Ordeal by Cheque by Haley Roney

Days before his baby was born, Lawrence Exeter was at the baby shoppe preparing for his son. A few days later, Lawrence Exeter Jr. was brought into the world. Unfortunately things went terribly wrong in the delivery room and his mother died giving birth to him. Coping with the hard times, Lawrence Sr. takes on the role of being a single father. A month later Sr. takes his son to Dr. David McCoy for a check up. After a long day at “work” Sr. stops at the toy store and gets a few toys for his son before picking him up from his babysitter. Six years go by and Jr. gets entered into the Palisades school for boys by his father, he thinks it will be good for the boy. Being that Jr. is doing so well in his new school he was rewarded with a brand new bicycle.
    Lawrence Jrs.’s Childhood passed him by quickly. At the age of 17, Jr. entered the Colombia Military Academy. When Jr. turned 23 his father bought him a Cadillac. Recklessly driving, Jr. got in an accident speeding down the highway. He was not injured but his brand new Cadillac needed some work done.    
    Being the party boy he was, Jr. got drunk and had a one night stand with Miss Daisy Windsor. Few weeks past and Miss daisy Windsor came to Jr.’s door crying. She tried to explain to him that she was pregnant and he was the father. Jr., with his whole life ahead of him, didn’t see a baby in the nearby future. He had no idea what to do or what to say so he brought his father in for help. Lawrence Sr. paid Miss Daisy Windsor 25,000 to leave and never come back into his sons life. The stress got to be too much for Sr. so he went on a trip. Spending money was something that was hard for him to control. When his money ran out he needed to get it translated. While on his trip, Sr. met a beautiful woman who swept him off of his feet the moment he seen her. With the power that Sr. has, he found out where the lady was staying and sent her flowers. To this day Sr. still thinks about his wife. She was the first thing that came to mind when he met the new woman. He thought it was only right to send flowers to put on her grave to honor her. Sr. buys a house for him and “his woman“. The interior decorators make his house the best on the block. He buys a trip to Hawaii so he can spend time with “his woman“.  He truly believed the saying, “diamonds are a girls best friend” , so that’s how he got the key to her heart. A few days later Sr. found it in his best interest to get his son into the “family business”. Sr. buys a hotel for him and “his woman” for the night and in the morning she wakes up to flowers across the room.
    Jr., now living happily with his girlfriend, keeps things romantic with a box of chocolates every once in a while. With wedding plans in progress things are being bought for the wedding. Got the shoes, lingerie, dresses, a tux. On top of all the wedding stuff, Jr. now has a the “family business” to worry about as well. Jr. calls in Tony Spagoni for a “favor” but Tony comes back for more money just for keeping his mouth shut. The last thing Jr. had to get was the rings. Of course with a “family business” like his he bought only the finest wedding bands.
    Jr. decides to go out for a night on the town with his fellas to one of the most impressive night clubs around. He meets a pretty little lady named Miss Flossie Wentworth and not thinking about the consequences they have a one night stand thinking that they’ll never set eyes on each other again. Miss Flossie wants a relationship with Jr. and threatens his marriage if they don’t pursue things. Jr. gives her 50,00 dollars to stay out of his life so his marriage doesn’t get ruined. Jr. works with his attorney a bit to make sure Flossie doesn’t come back to get him.
    Jr.’s marriage isn’t going well, so they decide to take a break and think things through. He gives her money to ensure that she will be okay. Unfortunately they cant work things out and decided to get a divorce. They settle things in court and Jr. ends up having to give her 175,000 just to end everything. She wants more money and Jr. feels that he didn’t owe her that so he hires a lawyer. They didn’t accomplish anything for him so they got fired and he hired nothing but the best. Marie, his ex wife doesn’t leave him alone. She continues to bring drama into his family. Jr. hired Tony Spagoni to show Marie that things have become real. She still didn’t take things seriously so he sent Spagoni back for more. Spagoni never returned from Maries house that night so he brought Peter in for a “favor”.
    Sr. had to pay Jr.’s hospital bill after an incident at the casino. Dr. David McCoy did everything he could that night but Jr. didn’t have the strength to push forward anymore. At the funeral home on the night of July 16th, 1931, hundreds of people came to pay their respects to Lawrence Exeter Jr.