Chapter 5 - Violet's Childhood (Part 3)

Based on how her father broached the topic of his relationship with her mother before, it seems that the said woman somewhat abandoned her father so suddenly and for no apparent reason. Alexander smiled once again and this time a sweet one as he said that just when he thought that he will never have anything to do with Lilac again, he found his adorable daughter delivered inside his private office at the highest floor of the ArchEx company building in a cute and adorably pink baby basket.

He paused for a bit catching his breath, seemingly reminiscing every bit of his past with a mix of longing, happiness but also pain. After a few minutes, he continued as he said that Violet's mother has always been an enigma not only to him but everybody that she has worked with or met once. It was as if she had a hidden power, that her mind works differently or maybe she was just a different being than humans altogether.

Violet looked at her father with confused eyes and furrowed brows at that time since it seems like he was hinting that her mother maybe a real life superhero or maybe something that wasn't even human. He laughed a bit and explained that until now, he was not able to figure out how Violet's mother was able to come in and out of his private office with a very flashy pink baby basket in tow without anybody noticing her. He said that not even one of the CCTVs from the entire building was able to record anything as if she was invisible, went through an unknown path or maybe just appeared out of thin air and disappeared the same way.

He paused to breathe deeply again as if thinking of the right words to say next. After a few minutes, he honestly said that he always felt that Violet's mother has always been different from everybody else. It was not because she has always been special in his heart due to his feelings for her but because of the way she talks, her actions, her way of thinking and some of her quirks were not normal for a typical human, not at least with how old she looked like. He said that Lilac always had that look in her eyes whenever she looked at a distant place. Her eyes were indifferent and it was as if she looked at everything in her life as if it they were just fleeting.

Violet furrowed her brows and inquired further, "What do you mean by that father? Are you saying that mother talks like a very old lady or something? Have you never heard about the term "old soul", "loner" or simply "introvert"?"

Her father smiled and replied, "I will give you more specific examples, alright? Here is the first one. Did you know that she told me that she knew me even before I was born and patiently waited for me to be ripe for the picking? When I heard that, I teased that she talks like a cradle-snatcher fearing being prisoned for snatching a minor but she looked at me like she was serious about it. When I thought about everything after a few years, I ended up asking myself: Could she be really way older than I think she was? She looked as young as me in my opinion, if not maybe only a few years older."

Violet widened her eyes and commented bluntly, "Father, mother really said something weird. She indeed sounded like a cradle-snatcher with that line of hers, "ripe for the picking". That should have been creepy but knowing you are head over heels for her, you still pushed through with the relationship since I am your living proof. Hmm... Let's do a bit of math, shall we?" His father nodded his head, as he dotingly looked at his daughter while giggling weakly.

Violet smiled at him and continued, "When you had me with her, you were 20 which means you got her pregnant when you were around 19 which was a few months after you met her. If she knew you, even before you were born and she doesn't grow old like others even after many years have gone by, she would have been at least 40 or at most 50 when you met her. The problem is that you said that she looked around 20-25 at that time so does that mean that my mother has found the fountain of youth or something? Can women still give birth that late in their lives even with the advanced medical technology nowadays?"

Her sickly father smiled and Violet saw the sadness and longing in his eyes again. Violet's thoughts were that "He really loved her though he said he was cursed by a love spell, huh? Love spells lose their effectiveness after quite some time. I'm 17 now and the spell should have been long gone if they have not seen each other for a long time."

Violet doesn't know if she should feel happy that her father finally came clean about how he met her mother or if she would feel frustrated since the story he gave her just made everything even more confusing and absurd to digest. She doesn't think her father would dare lie to her especially now that his time is almost up. Soon after, her father fell asleep and never woke up.

On the day before the announcement will be made about her father's death and her taking over the corporation, the first thing Violet did was to call for a lawyer and draft her last will and testament. She met with Atty. Crawford, her father's long-time friend and trusted aide. He was also the one tasked to handle the management of all her inheritance. The urgent call and the reason for it, shocked the hell out of the old man who is also one of her assigned guardians. 

For a 17-year old girl, someone who had just come of age and at the peak of her life, this is quite a shocking request to make. Atty. Crawford made her repeat her request twice, once over the phone and one in person, just to be sure that he heard the request clearly and correctly. Violet ended up explaining to the worried old man that she did not create her last will because she was sick or her life is threatened in any way but because she knew that a lot of crazy people will be after her life and everything she owned after the announcement of succession is made.

Violet was young, single, not betrothed to anyone and definitely did not have a child yet so she wanted to make sure that no greedy bastard will take her family's hard-earned wealth not even anybody from the board of directors or stockholders. Even if an evil person entraps her into marrying a scumbag without a prenuptial agreement, kidnap her or threaten to kill her to make her give them her inheritance, all their efforts will be all for naught.

She created her last will and testament in a way that it takes precedence over any other document or agreement that she may sign afterwards whether she signed willingly or unwillingly. The last will and testament will only lose its effects if she created a new will and change its contents which she will definitely not do even if she were to die anytime soon.

According to the last will and testament she signed with Atty. Crawford, all the stocks she owns, every single item in the inheritance she has received and all the properties under her name will be sold to the highest bidder upon her death. Even if she was forced to marry, all her assets before marriage stays as her personal property and her husband does not have any right to any of it. 

To put it in perspective as to how enticing she would be once the announcement is made, she currently owns 75% of the ArchEx's stocks and properties amounting to billions of Zelpian Pesos. If you add other properties, jewelry, cash in the bank and investments that she personally owns outside of her inheritance, no man would not want her even if she looked downright hideous.

She was quite sure that even if she dies in an untimely manner, their rival companies will be crazily bidding for all those stocks and properties. As for the money that will be earned from the bids, she decided that it will be divided into different parts. These will be distributed to Violet's personal aides as well as her father's trusted aides for their retirement pay Another part will be used as separation pay for all the employees that may lose their jobs with the possible change of company leadership when her stocks are sold and then the rest are to be divided to a long list of foundations, schools, orphanages, churches and research facilities that the Carlsen family has been supporting and donating to all these years.

Lastly, she also went on and registered all of her usable organs, her hair, her blood, her skin and even any usable cells she has for donation to those who are in desperate need of them once she dies with the exception of her reproductive cells, of course. She doesn't want any of those after her life to get any benefits from her death at all. As for the rest of the unusable parts, she just want it to cremated then her ash scattered to the area bordering the impenetrable fog. 

For the money that she had in cash, she placed it in secure and separate accounts under different reputable banks under several aliases. In the event of her death, all of it will be donated to the central government to fund welfare projects with utmost transparency as to how it will be used. Talk about being prepared for the worst case scenario, right?