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
After a week's stay with the Harts, Anna started going back to her old self due to her foster mother's influence. George couldn't understand what was happening because Anna wasn't meant to allow anyone to influence her the way they always do whenever she decided to change.Now it was even worse as her foster parents supported her and would always say that still being married to George is a privilege.George tried to do something, he tried to talk to Anna but he was never allowed to do so. In return, he was threatened with divorce if he didn't follow their way of life.He contacted Sir Matt and told him about it but sir Matt supported them.He told him to act very weak and stupid if he still wanted to be married to Anna or he would join forces with Anna's foster parents and make sure they end the marriage.Having no other choice, George decided to adhere to what his father-in-law said.He decided to obey his foster parents and allow them to treat him the way they wanted for the time be
It was a Saturday morning and George was pacing in his bedroom. Before his birthday and after his birthday, he had not heard from his grandmother.For some months now, he hadn't bothered to visit her because of how busy he had been. George was happy that he would finally get to visit her since she lived in the same city as Anna's foster parents.His grandmother had been a help to him too after his father cast him out of the house, she was the one who handed him over to Anna's grandfather and went ahead to move out of their family Villa because she wasn't in support of what his father did.While thinking about this, the memory of him asking Anna to spend time with him flashed in his head and he closed his eyes, in dismay. "It was hurtful." He said to himself, weirdly. Anna had insulted him to the nines and he felt like disappearing on his birthday.It was one of the most dreaded days of his life.Walking into his bathroom, to wash his face, George took out his phone to place a call
George felt emotionally downcast as he left his grandmother's house, seeing his grandmother's lifeless body made him realize he was now alone in his world with no one."Am I alone?" He asks himself and then recalls his nagging wife and her family and sighs frustrated. He walked to a bar he found along the road to drink away his sorrow while reminiscing how miserable his life had been since he married Anna. He hated the fact that these past days, he had fallen in love with her after the date and now loved her sincerely thinking she also loved him too but he realized now that she never had given him a chance in her heart and only deceived him.How they got married was a miracle. His grandfather-in-law adopted him for selfish reasons. He thought they cared for him but he was wrong. His jaw clenched in anger and his fist tighten cracking his knuckles in the process "I'm going to make y'all pay" He seethed gritting his teeth. "It was my responsibility to take care of her, I couldn't bec