SECOND CHILD
Author: South Ashan
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“Can I take care of all of Blessing’s academic expenses moving forward?” Alexander asked.

Hearing this bold statement from the stairs, Blessing’s eyes widened. No matter how many times it resounded inside her ears, she couldn’t believe the words that just came out of the young multimillionaire’s mouth.

Not knowing what else to do, she started chuckling in silence.

“No way he meant what he just said. There’s just no way” she mumbled, doubling down on her doubts, but then, blinking her eyes rapidly when she thought more on it.

“But what if he’s being honest? I mean, what reason would he have to lie to grandma about something as serious as this? He wouldn’t lie, right?” She asked herself.

After everything she’d witnessed Alexander do, Blessing started to doubt that he was someone who would lie and as a result began to doubt her own doubt.

Back in the dining room, Mary was stunned speechless by the bold statement from Alexander.

“I think my old age is really starting to catch up with me a
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  • Everything belongs to me   MONTHLY ALLOWANCE

    Blessing sniffled and then looked away from Mary to clean underneath her nose.Mary, who watched the girl and felt that something was off about her, grimaced. The girl who left in anger didn’t look the slightest bit angry anymore and Mary wondered what had happened.“Blessing, are you sure you’re okay?” Blessing cleared her throat and looked down at her grandmother who was at the bottom of the stairs while she was standing in the middle.“Why wouldn’t I be?” She askedMary shrugged and replied “I don’t know, you just seem off a little”“I’m fine. I don’t know why you would think that but nothing is going on with me”“You sure—?““Yes, I’m sure! Anyway, what’s going on? It looks like you were looking for me but what’s the reason?” Blessing asked, pretending like she didn’t know what was going on or that she hadn’t eavesdropped on the entire conversation between Mary and Alexander.“That’s right! I have really good news to tell you, but before I do, please come with me” Mary stretched

  • Everything belongs to me   WELLSTONE COLLEGE

    What Alexander just said was more shocking to Blessing and Mary than him declaring his aspiration to take care of Blessing’s academic future.Because he had already told both women—Mary directly and Blessing by eavesdropping on the conversation— they had known about him giving Blessing a monthly allowance to continue her stay in college.Their interpretation, however, was that he was just going to give an amount under his discretion and they would have no choice but to happily accept it, no matter what it is.In their heads, Alexander was going to take into account how much he was already spending on tuition fees and rent then he was going to give an amount that would only allow Blessing to have the bare minimum experience in college.If she needed five hundred dollars to eat and move around for the entire month then that was going to give. At least that’s what they thought.Those thoughts, however, went away while they looked at Alexander and they saw that he was willing and going to

  • Everything belongs to me   TIME TO LEAVE

    “I have plans that require me to become a world-renowned businessman and Wellstone College is known to be the number one academy for training the next best and brightest business-inclined individuals. That’s what sets it apart from the other schools in the top ten list” Alexander said and both women nodded.Each school in the top ten list had something in particular that gave them an edge over the others but since none of what the other schools excelled at interested Alexander, he chose Wellstone even though it was number eight on the list.He was willing to sacrifice the renown and reputation that going to the number one school in the entire world would give him to make sure the business education he would get was the best he could truly have.“What about you Blessing?” Alexander asked.The girl pointed at her chest and asked “What about me what?”“What do you plan on studying in college? I think I should at least know what my money will be going into” Alexander asked.He didn’t want

  • Everything belongs to me   ORPHANAGE

    Alexander stood by his car door then waved Mary and Blessing goodbye before opening the door and entering into the car.Once in, he dropped the bag of dry-cleaned clothes on the passenger seat then he grabbed the mini duffel bag of fifty thousand dollars.“This place is about to become super crowded with the new things I’m about to buy so let me just move this,” Alexander said to himself then went out of the car with the duffel bag.He went to the front of the car, opened the empty trunk and then he dropped the bag in there. From how small the mini duffle bag was, there was still enough space for the suitcase he was going to buy to fit in.Alexander closed the trunk and jolted when, to his surprise, he saw a little kid standing by his car.The kid was holding a lollipop with one hand and holding a stuffed rabbit toy with the other hand.He grimaced and then looked around, searching for who the parent or at least the guardian of the little boy was.The entire street was empty and there

  • Everything belongs to me   ORPHANAGE II

    She hugged Timmy and said “Do you know how worried we’ve all been? We searched the entire orphanage looking for you only to find out that you were at Grandma Mary’s place the whole time” Alexander looked at the woman and saw that though she was happy and relieved to see the kid, she was also very pissed at him and was doing her best to not show it. “I didn’t mean to worry anyone, Aunty Vicky. I was just bored and decided to play outside. Before I knew it I was outside Grandma Mary’s place and watching this uncle wave them goodbye. I would have come back on my own if this nice uncle hadn’t offered to bring me back” Timmy said. Vicky frowned at Timmy for a while but then she sighed. He was a kid and she could tell that he didn’t do what he did on purpose. Next, she looked at Alexander and said “Thank you for returning, Timmy. He’s an adventurous kid and as a result, can get lost in his own world sometimes and end up acting inconsiderately” Alexander shrugged. “It’s no problem

