Glory Braddock vs. Katie Steward

[Braddock]

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November 8th, 2021
Miami, Florida
Off Camera
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It had been a month since The British Bombshell paid a visit to her Charlotte, North Carolina headquarters. And there everyone was happy with a sense of jubilance, a feeling of a brighter future ahead for them and everyone at the Glorious Golden Enterprise. But Glory Braddock is not in Charlotte. Today she finds herself in her smaller Miami offices and the feeling here is far different. The air is thick with tension, the mood is quite somber, which is a far different from the mood felt a month ago when Glory Braddock walked through her company’s Charlotte office. The change in scenery as well as the change in mood comes with a good reason; namely the looming threat of none other than rival Ronald D. Kennedy. RDK had once done everything within his power to sabotage Glory’s company during a time when they were attempting to dip their toe into the modeling industry. Braddock’s cousin, Kayla Jones, ran a modeling agency that was going through a difficult financial time and Glory wanted to help her through it by funding the agency. But RDK wanted the agency all for himself. Braddock thought that she had rid herself of RDK through a deceptive tactic of continuing to fund the modeling agency under an assumed name in order to throw Kennedy off the trail. But now he is back and causing more trouble.

RDK isn’t the only problem. There is also the issue of Thomas Gage, Glory’s ex-boyfriend. Glory suspected that he was the one behind RDK’s return. Glory still suspects Thomas despite Thomas’s insistence that it was not him. But what concerns The British Bombshell is what Gage said; he ominously warned that he would stop all of her enemies, including RDK. What does he mean by that? How far will Thomas go to protect a woman that he may still love, a woman he may still believe belongs to him?

The blonde haired British Bombshell walks through the empty offices of her Miami, Florida corporate headquarters. Glory is dressed in a floral print yellow sun dress, sandals, and her long blonde hair hangs straight and unrestrained to past the shoulders. She has sunglasses sitting up on her head. This is a one story building, small, and on this day empty due to Braddock allowing her employees to have the day off. The day off isn’t necessarily earned, nor is it because Braddock is feeling generous. She just needs this place for an important meeting today with her business partners.

Braddock walks down the empty hallway and spots a room with a light on inside. Glory approaches the room. She steps through the door and into the room. Inside she spots that her business partners have already arrived. Sitting at one end of an oval shaped desk is her cousin, president of the modeling agency Kayla Jones. Sitting at the other end of the oval shaped desk is Francis Taylor, president of the Glorious Golden Enterprises. Despite the tense circumstances behind this particular meeting, Glory does manage to force a polite grin on her face as she greets them both.

“Thanks for being here. I’m glad you both got here early. Maybe we can get this started and over with, eh?” Glory says as she approaches Kayla. Her cousin stands up and embraces Glory in a tight hug. Braddock then turns to Francis, who stands up and shakes Glory’s hand. Francis and Kayla sit back down at the table. The British Bombshell goes over to a smaller table nearby where coffee is being made. She takes three small mugs passes them over to the bigger oval desk. She turns off the coffee pot and takes the coffee over to the table.

“Coffee?” She offers Kayla. Her cousin nods and Glory pours her a cup. She goes over to Francis.

“Coffee, mate?” Francis nods her head. Glory pours her a cup. Braddock then goes over and pours herself a cup of coffee as well. Braddock drops the coffee pot back off at the smaller table and then walks back over and finds her seat at the oval table in between Kayla and Francis. Glory sips her coffee before speaking.

“As you both know, we wanted Glorious Golden Enterprises to get involved in the modeling business. It was Francis’s idea to increase our profit margin but for me it was just about helping a family member keep her dreams alive.” She looks across at Kayla and sighs. “But RDK kept causing problems. He used my own reputation against me to try and run the modeling agency into the ground. And his plan was succeeding. So I had to do the only thing I could do…I had to bow out. I had to make certain that the name ‘Glory Braddock’ was in no way associated to your modeling agency, Kayla.”

Kayla nods her head. “Right, and you decided instead to keep funding the agency under an assumed name.”

“It was a risky move but the plan was working.” Francis points out. “Kennedy had backed off. He had no proof that you were still involved, Glory. We are able to continue funding the agency, even if we were not officially the owners, and we made a good profit off of it.”

“Unfortunately RDK is back.” Glory says with a sigh of disgust. “And I want to know why? After all this time why is he back? What the hell has the bloke learned?”

“Well he hired some real good private investigators.” Kayla points out as she sips on her coffee. Glory rolls her eyes.

“Yeah, I know. My attorney told me about that. Bloody private investigators…”

“You used one before.” Kayla remarks.

“Yeah, that was a mistake I won’t make again.”

“But what did his investigators find out?” Francis asks.

“They found out who has been paying me and my modeling agency.” Kayla says with a somber frown. “They found out that Lindsey Noel has been the name behind the agency’s funding. And they even made the connection between that name and you, Glory.”

