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Warren’s gaze was on the neatly trimmed lawn in front of the cafe’s window, with an empty coffee mug in his hand.
His mind drifted back to the call he had with Lady Williams this morning concerning the job request, and as usual, she gave excuses. He was already on the verge of giving up and looking for a job somewhere else. He placed a rumpled dollar note on the table as his bill and left the table. As he was about to walk out of the cafe, his phone suddenly rang out. Warren took his phone out of his pocket and saw that it was a private number.
His curiosity got the better of him as he placed the phone to his ear after accepting the call.
“Good day, Mr Warren,” the person on the other end of the call said politely.
Warren couldn’t help his suspicion. Mr Warren? When last was he addressed that way? What could this person want?
“Yes, I am Warren. Who are you?” He asked.
“My sincere apologies for interrupting your day but I am calling on behalf of your father. He has been hospitalized, and he needs you to come home,” the unknown person’s response came as a shock to Warren, and he could already feel his anger towards his Dad rise again.
“Does he think he can just call me back home after everything he’s done? Does he need me now that he has been hospitalized? What happened to his dear stepson that he always put first instead of his son? What happened to his mistress or wife? Why can’t he reach out to them instead?” he demanded angrily, raising his voice lightly. He gave no room for the unknown person to speak and ended the call, telling him never to call his number again.
He took a sit back at the coffee shop and his mind wandered back to when he left Brooklyn. His father never for once tried to reach out to him. All he ever thought of instead, was how to please his mistress along with her overbearing son. That woman did everything in her power to make sure Warren was painted in a bad light in front of his father.
A text notification pops up on his phone screen and he looked at it. It was from the unknown person that had called him earlier.
“Mr Warren, I know the call probably came as a shock to you but your father insisted on it. Felix, his stepson took charge of the company after your father was hospitalized, and I am afraid he is not handling it well; there are rumours that he is involved in fraudulent activities. If someone with enough experience doesn’t take over, the company might lose its prestige of being one of the top influential companies in Brooklyn. He also told me to let you know that you are free to state whatever price it is that you want in order for you to come back. The company belongs to you. You are the rightful heir.”
Warren sighed heavily, and after deliberating on it for a few minutes, he decided to call the unknown number back.
“What happened to my father and who are you?” he inquired harshly.
“Forgive me for not introducing myself earlier Mr Warren. I am Xavier, your father’s secretary. I know that a lot happened before you left the house, but right now, your father needs you, and Sterling Heights Company needs you. Your father says he is ready to put the company in your name. He also told me to give you a token if you accept his request to come back,” secretary Xavier stated calmly.
“And what token would that be,” Warren asks.
“A sum of five billion dollars," Xavier replied, relieved that Warren was seemingly getting interested in the offer.
Warren was shocked. Five billion dollars could change his life for good. He had for long been mocked by the Williams family, who had no idea of his background and thought he was a nobody.
Five billion dollars? How much more could he get if he accepted the offer?
He began to think about how the Williams family ill-treated him and how they never had second thoughts about his existence. How Lady Williams refused to give him a job after the passing of her husband, and how his wife cheated on him.
Now that his father had contacted him, he knew his social status was going to change for good and he was going to get back at everyone in the Williams family that had treated him like filth.
After what seemed like hours, he responded finally.
“How soon am I supposed to get to Brooklyn?” he asks
“Once you are prepared sir, all expenses would be taken care of. Just let me know sir,” Xavier replied to him.
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