For a while, he was a little bit startled and did not know what to do.
Random thoughts ran through his mind almost immediately. "Could it be that I had been deceived?" He thought in his head but he shook the thoughts off from his head almost immediately.
"It certainly cannot be possible." He reminded himself.
"Hey, mister. See for yourself now how foolish you can be?" She growled at him with so much hate and disgust in her voice.
"See, I think that this was all a mistake." He tried to see but they would not give him breathing space to spit out a single word out from his mouth.
"A mistake you Said?" Evelyn returned a glare at him.
"I hate people of your kind so you. They already caught you. Why don't you say the truth and just fuck off?"
"Hey, mister. You have to leave now you will be forcing me to get the security. And this time, I will have to tell you that I am not joking."
The noise that rose from the desk became so much that it attracted the attention of a prominent person in the hotel.
Ethan heard footsteps behind him, so delicate that he could not help but turn around to see who it was.
It was an extravagantly dressed man with a Broad smile and the whitest sets of it. And his Aura alone was breathtaking.
"What is going on here?" He Inquired with so much air of authority in his voice.
"It's one of these bums as they usually do. But this is different and rude and is only here to make trouble."
"But don't worry sir. I will get the security to keep him out right away." She leashed at Ethan.
"Is that so?" His feet swayed around gracefully towards Ethan who despite everything still had his face high up in the air.
"I think there is a mistake here.." He tried today but the manager was hardly listening to him now as there was a strange expression on his face.
One of recognition.
"You are going to keep explaining All your life without evidence." The receptionist returned to him.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" He inquired staring right into Ethan's eyes making him pause for a while.
"I don't think so.." His words shattered in echoes.
"And what did you say the problem was again?" He gave Ethan the chance to establish his claims.
"I tried to get a meal but the machine somehow declined my card. I don't know what is going on now." He replied.
For a while, the manager was startled by his air of confidence and he pushed his hands towards Ethan.
He got the message immediately, reaching out to his pocket pointing it over to the manager, and hanging it over to him.
"Here it is." He announced.
The manager caressed the surface of the card.
"There is only one way for us to find out." He mumbled but then, it did not seem as though he was talking to anyone there, he was talking to himself.
He turned around and walked behind the desk to the office while they tried to stop him from doing so.
"Sir. You are a busy man and there is no need to waste time on this bum." The receptionist noted but the manager was hardly listening to her now.
He returned a few minutes later with the machine right in his heart.
It was natural for his heart to race fast but he assumed a strange calm that surpassed his understanding.
The card went into the card slot and the card began to beep gradually.
"One. Two." The letters came to life simultaneously.
"Sir, I told you this was a waste." He noted.
A slight escaped from the lips of the manager as he walked gradually towards Ethan.
"I am sorry but I guess that is.." He was about to say but the machine made a sudden pause.
"Lifetime infinity." He finally heard.
Evelyn's heart skipped a beat at the words that she just heard and she was about to say something but her lips broke into a stutter.
"A lifetime infinity? Hie is that even possible? How can anyone possibly get such?" She was able to get herself to say a word.
"It's obvious, isn't it? That must be a glitch in the system." Her boyfriend who had always Kept cool finally said.
"It's most likely impossible for this machine to make a mistake." He announced it to them but even with his explanation, they still found it difficult to believe any word of it."
"Sir.. you know that no one can get a lifetime right?"
"That is where you are wrong. There are a handful of people from the Gift that do."
"That's the Geftan group, Sir. Just look at him. He looks like an unfortunate dog that just got missing."
The manager blew hot red with so much anger in his voice.
"Not another word Evelyn. How dare you talk to a potential client that way?"
"But sir... I know him too. My cousin just divorced him."
To clarify all the doubts, he checked the Machine again but it was still the same just as he had expected.
"You can have whatever you want sir." The manager said With a smile hanging on his face.
"That's why I noticed that you looked familiar. I am sorry and I will punish her accordingly." He noted.
"But sir.."
"No buts. I will have to decrease your salary by half." He ended.
"Thanks, sir." Ethan finalized and he was led to one of the tables.
He finished eating the perfect meal for the first time he was born and for the first time, he was satisfied.
He got up to leave after one of the hostesses cleaned him up and said With a slight bow.
"It's an honor it has to be here sir." She said With a broad smile hanging on her face.
But while he was walking away knowing that he had a long day ahead of him the previous day, he noticed something really strange that he could not pull his eyes away from.
Evelyn and her boyfriend were still standing at the desk and it seemed to be sweating badly.
"I didn't know that the both of you were bums too." The receptionist yelled at them with a face of horror while listening to him as she sobbed.
"Ma'am, I am certain that this is a big misunderstanding. I had the money here a few moments ago."