  • Everything belongs to me   PLEDGE

    “I know it’s a question that seems like it’s coming out of nowhere, but if you’re willing to indulge me, how much do you think you would need to go back to running this place the way you want?” Alexander asked.Vicky jolted and almost gasped.Never in a million years did she expect to hear those words from Alexander’s mouth.Not only had he gone out of his way to do something good for the orphanage by bringing back the missing Timmy, but here he was trying to top that by asking a question that hinted at him wanting to offer something as marvelous as a donation.Vicky gulped, sneaking a glance at the expensive sports car parked behind Alexander and realizing that what he just said wasn’t a bunch of empty words.“The amount of money we were used to receiving as donations was adequate to keep the place running, so if you can give us that or something close to it, then I’m sure that we can make do with—“Alexander cut her off.“Miss Vicky”“Yes?” She replied.“I didn’t ask you how much yo

  • Everything belongs to me   RECITE

    Alexander took a deep breath and sighed.“Alright! All that’s left is getting the orphanage’s account information and I’ll transfer the money later” Alexander said.“Just give me a moment and I’ll go get it for you,” Vicky said and then left Alexander, who grimaced in confusion.‘Since she runs the place, shouldn’t she have the number memorized and ready to be used at any moment?’ Alexander asked himself but a minute later his question was answered.He saw Vicky come out of the orphanage with a card that had the information of the bank account they used to receive donations, but that wasn’t all he saw.She didn’t come out alone.Behind her was the groundskeeper from earlier, some other workers of the orphanage like the cook and janitor, and then all the kids that the orphanage took care of.Alexander furrowed his eyebrows, wondering why she went to get so many people when she said she was just going to get the account information. They stopped a couple of feet in front of him.“Alrig

  • Everything belongs to me   NON-FORMAL

    Alexander came to a stop in front of the Gustav Emporium and the powerful sound of his engine alerted Laura.She took a break from what she was doing and looked through the store’s front wall which was made out of glass, allowing her to see everything outside.“Who is that?” Laura asked herself as she saw the beautiful Lamborghini parked in front of her employer’s store.The distance between her and the parked car was too far that it didn’t allow her to see Alexander properly. However, from what she could see of him, which was very little, she thought that the person looked quite familiar.She wondered where she had seen the driver before but no matter how much she pondered on it, she just couldn’t come up with an answer. She would have to see more of the profile to know.The curious sales rep stood up and waited, wondering if the driver of the luxurious car was going to come into her store or not. Her bet being on the former because the fact that they were parked so close to the stor

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    BOAT TAIL

    Alexander went back to WhatzApp where he continued chatting with Winifred until she said that she had to go offline because her teacher just walked into the class and she would talk to him later. The chat ended which was good because Alexander was starting to get tired as he wasn’t someone who liked chatting all that much. After that, Alexander looked at his phone, from front to back, and groaned. “Why haven’t I upgraded this yet?” He asked himself as he looked at the phone with disgust. How could he be using such an old model when he had hundreds of millions of dollars in his account? It was unbecoming and disgraceful. “Alright, I guess I know what to do today,” Alexander said then he dropped the phone on the bed and went to take a shower. After a couple of minutes, he came out of the bathroom fully dried, put on what he would wear for his outing then he took the phone from the bed and went out of the house. He got into his car and got ready to drive off, but first, he need

  • Everything belongs to me   

    FRIEND REQUEST

    If he wasn’t able to read at an incredible pace thanks to his heightened intellect, he wouldn’t have been able to finish reading the second message because she deleted it less than a second after he received it.She sent the message again some seconds later and the second sentence was gone.[If you are then it’s kind of late, don’t you think?]Alexander chuckled because the deleted message showed that the girl had eavesdropped on his conversation with her father because she shouldn’t have known that he was done with high school and was waiting to go to college.She knew this which was why she deleted it, hoping that he didn’t see the message. Unfortunately for her, he did, and she couldn’t ask if he did because it would be awkward, so she just hoped and wanted to move on.He replied [Yeah, I know] pretending like he didn’t see the message she deleted.He also messaged that he wanted to save her number so she should give him a minute. [Okay but hurry up so we can continue talking][No

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    DELETED MESSAGE

    After eating so much food and satisfying his hunger, Alexander slept like a log and because he had nothing to do the following day, the System didn’t bother to wake him up. Within the time that he slept, his body changed a little, adapting to the ten stat points he was awarded after accomplishing his last mission, and a good portion of the food he ate was used for that which was why he wasn’t bloated after gobbling up all those many dishes.The next morning came and Alexander continued to sleep, not hearing when his alarm rang until it stopped.A couple of minutes passed and the alarm rang again but still, he wasn’t able to hear it until it stopped.Between the second time the alarm rang and the next time it would ring again— after snoozing— Alexander received a notification on his phone.It was a message, two actually, but Alexander still wasn’t able to hear them because of how deep in sleep he was until, finally, the next alarm that rang woke him up.{“Good morning, Mister Alexande

