Alexander was stunned. He never expected that something he said with innocent intentions would result in the emotional outburst that Blessing just displayed.“Please excuse me for a moment Alexander. Let me get a mop and clean this” Mary stood up then left the dining room to go get what she needed.Turns out that when Blessing stood up and angrily left the dining room, she had, by accident, knocked her glass of water from the table, spilling its liquid contents all over the floor. Not only that, but the cup had even shattered on impact with the floor, making that spot very dangerous for unprotected feet and as such in urgent need of proper cleaning.“I’ll just clean this and—“ Mary said as she returned to the dining room with not just the mop but a broom and dustpan as well. She, however, froze when to her surprise she saw Alexander picking the broken pieces of glass on the floor.Mary dropped the mop, broom, and dustpan then rushed to Alexander’s side as fast as her hurting back wou
While he remained sitting, Alexander looked around the moderately sized dining room and then he did the same for the adjoining living room, saying “Earlier you said that you weren’t the richest people in the world which I’m taking as an exaggerated nod to how humble your financial status is, but the fact that this entire house belongs to you and you were able to enroll Blessing into the school she’s about to graduate from says a lot”Though Blessing’s high school wasn’t at the level of or as prestigious as Coker Wake High School, it was still amongst the top-rated high schools in its level and since that was the case, it meant that the school fees and overall expenses were quite high.What Alexander was trying to get at was that Mary had to be at a certain level of financial stability to be able to afford the house she and her granddaughter were living in, as well as fund Blessing’s academic lifestyle.Did that come with some sacrifices on the eighteen-year-old girl’s part that others
“Wow! I never would have imagined all that just by looking at you. But, now that I think about it, your character does fall in line with someone who had a past like yours” Mary said, cleaning the tears that had formed around her eyes.For a woman her age who, also, had most likely gone through her share of trauma, to feel as badly as she did for Alexander really says a lot.Alexander furrowed his eyebrows and tilted his head in confusion.“What do you mean?” He asked.“I don’t want to throw all rich people under the bus because I’m sure there are some out there who are nice people— take you for example.” She gestures at Alexander.On the other hand, the young multimillionaire furrowed his eyebrows, wondering where she was going with her statement.“You are rich now and you’ve done so much for me and Blessing that we can never repay you for. So, going back to what I was saying, there could be some rich people who were born into their wealth but who are like you—”Alexander interrupted
“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
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
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
“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
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