“You’d be going to the gathering as my girlfriend,” Richardson blurted out after he was done with his chocolates, tossing the paper into a trash can.“Okay,” she nodded, chewing on her sprinkles.“So that means that my hands would be around you a lot. I hope that would not freak you out.”“Oh, no, I’m cool with that. You want to make it believable, right?”“Yes.”“Then I’m okay with that. I am your girlfriend.”“Alright,” he sighed, taking out his phone to call Tom. “Tom?”“Yes young master,” his voice said across the speaker.“So I’ll need your help to make sure that Jennie is prepared for the gathering.”“Sure sir,” the old man accepted. “I’ll be right with you. I can track your gps and appear where you are right now.”Within thirty minutes, an expensive car halted in a park as Tom got out of it.He walked briskly to where the couple stood, joining them with a smile on his face.“Shall we?” he asked, taking Jennie to a separate part of the park to practice some steps with her in cas
On arriving at the gathering, Richardson found Tom waiting with a lot of guards.“You didn’t tell me it was going to be like this,” Jennie marveled while looking through the tinted windows. She could see that it was exquisite and only the elite were allowed in.“I had no idea it was going to be like this as well,” he replied, his eyes fixed on the flashing lights around the entrance.Getting out of the car with Jennie by his side, he immediately got shielded by Tom and some bodyguards who protected them from the flashes of the cameras. It was crowded with media crews.He remembered the conversation he had had with Tom a few days ago.“You might need to be careful at the gathering young master,” the old man had warned.“I get it already, I’ll be a target.”“Yes you will, but also, the Wilson’s family loves attention. They usually invite media crews to film them.”“Oh, that’s not going to be good. How do I protect myself from that then?”“I’ll be there with you.”He was fulfilling his p
“Yeah,” concurred Richardson. He was beginning to enjoy his grandfather’s company. The man was the only father figure in his life.He wondered what would have happened if he had ended up being born as the man’s son and had grown up in a wealthy home.He would not have gone through the troubles he had gone through. However, the past could not be changed and as such he was the man’s grandson.He was the heir to his grandfather’s wealth, it was time to start acting like it and start living like it.A shout made the two men look into the party as they found someone on the ground, bleeding.“How dare you?!” someone yelled out in anger, jumping onto the man on the floor to land several punches on his face.“Should we… do something?” Richardson asked, following his grandfather into the party hall.“No,” Damien responded, nodding to a guard who intervened, taking the two men out of the hall with the cleaners cleaning up the mess which had been caused.Very professional, thought Richardson. Da
Richardson averted his gaze from most of the people who stared at him with hatred. He was not going to give them the satisfaction of bringing him down with their hatred.While glancing from one person to another, he caught sight of Damien’s brother, Elijah. Richardson could tell that the man was a fashionista from his suit which spelled wealth. He didn’t hold back.By his side he found the man’s three grown up children. They all regarded him with hatred. They all wanted him dead and he knew it.“Shrimp, sir,” a waiter brought about a tray filled with shrimp settling it before him.“No, I’m okay,” he rejected with a polite smile, standing to his feet to head for the restroom. While he headed for the restroom, he found the three men following him.What did Elijah’s children want with him? Why couldn’t they leave him alone?“Hey,” one of them called cornering him on the way to the bathroom. “Hello,” he greeted. “How may I be of help?”The three men looked at him with hatred. What they
“So, did you ever look for your father?” a woman asked while she drank out of her glass. “I didn’t even know anything about him,” Richardson laughed, getting his audience to laugh in response. He was having a good time with the people before him. After the restroom incident, he had decided that making new friends was going to be better than sulking in a corner.He was going to turn his sorrows into joy. There was no need to show the people around that their words were getting to him.“Welcome back home man,” A man tapped him on the back, clinking glasses with him.“Oh thanks, stranger I just met,” he said, laughing with his crowd. If he couldn’t beat them and they couldn’t make him feel bad, then he was going to join them.From time to time, his audience would ask him questions concerning his past and he would answer genuinely. There was no use in lying. He could no longer be haunted by his past.He could tell that they were genuine. Maybe it was the drink or the fact that they
Taking the phone from his hand, Richardson dropped his number into it.“There,” he handed the phone back to Philip who was elated. “Awesome!” the man clapped, dropping the phone into his pocket.Glancing into the party, Richardson could see Jennie conversing with a few women. It made him glad as he had forgotten about her during the chaos which had ensued at the restroom.“Is that your lady?” Philip asked, pointing to Jennie.“Yeah,” he smiled. He had not seen her that way but seeing her blend with the women around her made him rethink. He could find her attractive, but he was not sure he was ready to get back into dating.“Nice. She’s beautiful. You’re a lucky man,” Philip laughed, tapping his shoulder.Richardson could only smile as he was happy his make believe girlfriend was socializing just fine.That only lasted for a minute, for he soon found out she was getting bullied by the women. “I’ll be right back,” he muttered to Philip, ready to go in for the save.******Jennie had
“First off, she’s not a whore, she’s a woman. But what do you know about that when your women have no class,” a gasp spread across the crowd when he had said that. “And secondly, they hit her first, she only returned the favor.”“What did you just say to me?” the man started to walk towards Richardson who got blocked by Tom ready to punch the man out of the hall.“No one is touching Mr Richardson today,” Tom finalized, signaling to his guards to attack if anything went wrong.The men knew what Tom was capable of and they knew who he was under. Giving a reluctant nod, they took their girls to a different section of the hall to lick their broken egos.“Are you okay, Miss Jennie?” Tom asked, looking her over. “Did they touch you?”“She’s okay,” Richardson answered for the woman, holding her close to his side. “I watched the whole thing and intervened when it started getting out of hand.”“If you say so young master,” Tom bowed, leaving with the rest of the guards as the party commenc
“Are you guys done?” Philip asked with a bottle of champagne in his hand.“You really want to get yourself drunk huh,” laughed Richardson, taking the bottle from his cousin's hand to drink.“You know it!” the man laughed. Pointing to Brian he raised a brow. “Is he with us or against us?”“I thought we were all cousins?” Brian asked, confused on what the enmity was for.“We just want to make sure no one would try to kill us in our sleep.”“Come on Philip, you know we’re all millionaires,” Brian laughed, pointing to the party. “I’ll be inside now. Thanks so much Richardson. I won’t forget what you’ve done for me.”“Anytime,” Richardson nodded before taking a huge gulp of the drink.Philip stood close to Richardson watching Brian walk away.“So he’s with us?”“Yes Philip,” Richardson replied, handing the drink over to the man. “He is with us. We only need to be careful. He might be our cousin but we all know how it could end up if we are not careful.”“You mean they could turn on you