Chapter 6

At that moment, Josh understood without even being told what was next.

“However now that we have found you, our problem has been solved. Our half-brother cannot claim your position with the ring. You are going to take over all the family business as soon as possible.  Can you accept this responsibility for your parent’s sake?”

 Josh smiled sarcastically. Life sure do have twists and turns.

Alicia and her family mistreated him and sent him away like a lonely dog. It turns out that he was really coming from a rich family. He must have his revenge on that family. They will beg him the same way that he begged them for three years.

“Dan, please show your brother Josh his room” James Johnson, his grandfather said. Josh could not speak anymore. He was amused with what he was seeing in the room that was going to be his. The room looked flashy and everything looked expensive. Even Alicia’s master bedroom can’t match the room.

“Hey brother, this will be your room from now onwards. Please settle in and relax a bit. Later, we will go and buy you clothes. You need a whole new cabinet. I will leave you to get acquainted with your room” Dan explained to him. Josh thanked him and he left.

Josh kept wondering how all over sudden his life has changed from humiliation and divorce to being a billionaire.

In the afternoon, Dan and Josh went out in one of his flashy cars to shop for the new clothes. They packed outside one of the high-end shopping malls with VIP services. West end mall is one of the biggest malls in the city that most rich families go to shop.

“Here we are, brother. This black card is yours. You can pick anything that looks good on you or may be, you can buy the whole store if you want. I have to meet a friend of mine in the next shop. I will join you later.”

 “How much is the card worth?” Josh asked with curiosity.

  “It is unlimited and feel free to spend any amount that you like. This is one of the things that I can do for you after the hardships that you have faced. ” Dan replied.

Josh was wondering how he is going to cope in there with the rich people since Dan was not going to be around. He comforted himself that he will he also be rich soon and then he entered the clothing shop.

As soon as he finished picking up clothes, he heard familiar voices coming from the entrance. That voice was unmistakably Alicia’s and God knows how badly he didn’t want trouble today. He just assumed and walked towards the attendant to make his payment.

But the woman had already seen him. At once she rushed to his side and started hurling harsh words at him like always.

“Ha…. Ha…Ha look who we have here! the broke Josh who can’t even afford decent clothing. He is even still wearing the clothes he was given for free.”. Alicia mocked him.

“And what do you think he is doing here, he has even collected very expensive clothes, maybe he is stalking us and pretending to be shopping” Ann said looking down upon him.

Josh wanted to ignore them and mind his own business but Alicia and Ann could not let him be. They continued to humiliate him.

“Hey Josh…... are you following us or someone sent you to buy clothes? Because we know very well that you cannot afford any clothes in here. These clothes are too expensive for a nobody like you.” Alicia was relentless. Josh didn’t want to answer him in order not to create attention from others.

They waited to see if Josh will be able to pay the items he selected. Ann even mockingly told the attendant to call the security to check his pocket, he might be hiding some items but the attendant ignored her because she knew that if that was the case, he could have been captured on CCTV.

“Please calculate my items so that I can make my payment and get out of this place” Josh spoke to the attendant. This was the first time Josh spoke after being silent from the time Ann and Alicia started humiliating him.

After the attendant was done calculating his items, she said, “Sir, your total cost for the items is $980,000” Josh then removed his Black card and gave the attendant.

“Am sure the card is fake or he stole it from someone. How can he access such card yet he has nothing to his name? Please check the authenticity of the card” Alicia laughed sarcastically.

Josh ignored her since he had no business with them anymore. “They will get disappointed today” Josh thought silently.

“Sir please input your password,” the attendant told Josh. He did that and waited patiently for the transaction to complete so he can get out of the mall.

Shockingly the machine showed a red light with several beeping sounds, meaning the transaction was declined. This created attention from the other customers and they came to witness who couldn’t settle his bills.

Alicia and Ann laughed aloud. “I knew it, there was no way this bastard can get rich in less than 24hrs and get access to a black card. Shame on you”  

At this time Josh was shocked, He started wondering whether Dan had given him a faulty card. Then an idea came in to his mind. Perhaps, he had entered an incorrect password “Please can I try one more time, maybe I didn’t input my password correctly” Josh requested the attendant.

The attendant wanted to allow him but Alicia and Ann could not, they kept on calling him a scammer while continuing to draw more attention to him from strangers. This made the attendant to call the manager to and come assist.

As soon as the manager arrived, he saw Dan coming from the entrance. Josh felt relieved at once, at least Dan was going to help him out of this mess.

People were eagerly waiting to see the end of the drama created by Alicia and Ann. They wanted to know who is shameless between Alicia and Josh since they all knew no body in his right senses will come to this big mall with fake card to shop items costing that much.

“Hello Mr. Johnson “the manager greeted.

“I didn’t expect you to treat my family member like this? If this card is not working then he will pay with a cheque.” Dan said and Josh remembered that he had indeed given him a cheque book before they left the house.

He had said that with her status now, it was good to have a backup.

 With a smile on his face, he took it and paid the whole amount. Alicia and Ann were in shock, they still couldn’t believe that Josh just paid that big amount like that.

“Sir, what would you like us to do to these two ladies?” the manager turned to Josh as he asked.