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The Billionaire Pauper CHAPTER 36
A DOLLAR BILL FROM A STRANGE WOMAN WITH THE HEART OF AN ANGELWow. I never knew a dollar bill could change someone's life this way. I am very impressed by that” Anabelle said and let out a smile.Reuben reciprocated the smile and adjusted himself on the seat.“ You are welcome once again Mr. Reuben. The reason why I called you here is to talk to you about something.Well I actually don't know what made you resort to begging on the streets for a living. And to think of you living in such dirts. I never knew there was this handsome figure behind the man out there. So if I may ask. Where do you currently stay?”. Anabelle asked Reuben.“ Umm.. currently I'm homeless so I live on the streets. I sleep in front of closed stores during the nights and I beg for alms during the day.” Reuben replied.Anabelle looked sad. She felt pity for Reuben.“ Sorry for my manners Mr Reuben, what would you like to take? Anabelle asked in an apologetic tone.She signaled the waiter to come over.“ Water
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HOLD ON A BIT AND WAIT FOR MEReuben had never experienced any kind gesture as such from someone before.Talk more from a woman he had never met in his entire life.It was a different feeling altogether]PRESENT.Reuben narrated to Grandpa Roland how he met Anabelle and how she helped him despite having no knowledge of his background or even his immediate family and friends.“ She still helped me, Grandpa, although as we talk, she does not know anything about me.I believe she can be a good woman” Reuben concluded as he narrated the incident to his grandfather.Grandpa Roland was nodding all through Reuben's narration.He was touched by the strange lady's kind gesture towards his grandson.“ Wow, the lady must be an angel then. I hope to meet and reward this kind lady one day. She is definitely a rare gem.” Grandpa Roland stated.“ Very true Grandpa. She is. She still calls me everyday to check one and make sure I am okay.” Reuben added.“ So my boy, I want to know more about this lad
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I AM THE BILLIONAIRE PAUPERAfter inputting the copied information, another page loaded and the picture of a man and a kid appeared alongside a location address. Reuben gave a broad smile.“ Just hold on a minute. I am coming for you” He said aloud and stood up from the bed with a little laugh He entered the shower straight and freshened up.He emerged and quickly dressed up in a long sleeved white shirt and a pair of black trousers with a pair of black shoes.He took a backpack and tucked it on his back.He took his phone and iPad and headed out.He got onto his motorbike and geared it into action. He headed out of the house and onto the road.He rode on the bike for fifteen minutes until he got to a house. He got down from the bike and viewed his iPad screen to confirm the location.He nodded and smiled. He put the iPad and his phone into the backpack and tightened it on his back.He walked to the door right in front of him and knocked.“ Hold on I'm coming” A voice responded from
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THE BEST FRIENDS AND COUPLEReuben took his phone and his credit card and quickly headed out of the room.He did not take his bike.He flagged down a taxi outside his compound and jumped in.“ To EatGood restaurant please. Hurry up please.” Reuben said as soon as he sat in the car.The driver nodded and quickly moved towards his destination.A few minutes later, they were at the restaurant.Reuben dropped from the car and paid for the services of the driver.He got into the restaurant and chose a table in the far corner. The very table that they sat around when Anabelle first invited Reuben over.Reuben sat down and took his phone.Coincidentally, his phone rang the very moment he took it.It was a call from Anabelle.Reuben quickly answered the call.“ Hi Reuben , I'm there now.” Anabelle said from the other end“ Come right on, I'm in a white shirt. At the very table we sat the last time.” Reuben said.“ Right I'm coming in now” Anabelle said and dropped the call.Reuben sat down w
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THE SMILE NEVER FADESReuben stood up and Anabelle followed suit.They walked out of the restaurant holding each other's hands.The guests in the restaurant looked at them with smiles on their faces as the duo left the restaurant.Reuben Anabelle left the restaurant and entered the taxi which took them to the location of the building.In the taxi, Anabelle sent two thousand dollars to Reuben's account and alerted.Reuben confirmed the receipt and thanked her.They got to the location of the building and they both got down from the car after Reuben paying the driverIt was situated in the city but a little farther away from the main busy area.The place was very close to an estate so it was a cool place to live.They both got to the front of the house and Reuben called the owner.A middle aged man came out of the house and saw the two of them.“ You must be Reuben right?" The man said .“ Yes I am,” Reuben said and stretched forth his hand to greet the man. The man shook his hand.‘ My
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I THOUGHT SHE WAS YOUR GIRLFRIENDAnabelle thought about Reuben with smiles on her face until she drifted into deep sleep with the smile not fading away from her face.…………………Reuben woke up the next morning almost late for work. He had oversleptHe hurriedly prepared himself for work.He got to the office just in time to meet the manager.“ Good morning sir” he greeted“ Good morning Reuben. I can see you have enjoyed your free day to the fullest.Welcome back.” The manager said.“ Thank you sir. Thankyou for the day off sir" Reuben replied.“ You are welcome, get right in and resume your work. We have so many orders to attend to today so it's going to be a very busy day.” the manager said and left hurriedly, leaving Reuben no time to respond nor say anything.Reuben hurried through to the office and began his work for the day.When it was lunch time, he bought an extra pack of food from the restaurant and quickly rode on his motorbike to Anabelle's workplace.He called him on the
