Chapter 7."Who is there?" a stern voice asked and Austin froze. He didn't believe that someone was watching him all these while. But, everywhere was quiet or was he dreaming?He refused to say a word since he thought it may be a prank. "No way, my mind may be playing games with me," he finally concluded and bent down to pick up the book."If you ignore this voice one more time then I will have no choice but to…"The voice stopped. Everywhere was silent. The clock hands were ticking every second and Austin wanted to dash out of the room if he was given the slightest opportunity. The key was in his pocket, the door was locked and he was stuck in here.He quickly picked up the book from the floor and arranged it on the shelf. He wished he could pass through the door without having to unlock it.His search for the book quickly came to an end as he heard footsteps coming closer to him. He turned swiftly but he couldn't find anyone."Was he hallucinating?" he asked himself. He pinched him
Austin deemed that it was time to follow Sally's advice and teach George a lesson because he would stop at nothing to see him leave the family.He paced around his room, waiting for the right moment to sneak into his father's room and do what he had in mind. While pacing around and thinking, an idea stuck in his mind which was the only way he would not end up being blamed afterward.He decided to act like he was going to visit a friend and wasn't home. He boldly made it known to most of the family members, especially Anna, that he was going out to visit a friend.She had insisted that he stay back and have dinner with them but he refused and walked out in a hurry, claiming that it was important. When he had walked out of everyone's sight, he turned around and went back to the mansion through the back door and straight to his room.He would be able to feign that he was out and was also innocent when they suspect that he framed George because of how much he hated him.Austin smiled at h
George and his wife had settled in for the night. They were done with having dinner and secondly, they always tried their best to avoid other family members as much as they could because of how insulting and disrespectful they were towards George.Everyone in the family thinks they are above him in status because he was poor and useless. They always seize any opportunity to ridicule him just as Austin always does. They were no better than him.George lay on the bed facing the ceiling. He was deep in thought as he thought of the next step to take. He didn't know if it was okay to reveal his identity to everyone yet just to stop the humiliation he was getting from them and earn some respect.He looked at his beautiful wife who was busy dressing up, she had just finished taking her bath. He cannot also touch her because of how much she resents and hates him. Since they got married, they had been living like strangers in the bedroom other than husband and wife.He sighed as he felt very b
Austin raised the suitcase and shook it, all the money poured on the ground to the surprise of everyone present. Anna went mad with fury as she looked at it before looking at George who was stunned and had an unbelievable look on his face."I can explain that I'm not doing this, it's clear that I have been set up," George pleaded immediately but Austin laughed in return."Who do you think would set you up? Are you worth it?" He asked him."Please listen to me sir," he said looking at sir Matt, he didn't even care about Austin because he knew that he would never care to listen and deep down he suspected he was the one behind it."Why do you think I would listen to you, son of a bitch," his father-in-law barked with rage and fury in his eyes. In as much as he didn't like George especially after his father made an arranged marriage between him and his daughter who he was looking forward to marrying off to a wealthy family, he had never seen George as a thief and because he had never been
"Josh, what are you talking about?" His mother asked him as she bent closer to look at him."I was the one that stole from Grandpa," Josh said, still crying.Austin laughed, not believing Josh as he saw him as an ignorant little child."Wow, did he bribe you to say this in case he is caught, I bet he wasn't that foolish," Austin said out loud to everyone's hearing."Are you sure about what you are saying?" Anna asked Josh. He concurred by nodding his head."I didn't like how uncle George is being treated by everyone here. He is always called names, insulted, and looked down on by everyone. Uncle Austin is always at his neck, trying to make him feel less of himself by making him have low self-esteem but it still didn't make uncle George less of who he is which made me love him and want to be like him. I always find him sad so I wanted to make him happy. I thought taking money from Grandpa and giving it to him would solve the problem. I couldn't ask him in person because he would not ag
After the incident between George and Austin, Anna felt disturbed. She felt like she had wrongly hated George for no reason all this while and felt like making it up to him but she didn't know how. As she lay on the bed in the bedroom.She looked at poor George who was making his bed on the couch as usual. It made her feel so guilty and restless. She tried to act like she was right as she had always done but she couldn't because she still felt so disturbed.She sighed and got down from the bed. She walked to the couch to meet George and at least apologize for how he had been treated by her all this while."Hey!" She managed to fall softly but on hearing her voice, George acted like he was asleep but she didn't leave. She still squat down beside the couch and faced him."I know I have been terrible with the way I had treated you all this while. I know I had never been supportive because I was never in support of us from day one but I just want you to know that I am sincerely sorry for
Anna woke up early to prepare for the date. She happily rushed up with what she was to do that morning and quickly went back to the room to take her bath. She settled on a white floral dress which made her look like a princess, she poured her hair and tied it with a ribbon. She wore silver heels and a bag to match and was ready for the date. "Are you done?" George, who was outside waiting, texted her."Yeah, I am!" I'm coming outside to join you soon, she replied and started heading outside.The other family members who saw them looking lovey-dovey that morning while they were having breakfast wondered what was going on between the two of them.Anna was unusually good and gentle towards George which kinda pissed some of them off as they always enjoyed their quarrel.Anna saw George leaning on her car looking so handsome than ever with a black suit and shoes to match.She had asked him to drive them to where they would be having the date using the car her father recently gifted her.
The week progresses with Anna and George still on good terms. Austin tried to come in between them as usual but Anna refused to give him that chance or listen to him as she did in the past.She concluded that she wouldn't be the kind of person who would allow other people to interfere in her welfare and define how she was going to live her life.She was way past that, she thought as she felt very happy that giving George a chance would be the best decision she took in her life.She was still in deep thought in the room when her mind drifted to her foster parents and how they were faring.Her foster parents, especially her foster mom, were the people who took care of her after their mother's death when she was two years old. Austin then was already seven.She knew her as her mom and her husband as her dad until she became older and came to realize that they weren't her parents and had only been raised under their care.At first, Anna didn't want to return from her foster parents' place