The Hidden Billionaire

AN OLD MAN

In the morning, Maks immediately changed his clothes to work sweeping the streets. The daily work he does. Even though the wound on his face from the blow from Uncle Brew last night still scarred his cheek and left a stinging pain.

Meanwhile at the Kev family's residence, Siena is still crying over the departure of her husband who was expelled by her own mother.  Even food is not appetizing for her.  Because, she always thinks about how her husband fills her stomach.  Because they always eat together.  Moreover, Siena remembered that the wound on her husband's face from her uncle's punch was still there. Siena really wanted to treat the wound.

"Siena!  Don't you want breakfast?  Mom is waiting for you at the dinner table!”  Hera's voice, Siena's second sister, sounded loud in Siena's ears.  Her sister called her from outside Siena's room.

Siena wiped her tears.  "Just go ahead.  I'll follow when you're done."  Her voice was still hoarse because she had cried a lot.

"You're weird!  You're ungrateful.  Mom has called a private doctor to treat your child.  However, when mom asked you to have breakfast with her today, you turned her down!”  Hera added again still in the same voice as before.  She seemed to scream so that her youngest brother could hear her.

Siena was silent.  If her sister could understand her current position, Siena really wanted to tell her everything what she was feeling.  In that house, no one can understand her feelings.  Except for her father who has now left him for good.  Then, her husband, who was now kicked out by his mother.

After that, no more sound was heard from Hera.  She had gone to take her sister for breakfast.  Of course she immediately complained to her mother.

"Why is she just sitting in her room?" Mrs.Kev asks surprised when Hera whispers that Siena doesn't want to join breakfast this morning.

"Just a moment, Gaston.  I'll call Siena first." Mrs.Kev smiles kindly at the man named Gaston.  This morning, Mrs.Kev deliberately invites the man to have breakfast together.  The goal was to bring Siena to be closer to Gaston. Because Maks had been successfully kicked out of Kev house.

Mrs.Kev opens the unlocked door of Siena's room.  Siena turned towards the door.  She saw her mother coming to her.

"Why don't you heed my call to have breakfast together?" Mrs.Kev asks as she walks towards her youngest daughter.

"What for? Hasn't Mom never asked me to have breakfast together. Why are you being kind to me today like an angel?” asked Siena suspiciously with her mother.  Because, since she married with Maks, her mother had never asked Siena to join breakfast or dinner together.  Only her father always cares about her.

Mrs.Kev stammers. She cleared his throat for a moment. "Ehem.  Am I not allowed to invite my youngest daughter to have breakfast together?  Besides, I know for a fact that you're still lonely because your husband is gone.  So, I wanted to cheer you up.”

"Yes. Mom made him leave!”  replied Siena curtly.

"Siena, I will tell you.  Gaston is at the dinner table.  I invited him for breakfast this morning.  That's why I invite you to join." Mrs.Kev says so confidently.

Siena smiled crookedly.  "I already guessed that if mom asked me to join it wouldn't be without reason."

Mrs.Kev is silent.

Siena lay down right next to her baby.  "No. I don't want to join breakfast. I don't want to see him."

Hearing the answer from her youngest daughter, Mrs.Kev seems to growl.  "Siena! You argue with me?" Mrs.Kev eyes widen.

Siena did not look at her mother.  She quickly closed her eyes to sleep.

Seeing her youngest daughter's behavior, Mrs.Kev immediately looks for ways to threaten her so that Siena is willing to join this morning's breakfast.  To be precise, to meet Gaston.

"Okay. If you don't want to, then I'll tell the Doctor who examined your baby not to come back tonight. Didn't he say your baby needs one more treatment to recover, right?" Mrs.Kev threatens Siena. 

Hearing the threat from her mother, Siena opening her eyes. She immediately got up from the bed to sit facing her mother.

"You have the heart to do that with your own granddaughter?" Siena asked with tears in her eyes.  She didn't hold any money.  How could sh possibly bring her baby to the hospital again for treatment.  Only the doctor who called her mother was all she hoped for.

Mrs.Kev smiles triumphantly.  "Therefore, you must obey my orders. Join us for breakfast this morning, and meet Gaston."

There is no other choice. Siena can't move if her baby is a threat.

Mrs.Kev steps her foot first towards the dining room.  She was sure that her youngest daughter would come to join.

With lazy footsteps, Siena immediately went to the dining room also following her mother.  Of course she looked displeased.

"Why did she immediately follow momr?"  asked Hera in a whisper to her mother.  She kept her voice from being heard by Gaston.

“I threatened her,” Mrs.Kev replied.

Gaston smiled kindly when he saw Siena.  However, Siena didn't smile back at all.  She immediately took a seat with an indifferent face.

"Kenan, you sit down. Let Siena be next to Gaston."  Mrs.Kev orders her first daughter in law to sit down so Siena and Gaston can be close.

Siena looked at her mother while shaking her head.  She told his mother she didn't want to sit next to Gaston. However, Mrs.Kev glares at Siena.

Siena could read the look in her mother's eyes who were threatening her with her baby. Siena was forced to obey her mother to sit next to Gaston forcefully.

Meanwhile, at the same time Maks was still sweeping the city streets with his sweat dripping down.  He sat for a moment on the side of the road to relieve his tiredness while waving his hat in his face.

Suddenly, a black car that looks luxurious stopped right in front of him.  At first, Maks acted normal.  He thought that it was someone else's car that just stopped.  However, how surprised was Maks when the owner got down and walking towards him.