“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
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
“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
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