The Untouchable Son-in-law

Chapter 1 Unwanted

“He is so poor, never seen such a  useless man before”.  

Another servant also said, “  I don’t know how the second young mistress manage to be with him, doesn’t she feel exhausted to see a man like him everyday? the only thing he has is his face.” 

“How could they take this as a son in-law. I have never heard of his family before, is he an orphan or maybe his parents are poor, another servant chipped in .  

They didn’t bother to lower their voice because they thought they were far better than him. 

Alaric was not bothered by their impudence because this was their daily routine so he was used to it. To the servant he was just a useless husband.

It was not like he had no parent. His father was a life saver of the old master. They saw old master Han been shot on their way to a business trip. They took him home and treated him till he was fully recovered. 

The master was very grateful to them and promise to pay them back. 

The years after the old master was saved, Alaric parents had a  fatal car accident and lost their life.

His parents company was snatch by the greedy major shareholders, they took everything from him including the house that he lives in with his parents. 

Alaric’s parents were from the United States who for some reason fled to Spain and started their own business.

And since Alaric was young and doesn’t have power to fight them, he became a poor orphan on a foreign land.

When the old master of the Hans family heard his parents sudden death and his condition, he brought him to United States and treated him like his grandson.

The old master employed him and gave him five percent of the Hans cooperation share. 

He knew he is old and can die anytime so he married Alaric to his second granddaughter so they wouldn’t drive him away  when he is no more.

Mandi didn’t love him in the first place because of his status, she only obeyed her grandfather's order.

When the old master was alive, he was a respected son in law. His status gradually declined after the old master’s death.

Alaric has been enduring all these humiliation and suffering because he has no family and he has no where to go. He has been silent all this while because he couldn’t afford to even offend the servant.

He was washing the utensils while the servant were doing nothing. He sometimes wonder the duty of those servant.

They don’t wash, they don’t clean, all they do is to gossip everyday while he the mistress husband have been doing everything.

“Hey Alaric it’s getting late and you have not prepared the second young mistress breakfast. Do you want to starve  her?”

“ What says your time?” Alaric asked the servant.

“ It half past seven, you have less than one and half hour?”

“ Oh my gosh am dead, my wife is going to scold me,” he murmured.

“He went to the kitchen and prepared her chicken and waffles and served it on the dining table.

Alaric cleaned the kitchen, wash the utensils. This has been his morning chores.

“The second miss is sleeping in her room, let her know am done with breakfast  when she wakes up.” Alaric said to one of the servant.

“Why would I do that , this isn’t my job, the servant said rudely to him. He headed out  unconcerned not bothered with the servant's rudeness.

 

The old lady’s birthday was just around the corner, she was making preparation towards it. She called Alaric to pick her at the mall. 

In the car he was reminiscing   on how his parents died and why his wife and her relative  started maltreating him after he has given them his shares. It became worse after the old master of the Hans family died.

He thought to himself if it was due to greediness or because the family never liked him. 

 

Alaric saw the old woman fuming in anger, he knew he was going to get a scolding for arriving late. 

“You useless fool, can you be a little useful, how many hours does it take to drive from the mansion to the mall.”

“Am sorry grandma, I was stuck in traffic, I promise it won’t happen again.”

“You better not and one more thing, don’t call me grandma, I don’t have such an incompetent grandson like you.” She told him sternly.

Alaric clenched his fist, he stood there for a while before driving the old lady home. 

When he got home,  he saw everybody gazing at him pathetically.

“Alaric what kind of breakfast  is this? The chicken is burnt and tasteless do you want to kill me with this kind of breakfast? You have been preparing breakfast for almost five years, is this all you could do? And what is this, do you call this a juice? 

"This will be your breakfast. You are trash so you can eat trash. I don’t want to see this thing you call breakfast," his wife Mandi chided her and  threw the juice on him and went upstairs.

“He deserves  it , what was he expecting when all he have is his handsome face , one of the servant ridiculed him.”

“Hmm when am I going to get out of this mess. I , Alaric  know I’m not useless”.

Alaric have the dog eaten?”

“No they  haven’t.

“What do you mean by they haven’t eaten, he heard Sharon’s voice behind him, don’t you know the dogs are of more value than a good for nothing like you?. Come on get up and give the dogs food.” Sharon Alaric’s mother I law commanded him.

He was going to give the breakfast Mandi rejected to the dogs but,

“ Where are you going with this,” she asked him.

“Am going to feed it to the dogs.”

“Didn’t Mandi tell you to take this as a breakfast? The dogs are of more worth than a useless fool like you? Prepare them a good food after you are done with Mandi’s  breakfast." 

Alaric was very exhausted and decided to rest a little. She heard Mandi's calling out to him, he went to listen to what she has to say.

" Alaric why haven't you cleaned my bathroom?"

"Sorry I was a little exhausted and wanted to take a little nap."

"What have you done today to make you exhausted? You are the most useless, incompetent and lazy man I have ever seen . All you have is your face. If I were you I would have been gigolo at least it would have fetch you enough money. Will go and wash the bathroom?

"Useless trash."