Chapter 3

The large living room is designed with sophisticated furniture, the walls are painted with oil paint that smooths up to the high ceilings, the floors are made with sophisticated marble and a set of white leather couches is set around the living room as it enhances its beauty.

Mr. Albert is seated at the large armchair with a document on the table while his wife Brenda is seated at the other side of the couch and no doubt that they have been waiting for him.

Alex strolled down the living room hoping to ignore the couple because he had a long and could not take any more drama from them. But as expected, they called out to him. "Alex stop right there! Where have you been the entire night?"

Mrs. Brenda who was dressed in her silk nightgown asked. "I was at the part, you both saw me there, didn't you?"

"Don't you dare use that tongue on me! Everyone left the part, what were you doing there?"

"Everyone left and yet I do not see Anna anywhere around. I was helping out with the dishes in the kitchen" He finally replied after throwing a sarcastic comment at them but Albert had waited so long and was not in the mood to banter words with the younger man. He slashed the document that had been sitting on the table at Alex who looked perplexed.

"Sign it!" Mr. Albert spoke and did not bother explaining the content of the document. Slowly Alex opened it as he glanced through it and indeed his fears were finally coming through.

"I think that the Sutton family has done more than enough by accommodating you here for two years, it is time that you leave so that my daughter can finally be free"

"Free?" Alex scoffed even as the word slid out of his mouth. "You make it sound like she has always been in bondage. I am sorry Sir, but I am not going to sign this document, whatever issues that I have with my wife are between the both of us and you have no right to interfere"

He explained as Mrs. Brenda rose to her feet and smacked him hard on his face. First, he had been slapped by the daughter, and now was the mother, whereas his only crime was being poor.

"How dare you use such a tone with me, you act all cocky all the time like you are high and mighty, and yet you are nothing but a wretched and worthless son-in-law!" She yelled at the top of her voice and just then, Anna walked into the living room, her eyes trying to grasp the situation while clutching onto her bag.

"Oh! Anna, you are back home, welcome home"

"What is going on here?"

"It is this loser of your husband who has refused to sign the divorce document"

"Alex is it true, I thought we already talked about this?"

"I am not signing the divorce" He spoke calmly and started walking towards the stairs hoping that she might have a change of heart by tomorrow, but her words made him come to a halt.

"I know that this is a tactic you are using to get money from me, so just go ahead and say it. How much do you need, whatever it is, I will pay"

"You will pay, can you replace my kidney to the way that it was?"

"You son of a b*tch. Mother was right all along, she said that someday, you were going to gloat about giving your kidney to me and use that as a means to blackmail me, I guess she was right"

"Blackmail you! Anna that was a part of me that I gave to you hoping that you would get my intention. Although I was not as wealthy as you expected me to be, I gave you something worth more than money just to prove how much I love you and how far I was ready to go for you, wasn't that enough?"

"No Alex, it was not enough, you can't expect me to be grateful just because of one kidney whereas there is a vast world outside that I want to conquer but you have been stopping me. I have tried to put up with you for two years even though it was hard, so please sign it"

"Can't we talk this over the next morning?"

"Haven't you been listening to me! I am pregnant for Seth, me, and you is never going to happen, so just say it whatever amount you want. Five million, ten million? Just say it Alex and I will write a cheque right here"

He lowered his head and shook it, he could not believe that was the amount he had been reduced to despite all his efforts for two years and when he lifted his head again to meet hers, his eyes were filled with so many emotions.

"Are you sure about this Anna?"

"I have never been this certain in my life. Seth is exactly what I need to go further in my career, he is the man who can take me to the level where I want to be, so yes I am definitely sure. Please, Alex, go ahead and sign this and I promise to compensate you for the trouble"

At that moment, he knew that this was a battle that he had lost, no matter how hard he tried, he was not going to convince her otherwise. He picked up the pen lying on the table and he scribbled his signature on the document before placing it on the table.

"Goodbye, Anna!"

"Wait!" She called out and when he did, she carefully unzipped her bag, pulled out a cheque away from it, and handed it over to him.

"Here is a cheque for ten million dollars, I don't know if it is enough, but if it is not, then you can tell me and I will add it"

"What are you doing Anna, this wretched thing does not deserve a dime, all he did in this mansion for the past two years was to enjoy our luxury and now he dares extort you of your money"

"It is alright Mom, this is the least that I can do for the trouble that I caused him" She replied and he accepted the cheque while he stared at the disdainful look on all their faces. He immediately tore away the cheque, threw it to her face, and started walking away.