As soon as I got a chance, I had planned on leaving this environment and probably settling down somewhere where nothing followed me. I knew that I was only just wishing but my grandfather wasn't going to accept it anymore. I refused also to allow myself to get soaked or lost in the euphoria of being an absolute standard of getting things done.I simply had a feeling that immediately I began to rely on my wit; I was going to land into trouble, which, quite frankly, I wanted to be pretty careful about.So many things were happening at the same time, and I wanted everything to be as smooth as possible. I inched closer to the door waiting for answers that came from listening carefully. "I understand if other people dictate around the house and prove that they want something else, but this person is the least of all. I cannot imagine him going about what time, making plans for when he should be resting, and begging us to take him back. Who the hell does he think he is?" I heard chatters c
As soon as I stepped out of the library I bumped into a figure, making me hiss in pain. "Why don't you watch where you are going?" I responded in irritation. Looking up I saw an unfamiliar figure whom I had never come across in this school. I rubbed my sore nose, trying to figure out what class she must be in because it couldn't be the ones that I was aware of. The female student looked up and down, assessing me, and I felt offended. I hope this wasn't another Mikky who felt like the world revolved against them because I was ready to treat them based on their acts. I wasn't going to tolerate any form of bullying. Surprisingly she waved her hand. "I'm sorry for bumping into you, but it isn't like you are not guilty also. Why didn't you watch where you were going?" She responded and I was a bit confused. "Are you kidding me? I was coming out of the library but you were walking off-handedly without looking at where you were going." I responded not wanting her to gaslight me into an a
At Langston consortium. "Why have you not been present? Is there a problem?" Jordan's grandfather inquired from his assistant, waiting for a perfect answer, but he was surprised when he didn't hear any. Why the hell were they wasting so much time before they could tell him what he needed to hear? He wondered. "I asked a simple question: why is everything at a standstill? I believe that you understand by now but this means right?" He inquired, causing Cole to shake his head a bit. He didn't want to be telling his boss everything when he had a son who was capable of doing his shit without supervision. If it were up to him, he advised the Young man to continue with his education first and later get involved with business, not that he couldn't mix both."The young master just called a few hours ago and we have concluded that I would need to pick him and his friend up. I guess they want to visit the hospital. He wants access to the private suite but doesn't want people to know his ident
The next day had the whole school buzzing in excitement when they heard that Mr Coker was going to be present and about to share things with them. It wasn't as if everyone in the school was poor but many people had needs that he was determined to reach and solve. His son spearheaded the movement and went about announcing his father's greatness. Mr Coker wanted to capitalize on the streaming capacity of the academy. If his son's video could gather over 50 million views then it wasn't rocket science that peace was probably going to supersede that because of the psychology of curiosity. After that day many people kept on streaming on that channel just so they could get a scoop. This was a perfect time to regain or remedy his reputation. "My father is going to be giving out laptops for free and some free coupons for medical check-ups and a lot more. This is just because I am still present in this school. You can consider me your lucky charm. If anyone has any health challenges, they can
"You must be very stupid for saying that to me! Do you think that I am one of those girls that you can speak ill of and go scot-free? I will deal with you in ways more than you can imagine and nothing will happen because you do not belong to our class in the first place. I do not blame you; I blame Mikky for wanting you and making you feel special. You are nothing in the grand scheme of things, inconsequential even and I want you to get that into your thick skull because it seems like you are having a hard time doing that." Violet said. I walked closer to them. I wasn't going to watch them bully another student simply because she didn't want to be in a relationship with the golden boy of the school. This was the weirdest thing I had ever experienced that someone would be so interested in getting a fellow girl to get into a relationship when they were not even out of high school yet. "I believe you wouldn't want to do that," I said, announcing my presence and watching them cower in f
I went to visit my friend's father, who was starting to recover, and I couldn't be more proud of finally being able to take care of the people who I had always imagined to take care of. It was always a joyful thing to be able to help out when it was necessary. Watching him mingle with his kids made me feel happy, like a proud parent when their children were finally doing right in life. Nothing ever prepared me for that feeling of satisfaction deep in my soul as I kept staring at him. He was one of a kind and I was happy that I knew him. At least somebody like this was not going to ruin my life, he was only going to help out. Josh would never leave me in any problematic situation as long as he could help me, so he deserved this and more, and I was never regretful of my actions. He spotted me and waved me over. "Come on in; this is possible simply because you decided to take a chance on us, and here we are. I would never have been here if someone had decided not to do it for me. Tha
