THE RETURN OF BILLIONAIRE DON

Chapter 3: How Fast Does One Get Rich?

“Welcome Sir, we’ve been expecting you, please do come in and have a sit.” As we enter a room,a sweet feminine voice coming from the corner said. 

"I’m the director and I’ll deal with your business in person.

You want to check your account balance right? ” she said as she sat in front of her desk, took a laptop and a mini kind of ATM machine which she brought from a drawer.

"Can you please give me the card?” She asked politely. 

I brought it out from my jean pocket and gave it to her.

She placed the card into the machine, the machine kind of started to scan the card, immediately after that an information popped up on her computer. I saw a part of it which contained a passport photograph of someone who looked exactly like. The name was Tony Dark from DARK DRAGON.

That name again, where did I hear that from, I just couldn’t remember. Not able to rest, I adjusted backwards. 

"So what does the card say, how much is in it?” I asked all curiously. 

"Hmm, there's only one figure here.” She said as she widened her eyes. 

"One figure?” So the woman was actually a liar. I was fooled..

"It’s nine.” She paused looking at my expression. 

“9 Billion...”

“Billion?!” I exclaimed.

"Are you saying $9,000,000,000 is in that card...” 

"Yes, It’s $9,000,000,000 Mr tony. That’s the balance you have in the card and if you don’t believe me…." She got up, brought her laptop to me and continued. 

"Look here this is it.” She showed me her laptop and I could see it there clearly, the name, the passport and the balance with how much had been used from the account before, it was all there staring at me right in the eye but I still found it hard to believe. 

"Mr Tony, my name is Maggie, Maggie Devante. I am the director of Martze Bank and we also have investments with other industries, including chains of hotels, restaurants, event centres and so on."

"Here is my business card, my phone number is there, remember you can call me anytime you are in need of anything, anything at all, no matter how small and yes here is your card, thank you for always banking with us Mr tony, it’s always a pleasure.” She said with a wink. 

I took the card and barely got up from there, I barely made my way from her office back to the elevator in one piece. Getting back to the ground floor I saw Uloma and Emeka, as expected they were also waiting to see the outcome of the result, its really crazy though but suddenly all their barking and insult meant nothing to me. 

I walked past both of them gallantly with a smile without even flinching as they muttered words behind me. I walked out of that bank, a changed man. 

I needed some time to sort out my thoughts. The mysterious woman,the dark dragon,the huge wealth...

But my first thing to do was to take my stuff in the restaurant. There might be something important relating to my past.

But when I arrived there,my working tools and all the stuff I left were lying on the floor close to the dust bin that is usually kept outside the restaurant. Then my boss came outside to throw something in the bin. 

"Why is my stuff lying next to the bin?” I said in the calmest way I could ever speak. 

“What were you expecting exactly, that we would all throw a welcome party awaiting your return, you know assuming oga listen to me on time you would have been fired since, you’re useless man but no worries at least he has already finally agreed to fire you, so o boy you are fired."

I was angry that he would fire me in such a rude way but I didn’t really mind because I was eventually going to quit sooner or later. 

"What of my salary?” I asked. He laughed. 

“What salary, what salary are you talking about exactly?” he asked, pretending not to know.

"I am talking about my salary for the month, I worked last month and more than half of this month, at least I am supposed to get half of the salary." 

“Does a man like you need the salary, I mean what do you use it for exactly, is it for yourself, that it doesn’t even show on or that your wife is nothing but a cheap whore?”

Just then John, my closest colleague, came out to also trash something when he heard my conversation with the boss. 

“All I am asking for is the pay that I worked for, why are you bringing my wife into this?” I asked, getting pissed. 

"But am I lying? Is she not an ashawo, sleeping around from one man to the other……”

"That is enough. If you keep on talking, you would regret it.” I said in anger. 

"Look who's talking, cockroaches are talking when humans are talking.” He said as he started laughing.

"Sir don’t you think that’s a little bit too much?” John said. 

"You better keep quiet or it will be you next, will you get back to work.” He shouted.      

"Now back to you…” I clenched my fists as he wanted to start again. 

I was thinking about how I could make him pay, the thought of Maggie’s last words came to mind. 

"She said her bank invested in the restaurant, could hmm”. I  brought out her business card, the one she gave me and pulled a quick call through to her. 

"Hi Maggie, sorry for calling you so soon but I am a little curious, is Food Perfection one of the restaurants that your banks have invested in?” I asked. 

“Wait let me check, yes why do you ask?” 

“I need you to do me a quick favour and fire my old boss I have had it with, he deserves even way more than this, and also the promotion of someone that deserves it too?” I asked.

"Of course I can pull a few strings and make that happen, give me his name and the branch name too, give me a few seconds.” She hung the phone.

I turned back and started to held back to the restaurant so I could watch what was about to happen. As I was getting closer to the restaurants I could hear a shout. 

I entered the restaurant and saw my boss begging the manager. 

“Please sir, have mercy on me."

"I promise I will clean, sweep or mop anything you say I should do. I will do everything I promise.” 

So soon.

I smiled. That was the power of money.

As he continued to beg I couldn’t help but laugh, it was an amazing sight, I noticed John too, he seemed so shocked too, pretty sure he was surprised about his promotion, as I was about to leave, he ran over to me.

"Dude, do you understand what just happened here?” he asked, puzzled. 

"Not at all men, I am as surprised as you are.” I replied, smirking. 

"Although we all know he had this coming, his days of terrorising are hereby officially over.” I added. 

John smiled along. 

"Well since I am now the new supervisor, I can hire you back.” He said happily.

"No thanks John, the days of me being a waiter are long gone. I am going to find myself.” I said to him with a smile, as I waved him goodbye and hit the street. 

I started to learn what having power taste like.