IN BETWEEN TWO LIVES; THE BARON'S HEIR

CHAPTER FOUR

"She is a primary school teacher, earning a thousand dollars per month."

"And you are a delivery guy earning just a thousand dollars per month and two hundred dollars per delivery?"

"Yes daddy."

Mr Jarrod then motioned to Keegan. "Keegan give me my phone." With Mr Jarrod's phone now in within his grasp, he requested for Victor's account number, and within four minutes he was done with the transaction.

"Jesus Christ, twenty five million dollars!" Victor hissed in disbelief. "Daddy this is too much, what would I do with twenty five million dollars?"

"That is just a fraction of what I am going to do, just to make you happy." Mr Jarrod said.

"But dad, this is too much, thank you very much." Victor said. "Now my mother would be able to pay off the heavy debts, she has accumulated over the years." Victor said satisfactorily.

"How much does your mother owe?"

"About a hundred thousand dollars."

"Wow, what is your mom doing that she owes the bank a hundred thousand dollars?"

"She borrowed that money just to raise me up, because at the time she had no job. Originally she owed a hundred and twenty five, but ever since she began working ten years ago, she has been doing all she can do to defray her debts."

"That woman is a good woman, I would like to meet her some day."

"So daddy, how did I end up being in this state, instead of living in luxury as other members of my family are?"

Mr Jarrod was silent for ten seconds, before he finally broke his silence. "It is quite a story, however it was twenty two years ago…"

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"Wait daddy, you mean I was kidnapped?"

"Yes son, you were kidnapped."

Victor began to look confused. "But given the security that was stationed, according to your narration given that the governor was present, how was it possible?"

Mr Jarrod shook his head. "I do not know son, all I can say is that it was perfectly masterminded."

"Do you not think that Mrs Jarrod your must have had a hand in this?" Victor asked.

"The governor had her arrested, and as we speak, she is behind bars."

"Oh I see, that means me biological mother is somewhere around the country then?"

Mr Jarrod's mood changed, he turned sad. "Upon your kidnap, she took her life."

Victor gasped. "Jesus Christ!" He said out of shock.

"Those were terrible times, but now I am happy that all of the pain I have suffered for twenty two years, have been wiped, away."

Suddenly Victor's phone began to ring, it was his mom Mrs Yvonne. "Sorry Dad, it is my mom." He excused his father, and picked up the phone call.

"Hello Victor, is everything alright?" Mrs Yvonne's voice was heard from the phone.

"Yes Mom, I am fine."

"I hope you are not Ill?"

"No I am not, I am very strong."

"Then what is the reason why you were invited to the hospital?"

Victor was silent, because he did not know what to say, so he immediately ended the call.

"What, why did you end the call, you did not reply your mother." Mr Jarrod asked.

"I do not know how to lie father, if I try it she would know, and she will kill me for it." Victor said.

Mr Jarrod smiled, however his three bodyguards followed suit. "So you do not tell lies."

"Yes." He replied shyly. "My mom always disciplined me anytime I lied."

"Oh I see."

"So am going to go home today and maybe say hello to my siblings?" Victor asked.

"No Victor."

Victor furrowed his eyebrows, surprised at his father's response. "Why?"

Mr Jarrod stood up. "This are dangerous times, and your identity as my son needs to be kept secret." He said. "You will return to your mother, and look after yourself with the twenty five million dollars I have sent to you."

"But why do you say that this are dangerous times, I do not understand?"

"I still believe the people that planned your kidnap twenty two years ago, are very much alive, however, I am not loosing you again as I did before." He continued.

"Okay Dad, I understand."

"Keegan and doctor Pius would keep an eye on you, however take this card, the phone number inscribed there belongs to someone special I will like you to meet, she works there at your university. Anyway I will be off, I have attend to other things."

"Okay Dad, thank you for everything."

"Do not mention son." Mr Jarrod smiled satisfactorily at Victor, then moved to place his hands on his shoulders. "Now that I have found you, not only would I give you a good life, but we all will conquer our enemies, and make this our beautiful state, a better place."

"Yes Dad, I am so happy to have found you, now all the pain I have gone through over the years, are gone." He then turned to doctor Pius. "Thank you doctor."

"The pleasure is mine Victor." Doctor Pius replied.

"I will be going then." Mr Jarrod put on his black hat, and bounced out of doctor Pius office with his bodyguards.

Now outside doctor Pius office, Keegan moved closer to Mr Jarrod. "Sir, we are all happy due to the fact that we have found your son after twenty two years, but he is a very good boy, I can see it in his eyes, would he be able to take care of real business, like our underground stuff?"

