By the time Angus gets to the hospital, the sky was dark and rain was hitting the ground.
He pays the taxi driver with the little money that he has on him and he rushes into the hospital.He goes past the reception, his chest is beating, and he's hurrying to get to his mother, to see that she is still alive.The moment that he turns to the hall that leads to the ward that leads to her room, he sees his mother on the ground!His mother is on the ground like a freaking sideroad beggar!"Mum!" He goes to her with speed.She is shivering on the ground, only her blanket is shielding her from the harshness of the weather.Angus is now filled with fury, who dared to do this to his mother?!"Where is the head nurse?!" He demands so loudly that everyone turns to look at him. "Where is she?!"His thundering voice makes one of the junior nurses runoff.She comes back with the head nurse, who was holding her hands in front of her face, she looks scared.That all goes away when she enters and sees that it's Angus that called her.She scoffs as she drops her hands, she thought that it was someone else important."Why is my mother on the ground?!" Angus shouted. "Is this how you people treat patients?! What's wrong with you people?!"The arrogant nurse waves the junior away and everyone else goes back to work as she gets closer to Angus, her hands are folded."Did you hear what I say?!" Angus is growing even more angry. "Why is my mother on the floor?!""Thank God you are here, take her away." The nurse hiss. "We don't do charity here, we run a business."Angus' jaw clenches even tighter, he wants to snap her neck."I brought my mother here because this is the best hospital in the city! Is this how you attend to customers?!""We have treated your mother for some days now and it has amounted to ten thousand dollars." She says. "We don't have bed space for patients without money."Veins are throbbing in Angus' neck, his blood is boiling too.All his mother needs is just one surgery and intensive care for a week or so, it's not something too serious.All he needs is the money and his mother will be treated and then she will be out of danger's way.But the nurse is not helping matters and he can't find the money now that his crazy wife used it for a shopping spree.In what looks like the snap of a finger, Angus loses his mind.He grabs the nurse by her collar and pulls her closer to him, to the shock of everyone.Angus has never hit a woman before, he isn't the kind of person, but he is ready to murder this woman on the spot because she is not having sympathy for his mother."Listen to me, lady, you will take my mother back to her room right this instant because if she dies, I will kill you too." He threatens through clenched teeth.The look of arrogance in the eyes of the nurse disappears immediately and she goes into panic mode."Somebody get help!" She screams. "This madman wants to kill me!"The staff who are watching in horror begin to run around, trying to save their seniors.Angus knows that this is probably going to get him into trouble, but he is not even worried about that now.Soon over six hefty men in scrubs run over to Angus and tear him away from the head nurse.Angus is on his knees, the men are yelling at him to calm down, but it's hard to do that.He is looking at his mother, she hasn't even moved an inch since he walked in.The head nurse dusts off her shoulders and smoothes out the crease on her immaculate white uniform.She gives Angus a snarl without pity."How dare you assault me? Is it my fault that you don't have money to pay your mother's surgery fee?!" She blasts him.Angus is still held down, but he wishes that this man will let go of him so that he can go and hold his mother, she is unresponsive and cold.Well, since he can't get to her, he tries to scream her name."Mum, it's Angus!" He yells. "Please, stay with me!"His throat feels painful, the strong arms of these men are hurting him too.The head nurse is still scolding and cursing at him when the crowd that has gathered around them suddenly goes quiet and gives way.A man in an expensive suit emerges, he is the director of the hospital. He examines the situation with scorn.He turns to the head nurse."What's going on here?" He asks.She goes on to repeat everything that has happened, making sure to exaggerate Angus' behavior just enough to paint him in a terrorist kind of way.But poor Angus, he was just trying to save his mother.After she is done with her half-truth story, the director turns to Angus with contempt."Thanks to the head nurse for standing her ground, crazy paupers like you are the reason why other private practices have been shut down." He grunts. "Do you think that the Goldwater hospital survived all those years of charity work?!"At this point, it was taking too much for Angus to keep the tears."Please," he looks at the man. "My mother is going to die any minute if she is not operated upon. I will get you the money and even pay double of what I already owe, please…"Anyone with a good heart can see how sincere Angus is, but the director and the head nurse don't have human hearts."Well, since she is about to die, I suggest that you hurriedly put her on your back and take her out of the hospital because if she dies here, I will cease her corpse and charge you so high that you will rather let her rot in the morgue than to pay.""Please, sir…""The corridor is too precious to hold garbage like her.""Please, just for one day, do me a favor.""The Goldwater hospital has run out of favors for you, Mister miser." He mocks. "Your mother leaves today."Angus' heart shatters to the ground, he can't believe