"Charles. I can't believe that you did this to me." Evelyn lamented with tears in her eyes.
He could not help it as he pulled towards them and the manager seeing him managed to pull a smile that did not last on his face for that long.
"Good day, sir. Hope you enjoyed your meal?" His hands were clipped.
"Yeah. It was one of the best. But what is going on here?" He Inquired.
"Guess they are the real bums hereafter and I had fallen for their useless tricks."
"Now I have to call the police."
"Sir. I swear that we had the money right here." He announced.
Just then, Ethan heard his phone beeping almost immediately and he had to check who it was that just sent him a message.
It turned out that it was his gradually. He opened the messages quickly and his eyes fell into bewilderment at what it was that he saw before him.
"Don't let anyone make a mess of your grandson. You are my heir now. And I am not done either." He announced.
So it was his grandfather's doings but how was he even aware that all of this was even happening to him?Then he remembered the words of his grandfather, I Know everywhere in the city and I have eyes distributed all around. Such a thing will never happen again, understand my watch.His voice re-echoed in his head.Soon. The phone of the manager beeped and he read through it. Streams of sweat flowed down swiftly from the corner of his face and his palms were sweaty."What the hell have you done?" He yelled turning over to the receptionist who was already shivering hard with so much fear like someone that just caught a cold."I don't understand sir." She could not help but return, now that she was already shivering with so much fear and cold shivers running down her spine.The manager turned around towards Ethan with dread in his eyes and he knelt before him."I am sorry Sir. I didn't Know that.." He could not get himself to say anything as his words broke into multiple shivers and his
Nobody to cuddle but it was better than cuddling a wretched Beast who confesses love only to stab you from behind.A slight sigh escaped from his lips.It was morning already and the sun's ray was already forcing themselves through the Window"This might be the last time that I will be lying to you." He tapped his bed slightly.Seeing his phone lying there brought back the memories of the previous night back to him.But whatever it was that was behind what had happened the previous night, he was certainly going to find out from his grandfather that day.He rose from his bed. And for the first time in years, he got a proper dose of sleep.Staring at his wall clock, he noticed that he had just a few hours left to get set.He stared at his worn-out shoes that were already opened at the tip and his tattered clothes.Wishing that he could get to the mall and do a quick change, a slight sigh escaped from his mouth knowing too well that he did not have enough time to do that.And he didn't w
Meanwhile, Marcel and Nancy gained a quick pass into the building and since they already knew what they were for, they Walked swiftly towards the manager's office but first, they had to meet with the secretary and tender their request."Good day, ma'am." Marcel greeted the lady who was behind the Deck and was putting on a white glittering suit.Pairing away from her computer after what seemed to be like ages, he blinked her eyes for a while and returned her glasses."Good day to you too Mr. Marcel. How may I be of help to you?" She inquired, staring right into his eyes.Nancy brought the documents that they were holding and offered them to his brother who also returned them to the secretary.As a busy person, her eyes could only blink through the important details and afterward, she handed it over to them."This would be a really difficult request since we will be getting new management soon so I think that you should discuss With Mr. Blakes properly." She noted pushing its bottom on
Ethan stood outside for a while staring right into space and looking forward to what was going to happen nextThen he could see them from afar being dragged away as a dark smile hovered on his lips, waking gradually towards them."Guess who just got kicked out." He laughed his hands folded and seeing him, Marcel tried to control himself and made it seem as though it was nothingDusting his hands, he returned his gaze to Ethan who raised his eyebrow."And what do you think is going on? I am just being escorted out as a VIP that I truly am and nothing other than that." He responded but Ethan could already see through his lieThe way that he gripped your hands, it didn't say so I have to say." He responded and walked away from the place while Marcel gnashed his teeth.He got towards the guards and was about to show him the invitation card that he got to see the manager"Hey, this is not a charity organization, please step aside." He heard the person that was in charge of the queue saying
Everyone around stared at what was going on in astonishment. "Who could this poorly dressed man be?" Ethan could hear the whispers filter into his ears like murmurs of bees."But sir. I was about to get him out of this place." The security officer named Mr. Austin tried to say, still clutching hard to his aching face that seemed to want to pull apart."Another word from you and I am going to make sure that I cut off your tongue. I guess that slap isn't enough for you already right?"The security officer shivered on the point that he stood, knowing way too well that he was on the verge of losing his job if Ethan was anybody important.But a part of him screamed out that he could never be anyone that big.It's clothes, cheap body spray. Everything about him spoke of a low key life.Mr. Blakes walked towards Ethan swiftly to apologize on behalf of the mishap."M...." He was about to say but Ethan shot a stare at him, not ready to reveal his identity yet."Don't do that. For now, I am ju
His words broke into stutters as he tried to find his words but he found it difficult."Sir please I need this job. I'm sorry for what I did to you. I don't think you were just a bagger and all I did was for the best interest of the company." His eyes moved erratically, threatened by fear.Ethan's eye blinked knowing way too well that the security officer was trying to manipulate him.But it was somehow interesting and he wanted to find out more about this man. And thanks, he had the best more than knew everything about him."So Mr. Blake, can you tell me more about Mr. Austin here? What's his name and why did my grandfather make him so immune." He outlined the details of every single thing that he wanted to know about him.Mr. Blake stammered for a while and his hands skimmed through his head as he did not know much about him."Sir, I don't know much about him." He replied.His face flushed With disappointment. "How can you say that you do not know anything about him?" He inquired.
