Looking at Victor, the young man continued, "Wipe my shoes clean and I might pity you and give you the money you need."
Victor clenched his fist, he was angry because he felt humiliated but his daughter was sick and he couldn't let her die.
Going on his knees, he was about to clean the young man's shoes with his clothes when the man suddenly stepped on Victor''s back to clean the shoes himself.
"I can't let you mess up my shoes. Your clothes are too old and worn out. It will make my shoes ugly. There is nothing wrong with stepping on you, after all, those who clean my shoes are my servant." The young man said with disgust.
The young man was Diana's cousin, Tom Gardner and the favourite grandchild of the head of the Gardner family.
Tom was trying to impress the two girls who were with him, and they were giggling at his attempts. Meanwhile, Tom was recording a video of Victor humiliating scene.
Victor could hear their mocking laughter echoing in his ears. He felt utterly humiliated, but he had no choice but to endure the degrading act to secure the promised money for his daughter's treatment.
His daughter's life was more important than his dignity.
"That's enough," Tom sneered, delivering a painful kick to Victor's face. Tears welled up in his eyes, but he blinked them away, refusing to give Tom the satisfaction of seeing him break down. "Now, clean my two beauty's shoes."
One of the girls immediately said excitedly as she spat on Victor's face, "Hurry up, you pathetic loser. I can't believe people would stoop so low for money."
Victor felt extremely disgraced since he needed to clean a call-girl's shoes but Tom cruelly threatened, "If you don't want to do it, then you can forget about the money."
With no other option, he had to keep going.
Finally, Victor mustered the strength to stand up, his body trembling from the ordeal.
"I'm done. Can you transfer the money now? I need to hurry to the hospital," he stammered, trying to mask the deep humiliation in his voice.
"What money?" Tom said with feigned innocence, a wicked glint in his eyes.
Victor's heart sank, realizing he had been deceived and used. The realization intensified his humiliation, making him feel like a fool for trusting Tom's promises.
"The money you promised me," he said, his voice cracking with humiliation and anger.
Tom chuckled heartlessly, "Oh, oh. I said I might give you money if you clean my shoes. A hundred thousand dollars, that's a huge sum of money."
He theatrically took out a one-dollar note from his pocket and carelessly flung it at Victor, adding further insult to injury.
As Tom walked into the house with the two girls, he coldly ordered, "Guards, beat him up and throw him out."
The guards eagerly obeyed their master's command, delivering a brutal beating to Victor.
Victor felt the judgmental stares of the guards, their contempt for him evident.
One of them snickered, "I can't believe the man Miss Diana married is so useless. He cleaned young master Tom's shoes and also those two prostitutes' shoes. So shameless."
Servants in the Gardner family knew the Gardner family's animosity towards Victor and took every opportunity to belittle and humiliate him.
They addressed Diana as "Miss Diana," even after her marriage, to remind Victor of his lower status within the household.
The servants saw Victor's current predicament as an opportunity to mock him further. They snickered among themselves, exchanging looks of derision as they witnessed him cleaning Tom's shoes.
They knew that no matter how badly they treated Victor, there would be no repercussions from the Gardner family. In fact, they might even be rewarded for their cruelty towards him.
The pain in Victor's body was surpassed only by the overwhelming sense of humiliation. He felt like a broken man, stripped of his dignity and self-respect.
As the guards dragged him outside and threw him out like trash, he got up and limped away, his spirit crushed.
The Gardner family had the means to help Amanda, but they wouldn't do it easily. Diana, even though related to them by blood, was sometimes mistreated and despised because she married Victor.
Victor, who was about to head back to the hospital, immediately received a call.
It was Tom, who had humiliated him not long ago. At first, he didn't want to pick up, but he decided to answer the call anyway.
Tom's cold voice came through, "Grandpa wants to see you in his study, better hurry up here." Then he hung up.
Victor felt a glimmer of hope, thinking that maybe Grandpa Gardner cared about his great granddaughter despite hating Victor. Since he had not gone far, he quickly rushed back to the Gardner's residence.
Grandpa Gardner was the head of the Gardner family and Diana's grandfather. He was the first person who strongly opposed Diana and Victor's union.
Victor rushed into the building and made his way directly to Grandpa Gardner's study.
