2024-08-17 04:06:43Mary threw the jewelry box on the floor and held the necklace between her middle and index fingers.
"I said are you fucking stupid? This cheap thing is what you thought a classy woman like me would like? Tell me, Jeremiah, how am I supposed to walk around with this nonsense around my neck?" She asked aggressively and Jeremiah grimaced. "But you were singing how much you wanted it not too long ago, which is why I got it. What changed?” Jeremiah asked. “I did! My level has been upgraded, thanks to Paul, and even holding this thing makes my skin crawl. This is what I think of your stupid anniversary gift," she said then walked over to where the trash can was and threw the necklace inside. She smacked her tongue then returned to the couch to get her cardboard box of personal belongings and started heading for the door. "Mary, how can you be this cruel? Can we just sit down and talk about all of this? If not for me then do it for the years we spent together" Jeremiah pleaded but his words fell on deaf ears. Mary walked past him and opened the door. She was just about to walk out when Jeremiah said "My mom died" Mary froze. She looked at him and with a shocked expression, she said "What?" "My mom, she died. I got a call after I was thrown out of the resort and I was told that my mom had woken up from her coma but when I went to the hospital to see her, there was an emergency and she didn't make it." Jeremiah said and tears fell down his eyes. Not wanting to look weak in front of Mary, he quickly cleaned his eyes. "Mary, I know you don't want to be with me anymore but please just stay this one night. I don't want to be alone right now" Jeremiah begged. He wanted to hear what she was going to say but after a few seconds, he saw her sympathetic expression change to one of apathy. "Mary?" "Do you want to know a secret, Jeremiah?" She asked. "Secret? What secret?" Jeremiah furrowed his eyebrows. "I always hated your mother. She and her stupid coma always irritated me because if she wanted to die then she should have just done it instead of being a nuisance to me who had to go visit her when you couldn’t" "Mary, how can you say that?" "I mean it. I know that it's supposed to be sad that she's gone but I honestly don't care. Good riddance to her and I hope she burns in hell" Mary said and Jeremiah's eyes widened. "Goodbye Jeremiah and don't bother trying to reach out to me. The next time we communicate will be through the divorce lawyers" Mary said then closed the door. Jeremiah stood in shock at what he just heard. How could Mary tell him that she always hated his now mother and wished that she had died sooner? That was taking it too far. Jeremiah rushed out the door and saw Mary entering the back seat of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class that had been opened for her by a chauffeur then the chauffeur closed the door and went to the driver's seat. "Mary!" Jeremiah ran towards the car, calling out to Mary but he wasn't fast enough and the car drove off. Jeremiah's head started spinning. He went back into the house, filled with rage, and ripped the decorations he had put up then threw them in the trash alongside his wedding ring. He went to the bedroom to bring out their photo albums and tore every picture they took together to shreds. He was done. She wanted a divorce, right? Well, their marriage was over and he was done trying to get her back. Jeremiah went to the couch to sit down then he reached into his pocket and took out the paper Doctor Gabriel had given him. "What else do I have to lose?" He said then dialed the number and called. After a couple of seconds, the call was answered. ["Hello, who is this?"] said a calm and distinguished voice. "Umm, I don't know how to put this nor do I know if you'll believe me or not but my mother gave me this number and I'm calling to find out why," Jeremiah said. [“Did you just say your mother gave you this