The Vengeful Son-In-Law

Chapter 2: Toss it in the trash.

I shook my head to get rid of the intrusive thoughts.

I can't leave my wife here to go in search of money and I can't work for someone else when my in law's company is successful, they might think I want to sell their business strategies to others.

I should just forget it and be content with what I have now.

I took in a deep breath and exhaled.

"Alex, just calm down, you can't do anything." I muttered to myself.

I walked to the back of the mansion and got into the house through the back door.

I proceeded to take a bath at the restroom close to the entrance of the back door of the mansion. I grabbed a trouser and shirt he saw hanging on the rank and wore it.

This restroom is the one that the maid and butler mainly use, so it must be one of their clothes.

I just wanted to wear this and get to my room, then I can change into my own clothes and wash this clothes and dry it and leave it back where I saw it.

I knew that even though I took a bath ,if he wore my own clothes and Lisa or Mrs Harry saw me, they would complain and throw a fit. I didn't want that happening, now that my wife was home.

I didn't want to give her something else to complain about.

I finished getting dressed and stepped out of the bathroom and I ran into somebody at the door.

"Oh sorry, I didn't see you." I apologized immediately, because I don't want the matter escalating.

It was the butler.

The butler looked at the clothes I was wearing and narrowed his eyes.

"Don't tell me that those are my clothes you are wearing?" The butler asked in an annoyed voice.

I gasped and scratched the back of my head nervously ,as I looked down to my clothes.

I had to wear it , because if I send the maids to get my clothes for me ,they will ignore me or refuse and I don't want to talk to that maid, lusting after my body.

"Oh sorry, I just want to wear this to my room , I will wash it and I will get back to you." I apologized, because I knew I was the one at fault here.

The butler glared at me. I know that if not that I was the young lady's husband, he would have slapped me for daring to wear his clothes.

"Don't bother returning it back to me when you are done with it, put it in a bag and toss it in the trash, I hope you don't expect me to wear something you wore, anything that touched your body belongs in the trash." The butler huffed, as he bumped me with his shoulder, as he walked into the restroom and slammed the door shut.

I knew that I was at fault, so I didn't take what the butler said to heart.

I should have asked , before taking it.

I casually walked to the living room to head upstairs.

Harry's family was having a family meeting in the living room.

I was coming towards them, so I managed to hear a bit.

"I think he knows we are planning something ,shouldn't we proceed with the plan already?" Riley asked her father, Mr Harry who was tapping his finger on the armrest of the chair he was sitting on.

"You shouldn't be in a hurry to do anything before our plan fails, he is a smart lad, we should plan out everything carefully so that it won't backfire and there will be no problems in the future." Mr Harry replied to Riley.

"So what should we do, I can't continue keeping the facade." Riley told her Father.

"Don't worry my dear you don't have to keep the facade for much longer, it will be sorted out soon." Mr Harry reassured his daughter who heaved a sigh of relief.

I was wondering what they were talking about.

Mr Harry was the one that saw me, he was about to say something but shut up ,as if they were saying something my ears shouldn't hear.

"Why are you sneaking around like a thief!" He half yelled at me and the others turned to glare at me.

"I was just heading upstairs." I replied.

"Then get going." He clicked his tongue in annoyance.

 I pretended as if I didn't see them and headed upstairs, it was when I walked upstairs and they were sure I couldn't hear them ,they continued talking.

I found what they did suspicious, however I shrugged it off and just headed to the room I shared with Riley, my wife to get into my own clothes.

***

My eyes slowly fluttered open, as I noticed the lights were on.

I groaned.

Riley doesn't sleep with the lights on ,unless..

I jolted upright and my eyes widened, when I saw her walk out of the walk-in closet fully dressed in her designer suit.

She noticed me and rolled her eyes and mumbled something underneath her breath.

"The deadman has finally woken up." She said, as she didn't bother uttering any greetings.

I got up from the bed immediately.

I was frantically running around the room, trying to get ready for work , while my wife was sitting on her dressing stool applying makeup on her face while looking at the mirror.

