Inheritance

A young girl was standing at the entrance with luggage bags.

Oriana welcomed her and introduced her to everyone, "Everyone, this is Tiffany Zhou. She is Adrian's classmate in Hong Kong. She will stay with us from today onwards."

While everyone was still confused with the situation, Adrian dropped his phone right after he realized the presence of Tiffany in the house.

He jumped out of the sofa and asked her, "How did you come here?"

Tiffany had fun teasing Adrian, and answered, "Oh, I came by car. So, here I am. Surprised?"

Enraged Adrian, "Errr...but why are you standing in this house?"

Tiffany calmly replied, "Basically, I was adopted by this family. I will stay with them for a while maybe."

Mrs. Horus interrupted her son's glaring at Tiffany and said, "That's enough information for today. Let's go and have some rest, everyone."

She dragged Adrian into his room.

Then, Mrs. Horus gently patted him and said, "Dear, you can't act like that towards your friend."

Adrian remained silent and only nodded. She left him and went to look for Oriana. She saw Oriana walking upstairs and called out for her. Both of them headed to the garden area.

At there, Mrs. Horus questioned, "So, Oriana, who is that girl actually? Why does Adrian become annoyed looking at her?"

Oriana, in her mind, "I guess aunt is always busy with her work and doesn't communicate with Adrian a lot."

Oriana answered, "Tiffany actually transferred to this city recently with her family recently. Unfortunately, her mother passed away last year and her father is always busy with his work. So, Tiffany will be all by herself in her house. As for her brother, he is a grown man and already married. Their age gap is about fifteen years since she was born late."

Mrs. Horus sympathized with Tiffany's situation and nodded.

Oriana continued speaking, "Actually, I saw her at a mall and she recognized me because Adrian showed my pictures to her previously. Oh, by the way, they were friends and Adrian actually was upset with her because she transferred without informing him of the details and lost contact with him as well. She looked quite depressed when I saw her at the mall and I offered her to stay with us after discussing this matter with my parents."

Mrs. Horus understood the quarrel between the two kids and decided to let them settle the issue by themselves. During dinner time, Tiffany joined them and Adrian avoided talking to her. After that, Adrian hung out in the garden area while listening to music. Tiffany was having some conversations with both the families. Then, she realized Adrian was roaming near the pool, so she excused herself and went to have a chat with him. She walked behind him by following his steps, and suddenly he stopped walking. She bumped into him from behind and Adrian was surprised as well.

He scolded her, "What are you doing?" and realized Tiffany fell after knocking him.

This made Adrian burst into laughter and he helped her to get up while saying, "You silly girl!"

Eventually, they made up after Adrian gave Tiffany the chance to explain herself. The following year, both Eleo and Oriana started to go to university together. Whereas, their parents already bought a house nearby the university and the renovation progress started as well. On the other hand, Adrian and Tiffany also went to school together.

A few months later, the new house was completely renovated and both the families invited their acquaintances and relatives for the housewarming party. During the party, Eleo's aunt and uncle came as well. Eleo felt a little awkward with their presence and tried to avoid them. His aunt and uncle were continuously walking around the house and looking a little suspicious as they were avoiding talking to Eleo's parents. Finally, all the guests gathered around and made a toast with their parents for everyone's success.

Since both university and school had semester breaks, both families took some time off and spent time in their new home. They were happily chit-chatting and had some snacks in between their talks.

Mr. Horus spoke. "I'm thinking we should write a will since Eleo and Oriana would be turning eighteen this year."

While they were talking, the servant served more snacks on the table and picked up empty plates. Then, she left the room. Mr. Summer agreed with Mr. Horus' statement and called his lawyer for an appointment. He set the appointment on the following weekend together with his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Horus.

On the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Summer left with their car while Mr. and Mrs. Horus followed them behind in their car. On their way, both cars stopped at a T-junction and the cars moved when the light turned green. Once Mr. Summer's car drove across the junction, Mr. Horus's car was behind them. All of a sudden, a truck driver drove fast towards the junction without stopping at a red traffic light. In a blink of an eye, the driver rammed into the rear part of Mr. Horus's car. However, Mr. Horus's driver managed to steer the car steadily and safely stopped the car at the corner of the road. Unfortunately, the truck driver lost control and smashed onto a power pole.

Mr. Summer noticed the incident and went back to the scene. He called the police and ambulance while Mrs. Summer helped the victims out of the car. He also helped the truck driver who stuck inside the driver seat before the truck started to catch fire. The driver was badly injured whereas those in Mr. Horus's car had minor injuries.