Finally, I was about to take a nap around the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. It was a way for me to reduce my mental stress so that I wouldn't suffer. I wasn't looking to have money yet couldn't follow the natural rules of life. I just wanted to be able to relax and do the needful.My grandmother walked into my room with a tray in hand and a cup of coffee on it. "Darling son, I know that you must be famished." She said and I kept on smiling at her. She was patient enough not to get angry when I left the house for long hours besides school work and went on my way. Other parents would have probably tried to disturb or discourage me from going ahead but it wasn't so in her case. "I just want to take a nap. It's nothing serious but I appreciate it. I would have preferred tea anyway. That reminds me, Grandma, we need to employ a live-in maid, or if you will not be comfortable with that the person can always come and leave when it is time. I do not like seeing you stressing yourself out o
A few weeks later, "This presentation has to be the best I have heard in decades." One of the associates commended me after I had finished presenting, and I couldn't be more proud of myself than at that moment. Watching your work get so much recognition was as good as having someone tell you you have made it. "I think you should keep an eye on this one. He has a lot of potential that he should look out for. He is going to be useful for this project, and I don't want anyone on this except to match his level of intelligence." The associate went on to say with a commendable smile on his face. I wasn't sure that they knew my identity if not it was going to detract from my score sheet because they would have thought that my grandfather had helped me out without knowing that the man was as strict as a nun, he wasn't going to do anything that would look like he was enabling me and for that I respected him so much. I wouldn't also want to be in a position where I knew I wasn't competent to
So much was running through his head and all he wanted to see was Jordan to air his opinion and tell that son of a gun to return to wherever he emanated from. That would give him the most satisfying present he has ever received. When he came out of the locker room in his new attire, he bumped into Annie again. She was the most beautiful lady in this school, and he wanted to make her his, but she was reluctant,t, and he hoped that she wasn't going to do anything other than accept his proposal. "Hello, Annie." He called softly trying to take the Jordan approach. Maybe if she realized that he wasn't as bad as they had tried to portray him, then she would be more appreciative of everything she was. "I believe that by now we should have gone past this stage of staring at each other like strangers when we know what we both want."Annie looked at him from head to toe in surprise wondering why he would just bring up from nowhere and trying to project something that s
The next day had the whole school buzzing in excitement when they heard that Mr Coker was going to be present and about to share things with them. It wasn't as if everyone in the school was poor but many people had needs that he was determined to reach and solve. His son spearheaded the movement and went about announcing his father's greatness. Mr Coker wanted to capitalize on the streaming capacity of the academy. If his son's video could gather over 50 million views then it wasn't rocket science that peace was probably going to supersede that because of the psychology of curiosity. After that day many people kept on streaming on that channel just so they could get a scoop. This was a perfect time to regain or remedy his reputation. "My father is going to be giving out laptops for free and some free coupons for medical check-ups and a lot more. This is just because I am still present in this school. You can consider me your lucky charm. If anyone has any health challenges, they can
"You must be very stupid for saying that to me! Do you think that I am one of those girls that you can speak ill of and go scot-free? I will deal with you in ways more than you can imagine and nothing will happen because you do not belong to our class in the first place. I do not blame you; I blame Mikky for wanting you and making you feel special. You are nothing in the grand scheme of things, inconsequential even and I want you to get that into your thick skull because it seems like you are having a hard time doing that." Violet said. I walked closer to them. I wasn't going to watch them bully another student simply because she didn't want to be in a relationship with the golden boy of the school. This was the weirdest thing I had ever experienced that someone would be so interested in getting a fellow girl to get into a relationship when they were not even out of high school yet. "I believe you wouldn't want to do that," I said, announcing my presence and watching them cower in f
