The Doorbell that signaled a change in my life was promptly answered by a black suit lackey and I saw Destiny leading her twins over to the living room, they sat down politely, without a hint of the dominating stance they always give off while sitting, and I followed suit sat down on a coach that was on the right to where they sat. I waited eagerly to see the strangers who would now be my family and as I waited a set of three strangers stepped in the living room and sat themselves down, and by the aura they gave off, I knew they were the kind of people I hate the most, The Rich People.
"Well, well, what a beauty you are, indeed the offspring of those two, your face is really pleasant to look at"
One of the strangers called out to me, it was the mother of the family of strangers that came.
"You know my parents"
I looked and asked
"Yeah very much so but that can wait until after we leave, I agree there are no qualms with us taking him, is there, Destiny"
"Yeah not on my side but my daughters"
"Oh, your twins, I see that one of them is like how you used to be and the other is like how you are now, and they are beautiful like you, so little ladies what have you to say"
"We have nothing to say" said Fate while holding back her sister from protesting.
"Do not hold her back let her speak", Claudine advised.
Fate let go off her sister.
"I do not have any qualms anymore but can we say our Goodbyes"
"Do as you like"
"Come over here, Luchas"
I was reluctant to go but to let the processes over faster I just did.
Love walked over to me and kissed me on lips.
"Goodbye, and take care of yourself, and make sure you eat lots"
As I heard her absurd words I could do nothing but laugh"
"Ahahaha, for real, are you really acting like this, acting like a broken hearted woman that had her man taken away from her against her will, I will not say anything about your fiasco in the slums but do not dare to fucking act like this in front of me you bitch, it makes my skin crawl like I have been thrown in a thousand cockroaches, and you, Fate, do not even think of coming up here to do anything"
"So this is all the pent up anger you were hiding and you decided to let it loose at this moment, is that right"
Fate walked over to me.
"But I could care less", she bent a little to reach my height and gave me another kiss on the lips.
"Is it done now", a voice came into play.
A little black haired girl walked up to me.
"I am Lucea shirotome Grapevine, and I am to be your Big sister as of today, I thank these two for taking care of you for so long, but rest assured that he is now Mine, you do not have to worry, I will take good care of him, Now that he is mine, let me overwrite what you just did"
She bent a little and kissed me on the lips like the twins did.
"Okay everything is reset now, He is mine so I can't allow another woman's smear to be on him, can I, I hope your goodbyes have been well said because I doubt you will be seeing back my Luchas after this"
"Are you spiting us, by calling him yours in front of us or something", asked Fate
"Why do you think so, I am just stating the truth, am I not"
After seeing the kids go at it, Claudine stepped in before it got ugly, and trust me, as a Man who was pressed between two Rich lady Twins, it sure can get ugly, so I was glad that she did.
"My,My, you kids are getting a little to heated"
"Yeah you really are the daughter of Claudine with that spiteful obliviousness that you have", inferred Destiny.
"I told her the same thing", it was the first time the man of the family opened his mouth.
"Boy let me ask you a question, what do you think of my daughter"
"What would I think of her when I have just met her, the only thing I see is that she is a Rich Bitch.
"I see, Looks like it's not just your looks that you inherited from your mother but that attitude too, because I swear I have heard my sister saying the same thing, only to be married to the guy in the end, so what I am getting at is that your mom is my sister, I am your uncle, got that, Brat"
I was honestly astonished by the revelation but I stuffed it in.
"Well it would be impolite to overstay our welcome", said Claudine as if to break the ice.
So we slowly walked out of the room, with me not looking back even once, I just stared at the spiteful smile that the girl was showing to the twins and before I knew it I was in an expensive car driving away from the devil's Hands.
"So what was your life like living with those Twins, Lucea asked"
"Why do you want to know that, isn't that supposed to be kept between me and them"
"Is it, but I am sure you know that I am your master now, so anything I tell you to do, you will have to just grin and do it, so spill, and it is not what you think, I just want to know how they treated you, in order to treat you a million times better".
"Is that so, Is this the so called Pride of the Rich, but I have nothing to say, they treated me normally"
"Oh really"
After this she fell in thought for a while and suddenly flared out something I did not expect.
"Yes, I get it, this will definitely let me one up those twins, Those Slum Kids, I Will,
Before she could say anything I shouted at her.