The act that he just put up made him remember his past. Deceitful and manipulative people who thought that they could use people as much as they wanted to and thought that they were still loyal pissed him off so much.His teeth gnashed against each other as the image that stood before him was replaced by that of the betrayer."But sir." Mr. Austin was about to say but he would not allow him to spit out a single word from his mouth."One more lie from you and I am not only going to make sure that you leave this company but you will leave this city for lying to me." He said but he decided to pretend as though he knew nothing about what Ethan was saying."I don't understand sir. What has to be done to get you angry?" The words on his lips shook."You want to Know don't you?" He inquired and the only thing that he could do was nod his head."Yes sir. And Also make it up to you." He replied.Ethan nodded his head, a dark smile hovered on his lips as he loved the game that the security off
His eyebrows furrowed staring right into his eyes as random thoughts ran through his mind."What could that even be?" He thought in his head.Without spitting out a single word from his mouth, he waited patiently for Mr. Blakes to state what was wrong but he didn't seem to be ready to say that any time soon."And that would be?" He finally had to break the overbearing silence in the room."Your grandfather told me to inform you that your father is not in good condition." He noted.He was taken aback by the words and didn't want anything to happen to the closest relative that he just meant.Right from the point where he could not see him, he knew already that something was wrong."We should get going in that case." He turned around towards Mr. BlakeHe was led to the car park by Mr. Blake and they got into a white Porsche.His heart raced fast as random thoughts ran through his mind and when he could no longer take it, he Paced out through the window just to view the city and get his m
Mr. Greftan was admitted to the hospital and placed on bed rest by the doctor. He had a minor heart attack and the doctor warned that it might reoccur if Mr. Greftan wasn't resting well. Keren was still not at work, and Ethan couldn't find her document. He searched all his files but they were nowhere to be found. He was sure he left it in his office. He was worried about Keren but there was no way to reach her. It had been two weeks since the incident and Keren was not yet at work. He thought it was because they made out that was why she was shy about resuming and it broke him when he couldn't find her credentials so he could locate her house address. Worst of all, he didn't have her picture saved on his phone; the only picture he had of her was missing too, and he couldn't explain how Keren’s document mysteriously disappeared from his office. Ethan turned on the CCTV camera to see if Eli was the one who took Keren’s file but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary; all he could
Mr. Greftan was admitted to the hospital and placed on bed rest by the doctor. He had a minor heart attack and the doctor warned that it might reoccur if Mr. Greftan wasn't resting well. Keren was still not at work, and Ethan couldn't find her document. He searched all his files but they were nowhere to be found. He was sure he left it in his office. He was worried about Keren but there was no way to reach her. It had been two weeks since the incident and Keren was not yet at work. He thought it was because they made out that was why she was shy about resuming and it broke him when he couldn't find her credentials so he could locate her house address. Worst of all, he didn't have her picture saved on his phone; the only picture he had of her was missing too, and he couldn't explain how Keren’s document mysteriously disappeared from his office. Ethan turned on the CCTV camera to see if Eli was the one who took Keren’s file but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary; all he could
“Impressive!! This is by far the best project you have come up with; I cannot believe it! How did you get this idea?“You see, grandpa, I am not the bad egg after all; I have been breaking my back working on something that would make you and dad proud.“I cannot wait to show Ethan this project; I am sure he will be so proud of you.Eli collected the documents from his grandfather’s hand; he did it in such a way that it showed that he was disgusted with what his grandfather said.“What? What is wrong? Do you want to yank your hand off? Why did you collect your document like that? Did I say something wrong?"Yes, grandfather, you do not even trust me enough; I did all of this myself and now you want to show Ethan for approval.“I wasn't going to show him for approval; I just wanted him to know what you were working on; surely he would be so excited too. “Why do you always do this, grandpa? Do you need validation from Ethan before approving my project? You all complain that I don't do a
