Rise of the Student Trillionaire

CHAPTER NINE: THE MCARTHUR’S BLOODLINE.

“William, I’ll explain everything to you, if you give me a chance.” Bill remained seated, looking at the flustered young man.

“I really am related to the McArthur?” Even though William knew his mother had the same last name as this man, he didn’t dare indulge the thought that they were related in any way, and yet, it truly did turn out that way. William slowly sat back down; he was still a little dazed. “Okay, I’m listening.”

Bill shared a glance with Mike. “Sarah McArthur is the only child I ever had with my late wife. I loved her with everything as a father should, and she grew up to be a brilliant woman.” Bill’s warm gaze suddenly turned cold. “Then your father, Derek Chain, came along and destroyed it all.”

“My father?” William looked at the man with confusion.

"Your biological father was a poverty-stricken man who had managed to worm his way into my daughter’s heart, and she ended up falling deeply in love with him.” Bill banged the table in anger.

“Easy there, Master McArthur.” Mike stared at the older man with a light glare. “Remember what the doctor said about your emotions and health.”

"Whatever," Bill grunted out his displeasure, but he listened to Mike's warning and calmed himself.

William realized that Bill must really value Mike a lot.

“Anyways,” Bill continued. “Despite my best efforts to keep them apart, Sarah still ended up with him and I found out late that she was pregnant.” Bill took in a deep breath. “You can imagine how furious I was.”

“What did you do then?” William kept his sharp eyes on his grandfather. He was smart enough to know his mother wouldn’t have been separated from her father if something didn’t happen between them.

Bill sighed at this question. “I gave her an ultimatum: Either she terminated the baby or I disown her.” He saw the fury, anger, and dejection all mixed in William’s gaze. If Sarah had terminated that pregnancy like he wanted, William would have never been alive today. “Instead, she fled with your father. When I found out, I immediately exiled her from the family.”

William decided it was best to not comment until he heard the whole story. Thus, he quickly contained his emotions.  “What happened next?”

“Years passed by but she never came to me, and I retaliated by never looking for her.” Bill sighed again; there was a deep weariness all over his face. “I was a middle-aged king in wealth, influence, and status. I had too much ego back then, but experience with age has a way of slowly teaching you the power of humility. I was getting older and, thankfully, wiser. I realized I needed to find my daughter and reconcile our differences. Three years ago, I hired an agent to find my daughter, but for some reason, he couldn’t find her.”

“I see.” William nodded his head stiffly. 

Bill could only look down in shame. “When the agent finally located your mother, I learned she had remarried to a billionaire after Derek passed away and she was hidden away. This was a few days ago.” His voice suddenly cracked at this point. “By the time I could reach out to Sarah, she was in the hospital and she couldn’t be saved on time.” He shuddered as he sobbed briefly.

 “As if by miracle, I was able to see her through her last few minutes before she succumbed to death, that was when I knew she had a son from that pregnancy and that was you, Williams.” He finally found the courage to look his grandson in the eye. “At that moment, I vowed to not lose you as I foolishly lost Sarah.”

Tears ran down William’s face when he heard this. “Is that all?” He was furious. “This wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t treat my mom that way. No matter what you thought of my father, you could have respected your daughter’s wish to be with him.” 

He glanced around the office. “Besides, you’re wealthy enough to live in such a humungous estate. Why didn’t you just help my father secure a good job if you detested his financial status so much, huh?”  He stood up from his seat as he pointed a finger at the old man. 

“Instead, you abandoned your daughter for twenty-five years without so much as a visit. Do you have any idea what Mom and I went through, especially at the hands of that devil called Woodruff? The countless humiliations I dealt with daily because I didn't have any money or strong backing to stand my ground. There are humiliating and degrading videos of me all over the internet.” He pointed the finger at himself as the tears continued to roll down his face. “All my life, I endured being nothing but a joke to the world because I thought I had no one, when all this time, I was related to you.”

“Young Master William, please, calm down.” Mike walked forward, attempting to appease the young man.

“No!” William turned around with so much authority in that one word. It seemed like the dominant trait of the McArthur blood was finally revealing itself in him. “Grandpa, you have failed as a father to my mother.”

“I know!” Bill raised his voice as he stood straight; his posture brimmed with power despite his age. “I’m well aware that I failed Sarah as a father, and that guilt will stay with me the day I die!”

Bill’s admission to his fault managed to calm William down enough to see the old man was hurting just as much as he was. 

Bill wasn’t done talking though. “All I want right now is to not repeat that with you. I beg you, William, to give me that chance.” He walked from behind his desk and was about to kneel before William but the young man quickly caught him.

William took a good look into his grandfather’s eyes to find he truly meant every word he said. “Fine, I forgive you.”

A wave of relief washed through Bill and he grabbed his grandson into a warm hug for the first time.

They ended the hug and Bill looked at William. “Know this, William. Your life has changed forever. You are the long-awaited heir to the trillion-dollar empire that is the McArthur Conglomerate.”

William’s eyes widened in shock. “D..Did you just say Trillion-dollar Empire?” 

Following this, an ocean of wealth and resources was revealed to William.