Underestimated Retribution

Chapter 2: From Love To Sudden Hatred

Elena and Margret returned home so pissed, the eyes they glared at Mark with gave him so much anxiety that he couldn't afford to ask.

"What's going on, my love?" They didn't say a word but the next thing he received were slaps on his cheek.

"You poor outcast," Elena scolded. "You made us spend over two hundred thousand dollars just on you without achieving anything good."

"We thought we would win the case, but we couldn't," Margret added.

"What does that have to do with me?" He swayed his hands in surprise. Elena and her mom took some steps back, and their jaws dropped. Their eyes were so widened. Mark was puzzled.

"I'm not the judge. Why should you blame me? Did I even come with you to the court?"

"You ungrateful man!" His wife shouted. "No wonder you stayed at home and didn't even mind."

"Because you showed such an irritating spirit of ingratitude, you're going to pay us two hundred thousand dollars," Margret declared. There was no change of mind with her.

"Come on, why am I paying this?" Mark was so confused, he didn't understand why his wife and mother-in-law, who had been so supportive when he was rich, and after he was chased out of his dad's estate, were acting all rude.

"If you refuse to pay in two weeks, we will take the case to court." Elena threatened. Mark gasped.

"Is this happening?" He rubbed his eyes to check if he was in the dream world or if it was happening in real life.

It was actually real. He just couldn't believe it.

The Woods were unhappy with the turn of events, and over the years, they seemed to forget who Mark once was and how kind and loving he had been towards them, especially to Elena. They insulted and mistreated him, and even turned his wife against him.

"I guess you should divorce this poor husband of yours!" Margret told her daughter, Elena.

"I regret ever knowing him." She replied with so much hate in her tone. Mark gasped. His mind went back to when he was the richest guy in college and had a lot of girls wanting to throw themselves at him, but he would be so arrogant with them because he only wanted to scare them away. Elena was the only girl he wanted to give his attention to.

"Have you forgotten all those times I used to take you out on dates on my yacht, plane, and Limo?"

"Oh my goodness," Margret laughed so hard. "He's still living in the past!" She laughed and fell into her daughter's arms.

"I can't believe I was dating a fool. No wonder your dad didn't include you in his will. He knows how useless you are." Of all the things Elena said to him, this hurt him the most. He knew how his dad loved him and wouldn't play with him, even his granddad.

"How come my name didn't appear on the will?" As he was thinking, a thought came to his mind. "That will might be forged." He snapped his fingers. A series of ideas flew in, he had to meet with the main lawyer of the family. He was, however, surprised to see another lawyer there.

"There was nothing as painful as being chosen to get something, then along the line that thing doesn't get to reach you," Mark muttered to himself, only to receive sneers from Elena and Margret.

"I'll find the true copy of the will."

"You see how foolish you are, the will has been signed and approved by the court of law, yet you're still waiting with empty hands to get a change of will."

"Wait, you will surely see it. In your grave!" Margret blasted Mark, her voice came up so loud towards the end of her statement. "Make sure you refund our money or else the trouble on your head will be more than the ones Jennet and her son are giving you."

Mark couldn't believe his wife was saying this. "But you promised to stand by me as we got married, you even began giving me......" His voice choked. Even before this, Mark was speaking at a speed faster than his normal way of speaking. The anger seizing up his heart was evident. His eyes darkened but still, there was nothing he could do.

Elena had begun to give him monthly stipends since she was better off than him, one reason for the countless insults that came his way. This brought a lot of insults from his wife, but he couldn’t help it. He had no source of income. This was what he tried to ask, but he feared that she might get angrier at this point and decide to stop it.

He was now a poor orphan, so he tried his best not to fall out of Elena's care, knowing he would be homeless. Though he was an adult now, he had no job and no other source of money. Elena and her mom then used this to take advantage of him several times.

"Whatever we want, he has to do. We are the ones taking care of him. Without us, he would die!" Elena could be heard talking to some of her friends who had just come for a one-day visit.

He couldn't control his heart. He had to go stop them.

The music that was going on in the house was loud, and it affected him, so he went into the living room to let his wife know and ask her to reduce the volume of the music.

Upon seeing him, Elena threw a stern glance towards his way. If looks could kill, it would have surely killed him. He gathered the courage to go in, but before he could take three further steps, his wife’s voice thundered, stopping him in his tracks.

“What the hell is this broken and outcast man doing here when I'm with my friends? Mark, why do you like embarrassing me?”

He stepped back in shock, and his jaw dropped.

“Are you saying this to me? How am I embarrassing you?” He shook his head in surprise, he was disappointed. Mark looked around and all of Elena's friends were laughing and murmuring, and he knew they were directing their laughter towards him.