Lavish lights shined down in the ballroom entrance. Within Sky City, one of the most memorable parties of the year was transpiring. Many eager would be attendees stood outside of the building, each one parading invitations both real and forged in an attempt to get in. All were wearing the finest outfits they could in the entire city to try to get in. Every regal and designer clothing store within the entire city had gone out of stock for the month because of this gathering!
For such an esteemed gathering, only the finest of bodyguards would be tolerated. Atleast Five High Class Body Guards stood outside of the venue, surveying the premesis and carefully analyzing each would be entree. All of them would not be easily bribed or coerced into allowing a hooligan to enter. They had each served the Family within for atleast a dozen years.
"Let me in. Let me in please! I have a business Idea Mr West is going to love. This is a once in a lifetime opprotunity. You gotta let me speak to him!' A shoddy businessman was currently pleading with the bodyguards to the party. His outfit was in tatters and his tie was not even placed right upon himself. Two of the body guards shot each other a look, as one took the man firmly by the shoulder.
"This is a special occassion. Behave yourself and leave properly." One of the bodyguards said with a fierce and intimidating voice, like a tiger was speaking to the businessman. He meekly yelped, shivering in his shoes and clutching his brief case. The killing intention of just one body guard was too great for the man. Just what career path did this bodyguard go through to have such intense killing intent on him?
The businessman opened his lips foolishly, saying more words that would warrant a slap across the face instantly in the face of the Bodyguard's mercy."I have to get in there! Mr West is the only one that can make this come true, Please I!" The businessman was immediately interrupted by a slap across the face. Two of the body guards immediately moved to take the man away from the premesis. While the others remained watching the party entrance. "Get this trash off the premesis" The Head BodyGuard said to the others, turning his attention back to the rest of the guests. "We can't have any disruptions to tonight's party. The West Family stocks have soared to an all time high. Now every rat in the city wants to come sniffing in to their party. But none of them will get a lick of the cheese!"A very expensive party was being hosted in dedication to the West Family. They had been the patriarchs of the local city, funding most of the city projects and real estate development across it. Many of the upper class of the whole Nation State had strived to attend the gathering. All of them seeking eagerly to get in good graces with the Wests. To be partnered with the Wests guaranteed good fortune in almost any business venture!
This party in particular had been meant to celebrate Taylor West's business victory. Several of his opponents within the city had been bought out and lost all of their holdings. Allowing the West family to triumph and have a legal monopoly over almost every holding in the city! There were many guests who had lined up to attempt to get into the party today. But the bodyguards that protected the West Family were incredibly vigilant, and had been trained for any situation. Several of them even had military or past special forces experience in their career paths.
Elsewhere, miles away a man was hurrying to The West's Party. His clothes were hastily prepared. They were not very fancy or well known, a very basic brand that everybody had heard of. The outfit's quality rivaled something as paltry as Hall-Mart. The man hurried into his car, hastily taking out the keys and dropping them immediately by mistake.
"No!" He bent over to reach for the keys, almost bumping his head into the front of his car door. "I have to make it to that party at all costs. Camilla needs me to succeed!" The man fumbled for his car keys, almost dropping them as he clicked the car door open and got into the driver's seat. He looked into the mirror to see how his hair looked.No matter how much gel he used, he could not shake off the look of stress, fear and fatigue that he wore all over his face. It was like a outfit he didn't take off for years, all over his expression in ways anyone could see. His eyes looked dim and frightened, "I can't make myself look any better. but I have to hope the Wests are graceful today!" The man patted his shirt lightly, trying to take off any smidgen of dust. He knew the rich would criticize every second of his outfit, down to the most minute detail.
Right as he prepared to start the car, his phone began to ring. The caller ID came up as an old friend of his. The man took the phone as he begun to start the car. "Hello Jeffrey, what's up?" He said, a hint of panic in his tone.