number?”] “That’s right” Jeremiah replied. Suddenly, all he heard on the other end of the call was silence "Hello?" Jeremiah furrowed his eyebrows. ["Pardon me but can you hold on a moment? I'll call you right back"] Jeremiah grimaced in confusion but still he replied "Okay" The person on the other end of the line terminated the call. Jeremiah stared at his phone, wondering what that was about. "Maybe I was right and there's nothing special about the number," he said and was just about to set his phone on the table when the number he had just called started calling back. He quickly answered and took the phone to his ear. ["Hello, you said your mother gave you this number to call, right?"] Jeremiah grimaced when he heard a different voice. This one sounded more regal and powerful. "Umm, that's right" Jeremiah answered. ["By any chance is your mother's name Lauretta Goodman?"] "That's right," Jeremiah said and heard the person on the other end of the line groan. ["One final question. Is your name Jeremiah Garrick?"] Jeremiah furrowed his eyebrows. "Yes it is, but how did you know that? How did you know what my mother's name and mine are?" Jeremiah asked with a suspicious look on his face. ["How wouldn't I know the name of my wife and, most especially, my son when I'm the one who named you?”] “What?!” [“That’s right, Jeremiah, I am your father”] "Dad?" Jeremiah's eyes widened. Jeremiah grimaced in confusion while also trying to comprehend what he just heard. “But, wait a minute, that doesn’t make any sense. I already have a father and he passed away many years ago so how are you—?“ [“Look son, I know you have a lot of questions you want answers to and I’m more than happy to answer them but not over the phone. I’d like for us to meet in person. Just tell me where you are and I’ll have my butler arrange everything”] Jeremiah furrowed his eyebrows. “Your butler? You have a butler?” He asked and his father chuckled. [“Of course I have a butler. It’ll be impossible to manage all my affairs without his help, but you’ll know more about that later when we meet. Please tell me where you are and preparations will be made to bring you over here”] “Umm, I live in Bakers View” Jeremiah replied. [“Okay. Kingston will start making arrangements to fly you over here. For the meantime, how are you fairing?”] Jeremiah became dejected. “Not very good. I’ve been getting one bad news after the next and I don’t know how much more I can take” [“I’m sorry to hear that, son. I can only imagine how hard your life has been growing up and I apologize for not being there for you all these years. Now that we are reunited, I can carry out my fatherly duties which start by sending you a little money to get yourself something that’ll cheer you up a bit”] Jeremiah jolted and panicked. “Oh, Umm, I didn’t really call you to ask for money or anything like that. You don’t have to send me anything—“ Jeremiah said but his father laughed. [“Don’t be ridiculous. As your father, it’s my duty to make sure you’re okay and moving forward, I promise that your days of lacking are over. If you don’t mind, can you tell me the bank you use?”] “Umm, Polaris Bank” Jeremiah replied. [“Got it. Just sit back and I’ll send you a little change for the night”] The call ended and Jeremiah grimaced, wondering what just happened. What did the man he just talked to mean about him being his father? Who was he and how did his mother have his number? A lot of questions went through Jeremiah’s mind but he wasn’t given the chance to think about them when his phone chimed and vibrated. “I have a notification?” Jeremiah asked himself then looked at his phone’s locked screen. It was a message from his bank. He quickly unlocked the phone and checked what the message was about. [Credit alert] [Acc: 2XX…55X] [Amt: $50,000,000] [Des: Power Mogul…] Jeremiah’s eyes widened and his jaw dropped. “What the hell am I looking at? Did I just receive fifty million dollars?”
