The entire Powell family was left dumbfounded by the unexpected twist. Mr. Harry, the patriarch, spoke up, his voice strained with disbelief, "Selena Morgan? That's my sister." The room fell into a heavy silence, broken only by Mrs. Powell's sharp intake of breath. "What!!!" Her eyes widened with shock and remorse. She had, unknowingly, harbored resentment toward her best friend's child for years. Mrs. Powell, her voice quivering, admitted, "Selena and I were best friends. I never knew... I never realized Estelle was her daughter yet I've unintentionally harbored this hatred towards her all this while." The room buzzed with mixed feelings. Joy and confusion lingering in the air. The family felt heavy with the surprising news, trying to understand the mix of feelings and the complicated connections that had just been revealed. Drake, still grappling with the newfound knowledge that Jed was his biological cousin, couldn't shake the conflicting emotions. As he observed the joyous
Jedidiah held a stack of ruined papers in one hand and a squeezed coffee cup in the other with a look of horror on his face. He was returning from the breakroom with the cup of coffee he had gone to get and the documents he was asked to scan when someone bumped into him, causing most of the cup’s contents to spill on the documents.“Are you blind?” the guy that bumped into Jed scoffed instead of apologizing. “Do you know how much this designer shirt costs?”Jedidiah didn’t hear all these as he frantically tried to wipe off the stain on the papers. He couldn’t imagine how much trouble he would get into. But the guy thought Jed was ignoring him and got pissed off. He reached out and grabbed the papers before throwing them down.“It was you who bumped into me first and you should be apologizing,” Jed snapped, looking at the completely ruined papers helplessly.“How dare you talk back to me?”Jed finally looked up and realized the guy he had been arguing with is the company’s Casanova, Ma
Jed was certain he could get home on time before the rain start but just as he came out on a deserted street, he came upon a scene he’d never imagined to see in his wildest dreams. He’d thought they only ever happen on radios and television. How unfortunate can he be?“Please, don’t pull the trigger. I will pay you even more than whoever hired you to kill me paid,” A middle-aged man in a now soiled silver tuxedo pleaded on his knees. Five masked hoodlums were surrounding him with guns in their hands.Jedidiah should have taken this moment to flee from there and pretend he didn’t see anything but he panicked for the old man. He brought out an old mobile and called someone.Meanwhile, the old man’s assailants all laughed. “Our loyalty can’t be bought with money. Besides, your son paid us enough to make sure we do a clean job without leaving behind any traces.”One could even feel the painful look of betrayal that spread out on the man’s face like he couldn’t believe his own son had plann
“I am one of a kind and only serve one purpose. That is to enable my users to earn their well-deserved revenge. While you were dying, your strong sense of grievance and vengeance triggered my activation. In order to save you, I had your soul transmigrated here, a different part of Philadelphia you never knew existed and into this body which used to belong to one Jedidiah Jetti,” the system narrated. Jed was surprised to find out the original owner of this body bears the same name as him.Before he could ask any questions, Vendetta continued, “System found this body a suitable vessel for you because yours and the original host’s fates are quite similar. Before his demise, Jedidiah used to be an orphan like you after his only parent, his mother, died of a strange mental illness. The boy would have been thrown on the streets if someone had not anonymously recommended him to this prestigious academy, Elites High, earning him an automatic scholarship.”Jed looked at the screen eagerly when
“Huh, who are they?” Jed wondered silently. As he thought of this, two virtual chat boxes appeared on the boys’ heads. One box had Ben Palmer and the other had Eric Smith. Basic info about their bio was shown to Jedidiah. Ben Palmer is a descendant of a prominent militant family in the city while Eric Smith hails from the lineage of wealthy jewelers. They are both roommates to the deceased Jedidiah and used to be his good friends. Once the students saw the teachers, they scooted away from Jed, seemingly afraid to warrant punishment. A teacher with a stern-looking facial appearance stepped out and swept his gaze round the assembly hall. The students recognized him and cowered away fearfully.“What is this I hear about you all bullying a student? Has the standards of this academy dropped this low to the extent of bullying?” the man’s deep monotone resonated. “No, it’s not like that sir,” a student tried to defend their actions but Ben Palmer rushed to Jed. He was the one whose thoug
Jed looked at the teacher and a virtual box containing her essential bio appeared on her head;Name: Mary Henshaw.Status: Married. Profession: Calculus teacher. One Relationship Found: Paternal aunt to Jane Doe.Now he understands. so she was trying to defend her niece from embarrassment. Before anyone could refute, Mary gave the students a cold glare and one after the other, although they didn’t want to and they knew what she was trying to do, they began to speak up in Jane’s defense. Who in the entire school doesn’t know that Jane is her favorite student?“Yes, it is true. We gathered here because Jed invited us to the assembly ground to witness his proposal to Jane.”“I didn’t want to come but he practically begged.”As the students shouted, the teachers came to a conclusion. “Alright… Alright… Everyone is dismissed. Jed will be taken to the principal’s office to be duly punished.” Even Eric and Ben didn’t couldn’t contradict this claim as Jed had indeed broken the rules. Altho
“You… Didn’t you say you are allergic to veggies? You wouldn’t even share a seat with anyone eating veggies! What are you doing now?” Eric was the first to accuse him. He looked at the huge bowl in front of Jed again. It was vegetarian pasta with a lot of vegetables the latter used to hate.”Where is our friend and what have you done to him?” Ben suddenly asked. “The Jed I know will never taste the smallest spinach even if you threaten to take his games from him.”Jed laughed nervously and scratched his head. “Guys, c’mon, don’t act like this is such a big deal. You always complain that I should try to lose weight and that is what I am trying to do. No more junk food till I look like you guys.”“Since the fall, you have been acting strange. Are you sure we don’t have to visit the infirmary?” Eric was still worried.“I’m fine. Eat up or your meals will get cold,” Jed urged them before facing his meal again.Ben smiled heartily. He doesn’t know what happened to Jed but he knows he defin
“Mr. Jed, your father has asked me to bring you home,” Peter announced the reason for his arrival with a harmonious smile. Jed frowned slightly. Father? That word sounded strange to him. Both in his previous life and this one, he has never had someone to call his father.While he was thinking about this, he heard Peter’s malicious thoughts, ‘How is this dirty, fat, ugly-looking creature fit to be my young master? He must have inherited these terrible facial qualities from whichever slut gave birth to him! Even his grades and behaviors are nothing to write home about! None of his teachers had anything good to say about him. A nameless dumbass like him wanting to ride on the Jetti’s coattails. Hmph! Dream on!’Jed looked up with a cold look and Peter quickly adorned his face with a wide amiable smile. Not even in his wildest dreams would he have thought that Jed actually heard what he was thinking.“Okay,” Jed stood up after giving this short but cold response. The butler bade the prin