Holding of secrets

Lady J

Alex left Mrs. Loveth's house angrily while looking back.

“I only have today left to pay my tuition f*e for the two academy sections. If not, I will be expelled from Houston University!” He said to himself as he arrived at the gate.

He has worked hard for four years as a student of chemical engineering at Houston University of Science and Technology.

He was the best student in his department from his first to the final year. 

He was awarded a scholarship from Brunsto University in Australia but the Head of the Department of Houston University Science and Technology for Engineering faculty invited him to his office and said to him “Alex, I know you are a brilliant student, and you deserve to go to, Brunston University in Australia for your scholarship program but right now, Your name has been withdrawing from the list since you don't have anyone to sponsor your flight ticket and visa application to Australia. Don't be offended, the scholarship has been given to a billionaire son, Mario, and he was on his way to Brunston University for his postgraduate program !” That was the exact word that was said to him by the professor. Vincent is a fifty-year-old man, and he is the head of the department for the engineering faculty. 

“I lost a million dollars worth of scholarship just because I have no one to pay for my flight ticket and visa application to Australia. Not because I'm from a poor family, but on my step. Mother decided to treat me badly because my family was no longer alive. It would never have happened !, Four years of my academic life cannot just be academic waste because of little change, Mrs. Loveth refuses to pay !” 

Finally, he arrived at Houston University of Science and Technology. He immediately went straight to a nearby cyber cafe to check his student portal and find out how many hours were left for him to pay for his school. 

“Hello! Good afternoon please, I want to check something on my student portal!” He said politely to the receptionist at the cybercafé. 

“Do you know your student details ?” The receptionist asked. 

“Yes!,” Before the receptionist could say a word, Alex interrupted him as he called his student details. One triple four six two four three nine” 

“Okay! You can come in” " the receptionist said to him with a strange look as she noticed that the young man in front of him was very poor, but with what she saw on his student dashboard she was shocked. 

Before Alex moved closer to the desk where the computer was placed, he gasped in shock and asked “Please, where is the payment section on the student portal? And please, how much is the total debit on the payment section ?!” 

The receptionist said “Four hours ago you had a bill of two hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars to pay for two academy sections. Just a minute before we logged into the portal, a bill of two hundred thousand dollars had been paid.The remaining balance on your payment section is just seven-six thousand dollars.”

“You only have twenty hours left to pay the remaining balance, otherwise you will be expelled from university!” 

“Who sent the two hundred thousand dollars to my student portal ?” Alex asked the receptionist. 

Alex furrowed in confusion at what the receptionist had just said. Just as the receptionist was about to speak, a voice echoed from the back. 

“I'm the one who cleared the bill !” A brown-skinned woman who was four years old replied to him. 

“Who are you? How do you know I haven't paid my school fees for the last two semesters?” Alex asked the lady with a look of confusion showing on his face. 

“My name is Barrister. Linda, I'm your family lawyer and also an investor manager for both parents before they died !” The lady said to him, as they exchanged a glance and bowed before him. 

“I don't think I know you. The only family lawyer I knew before my father died was a barrister. Denny, who was Mrs. Loveth's cousin. How come you are telling me you are my father's lawyer and his investor's manager!” 

“I have been working for Mr and Mrs. Meyer before they both died !, Your father, Mr. Meyer warned me before he died that I should not let anyone about his investment portfolio and his assets except his son.” The woman replied to him politely. 

“Where have you been for all this while and been struggling to take care of myself? If you are truly my father's lawyer, why hasn't he mentioned your name ever before ?” Alex asked. 

“I know you very well, but you might not know me. Your name is Alex Meyer. You were born in the United States of America. You were transferred to Leads Science Academy for high school. When you finished, you went to Moscheutos Institute for Science and Technology.  After the death of your parents, you dropped out of university and came back to Houston to continue your education!”

Alex furrowed his eyebrows and asked coldly as if he were a different person. “Are you Lady J” 

“Yes, I'm.” The lady gasped in surprise “You remember the nickname Lady J” 

“Yes, I do!  Of course, I remember vividly that one of my father's lawyers, Lady J, stayed on the Groove estate in Houston! You helped him with the incorporation of his refinery business in California and his real estate empire in Los Angeles. You always help him to sign most of his documents and represent him at different events in different parts of the work. You disappeared after my parents and I decided to reach you but all my efforts were in vain. Now, tell me what you want from me ?”

“You don't have to be worried about that, I don't need anything from you Alex,” Barrister Linda said to him calmly, then she continued “I went to an inauguration in the Czech Republic when they announced the death of your father. I tried my best to get you and explain something to you. Unfortunately, you were nowhere to be found. The only person I know who might know where you are was your father's driver, who said you are no longer in the King Villa estate. I have never stopped looking for you but all my efforts were in vain !, I don't know how busy you are right now, we need to shut down and talk so that I give you your father's property!”

“Listen to what you are saying, Barrister. Linda, Who are you trying to fool ?, After Barrister. Denny and Mrs. Loveth use tricks to change all my father's property to theirs! You are here today trying to use another trick on me so that you people can finally kill every member of my family! Please leave, I don't want to see you !” Alex said to him loudly. 

“Why the hell did you just say right? Don't you trust me ?” 

“Of course, I don't trust you, including Barrister. Kenny is also nothing but a betrayal and I will never forgive him in my entire life !” 

“Who is the Barrister, Denny ?”

“Mrs. Loveth's cousin who works in the Angelic upper court !'' Alex replied, frowning. 

“Barrister. Denny knows nothing about your father's property, all his property and his investment portfolio have been in my custody since he died and your name was well written on it as the next heir of your family!” Barrister. Linda sighed dejectedly, “Two days ago, I was with Maverick, your family doctor, last night in his office and he told me you don't believe people easily unless they show you undeniable proof! Is that true ?” 

“Yes !, I don't believe people without evidence of what they are saying. Thank God you asked around before you came to meet me !” 

Barrister.  Linda continued, “Alex, this file with me is all the proof and evidence you need before you can believe me. I know how hard life has been for you for so many years. But I'm very sorry about that !, You have a few days left at Houston University before you graduate from university. Once you finally become a graduate, all you need to take over your father's Empire is to sign this document, and you will owe the entire business and his assets in your possession! Besides, This is a platinum card designed by your father only for you before he died. You can have it with”

Barrister. Linda handed over a blue platinum card to Alex, but he neglected it instead. 

“In the entire city of Houston, you are the only person that has a platinum card !”

“Barrister. Linda, I understand everything you have so far. Keep the card to yourself! I don't need it !”

“Alex, you need to take this card with you. Only your signature is on the card and no one else in this world can use the card except you !” 

“What ?” 

“Yes, you heard me right. You are the only person that has this platinum card in the world. The bank made this card specially for you. Remember, you still have seventy thousand dollars to pay a debt to Houston University before you can graduate, otherwise, you will be expelled from the university''

“I understand your tricks! You are trying to use the opportunity of my school f*e as your sinister plan, right ?”

“No !, Why would I do that? Just keep the platinum card with you so that you can have enough money to pay for your school and live comfortably for the rest of your !, The money on the card is enough for you to live a luxurious life at any stage of your !, With this card, you don't have to worry about money” Barrister. Linda said to him authoritatively. 

“A Luxurious laugh for the rest of my life? Do you know what you are saying ?” Alex said to her with thunderous laughter echoing in the room and continued “Before I collect the card from you, What is the total amount on the card ?” 

“The design of the card and the customization cost over a million dollars! And he deposited some money, which was around five hundred million dollars!”