Grandpa Gardner was seated on a chair reading a book. Victor immediately knocked on the door and entered. He was about to greet, but Grandpa Gardner just waved him off.
Cutting to the chase, Grandpa Gardner said, "I know Amanda is sick, and even though I deny it, she still has part of my blood running in her, so I'll give you the money to save her. But for me to do that, you have to give me something in return."
Victor trembled, knowing that whatever Grandpa Gardner would ask would not be easy to fulfill. Moreover, he had just been tricked by Tom.
Still, he mustered the courage to ask, "What is it?"
Grandpa Gardner fished out a few documents then placed then in front of Victor, "Sign them."
As Victor read the documents, he froze. One of them was divorce papers, and the other stated that he had to agree Amanda was no longer his daughter and that he had no business with them.
"No way," Victor said loudly.
"It's either you sign them, or your daughter dies," Grandpa Gardner said calmly.
"How can you be this heartless, she's your great grand..." Victor tried to speak but was interrupted by Grandpa Gardner.
"Will you sign them or not?"
Victor firmly replied, "No, I won't divorce my wife or give up my daughter."
Grandpa Gardner sneered, "Then better go prepare for her death. I bet you'll be here begging to sign them soon. A useless loser. You are destined to suffer for life. Get out!"
Feeling confused and unsure, Victor left Grandpa Gardner's study and walked far away from it. He couldn't focus on his thoughts.
Quietly, he mumbled to himself, "Grandpa Gardner was right, I will go back to beg him to sign those papers."
However, just as he was about to turn back, he got two messages. "Ping!" "Ping!!"
The first message said, "Congratulations, young master! You have successfully completed the family trial."
The second message said, "You have been sent one billion dollars as a congratulatory gift."
Immediately after, he received an alert, showing a long string of zeros.
As Victor looked at the money in his account, a mix of excitement and fear washed over him, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "How!!! Is this even real?" The messages he received earlier flashed in his mind, making him feel like he had stumbled into a surreal dream.With a racing heart and shaky hands, he closed his eyes and pinched himself, hoping to wake up from what seemed too good to be true. He mumbled anxiously, "I must make sure I'm not dreaming." The sharp pain confirmed that he was indeed awake, but he couldn't shake off the feeling of unease."Could it be that someone had mistakenly sent that money to my account? I better report this to the police quickly," he said, trying to reason through his clouded thoughts.His mind reasoned that with such a significant amount in his account, he could save his daughter and lead a good life, so why give it back? Although he felt a strong temptation, he managed to control himself.However, as he hesitated about what to do next, his phone s
AT THE EXCLUSIVE VIP WARD 5;A young handsome man who was luxuriously dressed was seated beside Diana, Gina was seated close to them as well and the expression on her face was an excited one. She was happy because the young man, the young master and heir of the Titus family, Solomon Titus wanted to marry her daughter. The Titus family was richer and more powerful than the Gardner family so Diana marrying Solomon would surely improve her status in the Gardner family. Gina wanted everybody that looked down on her to look up to her with respect and admiration. In a hushed tone filled with disdain towards Victor, she quietly murmured, "This is the kind of son in law I want, not that useless imbecile. I wish they could get married soon, then i will be the mother in law of the future head of the Titus family." She giggled. Nonetheless, her words went unheard by those around her. In-fact they did not pay her any attention."Diana, just say yes to me and I'll treat you and your daughter
Victor's heart shook. "Diana would definitely divorce me," As he was in his thoughts, the pos attendant's voice broke his train of thoughts, "Sir, invalid pin. Please try again." "Ah!" Victor recovered. Clearly he must have been overly anxious which was why he put an incorrect pin. Taking a deep breath, he typed his pin again and the pos machine began to process. Solomon urged the pos attendant, "Is it not done? Doctor Malik, you can call someone to kick this man out for wasting your time." "Ping! SUCCESSFUL" "It's successful sir," The pos attendant looked up and said. "Failed, I was right, this man can't. Wait what?" Solomon shook. This time Victor repeated the attendant's words with a smug smile, "It's successful. Don't you have ears to hear?" Solomon hurried to look at the pos machine and he could see the successful written big on the screen. He immediately shouted, "Which person's money did you steal? No wonder you looked so tattered when you came in. You must have stolen
