Jennie’s face changed into a worried one as her smile turned into an unsure one. Her mind raced across millions of scenarios where she had gone wrong with the man before her but nothing seemed to come up.Have I done something wrong? She asked herself multiple times as he kept his smile on.He was still smiling so there was no way for her to be on his bad side. Had he changed his mind after helping her out? Was he here to ask for the money he had used in buying the shoes for the jerk yesterday?“Uhhh… Sir…” she stammered trying to come off as polite with a worried smile taking over her expression. “If you’re here because of the incident that happened yesterday, I’ll apologize.”He looked at her with a confused expression on his face.“If there was any misunderstanding between us I really do apologize but I do not have the money to pay you for the shoes.”“Oh,” Richardson laughed nervously, raising his hands up into the air. “I’m not here for those.”“You aren’t,” she sighed with an
He looked around to see some people around the park giving him the look of awe and respect. When he was poor and had nothing, all he got were hisses and looks of disgust.It was different now.He wondered what would have been his fate if his grandfather had not found him in jail. Maybe he could have been killed and his mother dead. Those thoughts made him shiver, creating visible goosebumps under the lit street lamp.“Are you cold?” Jennie asked in concern, noticing the bumps on his skin. “You seem cold.”He rubbed his hands together, putting them to his mouth to blow hot air into his open palms before dropping them down to his knees. “I’m alright,” he smiled at the woman.The park had children from the hospital playing in it. Their parents watching them in awe in their seats. A thought creeped up in his mind as he shut it down. “Can you dance?” he asked, taking her unawares.“What?”“Can you…?”“I heard you the first time, I’m just…” she stopped, taking in deep and labored brea
“What do you think I am?” she growled turning her hands into a fist.Richardson could see that he had made a mistake and tried to clarify the issue.“I don’t know what you’re thinking about, but it’s not what you think.”“What do you mean you would pay me to go out with you? Do you think I am a sex worker?!”“Okay, first off, reduce your high tones. We are having a conversation not a fight. And secondly, I am not paying you to go out with me. I am paying you for something else entirely.”That seemed to calm the enraged woman who was now comfortable with him.“You should have led with that,” she sighed, releasing her tender shoulders. “You really should work on your conversation starters.”“Sure, I will,” he laughed. “What is the money for then?” She was not going to feel safe until he had fully explained the terms to her.“Well, I want you to keep my identity a secret to people out there?”“What identity?” she asked, wondering what he was talking about.“After we go to the party, yo
Running through the hallway leading to his grandfather's study, he heard the commotion coming not from the study but from a different direction. “To your right young master!” yelled Tom running behind him. “Thanks Tom!” he yelled back, taking a sharp turn to see his grandfather in the study with someone else in there with him.The man was not as old as his grandfather but he looked like him. He could tell from the suit and the expensive jewels he had on that he was wealthy. He did not need a soothsayer to tell him that the man was a part of the family.Richardson wanted to intervene but Tom held his hand from going any further.“You can’t be serious!” the man yelled out. “You are a selfish and self centered man. Why give a stranger everything in the empire?! You don’t know anything about him.”“I know he is my son's flesh and blood which makes him my own flesh and blood. And don’t you tell me what I can or can’t do with my own empire!”Damien’s voice thundered in the large sitting
Richardson watched the man before him cough before drinking the water given to him by Tom.“You’ll need to take in more liquid Sire,” suggested Tom. “You lost a lot of energy when you fought with your brother.”“You sly devil,” laughed the man, hacking another cough. “I don’t need more water, I need rest.”With that, he waved Tom away, glancing at Richardson through narrowed eyes.“Right now I can tell from your stance that you’re in need of answers,” sighed the man. “What do you want to know?”“I only hope you’re okay,” Richardson mumbled, wondering if the frail old man before him could still work into the next day. He looked weak and frail. He was like a big baby. “I can take a beating and stand on my two feet, boy,” laughed the man. “I once held two men away from me while fighting a boxer with my other hand. I was a beast in my day.“Richardson had heard so many old men exaggerate about their past dealings but he could believe what his grandfather was saying. The old man was larg
Damien walked to where his grandson stood seeing the young man stare through the window deep in thoughts.He could tell that he was worried about what was going to happen in the future and he had to reassure the man of his involvement in his safety.“You don’t need to be troubled, kid,” the man grunted out a reply, going to sit on a couch with his legs crossed. “After everything you’ve told me, I feel like the chaos in the family. I can tell that this evening would not be the worst we’ve seen. He will come back and it could be worse.”“Elijah is not going to be a bother to you,” he reassured the young man, motioning for him to sit with him. “Trust me on that.”However Richardson knew better. He knew that was not going to be the case at all. He knew the troubles would be much once Elijah shared his tale with the rest of his family.That would make everyone want their pound of flesh taken out of his body.Suddenly it dawned on him that the gathering would soon take place and there was a
“Hey,” he called to her as she paced to where he stood.”“You showed up,” she smiled. “I didn’t know if you were just playing or being serious.”“Me neither,” he chuckled jokingly. “But at least I’m here.”He looked at the trolley behind her. It seemed like she had a lot of work on her hands.“What time would you be off work?” he yawned. He had forgotten to have lunch while at the office due to the work he had had all day. It had been a stressful but short day at work for him.“I’m almost done,” she pointed to the upturned mops in her work station. “A patient threw up in her room so I have to go clean it up. I’ll soon be done.”The thought of a sick patient vomiting in the hospital room made him sick. For one he hated hospitals, secondly, the idea of vomiting in a place such as a hospital gave him goosebumps. He was not a fan of either.“Should I wait for you or…”“I’m done,” she laughed, noticing his upturned nose which he held in disgust. “I just need to drop these in the store a
“Look, I got you out here so we can get you ready for the gathering. You need to relax. You seem tense.”That was because she was tense, he thought to himself.Her cheeks flustered turning red as she released her hands a bit, “It’s my first time being in a place this luxurious before. I feel so out of place.”He understood her dilemma. It was how he felt the first time Tom had taken him to the place as well. It took him a while to adapt to his whole new life and he did not expect her to change overnight.“Sir,” the receptionist called to him as he turned to see her with two of her workmates by her side. “This way please.”He stood to his feet, following the women into the inner stores as Jennie plodded behind him, clanging her slippers noisily on the marble floors.They got into a room filled with expensive designer suits and male clothes as he shook his head.“Is anything the matter, sir?” the lady asked.“I’m not getting anything for myself. A friend of mine would be getting the