Glory’s face goes white as a sheet. “You mean…”

“I’m afraid so. They found out that Lindsey Noel and Glory Braddock are on and the same. So Kennedy knows that you have still been funding me all along and that you still technically own the agency.”

“Bloody hell,” an exasperated sigh escapes her lips “so what kind of damage are we talking about?”

“Well, RDK has been ramping up the propaganda.” Kayla says. “He has been telling every one of my models that you’re still the owner. All of the same garbage he has been trying to spread about you and your reputation, he’s at it again.” A grin forms on Kayla’s face. “But the good news is that so far NONE of the models are buying any of his crap.”

“Seriously?”

“Seriously. RDK is tempting them, tempting them with some nice offers at that, but they aren’t believing his lies and they aren’t tempted by his offers. They are sticking with us.”

Braddock turns her attention to Francis. “What about the main Glorious Golden Enterprise? Has RDK gone after us?”

“Of course. He has tried accusing us of dirty business, white collar crimes, and the like, but none of it is working. Nothing he is saying sticks. Our advertisers are sticking with us. Our profits are still up. We’re in a good shape.”

A sigh of relief escapes Glory Braddock’s lips. Maybe things are not as bad as she thought they were? Or maybe Thomas Gage is working his own magic behind the scenes? He did promise to protect her, to defend her against her enemies? Is all of this his doing? Either way, The British Bombshell is happy that things seem to be going her way, regardless of who is responsible.

“That’s wonderful news. So RDK isn’t a problem?”

“No, he isn’t, but there is a new problem that I just learned about this morning.” Francis states with a stoic, emotionless gaze on her face. “And that’s the real reason we need to meet today.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Meagan.”

Glory frowns. The Meagan that she is referencing is none other than Meagan Collins. Glory at one time had utilized Meagan Collins’s unique skills in dirty backroom politics and connections within the criminal underworld to remove any and all potential threats to her power from with in her company. Federal authorities got wind of what was happening. They FBI got too close and Glory threw Meagan under the bus, claiming no knowledge of what had happened and blaming everything on Meagan. This name is a demon from Glory’s past, it is one of her many sins that she had hoped would not catch up to her.

“What about Meagan?”

“Her legal team has received a huge monetary donation from an anonymous donor.” Francis says with a wry grin. “Sounding familiar, Gloria?”

Braddock nods her head. “Unfortunately it does. Clyde Sutter receives help from an anonymous help to fund a legal battle against me, RDK receives anonymous tips that convinces him to harass me again, and now Meagan Collins, another threat to me, is receiving anonymous help.”

“In my line of business that is NOT a coincidence.” Francis states. “You have an enemy.”

“I have many enemies, Francis. But which one is behind this?”

“I don’t know. But whoever it is has proven to be a godsend for Collins. Her legal team is filing an appeal to her prison sentence. She may get released soon.” Francis leans forward. “Let’s not beat around the bush, Gloria. Everyone here in this room knows you had something to do with a lot of the crimes from last year. The Board members being blackmailed into submission or bullied into quitting. The shooting of the Alan family home.”

“I did NOT ask Meagan to do that!” Glory snaps back angrily at Francis. Seeing her reaction causes Francis to back off a little.

“Maybe Meagan did go into business for herself? But the fact is the Alan family were your chief enemies. They founded this company that you happened to buy out from under them. They wanted it back and they had powerful allies on the Board of Directors. Those Board members were bullied and intimidated, right before the Alan family themselves were attacked at Meagan’s request.”

“That’s right, MEAGAN’S request, not mine!”

“And you threw her under the bus.” Francis points out. “Meagan will want revenge.”

“She’s right.” Kayla chimes in. “I know Meagan better than either of you, she is one vindictive bitch, and if she gets out, she will come after you.”

“She has no evidence.” Glory says, shaking her head. “I used Meagan as a lobbyist, to convince the Board members to side with me. Lobbying is not illegal.”

“Meagan doesn’t care about the law.” Kayla points out. “She will come after you illegally if she has to.”

Glory is beyond frustrated at this point. She stands up and starts pacing the floor. “Bloody hell, first Sutter, then RDK, now Meagan! All of this is coming too soon!”

“And that’s not all.” Kayla points out. “You had a break in the lead up to Under Attack, since you weren’t booked. But on Breakdown next week you’re supposed to face Katie Steward. You’re going to be distracted.”

Braddock shakes her head. “I can handle Steward. I beat her once, I can beat her again.”

“But…”

“Let me concern myself with my SCW career, ok? We can all focus on the other threat from Collins, Sutter, and RDK.”

Kayla sighs and nods her head, reluctantly agreeing. “Alright, fine.”

“What should we do about this then?” Francis asks.

“For starters, Sutter is being dealt with by my attorney. As much as I hate it we’ll have to settle but at least that will get him off of our back and he will no longer be a problem. Meagan is more of a long term problem. She has to get out of prison first. I suggest we focus on RDK.”

