The Chilled Revenge Of A Son-in-law

Death Announcement.

Ryu couldn't find a good place to stay because he had no one to go to, Richard was the only friend he had and he wasn't acquainted with anyone. It was already getting late and the night was cold, he needed a warm place to lay for the night, and the hospital where his mother was was the only place he could think of.

He ended up spending the night inside his mother's hospital room, thankfully it was warm and it had a couch long enough for his tall body.

As early as six am, Ryu left the hospital to a nearby family court for his divorce. However, much to his disappointment, he needed money, IDs, and resources to be able to file for a divorce and he had none of that, now he was stuck.

Frustrated and tired, Ryu became lost and had no idea what to do next, he had no money on him, not even a penny, and the ten thousand left in his bank account definitely wouldn't be enough.

He stood outside the court with his hands on his waist, staring at nothing in particular with a deep frown marred on his face. He stood there, thinking hard about what to do to make this divorce possible.

Ryu had no plans of letting the day pass by without getting it done, his mother's life was at risk after all.

Then a thought struck him, going to Richard for some money didn't sound bad at all. It was Richard who wanted the divorce to be done with the most anyway and Ryu could tell that with how desperate Richard was, he would definitely do anything to make sure Ryu divorces Belle as soon as possible.

After much thinking, he dipped his hands into his back pocket and pulled out his phone, he unlocked it and dialed Richard's number, and like before, the call went through almost too quickly.

"What's up, man? Change your mind? So quickly?" Richard's raspy voice rang out through the phone and saying Ryu was disgusted was an understatement, to think he once saw Richard as a friend only for him to turn out to be a fake.

Getting rid of his angry thoughts, he took a deep breath to prepare himself mentally to word out his problems to Richard. "I'm currently at the family court for the divorce and I have a little bit of problem with the..." Ryu explained only to be cut short by Richard.

"Money?" Richard completed the word to hear Ryu sigh. "How much do you need? Meet me at the office now and I'll help you with whatever you want, we are friends after all," Richard chuckled and ended the call right after. Although Ryu understood what those last words really meant, he ignored them to avoid getting himself angered.

Ryu placed his phone back into his pocket as soon as the call ended, he left the family court and quickly made it to Richard's office situated in town. Richard's father, Mr Harrison owned a furniture company that sold pieces of furniture. Ryu knew the place because he had been there a couple of times in the past.

However, before Ryu could step into the building, he felt his phone vibrate inside his pocket. With a sigh and a frown, wondering who could be calling him, he pulled his phone out to see an unknown number.

Curious about it, Ryu picked up the call and placed the phone on his right ear to hear who it was. "Hello?" He said.

"Hello, is this Mr Langley?" A female voice from the phone asked and Ryu nodded as if she could see him.

"Yes, who is this?" Ryu voiced after quickly realizing she wouldn't see his nods.

"I'm calling from 1st City Hospital, your mother has fallen into an emergency state and your presence is needed..." Before the lady could complete her statement, Ryu immediately ended the call and dashed out of the place.

The moment he heard his mother was in an emergency state, his heart fell and his stomach twisted into knots as nervousness filled his body. He left the place and rushed to the hospital as fast as his body could carry him.

...

Inside the Small CEO office of HG Furniture, Richard who wore a brown suit that complimented his brown curly hair sat behind a huge mahogany table with a smirk on his face. He twirled the pen in his left hand effortlessly as he stared at the screen of his phone where the call he had with Ryu just ended.

The office was a small one with bookshelves on the wall. A small couch and a small coffee table were arranged in a corner.

Standing beside Richard's table was his assistant, Judy.

"The fool will be here in a minute for the money," Richard said, the smirk still playing on his lips as he stared up at the assistant, her tall frame and blonde hair reminded him of the one man he wanted to do away with as soon as possible, Ryu.

"Do you plan on giving him the money, sir?" Judy asked out of mere courtesy, not because she cared or something. Her question brought a small chuckle out of Richard, a chuckle full of mockery, she was quick to detect it.

"Why would I do that?" Richard demanded, "You will poison his coffee with the substance I gave to you and once he slowly dies, we will go hang his body on a tree close to his dearest wife's house with a fabricated suicide note to make it look like he committed suicide and his dear widow would become mine," Richard explained, a bright smile on his face, one would think he was talking about how delightful the weather was.

Judy simply nodded her head and left the office to get things prepared, leaving Richard behind who wouldn't stop smiling at the thought of his brilliant plan.

...

"Mr Langley Ryu, we really tried all we could but we lost her," The Doctor announced the demise of Ryu's mother to him and left the waiting area, leaving Ryu all alone as he felt a sudden sense of hollowness, sorrow, pain, and lost.