My Wealth System

Stepmother

Do you think I take in worthless garbage? Now, get out. I have work to do," Henry replied, pulling her up, then pushing her out.

But she stood her ground, breathing hard, "Tell me, one thing, Henry, did you post that video?"

Henry chuckled, then held her roughly, "Don't you come in here and ask senseless questions. Out you go, Evelyne and don't return here!"

"Henry!!!!" she screamed as he slammed the door immediately.

It was too late. Ten years too late and this was just the beginning of what she would encounter.

He was going to show her what he was capable of doing. Now that he had Bive Airlines, it was time for his next plan.

***

Morning came slowly, the sunlight penetrating through the window blinds. Henry rose, checking his phone for updates on Jakes. The police had sealed three of his warehouses and they were bleeding money. Jerry was in custody too. They found some incriminating evidence about him.

Henry chuckled, this was what he wanted and he knew soon, his stepmother would come but how soon?

His phone vibrated, it was an unknown number. He picked it up immediately.

"Good morning, Mr Henry, my sister told me to come over to your place this morning. I'm at the door already," a calm female voice said.

Henry rubbed his forehead and the image of the nurse slowly resurfaced. She had promised to send her sister to his place and he had forgotten about it!

He patted Mike's head and rushed to the front door. She was there alright, standing with a suitcase. A live-in nanny? That works too, he thought as she let in.

"Thank you, Mr Henry, I called earlier but your phone was switched off. I'm Maple Rose," she smiled, outstretching her hand.

Henry gave her a quick look. She was a blond petite young lady and had this homely smile just like Doreen. She was the right nanny for Mike.

Shaking her hands, he replied, "Maple Rose, it's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you are ready for today's task."

She nodded if shocked by Henry's directness, but she didn't show it, " I hope you don't mind though, my sister said I might stay to take care of Mike because of your busy schedule."

"That's not a problem, you can stay here. I will prefer that and here's a list of things you have to do," he handed her a paper, signalling her to follow him upstairs, "Here's one of the guestrooms, you can stay here. I will be sending a security team later in the day. I don't want any harm coming to Mike."

She nodded again, "Alright, sir. I got everything covered. Anything else?"

His phone vibrated as he was about to talk. It was a message from Mr Rudy reminding him about the meeting for his takeover.

"I'm late for a meeting, Maple Rose. We will talk once I return and also, and Mike is still having a hard time talking, so he uses a notepad most of the time. The security team will be here soon with a man called Mr Louis. Call me, if you need anything or something comes up, " Henry rattled.

"Alright, sir. Have a great day, " she smiled, leaving him.

Taking his suit, he rushed downstairs. Maple Rose was already preparing some juice for Mike, so he simply patted the boy's head and walked out. Time for Bive Airlines.

The board meeting had started already but stopped immediately, Henry stepped in.

He could hear hushed whispers as Mr Rudy introduced him as the new CEO. He shook hands with many directors, and managers and soon, signed the ownership contract.

He settled easily into the company's activities until he was interrupted by a sudden uproar. He stepped out of his office and saw his stepmother and Jake.

This was faster than he expected. What did she want?

"Damn you, Henry! How dare you buy this company when you knew we wanted it too?" she yelled, glaring coldly at him.

"I have the money and I don't need to explain what I do with it because it's not your business! What do you want?" Henry asked, measuring Jake's gaze. They were here for something and he could feel it.

"We want you to remove us from the blacklist on your company's record. We wanted to travel and they had the guts to tell us we can't. How dare you, Henry?" Jake replied, angrily.

Henry feigned ignorance. He had earlier found out they paid for first-class tickets using Bive Airlines, so he blacklisted them, waiting patiently for their drama.

"I didn't know, let's get to the airport and know what happened," he replied, smiling as he stepped out.

They followed him, cursing loudly and promising to deal with him once everything was over but Henry didn't say anything. They had more issues coming up and it will hit them unexpectedly. He just had to be careful and spend nothing less than one million.

He jumped into his car and drove out. His stepmother, Diana and Jake followed him behind.

They arrived at the airport and Henry walked to the ticket centre, aware that people were watching them. It was expected, Jake was still hot in the news with Jerry in jail and the warehouses closed, the family was the best topic for gossip.

"Hi, ladies, Mrs Cavil and Jake Cavil claimed you denied them entrance into the plane. What's going on?" Henry asked, still feigning ignorance.

"Yes, they are blacklisted and their travelling bags contained hard drugs, we just found them," one of the ticket clerks replied, pointing at the suitcases with the police officer.

"What? That's a lie. Jake and I don't deal with illegal drugs. I guess what you heard in the news is getting into your head. Why would we want to take illegal drugs with us anyway?" His stepmother yelled out loud.

"Because you are Mrs Cavil and anything is possible with you. " Henry replied.