Simon Cavangh

**Simon Cavangh** is the secondary antagonist of the first season of *Family Business* for the Cavangh family. He is the uncle of Finn, Frankie and Mika Cavangh and a shady car dealer.

## Biography

### Early Life

Simon Cavangh was born on June 7 1970 in London, England with his older brother Marcus. Simon and Marcus's childhood years were marred by an internal feud in their family which was filled with deception and assassinations resulting in the deaths of a number of their relatives including their own mother.

Growing into an adult, Simon eventually moved to Los Angeles, California, U.S. and he became an automotive dealer. His car dealership business, however, was crooked; he sold cars to people who can't afford them and then repossessed them via shady finance schemes and other odd methods. Marcus sent his two sons and daughter, Finn, Frankie and Mika, to America as punishment after their mother's murder in the care and service of Simon. Simon practically forced Finn and Frankie into being employed as his repo men, but he was often physically and emotionally abusive towards them, being especially harsh when they screwed up a job and costed him profit. However, Simon actually respected Finn more than Frankie, trusting him more due to being the more intelligent of the pair while he often looked down on Frankie, considering him an obnoxious idiot and had a very low opinion on him. Simon made a deal with Marcus if he kept his eye on his children and continued to have them work for him; Marcus would provide Simon with protection from the law and criminals alike.

### Crooked Dealership

Simon sent Finn and Frankie to steal two sports cars parked outside an apartment building and upon their return, he was seen speaking with a customer, Viktor Makarov, in the middle of making a sale on a flashy SUV. After praising Finn for the good job, he insults Frankie cruelly and then gave them another job of stealing a motorcycle located in a garage near the beach. However, it was revealed the boys entered Hombres en Marron-controlled territory and was caught trying to steal the bike so they were taken prisoner by the gang at gunpoint and forced inside their crack house.

Finn managed to get the two out of the mess with the motorcycle, though Frankie decided to get back at Simon for treating him like trash and sending them into gang territory without them even knowing by taking the bike for himself. Finn later confronted Simon about the gang, to which Simon denied any knowledge of a gang member having bought the bike from him or that it belonged to gang territory, instead showing little to no care about their well being and inquired on the bike. An angered Finn told Simon that they were unable to recover the bike, but Simon did not believe Finn and subsequently accused Finn of taking it for himself. Finn and Simon argued, nearly coming to blows, though Simon calmed down and gave him the chance to earn his "forgiveness" by repoing the SUV that he had sold to Viktor. Finn initially refused Simon's orders because of the last job that nearly ended up killing Finn and Frankie, so Simon threatened Mika. Finn, clearly worrying for Mika's safety, told Simon to stay away from Mika, causing Simon to grin out of amusement of Finn's rage and he even toyed with the boy out of sadism. Finn reluctantly took on the job for Mika's sake, but he gave a thinly-veined threat towards Simon's life should he touch Mika.

### Job Gone Wrong

Finn managed to sneak into the building the SUV was located at and he recovered it, but it was revealed Sergei Makarov, the protective cousin of Viktor and that he saw him coming so he hid in the backseat, ambushed him and held a gun to the back of his head. Sergei informed Finn that Viktor couldn't have problems because he only just purchased one vehicle and accused Finn of running credit fraud. Finn though told Sergei that he was just the "repo guy", so Sergei ordered Finn to drive to his crooked boss's dealership at gunpoint. Upon reaching the dealership, Sergei told Finn to drive through the window; this shocked Finn and he tried to talk his way out of the situation, though Sergei got more aggressive in telling him to do what he said. A reluctant Finn crashed through the dealership window in the SUV, completely shocking Simon whom jumped to take cover. Simon frantically questioned Finn's actions and that he made a big mistake, but Sergei gave Finn a stack of cash and told him that he'd deal with Simon. Simon got angry at Sergei and asked who he was, to which Sergei punched Simon in the face to knock him down and told him that he tried scamming him. Simon tried to shut down Sergei's accusations and he fought back, but Sergei easily overpowered Simon and roughed him up. After giving Simon a hard beating, Sergei warned Simon against seeking retribution or he would finish him off, before leaving and money from Simon's wallet.

In retaliation, Simon angrily fired Finn and Frankie from the dealership and had them evicted from their apartment alongside Mika. When Frankie argued with Simon, the still-injured Simon made a half-hearted attempt to hurt Frankie with a baseball bat though Frankie easily disarmed and shoved him to the floor in self-defense. Frankie, with Simon at his mercy, considered giving Simon another beating in revenge for the beatings and abuse he received from him over the years. Though Finn stopped Frankie from punching Simon, telling him that he was "already done" and not worth it before the two left the dealership to search for new jobs and a new home. Simon was left bleeding and injured on the ground, humiliated.

