Mr Jefferson narrowed his eyes. “What? Are you on drugs? What has become of you, Arnold? This is not the son I used to know,” he said. “Well, it's good you've finally realized that. I am not the son you used to know. I am a different person now, a changed man. I was not the little guy you used as a puppet to do whatever you want, I am a man who is standing up for himself and owning up to his responsibilities,” he said. “No. You can't be. No matter how big you want to feel, you can never beat me. I was the best that there was, is, and I am the best businessman there will ever be,” Mr. Jefferson said. Norton smiled. “I wished you could have used your words to create wealth for yourself, and not steal from other people to get rich, father. I am highly disappointed in you.” A slap immediately connected with his cheek, flinging his face to one side. “I never imagined that the sun I nurtured and made sure to groom into a man would stand up to me and face me, talking nonsense,” Mr. Je
Mr. Jefferson's expression spoke volumes as he glared at Arnold. “The only job you had to do was to take money from the Tate family, and he had to take money from the Williams, but what happened? He got me hundreds of thousands of dollars, while you? You were complaining!” Arnold looked at his father in disbelief. “Is this truly you? A father who would do this?” Mr. Jefferson shone his eyes. “Yes, Arnold. If you want me to admit it, then I will. This is me. Your greedy, selfish, power-hungry, and ambitious father!” Mr. Jefferson yelled. “Calm down honey. You can't say that about yourself,” Mrs. Jefferson tried to pacify her husband. “There is nothing else to hide now, Mom. Don't tell him to calm down. He's saying the true honey has exposed himself for who he truly is. This is what I wanted to hear from him. I wanted him to say it with his mouth that he is greedy and selfish,” Arnold said. “Don't talk to your father that way, Arnold. I've heard enough of you talking to him lik
“How sure are you that that will happen? He literally said that nothing would be able to bring him back. He's the one feeling entitled to an apology, and I think we should give it to him. You know that you need Arnold, Jeff. He's going to play a key role in the journey to success,” Mrs. Jefferson said. Mr. Jefferson shook his head. “No. I want him to realize that he is the one who needs me. He has to realize the importance I have in this life, or else, he won't come to his senses,” Mr. Jefferson said. “And I have a way of doing that. I will have to make him pay for going against me,” he added, with a cruel smirk. “What are you planning to do to him, Dad? Hope it's not something dangerous,” Norton asked. Mr. Jefferson looked at him. “No, son. I'm not planning on doing anything dangerous to your brother. I will really make sure he pays for what he has done, and making realize that he is nothing without me,” Mr. Jefferson said. Norton nodded. “Hmm.” Mr. Jefferson looked at Norto
“Well, you just said that, and when we asked, you said you didn't kidnap her. Now you're saying that you kidnapped her. What are you trying to say?” His father asked. “Well, Dad, I kidnapped her. That was what I told the CEO to get this amount from him. Simple. I kidnapped his secretary, and he gave me the money for ransom, but then, I was the smarter one in the end and I was able to get away with it,” he said. “What?!” Both of his parents chorused, as they were confused by what he was saying. “We need to understand what you are saying, Norton. What happened there?” Mrs. Jefferson asked. “I made a fake call. I didn't actually have the CEO's secretary with me, but he believed that I did. It's a very long story and how it happened was so complex that I can hardly even remember. A lot of things happen in the span of 3 hours,” he said. “What happened, Norton? We need to know,” Mrs Jefferson pressed on. “I went to that place with the intention of attacking someone there, but when I
"Did the CEO finally give you the money? How did it go? How were you able to escape without him knowing that you didn't have Evelyn with you?” His mother asked. “Those are too many questions, Mom. However, I am lucky enough to be able to answer that question. To begin with, the CEO is one of the most stupid people I have ever encountered. I didn't know that he would fall for such a cheap trap. Was your homework really done? “It seems like you know about these guys, Norton.” “Yes, Mom. I was shocked when I saw who the CEO was. I never believed it. It was Alaric. Alaric Drones,” he uttered, leaving his parents, who had furrowed their brows, to find out the puzzle. He looked at their surprised faces. It was very obvious that they didn't know what he was talking about and who he was referring to as Alaric Drones. “D… Drones? Alaric? Who is that? His mother asked. “Well, he's the so-called CEO of the company. I was really surprised today about it because this person was not who I us
"Well, I would have to find out about it. He told me himself that he was not the person he used to be and that he was the ruler of the Empire, but I didn't believe anything he said,” Norton said. “Don't believe a word he says, Norton. These are the kind of guys who go around trying to buy a popular identity for themselves and wanting to use it to oppress you but behind the curtains, they are actually poor people.” “I know, Dad. I want to find out how we got the identity or who he stole it from. I suspect that he's not who he claims to be. That's the reason why I doubted it when he told me that he now runs the company. But, Dad, when you went there, who did you see?” Norton asked his father. “It wasn't who I was expecting to see. I heard that Mr. Wright had stepped down, and I expected the person to be some kind of experienced businessman, but it was just a pretty young guy,” Mr. Jeff said. Norton delved into deep thoughts. Everything that they could think of just pointed out the f
“Both his parents were stunned. None of them could say a word, as they couldn't believe their son came home with money. They had this bad feeling about the money, that Norton stole it, but they didn't know what to say.“But, son, don't you think that your brother is right? You stole money from someone,” Mrs. Jefferson said, and Norton looked at his mother in shock.“Mom? Are you saying this?” Norton asked in disbelief. He thought that his mother would stand by him and support him no matter what, and he didn't expect her to say something like that.“Well, we all have to admit that it's the truth, son. You stole the money from the CEO of the company by pretending to be a criminal. You also lied to him that you had the Secretary kidnapped by you when you didn't even have her with you. You have lied, cheated, and stolen, son. That is not what I taught you,” Mrs. Jefferson said.“I don't want to say that I'm highly disappointing you but I just know that you should have to make amends for w
Mrs. Jefferson was shocked by her husband's statement. “Jeff! Don't say that.”“I have to say it, woman. I don't know what you fed him with when he was younger, but I'm sure it's not the same thing you fed Norton. I expected this of Norton, and not from Arnold. Even if we gave Norton the free hand, he still became a better man,” Mr. Jefferson said.“A day will come when you regret what you just said, Dad and that day is coming very soon,” Arnold said.“I don't care what you say, Arnold. You are a failure, and that's the bottom line because I said so!” Mr. Jefferson yelled.“You have said it over and over again, so it doesn't make any sense to me. I could be but I'm not a cheat, a liar, and a deceiver like your second son, who you love so much and who you are willing to do anything to protect,” Arnold said.“Shut up, Arnold!” Mr. Jefferson said, raised his hand at his son, and delivered a punch to Arnold. Arnold stumbled for a while before finally regaining balance. “I see you have s