I was frozen to the spot as Vera, my half sister took in my appearance,with a look of disgust on her face.I know I looked messy, because I haven't trimmed my beard and I didn't bother combing through my hair these past few days because it has been a dark week for me, so I don't need her looking at me that way."I know you are a poor loser ,but you should at least dress properly and take care of yourself so you won't look miserable all the time, it's crazy what people will do to get noticed!" Vera jeered at me as her friends looked at me weirdly.They were judging me with their eyes filled with disgust.I wasn't the one who put myself into this situation ,but I can't help it that I looked that bad."Vera, How do you know this weirdo?" One of her girlfriend's with her asked her."Oh he's just someone I know, he is no one important don't worry about him." Vera replied and I rolled my eyes.I wasn't expecting her to call me her brother ,because I know I am not actually her brother in her
I hastily walked away from where Vera was standing, because I knew if I stayed around her for a second more,I might make a mistake I would forever regret.It took all the self-control I had to not run back and ask Vera to help me by lending me money.I know my Father, Mr Chase will never ask her what she spends money on so even if she gives me a thousand dollars he won't care to know what she used to money for, but going to ask Vera for money was like digging my own early grave because she would want to disgrace me just to make herself feel good.I would never understand what I did to this family, but I guess my coming into their family almost ruined it.I was so angry at the situation that it didn't even look at where I was going, my head dropped into a defeated position as I thought about the options I had left.I bumped into someone and I just continued walking."Hey man can't you even apologize!" I heard someone yell behind me and I continued walking without turning back to acknow
The atmosphere was tense as it was deadly silent, as all I could hear was the sound of crickets chirping.There was no one that I could call out to that could help me because it was still dark.I was panting heavily as I could feel my heart drumming in my chest as I was scared of that outcome this encounter would have.Even though the man was pointing a gun at me I didn't let the luggage go, my grip on the luggage might have loosened but the man did not try to drag it out from my hand.He was cautious of me,I think he was caught off guard by the fact that even though I was sleeping I still had such a strong hold on the luggage.The items inside this luggage were important to me. I can't lose them to a thief that won't know the importance of the items in the luggage.But I stopped to think, I can't possibly lose my life over a luggage, Dora, my late wife, would want me to remember her but she won't want me to lose my life over a luggage, I wanted to let it go when I suddenly remembered
I panicked and frantically looked for my luggage because that was the only belonging I had and memories of Dora were in the box."This luggage that my Father bought for me is giving me unnecessary trouble." I mumbled as I slammed my hand on the bed.Nothing my Father gives me brings good luck to me, I will get rid of that luggage when I find it.Since the room was small and I had looked around and I didn't see the luggage, I decided to ask the men in the room."Please did you see my luggage?" I asked no one in particular and nobody gave me a reply as expected. It felt as if they knew what was going on but they didn't want to say anything.I decided to take a more direct approach.I walked closer to the bed of the man next to me, he was sitting on his bed, writing down in a book."Excuse me, did you see who took my luggage?" I asked the man beside me and he glared at me."Stop bothering me can't you see I am working here! was I the one that told you to keep your luggage carelessly, do
The third man with me in the room began laughing and I looked at him. "Ignore him, he is a thief just like the fellow that left,birds of the same feathers flock together!" He spat out. "You should stay away from him if you know what's good for you." The man who helped me told me and I nodded in understanding. I don't need to be told that they were bad news, at least one of them was gone. "Thank you." I thanked him and he scoffed and stared me directly in the eye. "Dude don't thank me, I will turn my back on you the minute you become evil." He huffed and turned his back on me and I raised an eyebrow at his words. Even though I was confused by his words, I don't even want to ask what that means because I was tired. After dealing with that man I was drained of strength but I was also glad that I wasn't kicked out of the homeless shelter, but he was kicked out because this wasn't the first time he had done something like this. But you know people have this weird thing they do ,wher
My Boss sighed as he folded his hands and glared at meWas this guy being serious right now?This was insane, he was blaming me for something I didn't do.Yes I talked back to the woman ,but her leaving a bad review at the pizza place social media page wasn't my fault."Bruce you are always spacing out while on the job, you must have mixed up the pizza when making your delivery and the woman complained about how you talked back at her and you didn't accept your mistake. I am gonna have to let you go." He told me as he waved dismissively at me."Are you being serious right now?" I asked him angrily." You want to fire me when I wasn't the one that prepared the pizza?" I asked in a loud voice as I was baffled by his words."How could I even mix up the orders? Why hasn't anyone else complained about getting a wrong order today?" I asked him and he glared at me."Bruce, stop arguing with me,we have a good reputation until today and this is a family pizza place, I can't fire anyone here be
