Chapter 8: Transaction successful

"Huh? No! With your reputation, you should not defend someone like him. He's a poor church rat that doesn't deserve to be here," Danielle said. She turned to Nathaniel with a frown on her face.

"What are you still doing here, you hypocrite!" Danielle said and Thelma opened her mouth to speak but Nathaniel stopped her

"You're a poor church rat that doesn't deserve to be here and I must make sure I treat you the way you should be treated," she said, filled with so much hate. By this time, everyone was already staring at them.

"Since you claim that you came here to eat, why don't you take out 50 dollar bill out of your pocket," She paused and chuckled softly before continuing, "I mean that's the lowest I can think of, a bottle of water here cost more than that"

Danielle took a step backward and turned to Thelma. "Just watch and see who you're defending," Danielle said and grinned. Thelma scoffed at her words. She just watched as the entire scene unfolded in front of her. Nathaniel has already informed her not to intervene.

"If you have 50 USD with you, then I'll lick your feet, but if not, I'll call the security to throw you out of here!" Danielle said and smirked

Nathaniel sneered and dipped his hand into his pocket, everyone anticipated that he'd take out 50 dollar bill from his pocket but he disappointed them by taking out a black titanium card instead. Danielle's eyes widened the moment her eyes fell on the card

"Isn't this... Isn't this... Oh my God," she stuttered. Nathaniel heard someone gasp from behind him, but he didn't bother to see who it was.

Nathaniel smiled in satisfaction. Danielle shook her head in disbelief. "This is definitely fake! I know it! It's fake!" She said, refusing to believe that this was the black platinum card with a silver lining at the edge.

"Fake? What do you mean? Is this a sign of jealousy?" Nathaniel asked, with a sly smile on his face.

"Jealousy? You wish" She faked a laughter before letting out a long sigh, "I'm not even sure this card is working," She said and snapped her fingers trying to get the attention of the waiter, she beckoned for the waiter to walk to where she stood and the waiter obeyed without questioning

"Can you get us the payment terminal machine to see if this card is really working?" She said politely to the waiter. The waiter nodded respectfully before walking away from them. In a few minutes, he came back with the machine, and with confidence, Danielle stretched her hand and said, "Nathaniel, can I have your card?"

She was so sure that this card was fake because Nathaniel was just a poor delivery guy on the streets. He has done every single job that could give him money, including washing cars for people.

Nathaniel just stared at Danielle for a few seconds before giving her his black titanium card to her. Danielle scoffed and took it from him. She observed it for a while and said, "This is definitely a fake card." She took the Payment terminal machine from the waiter and inserted the card into it.

Danielle smiled evilly and tried to withdraw 100 USD from it. She gave the machine to Nathaniel for him to input his PIN. He tapped his date of birth and the card was immediately declined.

"This card is not in use." Danielle read the writing on the screen of the machine and burst out laughing

"Try it again," Thelma said and furrowed her brows in confusion. Nathaniel tried it again, but it showed the same thing

"The card hasn't been activated! It's obvious you stole this and found a way to write your name on it," Danielle said and kept on laughing. She finally gained composure and gave Nathaniel back his card before smiling evilly

"Obviously you're a thief and I need to call the security man on you," she said and without waiting for Nathaniel to say anything, she turned and walked to get the security man

She approached a man in a black suit standing outside the entrance of the restaurant, the same man who bowed his head to greet Nathaniel earlier. "Sir, there's a poor fool in the restaurant. He's also a thief who came in with a fake card," she said

A frown immediately appeared on the security man's face. "what? How did the person pass this door without my notice?" He asked

"I'm sure he sneaked in here," Danielle responded

"Lead the way, ma'am," the man said and Danielle gladly walked towards where Nathaniel stood.

"He has been making the rest customers uncomfortable with his presence," she continued.

"I'll make sure I deal with that person!" The man said.

"We're almost there!" She said. In a few seconds, she was standing right in front of Nathaniel. She turned to the security man and uttered, "This is the man!" She pointed at Nathaniel. The security man who had been boiling in anger for the past few minutes immediately shut his mouth.

"Master Nathaniel," He said and immediately bowed down his head. A smile formed on Thelma's face. She was impressed by how Nathaniel calmly handled Danielle. Shame instantly washed over Danielle. She expected the security man to deal with Nathaniel but instead, he did the complete opposite

"Wait, what are you doing? I brought you here to see the poor fool..."

"Madam!!!" the security man yelled in anger, "Watch the words you use!" He added

"You don't seem to get my point! This is the man who came in with a fake card. Look at the card in his right hand," she said and pointed it at the security man

"Is anything wrong?" Nathaniel intentionally acted as though he had no idea why the security man was here

"No sir, there's no problem sir, but are you having any problem with your card?" He asked in a very polite manner, which irritated Danielle

"Yes, it was declined a few minutes ago," Nathaniel complained

"Let me see," The man said, after taking the card from Nathaniel, he took the Payment terminal machine from the waiter and tried it, he pressed a few buttons on the machine before giving it to Nathaniel to input his pin and right before their very eyes, the transaction was successful.