that this is happening to him.Where is he going to take his mother to?!She is going to die any moment, he can't believe his mother is going to die like a common animal because of him.She is already in a coma, how can she leave? He has to carry her on his back?!"What are you doing?! Let go of him!"The voice is so loud and authoritative that the men immediately let go of Angus.Everyone turns around to see who the person with the roar of the lion is and their breath is taken. A middle-aged man in a fancy suit walks up to them. His shoes are shining like they were scrubbed overnight by servants and his wristwatch is decorated with diamonds. Even though no one seems to know who this stranger is, everyone knows that he is rich. He takes off his glasses, looks at Angus and his mother, walks to Angus, and bows to him. Angus looks around in shock, what's happening?! No one has ever bowed to him in his life! Not even a rat! "Forgive me, young master, I should have been here earlier." He apologized. Angus twists his neck around, looking for the camera that is videoing this prank, but there is none. Who is this man and is he referring to Angus as "young master" when he is clearly richer than him?The director sneers as he comes between Angus and the strange man, the mean look on his face has returned. "So what is your plan?" He asks rudely. "You used your
When the director realizes that Lorenzo has been telling the truth, he falls to his face trembling like a jellyfish. The head nurse that insulted and humiliated his mother also goes straight to her knees. Is this a dream?! Angus can't believe that these two idiots are now begging him. So this strange man, Lorenzo, is he telling the truth? Lorenzo turns to Angus and bows to him with a smile. "Young Master, now that we have bought the hospital, they can now cure our Mistress." At that instance, Angus' mother moves at her hand, as if she was reaching out for him. He runs to her side and holds her hand, kissing it. Thank God that his mother is still holding on to life. "Don't worry, Mum, I will keep you alive no matter what." He whispers to her. "Someone get me a bed!" The director screams as if that is going to account for all of his sins. Angus scoffs as she looks at Lorenzo, who is waiting for whatever he is going to say. "After all the insults and humiliation these people th
Angus' mouth drops to the ground, this is like the craziest thing he has heard in a long time. No one else hears his conversation with Lorenzo, but everyone can see the shock on his face. How is this possible that he is from a very wealthy family?"No, no, no, no." Angus laughs. "I am sure that if I were to be from a wealthy family, my mother would have told me. Thank you for your help, but this is a joke." Lorenzo laughs as if this reaction was something that he was expecting to see from Angus. "Mister Knighton, I know that it's much to think about, but I will give you time." Lorenzo takes out a card from his pocket and hands it to Angus. "I have handled everything with your mother's hospital bills so you don't have to worry." He says. "When you finally want to meet your family, please give me a call, young master." Even though he hasn't gotten out of his shock, he still takes the card from LorenzoLorenzo bows to him one more time before leaving. The doctor takes his mother
One million dollars? Angus has never seen such an amount of money in his life and neither has he ever been told to spend one million dollars in a day. So Angus leaves his grandfather's house with a blank head. Here is a card without limit, but he doesn't know what to do with it. Maybe he should get a better house, a bigger one, yes that would be nice. And maybe a car too, a brand new one. Ashley has always talked about how she felt like the walls of the house were caving down on her even though it's just two of them, a new house will do them good. But is it even a good idea to do anything nice for Ashley? She wished that his mother died, she took her surgery money and bought herself a freaking dress. His steps feel even heavy as he walks down the road to get to a taxi, he is having mixed feelings about this. Finally, when he gets to the road to get a taxi, his phone rings in his pocket. When he takes it out, he looks at it to find out that it's his wife calling. He has been so
Angus can't believe that this is happening to him, he can't believe that Ashley wants to leave their marriage. He is hurt, he feels like his heart is being ripped out of his chest, but he manages to keep his face straight. He exhales as he looks up at Ashley, she has her hands folded and doesn't have any emotion on her face. "What's this?" He asks her, raising the papers. "What do you want?" "Are you daft or something?! Don't you understand?! I want a divorce!" She screams in his face. He isn't fazed a bit, he is used to his wife being mean to him all the time. "But why?" He asks again. "I thought we were in love and happy?" "Happy?" She snorts. "How can we be happy when all you ever care about is your mother?! You use all your money to save her when you should be spending on me!" Angus feels as if he should blast the hell out of her with his words, he can't believe that she is comparing his mother's health with her luxury wants. Even though he is very angry at her, he contro