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“I must be dreaming” Jeremiah couldn’t believe what he was seeing and he started slapping his cheek multiple times. “Wake up! Wake up! No way any of this is real” he said as he continued to slap himself, but instead of waking up like he expected, all he got was a hot and stinging cheek. He changed tactics. “Maybe, it’s a mistake from my bank” Wanting to confirm, Jeremiah called the manager of the bank he uses and after a couple of seconds, the phone was answered. [“Hello?”] Jeremiah said hurriedly “Good evening, Mister Victor. This is Jeremiah Garrick, one of the customers of Polaris Bank and I got your number when I opened my account” [“Okay and why are you calling at this time of the night? Don’t you know I was about to go to bed?”] Jeremiah could hear the irritation in Victor’s voice but he understood where it was coming from. After all, even he would be annoyed if someone called him at that time of the night, so not feeling insulted by it, he pushed on. “I sincerely ap
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A victorious smile crept onto his face.He hadn’t felt so alive in his entire life. After reveling in his victory for a few seconds, Jeremiah called his father.“Dad, I just fired Victor so please find a new and respectful manager that’ll take his place. Also, ban him from ever finding work in any of the businesses owned by our family”[“No problem, son. Kingston will be on that with immediate effect”]“Thank you” Jeremiah smirked.[“You’re welcome, son. Now, back to why I called you earlier. Because of the large amount of money you received in your bank account, the money would most definitely be frozen. The account would need to be upgraded before you can access the money and you would also need a better debit card with a bigger spending limit. With that said, can you go to the bank first thing tomorrow morning to get that done? Victor’s replacement would have already been instated and awaiting your arrival”]Jeremiah, who thought he could just use the money that was resting in his
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“Jeremiah,” Mary said with a condescending tone. Jeremiah paused and slowly turned to face them, only to see the belittling looks they had for him. It was like they were looking at a piece of dog shit on the ground. “What are you doing here? I’m surprised a peasant like you has an account with this bank.” Paul said. Jeremiah frowned at him. “What business is that to you?” Jeremiah asked. Paul scoffed. “What a mouth you have. I’m surprised it hasn’t been permanently shut after last night” Paul chuckled. “Jeremiah, what are you doing here?” Mary asked and Jeremiah looked at her. “I’m the one who should be asking you that question. The last time I checked, you don’t bank with Polaris Bank so what could possibly bring you here?” Jeremiah asked. Mary tightened her hold of Paul’s arm, her breasts pressing against his well-defined biceps as she said “Paul brought me because he wants to open an account for me. From today, he’ll be giving me a weekly allowance of ten thousand dollars
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“Harassing him? It’s the exact opposite! I’m the one being harassed here! Can’t you see me on the ground with my clothes ruined? What more evidence do you need?!” He exclaimed but none of them cared for what he said. “Yes, he is. You know how all these beggars behave when you refuse to give them money.” Paul said with a mischievous smirk. “Beggar?” Jeremiah frowned. How dare they call him a beggar? He might have been poor for many years, but he had never begged anyone for money. Not even once in his entire life. They should apologize for insulting him in such a way, but sadly, they continued to ignore him. “We’re terribly sorry for allowing a nuisance like this to inconvenience you, sir. We’ll deal with him expeditiously” the first security guard said. Paul grinned. “Thank you. I’m glad I can always count on hard-working men like yourselves to do a good job protecting the peace of the real customers” “Your kind words are greatly appreciated, sir,” the second securi
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They looked at Jeremiah and gulped as sweat covered their entire face and neck while their bodies trembled in fear. They remembered all the insulting remarks they had made to him and also going as far as laying their hands on him and trying to beat him up. What a massive disaster this was. “What do you want me to do with these two, sir?” Anthony asked Jeremiah. The hearts of the two security guards started pounding in their chests as they realized that their fate was in Jeremiah’s hands. Same Jeremiah who they had just immensely wronged. Suddenly, they both went on their knees and groveled at Jeremiah’s feet. “Hey, look at what’s going on there!” “Why are those security guards bowing to that one guy like that?” “Who do you think he is? Maybe someone very important?” The bystanders stopped what they were doing and watched what was happening where Jeremiah was. “I am terribly sorry for laying my hands on you, sir. I didn’t know who you were and had been convinced