The words of the old man were confusing to me and I was sure if I had met him before, I would recognize him.I know I wasn't that smart but ,I can at least remember faces of people I have met before.The old man stared intently at me, it felt as if he was contemplating what to say next."Sir,I am sure I haven't seen you before,so do I know you, have we met before and I forget?" I asked the old man as I took a step closer to him and was about to take another step closer ,and his two bodyguards who stood motionlessly behind him glared at me and I stopped. I think they were looking at me in case I tried to harm the old man.I just wanted to walk closer to the old man in case he wasn't seeing me clearly, so he would know how to answer my question."No, I don't think we have met before." He confirmed my suspicion that we haven't met before."Oh I thought as much, I would know if I have met you before." I said as I took a step backwards and his bodyguard's eyes followed me.Damn!Do they
I frantically waved my hand."No sir, I am not running away from anyone." I reassured him."I just don't have any items worth packing, my whole belongings are in a backpack. That's all I need. The sooner I leave where I am staying the better for me." I explained to him, but he still seemed to be suspicious of me."Where are you staying that you want to run away from?" He asked me and I cringed."I can't say." I replied because I was a bit embarrassed to tell him I was staying in a homeless shelter ,when he has this fancy office just for himself.I felt beneath him already, opening up about where I was staying would make me feel like trash in his presence."It's just that the place I am staying at is not conducive for me to live in and my life is kind of in danger." I replied.I figured I could tell him I was not doing well without spitting out where I was staying."I see there's no need for you to explain further." He told me."What are you about your parents or family members?" He as
**Sixteen years later** Bruce's POV: I couldn't hear Lisa,my first child and mother arguing about something and then she rushed downstairs to stand where I sat with Mr Dominic discussing what to do about my Father who was again asking for help. It never gets old. He just begs for who will give him money these days and I never help him. "Dad, Mom and I, who is more beautiful?" Lisa's velvety voice made me stare at her, as an unwavering smile adored her baby face. I saw Roxy,her mom, walking downstairs. I think she was listening to hear what I would say because she came to sit beside me. "Lisa, baby, why are you asking that?" I asked her and she pouted and folded her arms. "Mommy says she's prettier than me, so who do you think is prettier?" Lisa asked with a raised eyebrow. I think she knows what I was going to say because she was glaring at me. "Darling you and your mum are equally beautiful." I replied, because I don't want to get in some kind of trouble. "I know you never
Two Years Later.Bruce's POV:I sat on a bench in the garden ,Roxy sat beside me as her head was resting on shoulder and her eyes were shut as she was breathing steadily.I smiled in contentment.Such a sleepy head.She seemed stressed out, but I was glad the stress had ended and we were just enjoying each other's company now.My eyes traveled from her face down to her hands that were resting on her lap and the corner of my lips turned into a smile ,when I saw the diamond ring adoring her finger.She is mine now.I looked away for a second and looked at the pond in front of us ,as I was deep in thoughts.I just wondered how I got here and how I met Roxy.If not for Mr Dominic this wouldn't have been possible and I thank him each day for letting me work for him and meeting Roxy,who is now my wife.Some things went as I expected ,my father's company went bankrupt and he had to sell his mansion and his properties to pay off his workers who sued him and no one helped him.He still managed
Mr Chase's POV (Bruce's Father): The one thing I regret is letting Bruce leave my mansion.If I knew this would happen, I would have let him stay home and never leave.I regretted marrying Bruce off to his in-laws and I don't know how to change the past, because if Bruce's wife didn't die, he would have never become this cold hearted.He would not have met Mr Dominic or Mr Caleb D. Black or his mother and I would not be in this mess now.Mr Caleb D. Black was done dealing with me.He has dealt with me so mercilessly and told me he was teaching me a lesson on how to raise my son.I shook my head.Even though I regretted my actions, even though I wanted to change what I did in the past, it was too late now, nothing could be done, because my company was at the bottom and I was facing multiple lawsuits from my workers.I can't even breathe in peace.They want to take everything I own.They said it was my fault that the fire happened.Gosh I sighed as I sighted my wife who stormed out of