Angus is furious, he can't stand the continuous insult to his mother. He takes the divorce agreement, a quick look and signs it without any hesitation.Ashley laughs, she is so happy that Angus signed. "OK, let's go to the court now, Mr. Quinton has arranged everything well, we could get all the documents today. You see? That's how you benefit from the power." She laughs. Angus sneers,"OK, I want to finish this mess earlier too."Seeing Angus being so calm, Ashley is angry. Because for her, Angus must be unreasonable and crazy to keep the marriage.After all, she was so good to him, he won't ever find a girl as good as her after the divorce."How can he be so calm?He must be pretending!" Ashley thinks. She sneers at him in anger. "You're trying to be cool, huh? OK, let's go. Mr. Quinton will drive us to the court, how about you, loser?" She is trying to show off what Quinton has, to prove it's Angus's loss divorcing her.But Angus is still calm, "I'll take the taxi, it would be t
Everyone's jaw drops as they all freeze in place. They all can't believe that the rich and beautiful woman has come to see Angus, where did his poverty-stricken ass meet her?! Ashley goes green with envy, she isn't even trying to hide it or anything. She can't take it, she raises her voice at Angus. How dare he talk to another woman right in front of her? He doesn't even feel ashamed!"Hey, Angus, have you lied to this lady?!" She accuses. "She doesn't know the truth about you, does she?!" Joanna turns around with obvious disgust, she doesn't give Angus the chance to speak. "I'm sorry, who are you?" She asks. Ashley smiles as she takes a step forward. She is feeling very intimidated by this woman even though she doesn't want to show it. Her shoes alone can buy Ashley's house and she knows it. Ashley tears her greedy eyes away from the designer shoes as she looks the lady straight in the eyes. "I am his ex-wife." She declares. "Oh." Joanna turns to Angus, he didn't tell her
Angus is slightly annoyed by this unacceptable behavior of the doorman, but he keeps his cool. "Excuse me, is there anything that seems to be a problem?" Angus asks. "What are you doing here?" The doorman rudely inquire. " I need to access the building as I have business with the manager." Angus points to the door. "Look, I don't have time for this. I want you to turn around and leave right now before I throw you out." The doorman says. "You think that poor people like you are allowed to enter into this building?" Angus is so shocked by this that all he can do is laugh. The frown on the doorman's face grows even more when he sees the smile on Angus' face. What's funny? Angus can't believe that yet another person is going about, judging him for dressing the way he did. "So you think I am a poor man?" He asks. "Do you think that a poor man would come here to purchase a house?" "A house, no!" The man scoffs. "But you are definitely here for the free coffee and dessert, aren't y
Angus and Lorenzo walk into their car with looks of satisfaction on their faces. They finally did it, they got El Salvador's location. “I always thought that Manny was a stupid kid. Who would have known he was such a genius?” Lorenzo thinks aloud. “Remember when I told you not to kill him?” Angus looks at him. “The little man has come in handy.” They start to journey back home, but they are not as gloomy as they came…****Matilda is leaning against the wall, as she stares at Angus. They are in their baby's nursery. The place is colored with a soft blue, it's decorated warmly, and it's the coziest room in the house. Angus has the baby in his arms as he gently moves from side to side, cooing her to sleep. Matilda's serious face breaks into a smile. Angus is timid about holding his daughter, but he is learning pretty fast. Their daughter's cry has been reduced to a silent whimper, and she has started going to sleep. “Matilda, you haven't said anything.” He glances at her. “You
Joanna has been waiting for this day for a long time. It was unfortunate that she didn't get her when the raid happened at her house and she fled with her father, but she is ready to shoot her down now. They all walk into the office and shut the door, but Joanna doesn't let her guard down, she is still holding the gun, pointing it at Diane. Diane laughs and throws her hands in the air, in mockery. “Still have an attitude, I see.” “Joanna, drop the gun,” Angus says to her. “This is not the time and place, you know it.” “After what she did to me, everywhere is the place and whenever is the time.” Diane smiles as she leans against the table, she is totally not moved by the gun in her face. Lorenzo has a face as stiff as Joanna's. He wants to kill Diane as much as Joanna wants to, but he knows that Diane is Angus' sister and he respects him too much to do that. “You think you can mess with just anyone you want, huh?” Joanna draws closer.“Angus, okay, I think you need to put this b
She is not supposed to have gone into labor, she still has a few more days, and that's why Angus is taken by surprise. This is not a joke, she is squeezing her face in pain. “Argh! Jesus Christ!” She whimpers as she grabs the base of her belly. Angus rushes over to her, more confused than he has ever been in his life. She is suffering so much from the pain, that he has to sit down on the ground with her. She grabs his arm, squeezing the hell out of it as she bites down on her one hand. “Angus, it hurts!” Angus is so lost, that his brain has been wiped out. Everything has been arranged with the doctors and all, but he didn't expect her to go into labor so early. To be honest, he hasn't given himself a lecture on what to do when labor comes. He is like an unprepared student now! “Hey, baby, you are doing great.” He encourages her, even though he is nervous. “Then why does it feel like I'm fucking dying?!” She bares her teeth. “It's okay, just break okay?” Angus soothes her.