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YOU ARE FULL OF SURPRISESReuben called Anabelle and they had a long talk about Reuben's grandfather.Anabelle seemed to be cool with the man already and the man already liked her.After both of them began yawning on the phone. They bid each other good night and ended the call.Reuben slept off after having a cold shower.The next morning, Reuben woke up from sleep very early at dawn. About two hours before his normal waking time.He did not go back to sleep. Instead, he got up and prepared for the day quickly.He was supposed to report to work at 8am but by 6am, Reuben had dressed up and was ready to leave the house.He got on his motorbike and drove out.Instead of going to his workplace, he rode straight to his grandfather in the new apartment.Grandpa realized when he rode into the compound. He quickly opened the door and welcomed him in.“ Good morning grandpa. How do you feel around here?” Reuben greeted and asked his grandfather as he walked in .“ Good morning, my boy, Your
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THE BEGINNING OF A NEW BEGINNINGAnyways I commend you for that, that quality is going to help you seriously in your life and the new turn you are about to take.” Grandpa commended Reuben Reuben nodded in affirmation.“ Well Grandpa, I think that will be all for now, so now my next step is to propose to her. Then I will officially introduce her to you as my girlfriend.” Reuben said.Grandpa nodded.“ So how are you coping here with everything, isn't it too tedious?” Reuben asked, with a concern for his grandfather.“ I'm okay with everything, I don't have to do anything here you know. Just to wash my plates after eating. ” Grandpa said and laughed.∆∆∆∆[∆ When Reuben brought Grandpa to this new apartment, he paid for a restaurant who supplied him with stews, soups, drinks, fruits and other groceries.He kept all the supplies in the fridge and grandpa only had to heat his food and enjoy his meal.He also hired a cleaning company who cleaned grandpa's place at dawn on grandpa's order.
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CHAPTER 268
I AM GOING TO BE A FATHER Grandma had just returned home from the courtroom and was in her mansion. Madam Martha and Madam Rebecca were with her, still trying to console her. Grandma could just not bear to see her going to jail. She had broken down in tears right from the courtroom and had to be brought home. They had to bring her to the house forcefully. As they sat down weeping, a knock came on the door. “ Come in please” Madam Rebecca said The door opened, and a guard walked in. “ There are some people here to see you ma'am” the guard said. Grandma was absent-minded about the whole surroundings as she kept weeping. “ Who is that?” Madam Rebecca asked. The guard did not reply. Instead, he stood aside. Three policemen walked in with one other man. The man without a uniform came forward. He had an ID in his hand and a paper in the other hand. “ My name is Mr Andrews, and these are inspectors Jack and Jill, we have an arrest warrant against Mrs Evelyn Anderson, and we
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CHAPTER 267Monday morning. CourtroomThe courtroom was set for the proceedings to take place.Reuben was seated with Annabelle and their family lawyer.They sat on the side of the plaintiff.On the defendant side sat Grandma Anderson, Jake’s father, madam Rebecca, and a few new unfamiliar faces.They had two lawyers on the defendants side, The Jakes family lawyer and the Anderson family lawyer.They were all seated and waiting for the proceedings to start.Earlier in the previous day, Grandma, together with her family lawyer, had visited Louisa and Jakes again, and they had spoken.According to the conversation with their lawyer, they were better off by pleading guilty to the accusations and pleading for mercy, in that case, they were going to be pardoned and their sentence was going to be released.They had come into an agreement with the family lawyer for the Jakes family to do that.Both families had no money left in their accounts to drag th
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CHAPTER 266
THE VISITThe driver drove into the premises of the police station.The sun shone high above the sky, and everywhere was bright light.Grandma got down from the car and hurried towards the entrance." You are welcome ma'am" one of the policemen who knew her greeted her as soon as she entered." I want to see Louisa now," she fumed, ignoring the greeting from the policeman." Certainly ma'am, you have to wait for just a few minutes. I will be right back with you, " the policeman said with a dry smile and walked back in.Grandma stood in front of the policewoman at the reception.She looked at her with a deadly look, and the woman did her best to avoid the gaze and ignore her.Grandma stood there shaking vibrantly.She could feel her knees hurt from the stand, but she ignored the pain and stood there.Her only aim at that time was to see Louisa and speak with her, and that was exactly what she was doing.After standing for about three minutes, she was already losing her patience.Just
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CHAPTER 265