I went to visit my friend's father, who was starting to recover, and I couldn't be more proud of finally being able to take care of the people who I had always imagined to take care of. It was always a joyful thing to be able to help out when it was necessary. Watching him mingle with his kids made me feel happy, like a proud parent when their children were finally doing right in life. Nothing ever prepared me for that feeling of satisfaction deep in my soul as I kept staring at him. He was one of a kind and I was happy that I knew him. At least somebody like this was not going to ruin my life, he was only going to help out. Josh would never leave me in any problematic situation as long as he could help me, so he deserved this and more, and I was never regretful of my actions. He spotted me and waved me over. "Come on in; this is possible simply because you decided to take a chance on us, and here we are. I would never have been here if someone had decided not to do it for me. Tha
Mikky's eyes widened in horror as he realized the gravity of the dare. He was probably thinking that it was something minute and he could wing his way out of it but I was here to show him worse than he expected. This would change his perspective about a lot of things and would help him narrow down whenever he decided to do stuff. "You cannot be serious. Do you really think that I will strip in front of the school just to make you happy? Are you delusional or what?" He inquired boldly. I shook my head, relishing the fact that he now would understand the gravity of what was happening. At first, he must have thought it was business as usual but right now he would understand my point. There was absolutely no reason for him to bully my grandmother. Facing disgrace was just going to come naturally to him. "I didn't peg you for being a coward, why don't you just keep to your end of the bargain and let everyone go their separate ways?" I said purposely to egg him on. He wasn't going to fa
I decided to challenge my teachers for those poor results. I could never imagine that I would come home with such woeful results when it wasn't as though I had not read. Something told me that they had been mixed up and I decided to fight for it. Everywhere I turned was full of various discussions about how the mighty had fallen in their opinion but I didn't care one bit about that because it was just one of those things that one experiences. I stood in front of Mr Braxton's office and knocked. He was the one who was going to handle that for me even if we were not on talking terms due to his newly found attitude, I was going to ensure that I got my results. “Come in.” He said, making me walk in almost immediately. This time I didn't barge in like I used to because I knew that I was already on a tentative scale. “You are here to see me, what a surprise.” he said pretending to be interested in seeing me. How someone could go from 0 to 100° in a split second was very alarming. I had
It was just another ordinary morning when the call came in.I was reviewing some notes for an upcoming project when my phone rang, I wanted to ignore it instantly but I thought otherwise.The number flashing on the screen was one I instantly recognized—our family driver.“Hello?” I answered, already sensing something was off.“Master Jordan,” he responded, his voice tight with urgency. “It’s your grandfather. He collapsed at the office.”My pulse suddenly increased by a hundred percent, pounding at its hardest against my chest, “say that again?”He repeated his words and it hit me like a freight train. “Collapsed? What do you mean? Is he—”“They’ve taken him to City Memorial,” he interrupted my panicking. “I thought you should know.”“Thank you,” I muttered, already grabbing my keys. It felt like all the oxygen in my lungs was running out as I rushed out of my room and made my way downstairs.Grandmother was in the sitting room, engrossed in her knitting. Her calmness felt like a crue
Candace walked beside me excitedly with an exaggerated grace that I couldn’t help but notice. Everything about her screamed someone who thought she was untouchable, someone who believed the world revolved only around her. But I wasn’t interested. Still, I figured I’d give her a chance—or at least pretend to.Grandad might kill me otherwise. I sighed and slowed my pace seeing as the restaurant was coming into view. "So," I began, glancing at her. "What are your thoughts on our real estate department?"Her face lit up with a wide smile, though it felt more rehearsed than genuine. "Oh, it’s fantastic! Your family has built something truly remarkable.""Right," I said, keeping my tone neutral. "But what do you think about our current strategies for urban expansion? Do you think we should focus on diversifying investments or doubling down on suburban developments?"Her smile faltered for just a second, but it was enough for me to notice. "Well... I think, um, both are important. Don’t y
I glanced at my phone one last time to make sure I had gotten the restaurant's address right and this was it.‘Gusto’, a fancy Italian restaurant. I admired its beautiful lighting as I stepped out of the sleek black car and onto the sidewalk. My shoes clicked against the pavement as I walked toward the entrance, trying to shake off the unease. Blameless to admit I was a little nervous.This wasn’t just any meeting, though. I was meeting with my grandfather and his business partner’s daughter. The whole thing felt like too much of a setup, and I wasn’t sure if I was ready for whatever they were trying to pull.I could give anything to be at home right now and not be here but this was my grandfather I was talking about. He already reminded me this morning and I knew better than to pull any stunts, I just had to go along with it.I pushed open the door, and the smell of spices and sizzling food hit me. The restaurant was a mix of elegance and comfort–high taste, cozy food, and a quiet