"Bitch, you may have adopted me from those shits, but try anything against those kids in the slums and It will be another matter, Got that, I already suffered pain once from the twins, so If you dare to try anything, then try me"
As her father heard me threaten his daughter he turned to me
"Brat, it would be simple matter to dispose of you, but It's with my heart full of love for my little sister that I am just letting you of with a warning, plus it would pain even me to kill you when you look so much like her, so Calm yourself or else"
I was going to give him his just shares too but even before I could his daughter's voice was there to calm him"
"Now, now, Father, calm down a little, I do not mind his threats, on the contrary it makes me even more interested, but by the way he talks looks like something really went down with the twins, So to Luchas, I propose you this, what if I get the Kids from the Slums in an well maintained orphanage we know of, and trust me when I say well maintained, because how could it not be when we or one of it's donators, speaking about those kids I want to go see them"
Claudine stepped in the conversation.
"My Baby, Lucea, you have magnificently used his weakness against him now he cannot refuse, I am glad to see you are growing into the perfect woman like me by every passing day, the basics of a perfect woman is to know how to utilize the weakness of your Male interest, Good Job"
She slightly bowed her head and answered.
"Yes, Mother, I am most grateful for your kind words"
She turned back to me.
"So what do you say, Luchas, get in on the deal before it's too late"
"Lil nephew, I think you should just give up and accept because that face I know it all too well"
"Yeah, I know it too, the face that screams No escape, so what's the catch"
"I see, I am glad you know that there is no such thing in the world as a free meal, it's simple I want to know your history with the twins.
I was reluctant but on the little belief in my heart that this could just be the Grace of the Rich and on my love for those slum rats I digested my Reluctance and told them about my encounter with the Devil Queen to me finding out that I was indeed not loved by Angels But Devils, until the point of my life's springtime, they listened intently And something I never thought would be seen was seen before my eyes, It was the sight of the rich girl I sat beside seething with anger for how the Devils treated her property.
"Oh, so they dared to treat you like that, huh, knowing that you are mine, Forgiveness is the last thing they can think of getting from me"
When I heard this I caught myself wondering How could I be hers when at that time she did not even know me, and how could she be so angry at something that happened to me when I was of no importance to her.
"Well, I guess we gotta stop somewhere before continuing"
As she said this the car went for a sudden 360 then we were on our way to the place that I had a vague idea of, but when I reached it was definitely the place I thought, the slums where I came from and what a strange slum it was because they weren't any homeless adults just kids who could barely talk, we kids from these slums picked up our way of talking little by little from the gang members who frequents around the slums in order to teach some disrespectful guys or members from other gangs a lesson or two, the gang that ran around these parts was called, Crazy Divinity and all the members had a tattoo with a cross pendent wrapped around a middle finger signifying fuck you, these gang members occasionally gave us food and that's how we slum brats survived until this day, because if it was on only the scraps we got out of pity by passerbys we would have already been dead.
As we reached around the slums with the Rich family of three following close behind me I wondered what was in store for me and those brats just a few meters away from me, I sighed as I turned the corner.
"Welcome to my humble abode"
I bowed like a butler to his master as I was taught by Fate while showing them with my hands the slums
Lucea walked up to me while chuckling.
"You are a funny one, are you not, Luchas"
"I am just glad it was to your liking"
Inoki stepped up a little after our little comedy routine.
"Well, well, this atmosphere brings back memories, yeah a lot of my memories"
He was about to wallow in nostalgia but I interjected.
"How can the garbage stenched, scrap filled slums bring a rich guy like you memories, are you fucking with me"
"The truth may be hard, but I know a lot about this place, a whole lot, why, because your mother came from, well I guess I can tell you this later"
As he said this a few of my own voices of nostalgia played throughout the slums
"That voice, are you Lucky"
Mellia's voice rang out"
"Is it really him"
Zane's voice came after.