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“Yeah. I need a card with a higher limit as well. The one I have will not suffice and it’s also close to its expiration date” Jeremiah said and Anthony nodded. “I’ll get on that right away, sir. Just give me a moment” Anthony said then he stood up from the couch and went to the landline on the wall.He called one of the bank staff to come to the VIP lounge and ended the call before returning to sit with Jeremiah. A couple of minutes later, a female banker with blonde hair tied in a ponytail and pink-framed glasses walked into the VIP lounge with one of the company’s laptops in her hand. She walked up to Anthony and greeted him. “Mister Jeremiah, this is Mercy and she’ll be the one to make the upgrades to your bank account and credit card,” Anthony said. “Good morning, sir” Mercy greeted Jeremiah and the multimillionaire greeted her back. “Can you please provide your banking information like your name and account number so I can make the upgrades you want?” Mercy asked as she ope
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The battlefield plunged into eerie silence. Even the screaming winds beneath the dome seemed to hold their breath.Jeremiah stood at the center of it all, his dragonoid form casting a monumental silhouette against the warped sky. His scales shimmered with hues of black, red, and gold, glowing like molten metal in the dome’s unnatural twilight. Wings unfurled behind him like the banners of a god of war, stretching high and wide, stirring the air with every twitch.Mages, scattered across the estate in strategic lines, froze. The resurrection magic that had reanimated their fallen held no expression, no breath—just cold bodies awaiting orders. All of them stared at him, at the beast who had tanked a god-killing spell and still stood.Jeremiah’s molten eyes locked onto the mages who had conjured the lightning-fire hybrid spell. There was no mercy in his gaze. Only retribution.He leapt forward.The impact of his takeoff split the ground behind him, sending fragments of earth skyward and
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The sky darkened unnaturally, casting an eerie twilight over the estate. Jeremiah looked up as the last arc of shadow joined with the rest, sealing them inside a massive black dome. It shimmered with power, humming low like a monstrous heartbeat. The siege had begun.He turned to Lynette. “It’s begun.”“Yes,” she said quietly, eyes locked on the sky. “It has.”Jeremiah glanced down at the box in his hand. Obadiah’s head, expression frozen in death, stared back at him. The man had been a teacher, a guide, a rock of wisdom. And now he was gone. Murdered.“I’m sorry this happened to you, teacher,” Jeremiah murmured, his voice a low promise. “But on your behalf, I’ll make those fuckers pay.”With grim reverence, he set the box down. Then he and Lynette walked toward the convoy, where confusion had begun to blossom into panic.A chorus of murmurs rose as everyone saw the sky had changed. The dome wasn’t just a covering — it was alive. Pulsing. Feeding something.“What the hell is this?” th
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[“How? The gate is—“] the driver of the first car asked but went silent to his surprise the gate suddenly opened. [“But how?!”] the driver asked in a panic.Jeremiah had used wordless magic to unlock and open the gate.[“Don’t worry about it and just keep driving”] Steven interjected, stopping the driver beside him from thinking too much into what happened.Because this security detail was provided by the city of Bakers View and not of the Garrick Royal estate, they didn’t know about Jeremiah’s real identity as Lord Crimson or that magic existed. That was why Steven stopped the driver beside him from asking questions and just moved things along. [“Okay, Captain”] the driver reluctantly said and then hit the gas, leading the cars into the estate. All the while, the third car which hadn’t been connected through the channel didn’t know what was really going on. Second after second, the cars got closer to Jeremiah’s house and when they got there everything looked perfectly fine, surpr
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Jeremiah weighed his options and came to a final decision on which path to take. “We should go back” he declared. “Go back? As in back to the house?” Reginald asked, an intrigued look on his face.“Yes, back to the house” Jeremiah replied matter-of-factly.“Why?” Reginald inquired.“Though I wish you weren’t here, I honestly feel better with you or should I say Lynette by my side rather than elsewhere where y’all can be attacked by who knows how many enemies, and she, for whatever reason, dies because remember, a single temporary death from hers means you’re gone, forever,” Jeremiah said and Reginald groaned as he reflected on every word.“Alright then. I guess we’re going back” Reginald replied. He then looked at the driver and said “Tell the front car that we’re going back to the apartment”“As you wish, Your Majesty” the driver replied, clearly not on board with the decision because he had picked up on signs of there being a problem and would prefer if they left the city— meanin