"Heyyyy Antonio. Wanna get together with me and some of the guys? We're gonna be out on the town today and I figured you could come along. I know it's been hard for you and Camilla lately, and you could use something to take your mind off things." Jeffrey's voice was calm, collected and had a hint of laxness in it. But Antonio attributed that to the frequent weed he caught Jeffrey smoking.
Antonio put the car in ignition, starting to drive. "No man. You know I have to go to the West's Party today. It's important for Camilla. I have to take my chances." Antonio drove quickly through traffic, but not too fast. He couldn't help Camilla if he got into an accident tonight. Jeffrey rolled his eyes over the phone at Antonio."Man...You know their never gonna say yes to you Antonio. You gotta take out a loan or something. Begging the West's to give you money is like asking a Tiger for a penny!" Jeffrey sighed at the foolishness of his friend. Antonio kept driving, silent for a moment. "You don't understand Jeffrey. I have to do this! If I don't, how can I look her in the eye? I love her man! What kind of person would I be if I left her to suffer and didn't try one more time!" Antonio's hands firmly gripped the wheel of the car, tightening with each word that came out of his mouth.
Jeffrey paused before speaking. "Antonio...Look I can't stop you man, but please rethink this through. It's just gonna end like all the times it did before. Them laughing at you or spitting on you before having someone kick you out. " Antonio sighed."I know. But I have to try for her. Even if I have to kneel a thousand times!" Antonio shouted with convinction.
Antonio Smith drove through Sky city, desperate to make it on time to The Wests big party tonight. He had narrowly avoided two traffic accidents already, and opted to drive a little slower. "You wouldn't...You wouldn't understand the lengths I'd go to for Camilla Jeffrey." Antonio solemnly said, his eyes fixated on the road forward. Jeffrey spoke in a more serious tone, "Antonio. Her disease has her like a goner man. You know that operation would break the bank for you. Ten million dollars. The freakin banks won't let you take a loan even with the worst rates in the world here! The Wests hate your guts and hers." Antonio shivered at Jeffrey's reminder of their situation."A man has to help his daughter in her time of need! Taylor West can't just let her die because she loves me!!!! Ever since she had this disease, all of her siblings have turned their back on us. A rare cancer that they hadn't discovered before. And yet despite all of these record breaking profits, they won't even so
The muscular body guard looked down at Antonio, recognizing his face immediately. "Antonio?" The bodyguard said to him, causing Antonio to look back at him with a hint of relief. "Yes! You recognize me from before right?" Antonio questioned to the bodyguard. He was wearing a pair of black sunglasses that hid the expression in his eyes, yet he could see his brow furl just a little. The head bodyguards body was chiseled from years of conflict. Antonio had heard rumors this man had served as former special forces for the nation they were in. The stern look on his face, and his unwavering demeanor spelled it out to him. "You can't be here. I know you keep coming here. But I made it clear nothing will change last time. Mr West wants me to kill you if you so much as attempt to come into this building." The bodyguards tone was firm and unyielding, but with a hint of concern. Antonio remembered the savage beating inflicted upon him by the West Family's bodyguards the last time he attemp
Antonio Smith pressed his hands gently against the dark wooden doorway. With a small creak the door had opened forth. Immediately the smell of alcohol and overly priced cigars leaked out to Antonio's senses. Before him a familiar sight was sitting down. Taylor West sat himself like a king. He was on a fancy antique chair that Antonio swore he paid quite a large sum of money for. The chair, like many things in Taylor West's life was overpriced. His wife stood by his side, haughtily waving around a glass of expensive alcohol and chortling like a harpy at another poor joke. Antonio couldn't see any chemistry between the two of them. He only saw two vile insidious people that had nobody who would tolerate them but each other. Taylor West had smooth white hair. His face was not chiseled and his hands unlike those who served him did not look rough. In fact, it was as if he never lifted a hand in years. His outfit consisted of a very deep navy blue tuxedo. It had every possible little det
