Rise of the Forgotten Son-In-Law

THREE MILLION DOLLARS

Owen noticed that Maya had finally come inside the ward and he observed her face.

He had heard what Megan and her despicable mother had said to Maya on the way out. He wanted to see her reaction.

It wasn't hard to notice that she was also angry. No matter how hard she tried to suppress it and smile at Owen. He knew that she had been disgusted by them.

"Mr Hudson... I'm sorry to hear the news." Maya said to him. She had seen Maya go to get an abortion and it didn't take a genius for her to realize that it was Owen's child.

Owen simply nodded his head without replying. And Maya went ahead to do her duties by treating his injuries.

"You should be able to leave in a week's time. Your recovery is quite fast." She said to him once she was done.

"Thank you doctor." Owen said with no emotion in his voice as he lay there.

Once Maya left, Owen drifted off into his thoughts. He began to plan and think of different ways to carry out his revenge on Megan and Martin for what they had done to him.

Fortunately, fate had not abandoned him. Megan and Martin had thought that Owen had finally gotten to the lowest point in his life and there was no hope for him.

If only they knew how mistaken they were.

Owen checked his account balance and saw the money that Mr Reynolds had given to him sitting pretty. It was still looking unbelievable.

From the brief meeting that he had with Mr Reynolds, he was able to understand that he was the son of a very special person. He briefly thought about how his parents had died in a car accident but he had survived.

Owen felt a bitter taste in his mouth when he considered how infinitely better his life would have been if only his parents had not died or if his uncle, Mr Reynolds had found him much earlier.

All the years that he had suffered without knowing that he was that important and relevant and there was even an inheritance that was waiting for him.

"I'll get that bastard!" Owen made a promise to himself. He was going to make sure that Martin would never be able to recover from what he was about to do to him.

And Megan too... She deserved every bit of what he was going to her and even much more. While her father had not done anything in particular, Owen was still going to make sure to bring the whole family down to dust.

They had left him and taken everything that he had. Upon that, they wished him dead to his face!

He definitely wasn't going to take it lightly.

***

The doctor, Maya kept visiting Owen to give him regular treatments and check up on his health.

At first, Owen was cold and silent to her. But he gradually began to loosen up around her and began to have small talk and light conversations with her.

Nothing serious, just a few exchanges and jokes mixed in once in a while.

Before he knew it, Orion and Maya had become acquaintances and Owen was comfortable around her and was content with the way she treated him.

Some days later, Maya completed changing his bandages as she finished his treatment for the session.

"You're ready to be discharged. Mr Hudson." Maya said to him with a faint smile.

Owen smiled back.

"You don't have to call me Mr Hudson anymore. You can refer to me by my name. Call me Owen." He said.

"Alright then, Owen. You can also call me Maya." She replied.

Owen nodded.

"Obviously, it's clear that you are yet to make a full recovery. You'll need regular check ups in your home." Maya said.

"Is that so? Then how about you be the one to come and conduct the checkups and the necessary treatments?" Owen asked her.

"Sure. But why me?" Maya asked.

"Because you're the only one I trust to a certain extent right now." Owen said.

In truth, he was planning to keep his identity a secret for the time being. He didn't wish to draw any unwanted attention to himself before he finished carrying out his revenge.

Maya nodded in understanding. She didn't think much of it as it was necessary in some cases where the doctor and the patient had to have a basic level of trust. And Owen had been betrayed too much to easily trust any other person.

The next morning, Maya came to treat Owen one last time and discharged him to go.

"Thank you for your help, Doctor." Owen said in gratitude.

He had healed to a good extent and was able to walk on his own, but he still had some internal injuries that were not fully healed yet.

"It's my job, Owen. No need to thank me for it." Maya replied with a dismissive wave.

"I have called Mr Reynolds to come pick you up. He'll be waiting for you outside." She said and was about to walk away but Owen called her back.

"Can I get your account number?" He asked her.

"What for?" She asked.

"I just need it in case." Owen said expressionlessly.

"Alright, fine. It's..." Maya called it out for him.

In that instant, Owen transferred money to her account.

"That's my show of gratitude to you." Owen said and turned around to leave.

"I'll be expecting to see you for the check ups doctor!" He said on his way out.

Maya heard her phone buzz and she took it out to check. Owen had transferred her three billion dollars!

"What?!" Her eyeballs almost popped out of her sockets in shock as she gazed at the ridiculous amount of money she had just received.

Even with her job, no matter how high she climbed in her career, Maya didn't think such an amount of money was something she could ever make. But here it was in her account balance.

She looked at Owen to confirm she wasn't hallucinating but he had disappeared from her sight. She looked at her account balance again.

It was very real.