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Obadiah chuckled.[“I think you underestimate me, young master. But, if you want to know then I found it because of the relic I gave you. You know the one that lets us communicate? Well, you’re able to track the other twin if you have your hand on one and know the right spell”]Jeremiah groaned.“You didn’t tell me it could do that,” he said.[“I apologize, young master. It must have skipped my mind”]“Is that so? Alright then. I’ll head back to the house with Dad and everyone else” Jeremiah said.[“That’ll be great, young master. I’ll be waiting for all four of you”] Jeremiah groaned. “Alright then. Bye,” he said and then ended the call. Looking at him, Reginald asked “So we’re going back to your house to speak with the shaman? I wonder what he wants to talk to us about”“Nothing. He doesn’t want to speak to us about anything” Jeremiah said as he stuffed his phone into his pocket while Reginald grimaced.“He doesn’t? How do you know that?” Reginald asked. With a frown, Jeremiah s
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“I’m sure the young master and his majesty are discussing something important which is why we haven’t moved yet” Kingston reassured. “It’s not about the lack of movement that has me exasperated. I came to this city to spend time with Jeremiah and I haven’t even done that. If we travel back so quickly it would mean that this trip was a complete letdown.” She said. Kingston groaned.“So what do you want to do, Lady Lynette?” Kingston asked “Being the young master’s fiancé, you’re just as influential as he is to those who know the truth. So much so that the artificial intelligence back at the house obeyed your instruction when it wouldn’t have for anyone else besides the young master” Lynette groaned, reflecting on Kingston’s question that asked her what she wanted to do.“Since you’ve already linked yourself and Master Reginald together, you’ve basically protected him from all forms of harm for the next thirty-nine years, so you don’t have to follow us back home if you don’t want to.
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Jeremiah looked at his father, silently asked him if he was ready and Reginald silently answered. He sighed, grabbed the lid of the casket, opened it and there his mother was, looking peaceful and beautiful as she rested.Both Reginald and Jeremiah almost cried but they controlled their emotions. “Your mortician friend really did a great job. Lauretta looks better than I would have imagined” Reginald said, a dejected smile on his face.“Yeah,” Jeremiah sighed. “Alright, let’s do this”He placed his hands on the casket, closed his eyes, and said his final goodbyes in his mind then opened his eyes again. “Are you satisfied?” Reginald asked after seeing the change in Jeremiah’s eyes. He looked resolved.“Yes, I am. I’ll give you some privacy so you can say what is it you want” Jeremiah told Reginald.“Thank you, son” Reginald replied and Jeremiah nodded.Jeremiah walked away, going to meet Kingston and Lynette and telling them to give the king the space he needed to say his final words
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They walked to the door where Steven was standing guard and he wanted to open it for them, but it was locked, so Jeremiah told Charlie to unlock the door which she did.Steven opened the door and as the three walked through, Jeremiah told Charlie to shut everything down because they were leaving.Everything in the house was shut down and as Steven, who was the last to exit the house closed the door, it automatically locked behind him. The five also exited the compound, walked through the gate, and rejoined with the convoy. Taking charge, as always, Steven got the convoy ready for departure and everyone entered their various cars and drove off.A minute into the drive to the estate’s gate, Jeremiah got a call from Emmanuella.He answered. [“We’re on our way to the funeral site, sir”]“Same here. Get everything ready as you should and we’ll be seeing you there” Jeremiah replied and the call ended. A few minutes later, the convoy arrived at the funeral site and already waiting for th
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Everyone came out of the cars and while the security detail waited outside, Jeremiah, Lynette, Reginald, Kingston, and Steven went into the house.“Welcome back, Master Jeremiah” Charlie greeted the moment Jeremiah, who was in front of everyone because he had to unlock the door, walked through it.“Thank you, Charlie. I brought some guests.” Jeremiah said as the four behind him also entered the house.“This is my father, our family’s butler, Kingston, and…” Jeremiah looked at Lynette, wondering how he should introduce her while she smiled, waiting to hear what he would say.“And my friend, Lynette. Charlie is the home’s Artificial Intelligence that helps me run things” Jeremiah ended and Lynette’s expression changed.“Friend? You mean your fiancé?” She said, crossing her arms in annoyance.“Fiancé? I didn’t know Master Jeremiah had a girlfriend and a fiancé” Charlie said, confused.“Huh? A girlfriend?” Lynette was taken aback. Meanwhile, Reginald and Kingston who both weren’t expecti