Antonio Smith's body stood utterly frozen in place. He was unable to lift a muscle to do anything when the system suddenly showed him a new message. His eyes nearly popped out of his head reading what was on the screen."Welcome to the Son in Law System". The message remained on the screen, with a button beneath it that said [Continue]."Son in Law System? Don't tell me I've really fallen inside of a video game or something now!" Antonio Smith called out. He noticed nobody else who was frozen could hear him, and wasn't sure if his words were even properly escaping his mouth. Antonio Smith looked around the entire room and saw nobody else was remotely looking at the mysterious blue screen except for him.He attempted to move and found that he could move his arms and his legs again. He reached his hand out to the blue message screen that was now shining in front of him. Antonio Smith upon placing his hand, caused the screen to shine and expand itself. It disappeared in front of him, bef
"100 Trillion Dollars!!!" Antonio Smith was not able to believe the words that he was hearing right now. Just to be safe, he slapped himself two times across the face.SLAP SLAPOnce across the left cheek of his face and once again on the right. He even attempted to do a third one before the system interrupted him immediately. "Please do not hit yourself again. This is not a dream or your imagination. The Son In Law System will legally provide you with a special credit card to use for your transactions."The System began to load another loading bar, and within a few seconds it was complete and full! From the bar came a magical credit card that sprung out of the digital loading screen and landed perfectly in Antonio's hand. "Only you are able to use this credit card. If someone else attempts to grab or use it. They will not be able to see it, and it will reappear in your hand on command!" Antonio was shocked by the literal magic credit card the Son In Law System was giving him.But he
"A Gun? Taylor West was about to shoot me!" Antonio Smith called out, he guessed that Taylor West was about to make good on his threats for once in his life! He looked at how Taylor West was frozen in time, and seemed to be reaching for something. But there was no gun in his hand yet, and it did not look like there was a gun at all near him."But system, where was he going to get the gun from? I don't see a gun anywhere." Antonio did not understand what the system mean't by that. What other danger was there truly in Taylor West's mansion either? He did not think of Taylor West as someone who would have an extensive amount of dangerous people at a party like this.The older man's strange condition also caught Antonio's attention. He seemed weaker, more desperate and not like he had been in the past. While still mean and vile to Antonio, he had much more vitality than he demonstrated currently in front of him. While looking at Taylor, Antonio saw just a trickle of blood inside of Taylor
"I...I... I didn't know..!" Samantha blustered out to the nurse and Antonio. She was so nervous, what would they do to her for adding five million dollars for no reason at all to a patient's surgery! The nurse looked at her very sternly and then turned to Antonio. "I'm so sorry about that. She's new here and-"Antonio raised his hand politely to signal for her to stop. "It's okay. I don't think everyone is a rude harpy like her here." Antonio with money would never behave like Taylor West to others, an abusive piece of trash that looked down on everyone around him. The only people that deserved his scorn, were the real trash like the receptionist in front of him!Samantha stammered and was unable to say any other words, the nurse continued to speak to Antonio. "Doctor Camps is available in her office right now to speak to you about your wifes surgery. You just have to go down the hall and make a left." The nurse pointed to where Antonio needed to walk down the hallway. "Thank you." He
Antonio Smith walked directly out of Doctor Camp's office in a bit of a haste. He had begged God and everything for this moment for so long. The two had shared many tears from this disease, and their unhappiness would soon meet its end.Antonio walked into the hospital room Camilla was in. Gently, he placed his hand on her hand. "Camilla. I have returned with good news." She turned back to him, a tear running down her face. "One of the nurses...She told me that you had the money for the surgery now. Antonio...How...? Did my father help you with this?" Camilla weakly smiled at Antonio and took his hand. He debated how he would explain any of this money to her. "I can't just tell her I have a magical game like system called the Son In Law System. Even if she believed me, it's better not to know about these types of things..." Antonio raised his other hand to his chin, carefully weighing his answer to give his wife. "He did not help me at all. But I was able to get incredibly lucky. My