A SCARY REALITYGrandma Andersons Mansion.Three hours later, Grandma had just alighted from her car with the factory manager.She saw madam Rebecca and Martha coming towards her.They all wore sad faces to meet her.There was an awkward silence amongst the trio as they welcomed Grandma, but Grandma did not say anything.She was just smiling through the whole process.The two wondered what there was to smile about the trouble they had at that moment.They went to the living room, and all of them sat around." Where is Louisa? I was told she was coming to the hospital to see me but she never came.Where is she now?" Grandma asked.She noticed that everybody else's face changed at once.She suspected that something was wrong." What is it? Why is no one talking to me?" Grandma asked.She was eager to know what was going on.The manager looked at Madam Rebecca." Have you told her yet?" She asked him.The manager shook his head in the negative" What is there to tell me, someone to speak
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CHAPTER 264
ALL IS UNDER CONTROLLouisa and Jakes were pulled out of the police van, with the handcuffs on their hands.They both looked surprised as they could not fathom how they had just been intercepted in the middle of their operation and arrested by the police.The police had confiscated their phones and all that was with them.Louisa had seen Reuben and Annabelle earlier at the scene, while they walked away, after Reuben told the policeman something.She was sure Reuben had found out about their plan and had laid ambush for them." Is this what your plan led us to? In prison?" Louisa screamed out to Jakes when they were arrested.All she got was a caution from the police to keep her mouth shut, with the addition that whatever she said at that time could be used against her in the court.Louisa knew that was the end.They had been caught in the act, and she was sure that the boys were going to confess that Jakes was their leader.She was caught with Jakes at the same time at that scene,
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CHAPTER 263
ITS A STRIKEGrandma was in her room in a phone call.It was time for dinner and she needed to go eat.The househelp had served her meal and informed her about it.Grabdma came out to the dunning room when one of her guards entered, with an envelope in her hand." Excuse me ma'am, there is a parcel for you," the guard said as soon as he walked in." Who is it from?" Grabdma asked " There is no sender's address, only the delivery address, and that is here." The guard said.He handed over the envelope to Grandma.Grandma took the envelope and muttered a " thank you" as the guard left.She was curious as to who would send an envelope without a sender's address.Grandma did not touch any of his cutlery. Instead, he opened the envelope to see the contents.The envelope contained a single sheet.She took out the paper and read the contents of the paper." Dear Mrs Anderson, We have not8ced your recent activities, and we know where you invested all your money..We can assure you that the
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CHAPTER 262
THE PLACE WHERE IT ALL STARTED"What is going on here?" Annabelle asked in surprise.She could not just fathom what was going on, although she knew she was just about being kidnapped.Reuben held her hand and led the way back to the car, away from the sirens and the people who were being arrested. " What just happened here? Why is Louisa and that man being arrested? Who are those men? " Annabelle asked all at once." Let's sit in the car and speak for a bit.There are still a lot of things you need to know, " Reuben said as he unlocked the car with the remote.He opened the door for Annabelle to sit down and closed the door.He walked to the driver side and sat behind the steering, roaring the engine to life." I'm ready for the questions now, but before to ask, let me begin with narration," Reuben said as he drove out of the parking lot and out of the premises." I know you have a lot of questions. First of all, our date has not been canceled. We are on our way to a new restaurant.
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CHAPTER 261
STAGED KIDNAPFriday Evening, 4:30pm, Honeymoon Hotel.Louisa and Jakes were out of the hotel and were heading towards the garage.They were done with all their planning for their mission ahead, and everything was carefully laid out.Everything they needed to make their work successful was ready.They walked into the garage, and Jakes unlocked the door to a new car.They both sat in it as they talked.Louisa had gone there with a car, but according to Jakes, it was too risky to use her car, as it might be identified by Reuben.They had hired a new car they were going to use.They sat in the car as the driver drove out of the premises of the hotel." So we are going there earlier, so we can monitor their movements, they should be there around 5pm, and we should get there about ten minutes before them.Everyone else is ready over there, and this should not take a long time.We will pull out quickly, " Jakes said.Louisa nodded.She was okay with the explanation and how things were go
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CHAPTER 260
TWO WAYSLouisa went to the hotel and met with Jakes as they talked for the last time.Jakes made it clear that he had confirmed news from the Brooks mansion that Reuben and Annabelle were going out on a date the following day.He, however, stated that they did not know exactly where and when they were planning to go.Louisa rejoiced with the news as she knew they were getting closer to victory.Jakes told her he had the vans ready, and they also knew where they would be sending Annabelle after they had gotten hold of her.He had a private ship that was on the shores of the seas, waiting for him.He planned on going back home with Annabelle on the ship instead of air.He was doing that for his own safety, at least,until things went calm.After about thirty minutes of talking with Louisa, they finally dispersed, and Louisa went back home to prepare for the day ahead.It was a careful and nice plan they had laid out there, and they were sure it was going
