“So… you seriously want me to do nothing about it?” Richardson asked further wanting to know if the man would try to change his mind, even if it would be for a little bit.“Nope,” the man said, still hung up on his answer.“Not even a little bit?” the youngster asked again. He wondered why the man would say such. He hated his brother and his children, it would take nothing from him to throw them out of his company.It would give him the time and the strength to spend on something more productive, instead of worrying about what his brother and his children were planning next.“Richardson,” the man cleared his throat. From the way his tone changed, it was clear he had gotten out of bed. “The only reason I’m doing this is for your sake.”“My sake?” Richardson almost yelled out. What did he have to do with this now?“Yes. Now listen, you’ll only get more attention to yourself if you expose them and that would be very bad for your upcoming reputation.,” the man reasoned.“Now, as much as I
“Sir,” Richardson heard someone shake him as he woke up from his slumber to see Tom standing over him.“Hey,” he sighed, stretching himself up. He looked around the room to recognize the room to not be his. The beeping reminded him that he was still in his mothers room.He had fallen asleep by her bedside the night before.“You slept here all night sir,” Tom noted, opening the windows to let in the sunlight.“Oh no, close it. Mother does not like…” he began to explain in a defensive way as Tom raised a finger.“She’s in a coma sir,” the butler noted. “Would you not want her to wake? That is the reason we are trying everything possible with the doctors, to make her wake up.”“Oh yeah,” he concurred getting to his full height. He paced to the chair, took up his suitcase and started for his room as Tom ran after him.“Sir, I have something important to tell you.”“Yeah, I won’t be showing up at work today,” he waved the old man off. “I still haven’t slept well. And can you tell my secret
“Here we are sir,” Tom opened the door of his car as he got out of it, looking around the company garage.The memories started to flood back to him. He could remember running into the company every day for work and he would still show up late. Everyday he had to take care of his mother in the hospital before heading for work. This always got him in trouble as he would appear late to work.“Shall we go in?” suggested the butler, leading him into the company.Richardson looked back to see so many men in suits following him into the company. They all had dark shades on as they were more than twenty men. They included the board members and their security guards.“Right this way sir,” Tom opened the glass door for him to walk through.Getting into the company, he could see that it had not changed much. He could see the familiar workers there doing their normal jobs.He found his former desk being taken up by someone else. Not up to one month and he had already been replaced. It seem
When Alice had seen Richardson in the office with different Empire employees, she could not help but marvel at his transformation. He had to be really important to wear casual clothes while the board wore official suits.She was starting to realize how powerful the man was becoming. If he could show up to another company as a stand-in for the owner of Empire, he was not an ordinary worker.She knew the company which he had shown up to was under Empire. Who was Richardson, she thought to herself.She had been present during the meeting and watching him sack the manager of the company had come as a shock to her. She had not seen it coming and this made her shiver. What if he had turned to her and sacked her as well? He had every right to do so considering that he had done so to him and he could return the favor by sacking her and her boyfriend Michael.Most of her friends who had mocked her for dating Richardson flocked around her eagerly as they started to ask her how he had made
Michael was furious when he came out of his office to see Alice being humiliated by Richardson and his board members. He had not expected that his girlfriend would stoop so low to act the way she had acted.He started to think back on what had happened the minute Richardson had gotten into the company.He had finished working on a project. Getting out of the office, he found Richardson walking into the company with the board members of the Empire company. At first he was taken aback by his ex friend but after a couple of minutes shock turned to anger.Why was he here?Everything changed when he saw the way the men around him treated him with awe and respect. Richardson, unlike the other people there, wore casual clothes for the meeting. It would have been a sign of disrespect but after seeing the way he was treated he knew Richardson was way bigger than he had actually thought.During the meeting, Richardson had barely paid any attention to him, making him feel dumb and extremel
“I know all your tricks, Alice. You can't fool me.”“Believe whatever you will Michael. I was there to say hi to someone that used to be your bestfriend and my boyfriend,” she sighed, turning to give him a raised brow. “I just wanted to say hi and nothing more.”Michael knew that she was not to be trusted. He knew how materialistic Alice could be. After all, that was how he had gotten her.All any man needed to do was flash a wad of cash in front of her and she would sniff it and swim to it like a shark sniffing out blood in the ocean.“I don’t care about any of that,” he muttered. “I only hope you’re not planning to get back with him because that will never happen.”She stared at him for a second before bursting out in an awkward laughter. She laughed for a minute before holding her chest like it hurt her.“Don’t be silly,” she chuckled, cleaning a tear from her eyes. “That would never happen. It’s never even crossed my mind.”Michael narrowed his eyes when she spoke. He did not know
The woman eyed the wad of cash in his hand with a doubtful look. She did not know whether she was to take it or thank him and walk away. It could be a trap and she was scared of the new man before her.He was different, he could be in a shady business for all she knew.“Kiara, take the money, I work and get paid for it so you have no need to worry,” he reassured her with a gentle smile reading her mind.“I’ll…” she shied away standing to her feet as he stood up with her forcing the money into her hands. “Take it,” he laughed. “This is also a thank you for helping me in the past.”She took the money, staring at the wad of cash with tears falling from her eyes.“I should have treated you better,” she sniffed. “Here I am broken at how I treated you in the past.”“It’s okay,” Richardson waved it off, deciding that moving into the future without grudges would make things easier for him.“Can I hug you?” she asked, spreading her arms ready to do it.“Sure,” he accepted, going in for th
While Michael stared at the ceiling thinking about how the universe had turned on him, a waiter came up to him in a loud manner. She was furious as she banged his table, getting everyone in the restaurant to look in her direction.“If you’re too broke to buy anything, how about you leave!” she yelled in anger. “You’ve been sitting here, talking to yourself while staring at the ceiling for a long time. You’re taking up space unnecessarily.”Michael could only hide his face as she spoke. He could tell that he was the center of attraction but not for the positive one.He had never had this kind of embarrassing moment before. He could not believe it was happening to him.If he had enough money in his pocket he could have yelled back at the lady, tossing some money into the air before walking out, but he didn’t. He had to calm himself and refrain from acting in a rash manner to avoid being thrown out of the restaurant.The event from the other night at the party still scarred him. He did