Victor glanced around, not spotting anyone of particular note. However, he felt confident that Butler Kain knew everything that was going on right now. This was evident from the timely message he had sent.The guards nudged him aside, and the taller of the two, with a more authoritative air, remarked."Consider yourself lucky this time, since you haven't stolen anything. And you should be happy we are in a good and pleasant mood today, so we'll allow you to leave. Get out from here,"They carelessly tossed the paper bag with his purchased clothes onto him. The clothes fell off the bag on the ground. Victor said nothing but quickly picked the clothes and put them back in the bag.Just before he could think of what to do next, he received another message. It contained the hotel manager's complete details: phone number, full name, and other particulars. Surely he knew what he ought to do now.Observing the guards, Victor didn't heed their instruction to leave. Instead, he dialed the ma
Victor just sneered and walked into the hotel amidst their begging. As he passed by, he could seeing the arrogant receptionist who framed him being dragged out. Manager Zain looked at the two guards and receptionists on the ground begging outside, "You all are lucky my young master doesn't want to punish you more. If it were left to me, you would all be dead. Now get out of our premises."She signalled the new guards that had replaced the old ones to drag them away from the vicinity. Then she quickly walked into the hotel to meet Victor.A new receptionist had already replaced the old one. Manager Zain's secretary was capable so the secretary knew to replace those people immediately and luckily, WESTRIDGE HOTEL as the hotel was known as under Manager Zain's leadership always had backup workers incase one was sick or fired or any other reasons.Manager Zain was nervous at that moment. This was the first time she was meeting her young master and the owner of the hotel and yet her subor
"So are my parents alive?" Victor asked.Butler Kain replied sadly, "Your mother is gone but your father is still alive."Victor felt pained, "When did she pass away?""A few years ago. Your mother was a good woman. She was talented in several aspects, from business to games and even martial arts. Your father is talented but not as good as she was. "In fact in the history of the Parker family, your mother was the first female to go through the poverty and suffering training and she did so in this city as well which was the exact reason this city was chosen for you."Before she passed away, she had been visiting constantly, although you never knew." Butler Kain answered.Victor was surprised and he was surprised for two reasons. First, he thought his father was the one born in the Parker family not the other way round and secondly, he was surprised because Butler Kain said his mother had been visiting him constantly before she died.Although he really wanted to know more about her, h
While she was thinking, a young man walked arrogantly towards them, he kept playing with his car keys as if he wanted everybody to know he was rich.The young man was Silas, he was Gina's friend's son-in-law.Gina's friend seeing him immediately ran to hold and drag him over. "Gina, this is my son-in-law, Silas. Can you see him, he's so handsome and rich. He's here to help me get back my money."Gina, Victor's mother-in-law was a little jealous but she hid it very well and spoke, "Ah, Silas, such a charming young man. Splash, don't forget to tell your son-in-law to help me get my money too.""Of course, my son-in-law is capable, so he will definitely help you unlike some people's son-in-law." Mrs. Splash, Gina's friend answered.Gina was embarrassed. She knew Mrs. Splash was referring to her. This made her hate Victor more.Victor didn't seem to care and chose to let Silas act. If he can get it, then no trouble.Silas spoke to Mrs. Splash, "I've found out the person that is in charge
Boss Kent and his men froze hearing Victor's words. As for Victor, his mind kept getting flooded with information regarding Boss Kent's case. At first, the purpose was to buy time and settle his mother-in-law's issue but the prospect was starting to excite him as he knew more. He wondered, "Am i getting better at this abandoned skill?"Though he didn't know why he was able to detect Boss Kent's sickness and know how to cure it perfectly since he only had beginners knowledge in acupuncture but it didn't matter as long as he could do it."Are you joking," Boss Kent asked angrily.Victor said with a frown, "No, I'm not joking. You have to get naked. By the way, are you ashamed, I'm a man, you don't need to be ashamed."Boss Kent was pissed but he needed to follow Victor's words since Victor promised he could cure him."Before that, please tell one of your men to get me a pack of acupuncture needles." Victor said.Boss Kent replied, "Acupuncture needles!! I think there's one in my car.