"Yes, I am sure, do you take me for a fucking idiot, do you think I would not know the voice of the man I love"
"Heh, man, are you talking about, Lucky, as far as I know, they ain't any men in these slums, and the man you love, huh, I remember you being on the ground like a dog while the the Rich bitch twins walked away with the man in question, ain't that right"
"If you do not put a sock in it, I will forcefully plant that sock down your throat"
He laughed out and as I was getting a little impatient to see them I walked over to them,
"Hey guys, I am back"
Before I could utter another word, Mellia jumped at me"
"I wanted to see you again so bad"
"Yeah me too"
"I guess the Twin's bitches dog came back in one piece", boy after seeing how those bitches were I thought you would have croaked already"
"Zane as harsh as ever"
Not as much as you, bro, I am glad to see you again, Lucky,"
"Yeah same"
"Well seeing as you came back, something happened right"
"Yeah, just say that I was saved from the grasp of the rich by a richer bitch, you know"
"Am I the bitch you are referring to, well I was waiting for my cue to step in but I got fed up of waiting when there was a fun conversation going on in front of me by people around my age"
"Wait, the bitch you are talking about, is it that beauty over there, it can't be right because one look at her and you can see that she is not like those two bitches"
"Of course I am not like those fools, I am much more understanding of my man's situation, he is handsome and he has that tough attitude that stands up to anyone no matter who, so I know that girls would be all over him, I understand that, it is just a matter of me winning him from all those girls no matter who they are, or how many, that is what it comes down to"
I who was still being hugged by Mellia looked at her in awe, so did Zane. It was just how any man would react after hearing her talk in confidence like that
After seeing this she smiled warmly at us, other than these slum kids, or that one guy, she was the first to smile at me so warmly, unlike the mischievous prankster smile that Love always gave me or the smile that a person gives to one of her toys that Destiny always shows, are unlike the smile that emotionless doll like Fate showed once in a while.
"Well, unlike those two who are just unconfident, insecure stupid sows, I am the perfect embodiment of a lady, confidence comes as a matter of fact, and my beautiful appearance comes as an innate ability, So I know with perfect resolution and 100% assurance that no matter who comes after him, I will be the one standing by his side in the end, I know for a fact that I would win"
"Nah, I'd win", said Mellia intervening in Lucea's speech"
"You would, is that right, Then do tell me who you are?, my future Rival"
"Who, me, I am the woman that loves Lucky the most in this world that is one thing I will not lose to anyone on, and, with my love for him I will be the one winning, it's hopeless in the face of our bonds , back off"
"Is that so, but in the rich world that I am from, there is a thing called give and take, I give you guys a better life and he gives me himself for the taking, understand"
"So you are trying to say that Lucky struck a deal with you for a better life for us and the condition is that he becomes yours"
"Exactly, glad to see that it is not only my man that is smart from around here, but I like you too, I will give you the special privilege of fighting me for him"
"I do not need your sympathy because even without it, I would still win"
"Well, let's see if that is going to come through", she spun around to her parents who was standing like statues behind her without saying anything, it looked like there were enjoying the show that, we, little kids had going on.
"Mother, Father, is it possible to add two more other than my future husband to the mix"
"yeah without problem, my"
before the doting Father could finish his acceptance, the Mother stopped him by raising her hand as a signal. she walked up to Mellia.
"I do not have a problem per se, but as a talent agency CEO, the borderline is to have at least a pleasing face, and moreover I can't stomach someone who is ugly, so I can see that the boy here is good enough, he got the looks", she referred to Zane
"But for her it all depends on what's underneath her long hair that hides her face", as she said this she gently removed Mellia's Hair from her face and as she did, she only uttered one exclamatory remark.
"WOW"
she was frozen still and could not speak, after her daughter saw her state she hurriedly came around to a spot in which she could view the face that made her mother turn into a living statue and what she saw could only be described as.
she laughed for a while when Mellia's face came to her eyes view, "I see, I guess this is the reason you were so confident, I thought you were just arrogant but, seeing your face now I can only call it Beautiful.
she went on with her description.
"small, petite, face with long white eyelashes and tall white hair, to top it off your pupils have a crystal colour to them , when I saw your face it reminded me of something I saw, you look exactly like the dark Ice fairy that I saw in that picture book"
She smiled seemingly pleased at the sight, a smile that suggested that she accepted Mellia as a worthy Rival"
in the flow of events, Claudine came back to her senses.
'I accept, oh lovely child, you are worthy of being close to us, well what a line up we've got with your Beauty that Rivals my daughter's and this little one called Zane, and to add to that the prized Gem himself, Luchas, we are surely going to be the top company in children talent industry which is top running in today's world, Glory to Elegance Talents and the Grapevine name.
after Claudine's Episode, Lucea turned to the three of us and smiled and gestured for us to follow her.
As I started walking, I caught myself wondering how my life from now on would be, and moreover if this is what you call, 'The Grace Of The Rich
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