THE ONLY HEIR

They were going to fire me

I was happy that my company was starting to take light, I had seen the blueprints, it was beautiful, I could almost see it in real life, as if I had already built it.

I thought that it would have been harder to build a company from scratch but it was as easy as breathing, all it needed was the right amount of money and the right connections.

Ken had actually surprised me, I was proud of his work.

Since I was young, I always wanted to have a tech company, instead of running my dad's company, the hard part was picking a name, I was bad at picking names.

Thursday morning had come very fast. I hated Thursday.

When I woke up, I woke up angry, but I was glad that I didn't have the silly nightmare of Hensley chasing me.

I was going to see my family, formerly, I loved them, I loved them so much.

I would get home sick if I didn't see them for a week, and there was a feeling when I was with them, the same feeling of fulfilment Karen gave me, it's surprising how things changed between me and my parents so fast.

I went for a run and then I swam until my thighs hurt.

Anything to get myself anticipating the meeting, today is the day that I and Hensley would become partners, I didn't have a particular feeling towards it, finally I had my own company and it wasn't something that my dad passed to me, this is going to be mine. I would like to see the looks on their faces when I tell them that I was resigning to run my own company.

I dressed up and I drove to their house, I parked my car and I walked down from it.

The weather was very hot, but the sky was very blue and beautiful.

I stopped to watch the grass and the birds, I was contented.

I was walking into my parent's house, I thought that they would be in the living room, but they weren't there, so I walked upstairs to check if they were in the board room.

I saw the door a little bit ajar.

The room was quiet, but someone was speaking, a voice that I couldn't recognize.

It was loud and clear.

“We have to let him go." I heard and Immediately I stopped in my tracks, let who go?.

" He's my son, what do you mean by we should let him go?.“ I heard my mum say.

“Bridgette, please be quiet."

“You were saying?."

“Yes, thank you, I was saying that we have to let Darwin out of the company, we all know that he's in the position because he's the boss's son, although he went to the best school and was typically raised to join the company, let's look at Hensley here, he's a professional when it comes to running a company, look at his credentials, he's worthy to take it all up by himself, without Darwin to drag him down."

" Darwin has been running the company and it was been a success, you can't just fire him.“ My mum said.

Then there was stark quietness, the room was so quiet that, I feared they would discover I was there because of the sound of my breath.

“Bridgette, let the board discuss this."

“How are you going to tell him?."

“What the actual…are you trying to tell me…” my mum had started to say but she was cut off.

" Bridgette, what do you know about running a company?." My dad had asked.

“Mark say something." My mum said.

“That's true, Mark, tell me what you think, what should we do about Darwin?.“ my dad asked.

" I say we let him go.“ His voice was clear cut, it was the clearest I've ever heard, since I knew Mark, I've never heard his voice so determined, so passionate.

" See, we just heard from his best friend.“ My dad said.

I knew that Mark and I had a problem, but, I didn't know that he hated me enough to want to me out of the company, no matter what, I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to him and my dad, my dad…I didn't know what to say of my dad, he was supposed to say that his son stay, but he chose the illegitimate son instead.

The funny side of things was that they were having a meeting without me in it and they were making plans against me, if only they knew that I was hearing them.

“And the will, the will should be split.“ I heard Alice say.

" Arrangements would be made.“ Someone said.

" He already has too many houses in his name, he already has too much money In his bank, he already has so much, and he's going to have to split the will with my son, who haven't had anything single pin from the Andersons?.“

" Now, Alice you're going to far.“ I heard my mum say.

" In a way, she's right, Darwin already has so much, the will might not be spilt in two equal halves.“ someone said. I couldn't recognize the voice.

While I stood there, my whole world seemed to change, my indentity would take another turn, I was no longer the only son, I was no longer the only heir and it seemed as if I was now the illegitimate child of Mr Anderson, the one that nobody really liked in the first place.

who was I? Really who was I?, I never really thought of the question before.

Without my father who was I?

I didn't want to hear any other thing that they would say, I left the house and I drove straight to Ken's office.

“Can you shift my company to Europe?." Was my question to Ken.

I was leaving America, I would have a fresh start in Europe.

I wouldn't be so popular there, nobody would knew me as the son of the Billionaire, nobody would know me as the over pampered child, that has always been entitled to the throne, they would just know me as Darwin.