Unearthing Gems from the Trash Heap

The latest Billionaire

He was beyond shocked and perplexed at the same time, could he be dreaming? His whole mind was flooding with different thoughts as he gazed at his screen with total disbelief and amazement.

"This must surely be a prank." He couldn't help but exclaim within himself. Even if he wanted to accept the alert was real, he couldn't just bring himself to accept it as he was having a dubious mind. Could it be a prank? Is this real?

Different waving answers came to his mind and at a point, he decided not to think about it again. He placed his phone back into his pocket and kept on walking on the lonely street with no vivid destination. He doesn't know where and when he will stop, but all he knows is that he just needs to keep walking.

With his feet walking and his mind in distress and thought, his phone rang. He checked the caller id and saw an unknown number. With a little doubt in him, he picked up the call and a young voice could be heard from the phone.

"Young master."

"Young master? Who is this? Did the person call the wrong person by mistake?" Darren questions inwardly with a confused expression.

"Young master." The young male voice repeated w received no answer and Darren quickly jolted out of his thoughts.

"Excuse me, I think you have called the wrong person by mistake. I'm in one way a young master." He said as quickly as possible so the person could understand.

Just when he was expecting a reply, he heard a light laughter from the person. Was he laughing at him?

"Are you laughing?" Darren asked as he wasn't finding anything funny.

"No, young master, actually I didn't make the wrong call and when I called you young master, I also wasn't mistaken."

Darren was tongue-tied for a while. How was he to make this caller realize that he has made a mistake by referring to him as a young master?

When the caller didn't hear a response, he continued. "Did you receive any alerts? It was from your dad."

Darren darted his eyes. "Dad? Which Dad? Yes, I received an alert but about it coming from Dad, I don't understand?"

" Don't worry, young master. You will surely understand everything when you come home to see your dad today."

Darren wanted to refuse and tell him clearly that he doesn't know the dad he's talking about but then he shook off that thought as he felt, the man won't listen to him so instead he just accepted. "Okay, how am I to know where to meet his so-called daddy?"

" I'll send you the address, young master." After saying that, he hung up and within seconds, a message that contained the address hopped up on Darren's phone.

Seeing the message on his screen, he took a cab which drove him to the address. On getting there, Darren was once again shocked just as when the $200 million alert hopped on his screen. The beautiful and gigantic mansion right in front of him was super noble and beyond what he had expected. When he reached the entrance, he was granted entrance as they immediately heard his name. With every step he took into the mansion, he was incredibly wowed by the interior of the building.

When he got into the mansion, he was greeted with the sight of the family members who were seated looking as though they were waiting for someone, he could notice that when they saw him, a delightful spark appeared in their eyes.

"Wow, Darren is here. Come closer, Darren." A middle-aged woman said, and Darren stepped forward. His eyes glance at the rest seated looking at me with delight, even if they didn't say a word.

Darren had a perplexed look on his face, as he tried to figure out how they knew his name. Just when he was about to ask, he saw a figure walking down the stairs.

An astounded expression appeared on his face. "Dad!"

The man who was walking downstairs had a happy smile plastered on his face hearing Darren call him Daddy.

"Darren, my son, how are you?" He had finally reached Darren and was about to touch his head when his hand got flinched immediately.

"Why am I here?" Darren's expression no longer lingered with any surprise or astounded face, now all that was left on hibachis face was anger.

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That was his dad, who ran away from home when he was celebrating his 11-year birthday. Ever since he ran away from home, his mom and he had been the ones working just to survive. His childhood life which was supposed to be of sweet memories turned out to be a miserable one, as he and he had to work and kept being insulted in the process.

The man could see the lacing anger on Darren's face, so he spoke softly. "Let's go upstairs. I'll tell you everything."

Darren was adamant to go with him, but the many eyes on him by those present couldn't make him refuse, so he grumpily followed the man.

"Now tell me why am I here?" He asked after they had gotten to the master bedroom, which seems to be the man's room.

He didn't bother hiding the displeasure in his question.

"I was the one who asked the man to call you here."

"If you were the one who sent the man, then what about the alert I received?" His eyes blunk with confusion as he waited for an answer.

" Yes, it was sent by me."

"It was sent by you? This mansion that I'm presently in, who owns it?" He asked another question with blinking eyes.

"The mansion is owned by me." When Darren heard those words from his dad, he gave a bewildered look. He hasn't been able to get over the shock alert on his phone, and now another shock has come to him.

"The money was sent by you and this mansion is yours. How?"

"When I left you and your Mom, I had to survive and work hard for your better future. At that time, when I left, it was an old man who took me in and groomed me to be where I'm today and all those who you saw downstairs are part of his family and I've also taken them as part of my family." He explained.

” So are you saying all this mansion and money you sent are all for me?" Darren couldn't help but ask just to be sure.

"Yes, including all my properties and entire money, they all belong to you."

Darren felt warmth in his heart, just by hearing his father's words. He couldn't believe that he has been blaming him all this year by calling him a wicked and devilish father for leaving him and his mother. Just within a short while, all the smile and warmth vanished completely from his eyes, all that was left was anger.

"Although your intention of leaving was to sustain a better life for me and Mom, all that can't be fulfilled as Mom has long passed away." A mixture of bitterness and sadness could be heard in his voice.

"I know I was too late in reaching you, and I was also sad when I heard your Mom has passed away. When I heard the news, I immediately swore that I would make sure our child would never lack anything." He said with an assuring smile.

His words once again melt Darren's heart completely. Even though he wanted to blame his dad, he couldn't as he knew he wasn't to blame for his mother's death.

After his words, everywhere became dead silent. No one broke the silence and the whole thing was getting awkward. To break the silence, Jason had to call someone in.

"Sir, you called for me." A young man was kept into the room and Darren furrowed his brows as he felt he had heard this voice before.

Jason could notice Darren's eyes on the man, so he quickly introduced the man. "He is Easton, the man who called you to come here and he would be your assistance from today." He said with a smile.

" Oh." That explained why Darren found his voice familiar. He raised his head and glanced at the man for a while before returning his gaze to his dad.

"But I could think there is a reason for me to have a personal assistant. I'm fine without one." He felt it was unnecessary having a personal assistant, when he's not some sort of a wealthy person, but then his thought went away, as he remembered his dad told him that all his wealth belongs to him, which only made it necessary for him to have a personal assistant.

"You need one and I'm not taking no for an answer." He heard his dad say, but this time he only nodded, as he reasoned his thought.