Lionel's Descendant

Chapter Six

The taxi dropped me off at the Lionel's mansion. It looked like a city on it own. There were two bodyguards in suit waiting outside. "You're welcome sir. Please follow me." One said as he led the way.

I walked in through the gate and what I saw surprised me. There was a white gigantic building sitting in the compund then little houses which were seperated from it. One could know that the big white house was the main building. We walked into the house and I was greeted by the sweet scents and beautiful artworks that hung side by side on the wall. We walked further and I saw myself in a large living room. It was really big and a part of it was the dinning room. The dinning table was long and had five chairs  arranged parallel to each other. There were huge chandeliers which brightened up the room. Five big leather chairs and a center table was in the living room. A large tv hung on the wall and a portrait of my dad sitting on a chair with his legs crossed hung in the wall beside the television.

I met my dad sitting on the chair waiting patiently as he was waching the news. "He is here sir." The guard said and bowed.

"What took you so long? I've been waiting since." He stood up.

"I'm sorry father. Some things came up." I apologized.

"I've postponed it tomorrow already. The board members got tired and left." He said and i was dissappointed. "Even the board members got tired of waiting." I clenched my fist as I remembered how I was locked in the cage for hours without food and water.

"What's wrong with your lips? They are dry." He asked.

"It's nothing sir." I lied.

"Since we can't do anything today,I'd like to go check up on my mom." I said.

"We'll go together but before you do,let me show you around the house." He smiled and I smiled back.

A woman came to met us when we wanted to explore the house. She was wearing a blue gown with flowery embroidery on them. She wore a black shoe with short heels that made creepy sounds as she walked. She was short and quite elegant. From her head to her toes,she looked exquisite. She also wore lots of makeup. Her eye  lashes were long and her lips were painted red. There were some women standing beside her,if I'm not mistaken five. They were in a red gown with a black blazer and black shoe. It looked like some kind of uniform.

"Who is this?" She asked distastefully.

"This is Roberto Lionel. My son." He answered.

"What? You had a child outside our marriage?" She yelled as she tried to conceal the tears from falling down her eyes.

"Yes. She is Grace's son. The one you framed and sent out of the house." My dad said.

"She gave birth to this child? He is your illegitimate son?" 

"Yes. He is mine. The heir to all my businesses and properties. A decendant of the Lionel." My dad yelled.

"I promise you,he won't take over the properties. Over my dead body." She spat.

"You mean the properties that I've transferred to him already. I'm just waiting for him to sign in front of the board members." My dad scoffed.

"I'm going to deal with him. I'm going to kill him with my bare hands." She tried to touch me but my dad came in between us.

"You dare not touch my son. Now leave or I send you packing." My dad warned. She left us and stomped her feet while she walked upstairs.

We went upstairs and there were several rooms. He opened the door to one and the room was very big. it was like five rooms of the ones in the Parks mansion combined. We went outside the mansion and he took me to the back. That's when I realized the house was more than that. There were several huge building behind which were white. There were lots of flowers and trees which made the compound lively with their chirping and flapping. 

 We got into a car and the driver drove us round the compund. It was really huge. The land would be more than an acre. Several buildings which my father pointed out as we passed.

"This is the guest house." He pointed at a building.

"This is the house for VVIP people." He pointed at another.

"This is for important board members." He pointed at another building.

"This is where I take meetings if I'm too lazy to go to the office." He pointed at another huge building.

"All these belong to you?" I asked as I watched in astonishment.

"It belongs to us." He answered.

The driver drove us out of the house and we went straight to my mom's house. 

We got there and I knocked. Diego came to open the door for us.

"Hey brother." He said and hugged me. 

He later saw my dad behind me. "Hi sir. Welcome sir." He greeted and we both walked into the house.

"Where's mom?" I asked.

"She's inside,resting probably." He answered and I and my dad went upstairs.

"Hey Mom." I said as I walked into her room.

"Why did you bring him here?" She yelled at me immediately she spotted my dad.

"I'm sorry ma. He just needs to explain some things." 

"Do you know the kind of pains I went through. I had to relocate to another country entirely." My mom yelled.

"I'm sorry Grace. I'm sorry for everything you passed through because of me." He apologized but mom was not willing to listen.

"I was just a maid. I was innocent and poor. My one mistake was falling in love with you. I didn't even ask for marriage when I found out I got pregnant,I only asked you to take full responsibility but you left."My mom said and tears began to fall down her eyes. I moved closer to clean them but she pushed me away.

"You forgot your mother because of money." She said and my heart broke. 

"Mom what are you saying? I'm doing this to make our lives better." I explained.

"Immediately you knew he was your father,you've started making plans on how you'd spend the money. Where did you get this suit from?" She stood up and hit my chest.

"I'm sorry mom. I'm sorry." I apologized.

"You didn't even care how I felt. You didn't care if I'd accept him back. You went for his money." My mom attacked and I felt bad. My heart was beating fast. For the first time in my life I felt at fault. I felt so selfish and greedy. So inconsiderate.

Honestly I was after the money. I so much wanted revenge that I forgot how my mom would feel. She always gave me her all and this is how I wanted to repay her back.

"He is sorry. He's just a child." My dad apologized on my behalf.

"I'm sorry mom. I'm so sorry. I don't want the properties anymore. I just want you." I knelt down.

"What are you saying?" My dad coughed.

"It's okay." My mom said and sat on her bed.

"I'll stay by your side forever." I turned to my dad. "I'm sorry I'll have to reject the properties." I said as I stood up and  returned the black card to him.

"What are you saying? Who would inherit my properties when I'm gone?" He asked.

"I'm sorry sir." I said and bowed.

"Grace! You are taking this too far. You are denying him of his father's property." my dad said and my mom stood up back.

"Roberto. You can take your father's property,spend time with him and have the fatherly love you never had but make sure his money never reaches me." She clenched her fist.

"Mom!" I yelled.

"Remember it's his money we used to pay for your surgery." Diego said.

"I don't care." My mom said sharply.

"Just say you don't want Brother Roberto to be happy. Do you know how much he is suffering in his in laws house? Do you know how much humiliation and suffering he goes through everyday there?" He yelled.

"But..."

He didn't allow my mom to finish speaking. He cut her off instantly. "Now that he has one opportunity to get back at them,to prove he is not a lowlife,to prove he is not useless. You are here ruining it. We are all selfish." He screamed the last sentence.

"It's enough Diego." I cautioned.

"No leave him." My dad ordered.

"I want a good life too mum. I want to go to Harvard. I want to live a good life and stop borrowing textbooks and asking my friends for favours all the time." Diego had started crying by this time.

"I know you've gone through a lot. Let it out mum. Let it out on Mr Raymond and not us. Not on brother Roberto. Let him get his rightful property." He said and knelt down.

We all were crying except for my dad. My mom stood up and hugged me. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you were suffering this much. I'm sorry." She said as her voice cracked.