  • Everything belongs to me   

    GIVE ME YOUR PHONE

    Afterward, Alexander, Mr. Terrence, and Mrs. Terrence sat in the living room and talked business while Winifred was told to go to her room. The girl pretended to do that, but she sat by the stairs and listened to the entire meeting. Her reason for doing that was because she wanted to know when the meeting would be over. She knew that Alexander would leave immediately after the meeting was done and she wanted to see him before he did. A couple of minutes later and the meeting came to an end. “Since we’re done discussing everything we have to for today, I guess it’s about time I take my leave,” Alexander said as he stood up from the couch. “Of course. Please allow us to escort you to your car” Mr. Terrence said as he and his wife stood up as well.“Thank you” Alexander smiled.“Wait, Winifred hasn’t said goodbye to him yet,” Mrs. Terrence said.“What?” Mr. Terrence grimaced. “It was her idea to invite Alexander over for dinner which resulted in this wonderful meeting taking place,

  • Everything belongs to me   

    VEIL

    After the Possession System had transferred all of Mr. Ferguson’s properties and net worth to him, it had also replaced his name and face in all proof of ownership to Alexander’s and that includes blog articles and documentation of the matter.The Possession System had also covered a veil on everyone’s minds that made them forget that Mr. Ferguson used to be the rightful owner of everything that used to be his and replaced it with Alexander if they ever tried to look up the information.The veil also made inconsistencies in the altered proof of ownership redundant, meaning that anyone who checked the information wouldn’t think twice after seeing that the casino which had been active for longer than Alexander had been alive was somehow founded by him and one other person.In essence, whenever they saw or read anything that used to have Mr. Ferguson’s name and face as the owner of things, they would see Alexander’s which is exactly what happened when Mr. Terrence quickly reached for his

  • Everything belongs to me   

    IRONIC

    “It’s fine, honey. Alexander is our guest so I don’t see why we can’t break certain eating habits to accommodate him” Mr. Terrence said and his wife groaned. Again, she suspected her husband and his intention for permitting the invite she gave Alexander to come eat with them.Still, she kept quiet and just let things play out.“Well, I’d like to increase the number the estates I’ve built from the cities we’re occupying to other cities in other states as well, creating like a housing franchise. While I’m doing that, I’ve been thinking of entering into other business ventures that’ll be more profitable in the long run” Mr. Terence said and Alexander groaned. “Other business ventures, huh? Which ones do you have in mind?” Alexander asked. Mr. Terrence cleared his throat because he didn’t know how Alexander was going to take what he was about to say.“Well, I was thinking of getting into ventures like the casino business but things like that are quite challenging. You’d need someone wh

  • Everything belongs to me   

    EXPANSION

    “Thank you, Missus Terrence, and don’t mind if I do,” Alexander said then asked Winifred to help him with one of the bowls so he could dish more food for himself. As she gave Alexander the bowl and he started dishing for himself, Mr. Terrence asked “So, Alexander, as I was saying before I was painfully interrupted…”Mrs. Terrence rolled her eyes again while having a smile on her face.“What’s your basketball experience?” Mr. Terrence asked as Alexander gave the bowl back to Winifred to keep while asking her to give him another bowl. “I’ve never played the game before. As a matter of fact, I’ve never been on the court or held the ball before” Alexander replied and Mr. Terrence’s eyes widened.“What about high school? Didn’t your high school have basketball as one of the sports the students played? Surely you got curious about shooting at the hoop at least once or twice” Mr. Terrence said.“Yes, we did have a basketball court as well as other games but I never really got to play” Ale

  • Everything belongs to me   

    DINNER TIME

    Both ladies were looking very beautiful. Though Winifred was young and still growing into her looks, she was very beautiful and had an innocent look to her which would make any man’s heart melt. As for Mrs. Terrence, she was the evidence of what the young girl had to look forward to when she was her age. Her face and body were excellently crafted by her creator. “What are you guys talking about?” Mrs. Terrence asked and both Alexander and her husband looked at her and Winifred. “I was just getting to know Alexander a little better is all. Isn’t that right, Alexander?” Mr. Terrence asked and they all looked at Alexander. “That’s right. Mr. Terrence and I were just talking about how I grew up and all. Nothing too serious” Mrs. Terrence looked at her husband suspiciously for a moment. Like Alexander, she too had a feeling that there was a motive behind why he agreed to the dinner invitation but she didn’t think as far as Alexander did to realize the truth so she let it go. “Alrig

  • Everything belongs to me   

    LUCKY

    “I’m very observant, remember? I could smell your intentions behind asking me all those questions from a mile away” Alexander said and Mr. Terrence groaned as he furrowed his eyebrows.“My intentions?” The man of the house asked.“That’s right. I’m not a father, but if I were, especially a father to a girl child, I wouldn’t just allow a stranger of my stature and build to come into my house just because my daughter wanted to invite them. Knowing how good of a businessman you must be to have what you do, you wouldn’t make such a reckless decision which leaves me to think that the reason why you allowed my invitation to pass is because you wanted to know what type of person you new tenant is, so this is basically a business move disguised as a caring father act” Alexander said and Mr. Terrence kept quiet to listen to the rest of what the young multimillionaire was going to say. “Because it isn’t normal for a person my age to have the amount of money to rent a place here or drive the ki