The Billion Dollars Revenge

able. Lydia. Her reputation is a big one in the King’s family. She was like their legal cleaning serv

eflecting on her glasses. “Miss Madi will be th

Jacob tried to ask but was cut short by how fast s

nce he entered the office; it was already an hour

,” Jacob w

oon, Mr. Jacob,”

utes after the last words th

ressed in his signature navy blue

welcome,

orehead, turned to Lydia. “Wha

trying to explain wh

” Alex said with a smirk on his face, “You see, we cannot have yo

you mean by we

enough for Jacob to feel his

di said Alex was drunk and he didn’t mean all that he said but Jacob disagrees. Alex wasn’t even drinking al

was enough for him to put

e your seat?" Lydia points at

at Lydia. “Of course," h

dissolve your marriage with Madi

ted, “Lydia, s

ex, expecting him

e all day, Lydia; he signs it, gets the stupid

ife before signing,” Jacob

ding me,” Alex said, fa

ee her to sign the papers. It’s

my wife, and if I may ask you, Lydia, what is he doing her

r?” Alex

, like Mr. Alex has said, he doesn’t have any mor

ague at work, and this is my family’s issue. Me and my wife. So please help me make sense of why her colleagu

n, Jacob," Al

anything until Madi is here, and she loo

look at me,” A

he bush,” said Lydia. She pushed th

until I see her,

ping to his feet. “Look! At! Me!” he

to a fist even as he could hardly breathe. He wanted to do

Madi s

ned and Madi

es into a smile—a forced smile. He rearranged the squeeze

the papers?” Ma

ere,” Jacob interrupted. “Please hel

y. She didn’t ev

“You should have figured." He grabbed her by the waist and kissed her

through his heart, like the end of everything,

shock. “Madi?” he could say. He wanted to say more,

ob,” Lyd

n’t tell me you...” He looked Madi in the eye

” Lydia cal

t I have made my choic

need to sign these papers now. She’s h

always been about, him?”

closer to Jacob. "Jacob, please just sign a

swering me,” Ja

an explanation of what I am doing with my life. Or I who choose to be with

hat. You don’t mean w

ead of Madi towards Lydia's table, picked up the document, and stret

all the memories they'd shar

e a little louder than a whisp

r sister needs chemothe

omething. Take her to the best doctors or some specialis

pered as he watched h

, “Mr. Jacob then it’s official. You are no longer married to Miss Madi Kings.” Lydia brou

to start up his business finally but “Keep it. It

of shit.” Alex laughe

adi asked Lydia.

said, dropping the documen

” Alex didn’t hid

Madi grabbed a pen from a cylin

could he have seen it coming, Madi and Alex, and of all times when he lost his job. Maybe he should

familiar. Jacob kept walking till he reached the car

er. He didn’t

go home.” Jacob couldn’t stop staring at the scar on hi

Jacob

that voice.

pear to be happy to see him. But he wasn

where he knew the man behind him. Mrs. K

ob put a punch to his ribs. Jacob fell to the gro

changed her bag to the other h

hed, “I didn't’

re you?” Mrs. King asked,

t her leg from his hand but the

uted, “I

ng son o

ng her, “What the fuck, Ray?”

s hand, Mrs. King said,

e other hand and dragged himse

y, I am a little disappointed, Jacob,” Mrs. King said. “Now let it be the last day