"Richard, bring out the soup from the kitchen""Yes, mother""Richard, my spoon fell. Get me another""Yes, sister-in-law""Richard, the drinks are not here""I'll get them now brother-in-law"This was how dinner typically was for Richard Gray, the live-in son-in-law of the Wayne family. They called his name here and there, sending him on even the littlest of errands that were originally supposed to be for the help.Richard was an orphan and a college dropout who was married to Linda Wayne, the granddaughter of the prestigious Wayne family, one of the most powerful families in the entire Country Z. The marriage had not been because of love but because of Linda's grandfather, the old master of the Wayne family. After a chance meeting with Richard, the old master had insisted that he become his son-in-law by marrying his granddaughter Linda. The rest of the family had kicked against it immediately, how could they let a nobody like Richard marry Linda? It was preposterous. Richard himse
The taxi stopped in front of the hospital gates and Richard stepped out. He paid the taxi driver and looked at the hospital. The hospital was a very tall building with over fifteen floors. The sign at the top of the building read, 'St. Luke's Memorial Hospital'. From the ambience of the hospital, anyone could tell that it was a top notch hospital. St. Luke's was one of the best hospitals in the country. They provided top of the class healthcare and of course because of this the healthcare here was very expensive and only available to the one percent of society that could afford the healthcare. It was worth it. This was the hospital the old master had had Richard's mom transferred to as soon as he had agreed to marry Linda.As Richard walked into the hospital, he greeted the nurses who were at the reception. The nurses who were already very familiar with him, responded to his greeting with a smile. Richard walked to the elevator and punched the VIP floor. The elevator dinged to signif
Richard left the doctor's office with a lot on his mind. He kept thinking of the doctor's suggestion of surgery. He didn't like the low chances but the doctor had made it pretty clear that without the surgery, his mother probably didn't have much time left. What other choice did he have?Richard walked to the accounting department where the doctor said he would be told the cost of the surgery that was to be carried out.Richard stared at the paper in his hands, he could feel a headache coming on as he stared at the cost on the paper. The surgery would cost a total of ten million dollars. It was a large amount of money. There was no way he could get that kind of money, he had to turn to the Wayne family for help. As Richard stood in the accounting department thinking of what to do, someone tapped him. Richard turned around to see a woman standing behind him."Mr. Gray?", the woman asked."Yes?", Richard answered."I'm Sara, I work in the accounting department", the woman introduced her
Richard blinked."Tell me, don't you have any shame?", Linda asked him again."Aren't you ashamed? That you have nothing to do but to ask for money from me?""Linda, it's my mother's hospital bills we are talking about. I'm not asking for personal money to spend. You are supposed to be paying for the hospital bills and now the nurses tell me you haven't paid for the last three months.....", Richard began to speak and stopped himself.Linda stared at him intensely. She slowly put down the IPad in her hands and looked intensely at him."Go on", she said softly."Keep talking, you were lecturing me, weren't you?", Linda asked him."You were lecturing me on how I should spend the money that you don't earn a single dime of", Linda told him.Richard bit his lips."That's not what I meant. It's just your grandfather.....""My grandfather!", Linda exclaimed suddenly."My grandfather! My grandfather! My grandfather! That's always your excuse isn't it? Anytime you want money you bring up my gra
"Hahaha", laughter rang out on the dining table."So, Shane, your family is um... into real estate, you said", Edward Wayne, Lisa's father asked Shane."Yes, we have one of the biggest real estate firm's in the country. Our clientele isn't large but it's only because we only strictly take specific kinds of clients", Shane told him."Hm, yes, knowing your target audience and sticking with it is really good", Edward nodded his head in agreement."Indeed, it really helps to build up your name and reputation", Shane answered."Dad, let me tell you, Shane's family is really big in real estate", Lily chirped in."Haha, not that big", Shane said with a shy smile."Oh come on babe. Like recently, Shane got a contract to help the President's son-in-law in finding a good property to invest in", Lily announced and Richard saw Camilla's eyes go wide."Really?", Camilla asked with a most amazed expression."Haha, yes", Shane laughed shyly in response."The President asked us himself so how could w
"What?", Richard blinked."Miss Linda has agreed to pay your mother's hospital bills", Mr. James repeated to Richard who was looking at him with a confused expression."Did she say that?", Richard asked."Yes", Mr. James nodded."I told her to inform you of her decision, but I guess she forgot", Mr. James added.A smile bloomed on Richard's face."Did she really say that?", Richard asked."Yes", Mr. James nodded and turned around to leave.Richard's joy knew no bounds. His stunt yesterday had worked. The entire Wayne family was currently angry with him but it didn't matter, they would just give him more chores and errands to run which he would do without complaining because at least he knew his mother would be getting the surgery."Master Gray", somebody suddenly called out to him.Richard turned and saw that it was one of the maids, Sara. The maids and the helpers around the house were the only ones who regarded him as such, despite the treatment from the Wayne family. They were usua
Richard began to take a few steps back but Lawrence caught up to him."You took it, didn't you?!", Lawrence asked him, grabbing his shirt aggressively."Took what?", Richard managed to ask."Don't pretend. I know you took it, the document of the partnership with AY Investment, you took it, didn't you?!" Lawrence accused him, seizing his shirt tighter.It took Richard a few seconds to understand what Lawrence was saying. His mind flashed back to the document he had seen in Lawrence's room, it was missing?"I didn't take it. I didn't take anything", Richard quickly denied."Liar!"Lawrence shouted and began to raise his hand to hit Richard but was immediately held back by the drivers and the helpers."Lawrence, stop it!", Camilla shouted."Stop this madness", she said."What happened? Tell me what is going on right this instant!", Camilla demanded in a stern voice.Lawrence calmed down a bit."The document is the finalized contract of the partnership between AY Investment and the company
Richard couldn't sleep that night, he tossed and turned all night, the conversation he had on the phone replaying over and over in his head.Mr. Andrew had told him to come into the bank tomorrow so they could discuss the details further. He really doubted the authenticity of the call, how could he have an inheritance of over fifty billion dollars? How could he have an inheritance at all? He was a nobody, he was an orphan, there was no way he could have an inheritance. 'This was definitely a fraud', Richard told himself over and over again and while he believed it, Richard couldn't deny that there was a part of him that believed it to be true. There was a part of him that wanted to believe that this wasn't a scam but that it was true. He told himself that he was crazy for even thinking like that at all, but he couldn't help it.The Next Day, Richard woke up early as usual, he rushed through his morning chores and prepared for the Wayne family's breakfast diligently. He had decided to