2025-01-22 17:56:17“Wow! You’ve migrated from being a petty thief to a full time criminal.” Fiona laughed as she got up from the floor, completely forgetting about her pretense of being in pain.
“Do you really think that you can deceive us? Other people may be fooled, but we’ve known you for years since you married my sister. Those who own black cards are among the most powerful people in the country. And this is a supreme black card. That means you stole it from the richest family in the country. I don’t know how you managed to do that, but when they discover your crime, they could have you killed. Do you even realise that?” Marilyn shook her head and scoffed at Roman.
She looked at him like he was the most stupid person she had ever known, then her gaze became calculating. If she could be the one to report the stolen property, maybe she would be given a reward.
Maybe she would even be invited to join the richest family in the country for dinner and start building connections from there. She had always been jealous of her sister for being ahead of her in business, but this was her chance to gain the upper hand.
“I didn’t steal the card. If it was so easy to steal something of this value, then black cards would not be so valuable.” Roman responded immediately.
“Be quiet! Don’t try to use twisted logic to talk your way out of this. I’m just glad my daughter divorced you on time so this will not affect my family. Imagine being associated with such a scandalous thing.” Fiona shook her head and immediately turned to the guards. “This man needs to be arrested immediately.”
Not even the guards believed that someone dressed so shabbily like Roman could own a supreme black card through legal means. They decided to believe Fiona since she looked like the legitimate owner of the bronze card she was holding.
They grabbed him roughly to drag him out, but before they could have Roman arrested, an elegant woman named Annabel, wearing red bottom heels, and a burgundy power suit walked towards them to find out what was causing such a scene in the bank. As soon as she saw the black card in Roman’s hand, she stopped.
“Let him go. Now!” She had a commanding aura, and they didn’t dare refuse her orders because she was a senior director at the bank.
Fiona and Marilyn had no idea of the woman’s rank in the bank, so they began to run their mouths.
“Are you his accomplice? He doesn’t seem smart enough to come up with such a fraudulent scheme on his own. This man is a thief and a liar. A nobody that has to clean gutters to make a living. There is no way that he’s the rightful owner of the card. Guards, arrest him.” Fiona spoke with so much arrogance as if she owned the bank.
One of the guards was stupid enough to move forward to obey Fiona’s order. Annabel immediately stepped forward and the sound of her palm meeting his face echoed throughout the space.
“For daring to disobey a direct order, you’re fired. Make sure you’re out of this bank in ten minutes, or I will have you arrested for trespassing.” She warned and the guard scurried off to get his things.
Marilyn took a step back and held on to her mother’s hand. They both realised that the woman must have rank at the bank to be able to fire one of the guards.
“We’re actual customers of this bank.” Fiona said as she flashed her bronze card again before she continued speaking. “And we demand for this man to be incarcerated for attempted murder, and theft.”
“Attempted murder?” Annabel asked incredulously.
“He pushed my mother and hurt her. She would have died if she had slipped and landed on her neck.” Marilyn butt in.
“I didn’t push her. She tripped.” Roman said, and Annabel believed him.
Truthfully, even if Roman had pushed Fiona, Annabel would still side with him because that supreme black card meant that he was in a higher rank than all of them combined.
“Would you like me to check the CCTV footage and confirm your innocence, sir?” She asked Roman with a smile.
“No need to waste any more time and energy on these two. Just get them out of here so we can all have peace.” He replied and she nodded.
“As you wish, sir.” She turned towards the closest guard. “Get them out of here.”
“Hey! You can’t do that. Do you know who we are?” Marilyn yelled.
“It doesn’t matter who you are. You only have a bronze card, the lowest card in this bank. If you don’t want to be thrown out, then leave on your own. If you cause more problems, I promise you that I will make sure your bronze card is cancelled. Not just that, I will make sure you’re permanently banned from doing any business with the bank for the rest of your lives.”
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Fiona stuttered because she didn’t know what to say in response to Annabel’s words. She just held Marilyn’s hand and walked out of the bank.“Don’t worry, mum. I’m sure they’ll discover we’re telling the truth when he tries to withdraw from that card. There’s no way he knows the password. They will see that he’s a scam and he’ll be arrested, possibly treated even worse than they treated us just now.” Marilyn said as she tried to soothe their wounded pride.“You’re right, Mari. Then we’ll demand an apology from them, and maybe even compensation. But first, we need to call Haylee and let her know what happened here.”She took out her phone and dialled Haylee’s number. As soon as the call connected, Fiona didn’t even give her first daughter a chance to say hello, she immediately began to rant.“You’ll never guess what happened, Haylee. We just met your good for nothing ex-husband. I’m so glad you finally listened to reason and divorced him.”“Mum, slow down. Just tell me what happened.”
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Hamilton glared at Roman as he walked away. Did he think this was a joke? How dare he say he would bid for the ring? “Don’t listen to him, Hamilton. He’s just bluffing. He has no money to bid with. He’ll just embarrass himself.” One of his female admirers said to him.He smiled at her, realising she was right. There was no need to worry. They mingled for a little while before it was time to begin the auction.The first item on the list was a vase that was crafted by an artist who was late. It was among his final works before he passed away, and that made it valuable. About ten people bid on it before it was finally sold for eight hundred thousand dollars.Next was a pearl earring set that belonged to a matriarch of a foreign country, and had been recently acquired after being displayed in a museum for two years. Hamilton immediately saw a chance to flaunt his wealth, and bid for the earring.“The starting bid for the earrings is three hundred thousand dollars.” The auctioneer announ
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