### Seeking Revenge

When Marcus Cavangh arrived in LA to oversee his recently-established business operations in the city, Simon reunited with his brother at one of his casinos. The two agreed to have a game of poker with Marcus's son Charles Cavangh joining in. During the poker game, Simon informed Marcus that he's finished with Finn, Frankie and Mika, to which Marcus appeared upset about because this had broken the deal they established. Simon though claimed that their deal was already broken when he was roughed up and his dealership was vandalized, to which was unknown knowledge to Marcus. As an "apology", Marcus gave Simon permission to seek retribution on his own children. Simon, eager to get revenge on Finn and Frankie, accepted the proposal. When Marcus asked of the "Russian" who gave him a beating, Simon said he'll track him down after he's done with Finn and deal with him personally. In actuality, Marcus was manipulating Simon's anger and desired thirst for revenge to test Finn, wanting to see how strong Finn was and how far he was willing to go.

While Finn and Frankie were away from their new apartment, Simon broke into their home where he ambushed Mika's carer Rita Collins, knocking her unconscious. Simon then abducted Mika and left a photograph on the kitchen table for the brothers to find. Simon had his henchmen hold Mika hostage in an abandoned warehouse while he was still in his dealership office, from where he phoned Finn. Simon taunted Finn to get him increasingly nervous and Simon told Finn to meet him in his dealership to "talk". Finn confronted Simon while Frankie went searching for Mika, whom, with Finn's help from before, managed to track the warehouse she was being held in. Finn confronted Simon in his office and he attempted to reason with him, though Simon brought out a chessboard and challenged Finn. If Finn won the game, Simon would release Mika however if Finn lost, Mika would die along with Finn and Frankie being killed too. Finn used his tremendous skill to delay the game as much as possible instead of immediately winning, aware that Simon would not keep his end of the deal. Their match however was interrupted by a phone call from one of Simon's henchmen, who informed him of the warehouse blowing up from a gasoline explosion because of their gunfight with Frankie. Simon took joy in telling Finn this, making him believe that they died in the explosion. Finn's heart shattered from hearing the news and he froze up in shock while surrounded by his thoughts, so Simon took this opportunity to try to kill Finn with a garrote wire.

Finn's thoughts were interrupted from being violently strangled by Simon. Finn initially let Simon choke him out of having nothing left, but anger filled his heart and he fought back by grabbing the nearby king piece from the board and rammed into Simon's eye. Simon was stunned and in pain from this as well as now suffering from blindness, so Finn then brutally beat up Simon out of rage and revenge while he was down. Simon taunted out to Finn about his siblings' "deaths" and spit some blood out at his feet, causing Finn to stomp on Simon's leg to break it and then said he was going to kill Simon just like how they were killed. Finn briefly left the office only to return with a gasoline can which he poured all over the room, intending to burn Simon and himself alive. Before he ignited the room to commit a murder-suicide, he was suddenly called by Frankie. Finn was overjoyed and shocked, with Frankie informing Finn of his and Mika's survival and that he set off the explosion to aid in their escape. When Frankie asked what had Finn done with Simon, Finn replied that he had done nothing yet. Before he could act, a group of Simon's henchmen stormed into the room heavily armed and they were about to shoot Finn though Finn shouted at them to stop because of the gasoline in the room; if a shot was fired, they would all die. Using the situation to his advantage, Finn threatened to set the dealership ablaze in a gasoline explosion like the warehouse did if the henchmen did not let him go. An agitated Simon though told his men to kill Finn regardless, but the henchmen listened to Finn instead and they let him leave the dealership out of fear of being burned alive. Finn managed to successfully escape, while the injured Simon berated the henchmen which caused them to leave Simon in his crippled state instead of helping him. This humiliated Simon again and tarnished his reputation.

### Death

Despite not being helped by his own henchmen, Simon was sent to the hospital due to his injuries and was unconscious in his bed. Finn sneaked into Simon's room and he had spoken to Simon, whom was still unconscious, that he had come to gloat about his victory. Finn also admitted that he still wished he burned Simon alive for trying to kill Frankie and Mika, remarking that they were the only people he ever loved. Finn also told Simon a few secrets and intentions he had coming his family's way. Simon briefly woke up and muttered Finn's name, only for Finn to inject him with a lethal substance into his neck. Finn then bid Simon goodbye before walking out of the room, watching on as nurses rushed into Simon's room because he was suffering from a cardiac arrest. A few moments later Simon had died from a heart attack despite the doctors' efforts to try and save his life.