“If that’s how you want to handle it, I could potentially arrange a meeting between you and RDK. We are still friendly with one another, even if we work for rival companies now.”

Braddock shakes her head. “I don’t trust that wanker.”

“What option do you have?” Francis asks. Glory shrugs her shoulders.

“None I suppose. Ok, make it so. Arrange the meeting. I’ll talk to the piece of crap and see what he wants.”

“Excellent.” Francis stands up and produces her cell phone. “I’ll go call him right now.”

Glory stares a hole through Francis as she walks out of the room, dialing the number on her cell phone. Once Francis is out of the room Kayla walks over and shuts the door. The concerned cousin turns and looks at Glory.

“You’re definitely not ok. What’s wrong?”

“Sutter hurt my daughter. He hurt Melinda. He sexually assaulted her. That’s why I have been using every bit of influence I have in wrestling to blackball him, to keep him from being hired. Now I have to let him go free.”

“Glory, as a mother myself I can only imagine how angry it made you to learn about Melinda and Sutter. But I have to ask…what if you’re wrong? Doesn’t Melinda herself admit that it was consensual?”

Braddock nods her head. “Yes. And don’t you think that bothers me too?! Don’t you think it bothers me somewhere in the back of my mind that maybe, just maybe, Sutter is innocent?” She shakes her head vehemently. “That’s why I try not to think about it. But that’s just the beginning of my problems. I hired Meagan to do my dirty work for me, so that my hands would stay clean. Now she took the fall for me and she’s potentially coming back for revenge. And RDK…” Braddock wipes tears from her eyes “...RDK may know all of this…because who knows what his private investigators have found out about me?!”

“Come here, Glory.” Kayla embraces Braddock in a tight hug. “It’ll be ok. You’ll get through it.”

“I made this mess. My sins are coming back to haunt me. Unless…”

“Unless what?”

“Thomas.”

“Your ex-boyfriend? I thought you suspected him of being behind all of this.”

“Maybe he is.” Braddock sighs. “But he did promise he could stop all of it. He promised he could stop all of my enemies. He promised to protect me.”

“Don’t do it, Glory.” Kayla says, shaking her head. “Do not take the easy way out. The easy way out is what got you into this mess. Using Meagan to do your dirty work and regain power in your company by force was the easy way out. Blackballing Clyde Sutter so as to avoid him forever was taking the easy way out. Now all of that is coming back to bite you in the ass because you took the easy way out. Using Thomas Gage to help you out of your problems would be taking the easy way out.”

“So what should I do, mate?” Glory asks with frustration and tears on her face.

“Just face the music. It’ll be tough, it will be challenging, but you will get through it and be a stronger, wiser person because of it.”

Braddock thinks on this proposal for a moment. Kayla is right, she has taken the easy way out for far too long and it has only brought disaster. Glory nods her head. “You’re right, mate. I can’t keep doing this forever. I’ll fight this myself.”

Just then Francis Taylor enters the room. “Good news. RDK has agreed to meet.”

“Where?”

“In Massachusetts. At the modeling agency.”

Kayla looks over at Glory. “Are you ready for this?”

“Yeah, I am.” Braddock says with a shaky voice. “It won’t be easy but it is the only way. I need to get that sod off my back once and for all.”

“I’m warning you ahead of time, Glory; he still wants that modeling agency. He knows that as long as you’re involved with it he won’t get his hands on it. If you ever turn loose of Kayla’s modeling agency then he will be able to worm his way into taking control. So that’s what he’ll try to do. He’ll try to bully you and intimidate you into backing off and backing down.”

“Yeah? Well I don’t intimidate so easily.”

“Maybe you should take one of us with you.” Francis suggests. “I am his friend. Maybe if I…”

“No.” Glory says, shaking her head. “This is between me and him. I will deal with him myself.”

“Even if you do manage to get rid of him, there is still one other problem. What about this mysterious donor who has been financing all of these attacks against you lately? If you do stop RDK, who is to say they won’t keep coming after you with more intense attacks?” Kayla asks curiously.

“I can only deal with one problem at a time. And unfortunately that is one particular enemy who remains a mystery. At least I know that Sutter, Meagan, and RDK are enemies. I can deal with them. And I will deal with RDK.”

Kayla nods her head, reluctantly agreeing to Glory’s request. The British Bombshell knows that this is something she alone can deal with, she alone must confront Ronald Kennedy. Three attacks against her came up all at once, and potentially with one person behind it all. Is Thomas Gage behind it or could he be the solution to the problem?

Unfortunately, Glory has to admit that all of this is serving only to distract her as she heads back into in ring action next week against Katie Steward. Yes, Braddock has beaten her once already. But Steward is talented and this could be something akin to a trap game if Glory isn’t careful.