Mr Jarrod turned to Keegan with a smile. "I believe he will. As far as he has my blood running through his veins, I believe that he would become more powerful than I have ever had, he just needs time."

"I just hope such is the case."

Soon Mr Jarrod came upon his parade of four luxury bullet proof cars, with about four armed men in Black standing close by.

He entered the third car, and at once the parade of cars zoomed off, however the people around began to stare in awe at Mr Jarrod's convoy, as they passed through the gates of the hospital, leaving them in suspense as to why he came to the hospital.

Back at doctor Pius office, Victor thanked the doctor once again.

"Take good care of your mother eh."

"I will do just that sir." Victor said excitedly. "Um doctor, please can I use your phone?"

"What for?"

"I want to hire a Uber driver, since it is about twelve pm, I think it is unsafe to wait for a cab in the dead of the night."

"Okay no problem." Doctor Pius handed over his phone to him.

Victor came down from the Uber taxi. "How much is your money?" He asked the driver.

"A hundred bucks." The taxi driver replied.

"Okay send me your account number."

With the transaction complete, Victor hurried to his house, and began to knock at the door. "Hello mom, it is me Victor."

Mrs Yvonne hurried from where she sitting, and opened the door. Upon seeing him, she hugged him affectionately. "Uh Victor, I was worried about you."

"Mom, I am fine. Let us get inside, I have a lot to tell you, he said." He locked the door and sat down the longest couch, there in the parlor.

Mrs Yvonne began to notice how excited Victor was, and began to ponder the reason for this new development. "So what do you wish to tell me?"

Victor was about to spill out his experience he had in the hospital, but he remembered the caution of doctor Pius against talking to anyone about his encounter with his biological father, so he decided to tell another story, which was false. "Mom guess what?"

Mrs Yvonne furrowed her eyebrows. "Victor you know how I hate guessing, what is it, tell me."

Victor rubbed his face in excitement and smiled happily at his mother. "Mom, it is a big secret, and I want it to be between you and me."

Mrs Yvonne's heart sunk, upon gazing at her son's extremely handsome face, and some unusual thoughts of lust flashed through her mind. "Come on you stupid whore, this is your son sitting close to you, not some regular guy with a dick." She thought to herself, warding of the lustful thoughts. "What is it Victor?"

"Okay." He held her both hands. "Mom, I won a jackpot, through doctor Pius." He lied.

Mrs Yvonne raised her eyebrows. "Wow, how much, anyway firstly which game did you play, which enabled you to win the jackpot?"

"Mom that is not important, what is important is that I won, and I got enough money, that would cover your debts, and feed us for about two months, it could even take us to a better house, than this shit hole."

"How much did you win then?"

"Mom I won twenty five million dollars." Victor hissed, though with a smiling face.

Mrs Yvonne began to look suspiciously at Victor. "Have you been pushing drugs?" She asked. "Cause I still cannot believe that you have won a jackpot."

Victor frowned, at his mother's non chalant attitude. He however knew where she was going to. "Mom, if you are not going to be excited with this jackpot I have won, I will just go to my room."

"No, no son, I am happy for you, it is just I am a bit suspicious, do not take it too hard son."

"Okay, I wouldn't take it too hard, just give me your credit card number." He requested.

Mrs Yvonne searched for her credit card inside her room, and when she saw it, she came to the parlour, and read it out to Victor.

"Okay Mom, it is done."

"Wow, seven million, this is good. Thank you so much." She moved to Victor and hugged him affectionately.

"It is okay Mom, now you could pay off your debts, and go revisit your doctor, you could pay for the medication, and get some new stuff for yourself. I will take care of the food stuff, and all of my school stuff from now on."

Mrs Yvonne could not stop smiling satisfactorily at her son, and at this point, she cared less for the source of the money.

"Let me go get some rest, it has been a long day." Victor began to stretch himself, looking sleepy.

"Yes, yes, you should go get some rest." Mrs Yvonne said.

Victor then moved to his room, and locked it. He undressed, put on his pyjamas, and laid down on his bed.

"Oh wow, what a day. I get dumped by a girl who I thought loves me, then I am sacked from my job as a delivery guy, then boom, I am the son of the wealthiest man in Sergia. Wow, I swear I did not see that coming." He smiled.

"Now that I am rich, it means that I have automatically levelled up, and I swear to almighty God, I will have my revenge on all the people in school that mocked me, including Patricia that toyed with my emotions.