"I told you to wake me up ,when you wake up in the morning, so that when you are about to leave in the morning, I will go with you, why didn't you do it?" I asked Riley and I was met with silence.

I knew that she was ignoring me ,so I just let her be and rushed into the restroom to take a quick shower.

Deep down in my heart, I knew she might not want to give me a ride to work, but I still had to try his luck.

"I am very sure ,I set the alarm to ring by 5:30 am when Riley wakes up, how come it didn't ring, now it's 6:30 am , who turned it off?" I pondered outloud, as I was scrubbing my body with my hands washing off all the dirt.

I turned off the shower.

I rushed out of the restroom to put on my clothes ,when I saw that Riley was heading out of the room.

"Wait for me." I told her, however she ignored me once again and opened the door and walked out, heading downstairs.

I was just in my trousers, as I quickly took a random shirt from the closet and wore it ,as I dashed out of the room and began buttoning it, when I was heading downstairs with Riley ,my wife.

I knew that my wife Riley always went to work early and she doesn't eat breakfast with my family, so I had to wake up extra early, if I wanted to ask her a favor.

"Can you give me a ride to work?" I asked Riley who just walked down the last stair and she turned and glared daggers at me and shook her head.

"I knew that you were stupid ,but I didn't know that you were this clueless!" She huffed in annoyance, as she tucked back her hair behind her ear.

"You want me, your boss, to give you a ride to walk?" Riley asked in a condescending tone ,as she pointed proudly to her chest.

I swallowed the lump that had formed in my throat.

I don't know why she has to act this way, I know she is my boss.

However she is also my wife, why can't she help me?

 We were both going to the same place to work ,so I don't know why she can just give me a ride to work.

I had no university degree, so I work as a cleaner in Harry corporation, the company of my father in law and where my wife works.

Riley goes to work very early and is very diligent in her work. I just wanted her to give me a ride, so I won't have to waste money on a cab, because I wasn't paid that much money.

The money that I was paid from working for my in law's , I used it to buy groceries for myself and keep it in a different cabinet, so I can cook and eat by myself, because my mother in law told the maids not to ever give me food and sometimes my groceries get missing and no one agrees they take it and I have to replace it ,costing me more money.

I can't take the groceries and keep it in my room ,because my wife refuses and my mother-in-law would accuse me of eating her food ,if i do that.

"I have to save my salary..." I tried to say and Riley rolled her eyes.

"What do you use all the money you are paid to do?" She asked me in annoyance.

She didn't need me bothering her today.

"Babe, I am only paid $2500, my groceries always get missing, I have to replace it like four times a week and your mother charges me $1500 a month to stay here, I need to save money." I reminded my wife who just clicked her tongue in annoyance.

It's not that hard to understand why my mother-in-law and her family were treating me this badly, even going as far as collecting rent from me every month and stealing my groceries, just so I would send more money and not have enough to save.

After paying for rent, calculating my cab money for the whole month, because no one would give me a ride to work, even though we work in the same place and I am constantly buying groceries, after the one I buy is stolen.

Before the end of every month I am left with change and no money to save for the future. It's really exhausting and my wife knows about it and she's doing nothing about it.

"Are you trying to say my family is stealing from you?" Riley asked me with a glare.

"I wondered why I married such a useless husband ,who can't even provide for himself and always asks for favors." She hissed at me with venom in her voice.

I shook my head and told her I wasn't accusing her family of anything.

I didn't want her to misunderstand, I was just stating facts.

"I just need a ride to work today, I don't have a lot of money left on my budget for the month." I pleaded with her.

Riley, seeing that I will continue to disturb her ,if she doesn't give me a ride, opens her purse, takes out a couple of cash notes and tossed it at him.

I tried to catch the money she tossed at me, but some of it fell to the tiled floor.

"Get yourself a cab to work ,don't disturb my peace this morning." She hissed and began walking to the door.

I looked at the retreating figure of my wife and got upset ,because she couldn't just give me a ride, because she didn't want to be seen with me.

I bent down to pick the money that she tossed at me and I heard laughter.