2024-12-26 04:50:39The sun had started to set and a cool breeze was blowing. Asher Griffin smiled to himself as he walked down the street towards the Harper's family mansion, where a party was being thrown that night to celebrate the 60th birthday anniversary of Roland Harper, the patriarch of the family and his father in law.
He slipped his hand into his pocket and touched the small box he kept there, which made him smile even wider.
"Roxanne is going to love this gift," he thought to himself. Today, he had bought Roxanne a necklace with a set of earrings so she could wear for the party.
His wife's family looked down on him and treated him like trash because he was poor. When he got married to Roxanne three years ago, the Harpers thought he was a new big shot in the city. Unknown to them, he was just running errands for his boss. He had tried to explain the truth to them, but they never thought to listen to him.
As he reached the gates of the mansion, he saw that they were closed. The pressed in the buzzer to alert the security men of his presence.
"Who is that?" One of the security guards asked through the speaker.
"It's me, Asher." He answered. He knew they could see him through the cameras mounted by the sides of the gate, but they just wanted to make fun of him.
"Oh look, it's the trash young master!" The guard said as he laughed through the speaker.
"Useless good for nothing," another one said, joining the first guard to laugh.
After mocking him some more and leaving him to stand outside like a beggar, they finally opened the gates and let him in.
"One day the young mistress will leave you and get married to someone who is actually deserving of her." The guard who opened the gate said to him and spat at his feet.
Asher just gave all of them a blank look and continued to walk towards the mansion, where the party had already started.
The large double doors of the house opened into a wide space, where guests mingled and laughed with one another. Asher looked around for his wife, but his sister in law, Meredith found him first.
"Who invited this loser here?" She asked, giving Asher a dirty look and moving to stand in front of him and block his path.
Asher ignored her and stepped around her, so as to continue looking for his wife. However, Meredith didn't like being ignored so she began to scream, drawing the attention of everybody in the hall to them.
"Everyone! Look at this worthless piece of trash! He's here to crash our party after living off my family's money for years! I don't know why my sister is still married to you!" Meredith shouted while pointing at Asher.
All the guests in the hall stopped their conversations and turned to look at them. They looked at Asher's old jeans trousers and rough t-shirt and began to make rude comments, some of them also started laughing.
"I wonder why the beautiful Miss Roxanne married such a loser." Someone in the crowd said and everyone began to laugh.
Odette, Meredith's mother and Asher's mother in law noticed the commotion and came downstairs. As she saw that Asher was the cause of the trouble, her face took on a look of annoyance.
" What have you done now? Who even invited you here?" She shouted at him.
"I'm only looking for my wife," Asher answered with a blank look in his face.
"Well she doesn't want to see you. Her attention is on other people now, people that have more value than you." She said, while a gleam of malice flashed through her eyes.
Her statement made Asher pause. He frowned slightly and thought to himself, "is my wife getting ashamed of me?"
It was like Odette could hear his thoughts as she began to say with a wicked smile on her face, "You know, Asher, it's not a bad thing that you're here today. We can just get some necessary things done and over with."
"What necessary things?" Asher asked, trying to maintain a calm look on his face.
"Seth Larsen of the Larsen family has taken an interest in marrying Roxanne, you see. And he is so much a better candidate for a husband than you. He's the heir to the Larsen family fortune, and he makes one million dollars as his salary. He even brought gifts for the party." Odette announced, making Asher stop dead in his tracks.
He turned to look at her, asking," What did you just say?"
" You heard me," Odette replied,"Now, all you have to do is sign the divorce papers that have been provided and everything can go as it should be."
"I will do no such thing, and I trust my wife. Roxanne would never betray me like this." Asher intoned.
"Then let's see, shall we?" Odette began to move towards the hallway at the left side of the room, which led to a more private reception area. In this place, Asher saw the rest of the family; Roland who was the celebrant, Jake, his brother in law and Roxanne, his wife. They were accompanied by a young man wearing and expensive suit and leather shoes. Asher suspected that he must be Seth Larsen.
"Thank you very much for the gifts, they are so thoughtful. I like them very much." Roland was saying to Seth Larsen.
"It's not a big deal to get something nice for my future father in law," Seth replied as he laughed and took a sip of his drink.
It was Jake that turned and noticed the entrance of Asher, Odette and Meredith. As his gaze landed on Asher, his face melted into a frown.
" Oh look, it's the worthless scumbag." He said, referring to Asher. "You even have the guts to show up at father's birthday party, and I'm sure you didn't bring a gift, as you're too poor to afford anything."
Asher didn't even reply him, he was too busy looking at his wife who sat in one corner of the room.
Jake continued to speak,"Seth Larsen here bought dad a beautiful Patek Phillippe wrist watch which costs fifty thousand dollars, and a pack of aged oolong tea which promotes longevity. Those are very expensive gifts, you know."
As Meredith heard the value of the gifts, she rushed forwards to see them. Roland held out his hand so that all of them could see the huge gold and diamond wristwatch that currently sat on his left wrist.
"Mr. Larsen here has proven that he will be a good son in law, unlike you that has only been a disgrace to this family." Roland Harper said to Asher. "Now, you are going to sign the divorce papers so that wedding preparations for Roxanne and Seth's wedding will begin as soon as possible."
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The car turned onto the paved road that led to the Garrison estate. They were a second rate family in New York City, with a lot of influence and connections as they were once a top rate family. However, not many knew their background or how they were able to remain an influential family after the disaster that befell them all those years ago. Asher Griffin was however very privy to that secret, as they were one of the many families in the country that answered to him. Or rather the power he represented. Either way, he needed a base of operations, and as long as they played their cards right, they could benefit from this arrangement greatly. The car rolled to a stop in front of the gates of the expansive Garrison estate. The guards at the post were confused, as they weren't alerted by the family higher ups that anyone important was visiting that day. "Who are you, please? And how may we help you?" One guard approached the car on the driver's side and asked. Asher didn't reply, it w
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