The Miami sun blistered down on the sidewalk as Robert weaved through traffic, a brown pharmacy paper bag clutched tightly in his hand. His breath came in sharp bursts, sweat soaking through the collar of his shirt. The bottle of cough syrup rattled against the antibiotics inside the bag—urgent medicine for his mother’s worsening condition.His phone buzzed in his pocket.“Christopher,” he muttered, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow and answering with a half-breathless voice. “Yeah?”“Bro, where are you? You need to get to the hotel—now.”Robert slowed. “I’m almost home. I just needed to get—”“No time,” Christopher cut in. “Mrs. Cortisone is raging. I told her you got hit by a car—just to buy you some time. She’s ready to skin someone alive.”Robert froze, glancing down the street toward the shabby apartment building he called home. “You didn’t have to do that, man.”“I had to. Just move. I stalled her, but it won’t last.”Robert ended the call and broke into a jog, his legs achin

The phone buzzed again in Robert's hand with the screen visibly showing an unknown caller ID but Robert still picked it, he treated another emergency concerning his mother's illness had occurred. With fear and an aching heart preparing to hear of his mother's demise, he answered the call.“Hi Robert, I am Mr. Edward Jones, your grandfather's attorney, your grandfather left a will for you and this will just become accessible to you because today is your twenty- second birthday, also Happy Birthday.” Mr. Edward's words were like a joke to Robert who knew that he had no family except his mother.Puzzled at what he was hearing,Robert kept quiet Robert had also forgotten that this day was also his birthday because of how chaotic the day had been.“ Hello Robert, can you still hear me?” Mr Edward asked when he couldn't bear the long silence from Robert.“ Yes I Can” Robert responded “ I have made a transfer of $5,000,000 to your bank account as your birthday gift from me.” Mr Edward said

The phone rang about three times before Mr. Edward picked the call. He had been rounding off an important stakeholders meeting and wanted to take his mocha drink before hopping on his next task.Then he checked his vibrating phone to send a do not disturb message when he saw the manager of the mall caller's ID flash through his phone. Surprised by the call, Mr. Edward answered the call with hopes of quickly resolving why she called but he also had a thought and hoped that it was not an emergency from Robert. “Hello?” came the sharp, tired voice of Mr. Edward.“Good evening, sir,” the mall manager began, trying to keep her tone calm, “I just wanted to inform you directly before we proceed. Your black card—it’s been recovered. We found it in the possession of a young man named Robert Hyman. We are preparing to contact the police unless you have any specific instructions…”There was a breathless silence.Then the call ended.Not with a word.Just… ended.A chill trickled down her spine

“ Look who we have here!” David chuckled as he and his twin walked towards Robert who was still on the floor as he was trying to recover from the fall they caused.The air was still thick and not even a bird crying or an insect buzzing was heard. David closed his car door, the sound of the door closing almost sent another shock wave down Robert’s spine. David walked closer to him, followed closely by his twin brother Bucky. David grabbed Robert’s hand while Bucky pulled his well-tucked-in shirt. “ Do you think you can just disappear like that” David asked as he squeezed Robert to the wall“So how did Mr Edward retrieve his card from you thief?” Bucky asked Robert who was still held by his shirt by his big twin brother “ I don't know “ Robert managed to say but no one could hear him“ I am sure they had beaten you to a pulp before handing you over to the police “ David said and laughed at how hilarious it would have been to watch him get beaten up for stealing “ Now I am sure the h

“ Stop this nonsense, we are in the 21st century and you all are still behaving like cavemen” Emily Smith yelled and it was no surprise to the group that it was Emily speaking .Her voice cut through the crowd like a knife cutting through butter and after her statement which made the hall stand still she walked straight to the VIP Section, as usual she was with Pat who was invited for the ceremony.With so much anger in her eyes after seeing how humiliated Robert was, she threatened to report the students and the incidents to the school authority and the hall immediately went dead silent and the students holding Robert started trembling in fearAlthough, Emily was not part of the Elites families who are super wealthy she had an active and buzzing social media platforms and was a a big influencer, News like this on her platform would lead to expulsion of the students and not because of what they were doing but because Emily was the one pressing for it.Emily brought out her phone, and