? Oh the cakes Alisson could have made. Works of art that should never be eaten, but tasted better than they looked. Alisson sighed with longing before she remembered she was mad.

Then the pictures started. Was that…FRIGGA? Alexis brought that d@mn dog with her but not her own mother? Alisson seethed, grinding her teeth. However it was the picture of Anthony holding a glass of champagne and smiling like the proudest father ever that made Alisson pick up and throw the computer terminal across the room. Where the screen broke and the glass of the coffee table did to as it landed. Alisson only managed to remember to take her apron off. She was quite a sight with her hair and clothes covered in flour and dough, her hair falling in strands, and alternating between muttering and screeching as she made her way down the corridor. She left floury handprints behind her.

Where would Alexis be? Well if Alexis was normal she’d be in her quarters celebrating with her new husband. But Alexis wouldn’t do something like that. Honestly how did they even get her to take 20 minutes off to get married? No Alisson took the lift to deck 12 and tried to make the computer let her into secondary sickbay because that HAD to be where Alexis was.

=/\=CMDR KANE, YOU WISHED TO BE INFORMED OF ALISSON BONNER’S MOVEMENTS. SHE IS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO SECONDARY SICKBAY. SHOULD I CALL SECURITY?=/\= GALEN’s ever helpful voice sounded in Anthony’s quarters, clearly speaking to Solomon.

Alisson