Chapter 1-Katrina Klint P.O.V

Finally, the last of the customer leaves, around this time is when we close the café so it would be easy to clean, clear the place and lock up, the owner; Mr. Benson has retired to his house since six in the evening, it's not surprising because that's the time he usually leaves the café, leaving me in charge till nine; the café's closing hour.

Mr. Benson is a good man; he hired me instantly when I arrived at Highlands and came for an interview in his café few years back after I left home due to some disarrangement with my father. Packing for travel has never been my favorite thing but few days back, a mail came for me from the city, apparently my father is dead, his death came has a shock to me because he was healthy when I left home and he has left all his properties to me, so his lawyer reached out to me so that I can come to sign some papers, attend the will reading meeting and finalize his will. My father and I have never been best of friends but it was painful for me because he was my mentor and role model before the death of my mom, after speaking with Mr. Benson he agreed to give me some time off till I have finish everything that was necessary.

"Welcome Miss Klint, we have been expecting you" A man said who I'm assuming is the lawyer I have been contacting, "We? Who are we?" I asked not expecting anyone else but me in this meeting, "The family, of course" The lawyer replied, the reason my father and I separated was because he wanted to remarry after my mom and I was against it, he was so angry but so was I, he then said that If I was not pleased with his decisions in his house, I should leave, which was why I left, and have not heard from him ever since until last week when I was told that he's dead, "Oh, okay no problem" I said seating in an empty seat in a large room filled with books, it almost looked like a library expect for the document, pen and glass littered on the table.

"I welcome you all to the reading of Mr. Klint Will" The lawyer said commencing the meeting, "Mr. Klint was my client, friend and brother and in no way have I gone against his wish to read these will in front of everyone. Mr. Klint has stated in his Will that all his properties should be given to his daughter, Miss Katrina Klint, who is his only biological child, along with all his account and documents, with his dying note passed to her, Thank you" The lawyer said finishing the reading of my father's Will and passed it round for all to confirm that it was what was in the Will that the lawyer read

"What rubbish is this, his only biological child? How? I gave birth to two male children for him and yet even after death he still refuses to acknowledge them" A woman who I noticed while coming in, yelled with annoyance in her voice, "Let do a paternity test to confirm your allegations" The lawyer said "Allegations?! What the hell are you saying?" She fires right back at the lawyer; "Are these allegations?" She said shoving some document at him; "Alright, let confirm if these are real" The lawyer said calling someone on his phone "What are you doing?!" She asked, shocked he's calling someone on his phone "I'm calling a medical doctor to check the authentication of your documents" The lawyer replied calmly, "I can see, that my children are not wanted here, there is no reason to leave them and watch them die with my eyes" She said forging annoyance and walked out of the room with the documents she was holding, "What was that?" I asked, not knowing who she was, "She is the woman your father married, before your father's death, he had some suspicion about her, so he decided to a blood test to check if the children she claimed to be his are really his" The lawyer answered "Few days later, the paternity results came and just has he had suspected, none of the children had a 1% chance of been his, that was one of the reason why he gave you all his holdings and belonging's to you, also he wanted to apologies to you about the way you and him parted ways" The lawyer finally said giving me some documents to sign; "You can look through or read through whichever one you do is fine by me" The lawyer said taking his seat. After signing some documents and files, Ownership of Klint Industries was transferred to me, my father's finally gift to me.

Going back to Highlands after getting ownership of Klint Industries felt weird, but I sure can't wait to go back to town. Listening to song in my ford bronco that I got on installment from Mr. Benson, when suddenly a car drove pass on high speed causing the wind to blow hot at my face, "What a rude driver" I thought getting my hair off my face.

"You're back my dear, how was the event?" Mrs. Benson asked, "It was tearful, met some of my father's old friends and some new ones" I replied serving a customer who came to get coffee, "Ok, that was good; you were able to reconnect to your roots. Are you leaving us anytime soon?" She asked, "What!!!" I asked shocked she could ask such a thing, "We're old people dear, but that doesn't mean we are dead, Beth heard some news about an only child who happened to be a female; owning her father's companies after his death, It was you in the picture she showed us" She answered smoothing my hair, Ever since I was employed, Mr. and Mrs. Benson have taken it upon themselves to include me in their family which is why I am suddenly feeling guilty, "Sorry, I did not know when to tell you" I replied looking down, "It okay" She says lifting my head to stare in my eyes, "We all have our past, it what we do with our future that matters" She offers comforting words to me; "Anyways, you know ever Christmas holiday we spend it with our family from all over. This year is bigger and more joyous. You're always welcome to join us, dear" They do this every year inviting me to their family gathering, and every year my answer remains the same; "That's lovely, but I have plans with my T.V., You know that I want to continue my mother's family holiday tradition's" I said escaping her matchmaking game, "Yeah, Yeah, You say that every year, but the offer still stands if you ever change your mind" She says leaving the café.

The bulb in the garage in my house has been flickering for a few days, the bulb in the kitchen died yesterday, so I decided to change the bulb, I know the house needs some fixing but I couldn't do it. First there was the issue of money, then time, then tools, if I ever decide to do it myself, so I finally had an early night, where the café closed early because of the holiday's preparation. Entering the house this early seems weird and most importantly, my door was opened, there have been some rumors about thieves in the town lately. I was switching on the house light when a man came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped round his lower waist, "Ah,Ah, Who are you?" I screamed, shocked to find such a man in my house, his arms, toned and bugged, his abs are defined, he looked as if he could pick me up with just his finger, "Exactly, my question" He asked in an irritated voice, while towing over me looking like he's angry with the world.