Matilda is the last person that Angus is expecting to see standing in his house. Her belly has grown since the last time he saw her, she has gotten even bigger. She has a scarf around her neck, luggage at her feet, and a bag in her hand. Angus can't move his tongue, he can't just believe the fact that Matilda is at his doorstep. After he begged and begged for her to come back with him. She sighs and looks down, like she is ashamed of being here. “Are you even going to act like you are happy to see me?” “Oh, Matilda, hi, come in.” He pulls her bag into the house, she walks in like a good guest. The head of his security comes at him, with a confused look on his face. “I'm sorry sir, we were going to turn her back, but she was angry.” The man apologizes. “Timothy said that she's your wife…” “Timothy is right, that's my wife.” Fear covers the face of the man, he can't believe that he almost turned away the wife of his boss. He would have lost his job. “I'm sorry, sir…” “You don
Angus has given this a good thought. He was going to leave her alone, but he decided against it. If there is one thing about Matilda that hasn't changed throughout the years, she can be as stubborn as a mule. If he lets her be, she is going to keep refusing to speak to him, even if it's going to break her down completely. She scoffs at his audacity to come up to her after she threatened to call the police. “Are you kidding me, Angus?” She frowns. “I am going to call the cops!”“Okay, Matilda, you can do that.” He shrugs. “Even if they arrest me, I'm going to just keep coming back, and guess who is going to get tired first?” She glares at him, squeezing her lips together. “You think you can bully me into forgiving you?” She puffs. “You think I'm going to fall for that?” Angus sighs, it seems that her stubbornness has increased over the months. “Look, Matilda, I've been getting your hospital reports.” He says. “Your doctor has advised that you are to be monitored as your date ge
If she knows everything, if she has her full memory back, that means that there is nothing that Angus can do or say that is going to change her mind now. He has a long face, she is staring at him with her lower lip between her teeth. “Yeah, I know it all.” She lets out a painful chuckle. “I know that you worked for me, I know that I had a crazy fiance and I know that you killed him!” “Matilda….” “Oh, I sure as hell know that you are not seriously trying to speak now!” She silences him. “After all you have done?! Are you even serious?!” Angus looks down, running his hand through his face. Everything has crumbled to the ground, he knows that she is not going to forgive him. Can he even ask for her forgiveness? She walks around, looking at him with so much raging hate that she wants to punch his face. “You abandoned me when Greg fucking shot me!” She screams. “What kind of psycho are you?!” “Matilda, you don't understand!” He tells her. “Did you realize that everyone around me w
The meeting has commenced, and the chapel is so filled up that some people have to be outside. They are singing hymns and the words are so emotional that Jade finds herself crying even when she says that she doesn't want to. Bryon hugs her close to himself and wipes her tears. Matilda is sitting right behind them, she puts her hand on Jade's shoulder so that she will know that she is not alone. After singing about two hymns, everyone sits back down. The Chaplin goes on to say a few words to everyone. He thanks Jade for choosing to honor her father in their small town and he says some words of encouragement to everyone. He reads out of the Bible and after twenty minutes, he leaves the stage as the organist plays on. Jade takes out a paper that she put in her pocket, she has written down everything that she wants to speak on. She walks to the stage with Byron. He stands by her side, offering her support as she looks up at the hall. It's filled up with staring people. She places
Owens Daniels’ death anniversary is holding this weekend, Jade insisted that it's going to hold even though she hasn't still really gotten over her father's death. She has taken over his companies, and she has hired some people to run the companies for her, but she has gone back to school to get her law degree. Her father tried to get her to be serious with school when he was alive, but she wasn't just cut out for it – so she thought– but now she has gone back to honor her father. She is going to take over his firm and businesses once she is done with school. They are going to be holding a candle session in honor of him, and also a short service in the town’s chapel. It's supposed to be a small event, but almost fifty dignitaries have flown in for the service. Her shoulders droop as she hangs up the phone after another call. She looks happy, but her eyes are sad. It's a bittersweet experience for her. “They are all here for my dad.” She smiles at Byron, her husband. “They are
Angus just gets out of the car around midnight. It's another exhausting day for him, but that's what it takes to be the world's only trillionaire. Lorenzo is at the door with him, the rest of the guards are going to take turns outside. Angus is undoing his tie as they walk into the house. It's a mansion situated away from any neighbors that will cost him his peace. The house was bought from one of the rich men in the country, he could not turn Angus around when Angus approached him. The interior of the house is speaking of so much wealth, Angus has gotten his eye for art from his grandfather, he made sure the house showed that. There is a chef in the kitchen, the place is full of different aromas of expensive food. She bows to Angus as soon as she sees him. “Good day, sir.” Angus looks at the dining table, it's filled with so much food that there is not one space left. “What's for dinner?” Angus asks as he takes off his jacket. “Pastamore with some creamy tomato sauce. Th