“Irish! I thought you said she wouldn't be here!“I know Vivian, but Keren lives here; you both cannot be fighting forever; I need you both to settle your differences. “If not for the fact that we are sisters, I would have slapped you really hard! I do not have time for this nonsense! “But Vivian, Irish is right; you cannot be like this forever; you need to forgive me and let us move on.“You killed them! I will never forget that you made me a widow! I want nothing to do with you; excuse me, I am out of her.Vivian left the house, ignoring Irish and Keren, who were calling out her name. All the excitement on Keren’s face faded away. She fell to the couch and let out a loud sigh of relief. Irish sat beside her. They were both silent for a few minutes before Irish decided to break the silence.“You do not have to think too much about it; she will come around; she is still traumatised, and she told me she started therapy; she will come around soon."It has been years; I miss my best fri
“Take me home. That was the last thing Ethan said before he was unconscious. Keren had to call for the help of the receptionist so they could carry Ethan to the car. By the time they got downstairs, the driver was already in his seat, waiting to move. They managed to put Ethan into the car, the receptionist went back to her work station and everyone was worried, wondering what was happening to their boss. They thought he fainted but the receptionist had to tell them that the boss was under a lot of stress and he needed rest. Ethan was in the back seat with Keren; he was sleeping deep. Keren couldn't get her eyes off him; she wished she could touch his hair so she could do that. Tears rolled down her face when she thought about her late fiance. She looked outside the window so no one would see her crying. Shortly after, they got to the mansion and Keren was left in amazement. She couldn't believe her eyes; she couldn't believe the edifice standing tall in front of her. When the driv
Keren was so shy, she used to wish the ground would open and swallow her. Ethan was still fast asleep; he was oblivious that his grandfather was in the room. “You must be Keren, right?Keren tried to speak but she was stuttering and she struggled to compose herself."Yes, I am, sir.“Why is Ethan fast asleep by this time?“He is drunk, sir; he drank too much. “I see. Follow me.“Sir?“You heard me; follow me. Ethan’s grandfather left the room and Keren jumped off the bed and rushed to Ethan’s closet to wear something casual. She wore a white collar shirt and joggers. When she was done, she headed downstairs to meet Mr. Geftan. “Right on time, join me.Mr. Geftan poured Keren a glass of freshly pressed juice; he pressed it himself. It was a mixture of pineapple, watermelon and a little ginger. “This is so lovely, sir; I have never tasted a better fruit juice.“So tell me, what is it like working with Ethan?“I have no idea, sir. I only resumed today. I hoped I was going to have a bli
How can I repay you for your kindness sir?“You do not have to pay me, just go home and start something beautiful and profitable for you and your son. Your son deserves something better.“Who are you sir?Bal’s father said amidst tears, he couldn't control the tears that rolled down his face, he wanted to kneel to appreciate Ethan but Ethan stopped him mid air.“You do not have to do that, just consider me your angel, now please go get something good to eat.“Thank you uncle, my dad is really happy. Bal and his father left the park and Ethan watched how joyous they looked until they faded out of sight, he was truly happy for them… he was fulfilled when he saw the smile on their faces, and at that moment he was convinced that everything happened for a reason, if Eli had not crashed his car, he wouldn't have met Bal. He walked back to the hospital ward and when he got there he was informed that Eli was out of coma. He wasn't sure if he was happy about the news or not but he had to go
“I am not going to calm down, grandfather!! Did you see what he did to my car? That car was badly damaged—damaged beyond repair!! “Stop stressing over material things; your insurance company can take care of the damages.“They would if I were the one driving the car, but I am not and Eli is moving around with an expired driver’s license!" He better stay in that coma, because I will send him back there if he comes back to this house! How dare he take my car without my permission!!! He left his luxurious cars and took mine. I am starting to think that he crashed my car on purpose. “ Don't be ridiculous. I understand you are upset but do you think Eli would risk his life just to crash your car and get back at you? You should be praying for his recovery, not this.“God forbid!! I better waste my time on important things than pray for that rebellious soul. Eli is a lost cause.“You are the older one, Ethan. I know Eli is not the best but do you want us to throw him away? Your father doesn
“Hahah!! I told you I was going to get to you, didn't i? Eli was smiling at the screenshot he took; he was the happiest soul that night. He was one step away from bringing Ethan down and he was very excited. He took out his phone and called Marcel.“Hello, where are you?“I am resting at my loudspeaker.“Meet me at the bar.“At the bar? By this time of the night? Isn't it late already?“I told you never to oppose me again; remember, I am paying for that room. I can kick you out anytime, so please do as I say or else I will throw you out.“I will be there in 20 minutes.“Be there in 15.“Eli ended the call and tossed his phone on the bed and he made his way to his closet to change into something casual for the night. He was humming a melodious song as he went to the bathroom to freshen up. After he was done, he took Ethan’s porch and left. He didn't want to drive his Ferrari, but he knew Ethan was going to have his head by morning, but he didn't care.“He got to the bar and ordered a