Bruce's POV:It's been quite a ride ,but I was happy we got here.Roxy and I wanted to celebrate our 6 month anniversary.We weren't doing anything too extravagant, we just planned on buying clothes and buying some matching outfits then heading back to her apartment to just chill and eat pizza.It was a good plan for me.Roxy was in the changing room trying on a dress, while I sat outside waiting for.I would ask occasionally if she needs my help and she would decline and I would chuckle.I can't help but be happy that I avenged the death of my late wife Dora and since the person who caused her death was in jail, I felt more at peace and I was enjoying my life now with no regret.I know she would be happy to see me this happy. I was mindful to watch out for any sneak attacks from Mr Caleb D Black, even though he promised to let me go and no one on my mum's side has contacted me.I still feel anxious sometimes and I know it would go away soon, but since there was no attack from him ti
Mr Chase's POV (Bruce's Father): I didn't think that I would be in this desperate position. It made my heart feel heavy. Thinking about it, I don't know what I could have done differently to change the situation I am in now. I have been struggling for more than five months now, but I haven't been able to get myself out of the mess it is in. My company is in ruins and I was facing a lot of problems. The house was quiet, as I just drank from the bottle of wine I was holding in my hand ,as I sat down on the couch in the living room, thinking about my miserable life. All that I have worked for is falling before my very eyes ,but all I can do is watch. I can't save it and I was hearing rumors about my family and getting threats about getting sued for the fire incident that happened at my warehouse. Even though I lost a lot of money, they wanted to sue me before the fire was caused by mismanagement of the warehouse. I scoffed ,as I took another big gulp from the wine bottle. My wi
Bruce's POVAfter some of my in-laws' workers came to work in one of my small companies.Word must have gotten around that the pay was better and they would get health insurance. I got more people that wanted to work for me and I heard more of them left my Father in law's company.After interviewing those that wanted to work for me I employed some of them, while I left the ones that were spies from my father in laws company.Given that my father-in-law's oldest daughter Megan, was arrested for being in possession of illegal drugs and using it, my in law's were facing questions as to if they were involved in illegal activities.Even though my in-laws denied having anything to do with Megan being in possession of drugs, many people did not believe them ,and since they are being investigated.Some of their investors pulled back.My in-law must have gotten tired of insulting me and saw he needed my help.He called me in a panic asking me for help."How exactly do you want me to help you?
Bruce's POV:My in-laws must really have nothing better to do than to just call my phone number all day to insult me.Oh well, I will just have to make sure they become truly jobless, so that they won't have anything else to do, but call my phone number.After the youngest daughter Emily went to that event she trash talked my late wife Dora, even though I have said I have forgiven her.She barely goes out to party anymore ,because her friends see her as evil and she isn't getting many suitors for marriage anymore.I mean who would want to bring such a woman to their own home?You would wonder what she will say about you behind your back. I was happy she was still bearing the consequences of her actions.I was at home and one of my bodyguards informed me that my father was outside the gate , begging for someone to come see him.Seriously, he really had some nerves to be doing thisI went to see him.The bar gates were the only thing keeping him away."Bruce, I finally got to see you,
Bruce POV:We want to work from Roxy's apartment.I know I wanted to stay away from her till this mess was over, but I couldn't help it.I wanted to be close to her.When we got to work I heard from some of my shareholders that Mr Caleb D. Black had approached them and asked them to sell their shares to him.What Mr Caleb doesn't know is that those that had small shares in my company, I bought the shares from them and those that had largest shares in my company.I have told them to be careful while dealing with him.I know there will be casualties and some people might be pressured into selling the shares they have in my company but I trust few of them that won't do that, so no matter how much shares he bought I still had the largest number of shares, because I sold some properties I had to buy those shares.Well I know I will take a hit, but it won't be enough to move me.I trust the people I work with, they are competent.After being informed about what was happening, I began to cal
Mr Chase's POV (Bruce's Father):My secretary informed us that one person, who was a close friend to me, who I convinced to help me, had an accident on his way here.My heart skipped a beat, as Philip turned to her.My secretary informed us that he was in critical condition and it seems like the accident was deliberate.Oh my!I know that Mr Caleb is dangerous ,but I didn't know it was this bad.He wants to eliminate any one that can help me.Why would he be this evil?I did nothing to him and now he was dragging someone innocent into this.I asked my secretary to send a gift to my friend at the hospital.I don't think I have the strength to go and visit anyone, I might collapse if I do.When it was time for closing work, I couldn't help but just want to leave this company and head back home.But even if I go home, the problem will still be here waiting for me to come back tomorrow morning.Not only that I have to answer silly questions from my wife ,if I return back home.Immediately