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Here are the main characters:
The Cassidy's
Matthew: The Patriarch
Helen: His wife
Hayley: Their youngest daughter
Samantha: Their middle daughter who is married to actor Brandon Mitchell
Denise: Eldest daughter married to Daniel Worth
Jonah: Eldest child and only son β he is married to Quinn
Lance:Elder brother to Matthew
Miriam: Lance's wife.
Son in law's
Brandon Mitchell - Actor
Daniel Worth βSports agent
Quinn Cassidy β Daughter-in-law married to Jonah
* Mason Chadwell βgreat nephew to Matthew, being considered as possible husband for Daniela
Jake Harrison β FiancΓ© to Hayley
*Isabel Cassidy Smythe β Daughter of Matthew's sister Maxine, suitor to Daniela
*Stephen Cassidy β son of Dent Cassidy, Matthew's brother suitor to Daniela
Kenneth Baylor Cassidy β Head of the board
Blake Black: Family lawyer, keeper of the Ritual
Staff
*Margaret Jones β Assistant to Hayley
*Brian West β Assistant to Jake
Daniela βFrederick's daughter and now submissive to Hayley
Marvina β New Housekeeper to Hayley and Jake
* New main character's
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Blake went into his office and locked the door behind him. His assistant knew not to bother him on this day. It was the 150th anniversary of the deal and the beginning of the Ritual. He was the only one who knew besides the President of the Board and remembered the date.
Blake took out the portfolio on Jake and opened it. He was pleased. Jake would be a fine addition to the family and his children would bring a bit more diversity.
Blake sat back in his desk; his fingers tented and remembered the first Cassidy who had died many years ago. Dustin Cassidy was the youngest of six children who wanted a life much richer and fuller than the life of his schoolteacher mother and steel worker father. He had started all of this and had lived to see the power his family would yield. He felt that it was his destiny and he had been chosen to make this deal.
The first drugs used had a few side effects. Dustin Cassidy suffered from migraines for his entire life. The formula had been changed over the years and now there were no side effects.
Fourteen scientists worked on different parts of the formula. The entire formula was assembled by three world-renowned Nobel Prize winning scientists who were sworn to secrecy and threatened with their lives if they ever revealed they had even worked on it. (They were also paid a boatload of money for their service.)
The formula was then divided into three parts which were kept at The Vatican, The White House and in the vault behind the door of Blake's office.
The Cassidy's were to the world a model family. There was no drug abuse, no alcoholics, no depression ridden family members, no cancer, no AIDS and no heart attacks. The drug worked on the body and the mind. Most of the family died from old age or an accident.
If one had a problem that they were having a hard time with; the family had three psychiatrist and two therapists that were part of the family that you could speak to. It was rare that anyone went because the formula had been perfected and you usually could figure it out yourself.
The Cassidy's also gave lots of money to charity and did charitable works. Often they would read about someone in a newspaper and donate anonymously. They used their power for good and they had the blessings of the Vatican and every Pope for the last 150 years, the Cassidy's in their own way paid for the rest of the world's sins.
The rules of the Ritual were written in two books and were guarded. One of the books resided in Vatican City while the other book was in Blake's office. There were two other copies of the books. They were entombed in the vault in Blake's office. They were brought out once a year at the board meeting in case there were any disputes or discrepancies.
There had been a debate a few years ago to place the books onto a secure computer, but the family nixed that idea knowing that computers could be breached. Any changes to the book had to be approved by a majority by the board. It was rare that any changes were made. The last change occurred about fifty years ago.
When a member of the family died, their body was taken for an autopsy where there heart was removed. Part of the heart was used for the formula then the rest buried separately from the body.