Grudges
991 Words
The two men walked down the short flight of stairs that led to a private room in the hotel, only family members had access to the room.
Everyone was seated on the antique dining chair across the dinning table except grandfather.
Several chandeliers and candelabra were placed strategically in the huge and vast room suffusing the room with an air of elegance.
There was a total of six people in the room, five of them were seated by the table.
His stepmother, Rose a woman in her early forties was seated on the head chair, dressed ostentatiously from head to toes, next to her on her right side was her daughter,his stepsister and then there was his stepbrother Leonard dressed in a white tuxedo flashing a disarming smile, beside him was his fiancé, Mia donning a green turtleneck floral printed dress,she looked nervous upon seeing him and beside Mia was her stepsister Eddie.
Grandfather was standing by the floor to ceiling windows. Lucian walked down the stairs,his lips tilting into a smile with Mark trailing behind him.
Grandfather turned back just in time and they shared a moment of eyelock before his stoic aged face broke into a huge grin.
"Lucian, you're here just in time", elder master Henderson walked briskly to him,all smiles and all eyes turned towards him.
"Yes, grandfather", Lucian replied before embracing him."how have you been faring all these years?".
"Thank goodness you're here just in time,I almost died from the pressure of dealing with this old b***h", elder master Henderson replied pointing to his stepmother who was seated indifferently.
"It's alright,I'm here now",Lucian broke the embrace and helped elder master Henderson to the head chair.
Several eyes were focused on him, each with different thought and expression.
His stepmother,the only mistress of the Henderson family as she liked calling herself wore a look of annoyance as if she was being pestered.
His stepsister,Lily looked happy to see him back, Leonard had a crooked smile on his face, Eddie looked excited and somewhat anxious.
Mia on the other side almost dropped her bowl on the floor in shock,her eyes opened wide like a walnut.she never expected herself to run into him so quick again nor in her wildest fantasy would she have imagined him to be related to her fiance,to be his legendary stepbrother.
She felt perturbed and uneasy,her face stricken with worries as she kept fidgeting in her seat, avoiding eyes contact with Lucian while hoping he'll be true to his words.she felt awkward and could only keep glaring at the food in her bowl.
"Welcome home my dear Lucian, how've you been all these years", Rose greeted affectionately hiding her irritation, surprising everyone in the room.
Lucian only nod his head in acknowledgement.
"I would love to introduce,well I'll have Leonard do it"Rose said."up to you Leonard.
"Welcome back brother, this is my fiancé Mia, you might have met her before she's one of the children of grandfather's friends, and this is her sister Eddie", Leonard introduced flashing a disarming smile.
"Now that Leonard has introduced . . "
"Enough woman", elder master Henderson interrupted."can you just shut your face,I'm tired of listening to your meaningless and endless rants,if there's any important thing or people he should know I'll do the introduction so just keep quiet and stop disturbing the peace and since when had it become your duty to be the host".
"You always find fault with everything I say and do,is it because your son disobeyed you and acknowledged my kids giving them the family name, but you can't dispute the facts that my kids are heirs of the family and am the one and only mistress of the Henderson family", Rose smiled caressing her newly polished nude fingernails.
"You really should stop being delusional,as long as am alive you and your kids would never get a dime from this family", elder master Henderson hissed.
"Oh, but you can't change the fact that we're part of the family,if we won't get a dime what you're alive, we'll get it when you're dead and gone,I really can't wait till then . . ."
"Mom"
"Rose"
"You"
Gasps filled the whole room and everywhere went silent and chilly.
"If I could remember accurately, father only acknowledged Lily and Leonard as part of the Henderson family so that makes you an outsider,now as an outsider I wonder who gave you the audacity to portray yourself as the one and only mistress of the Henderson family,all seated on this table should be members of the family", Lucian yelled."so scram".
"You . . ",Rose shot him an annoyed look."whatever,am still a member of this family and you can do nothing about that.
"Guards", Lucian called and immediately four hefty looking guards arrived.
"Take her away, outsiders shouldn't be allowed nearby again the family isn't a charity organization ", Lucian ordered and the guards noded.
"What are you doing, you can't take me away,am the one and only mistress of the. . ", Rose yelled but was interrupted mid-sentence by the guards who dragged her mercilessly on the cold floor, dragging her outside.
"You've gone too far Lucian", Leonard yelled, slamming his fists on the table angrily.
"If you have any opposition against my orders,the door is wide open ,the same way you entered", Lucian replied nonchalantly gesturing towards the door.
"You. . ", Lucian stomped his feet on the floor, hissing loudly.
"Trash will always be trash,no etiquette always frivolous,I thought after living in the family for years,you'll have changed but now I realize I've overestimated you MR MYERS", Mark said cutting his steak and drawling the last sentence.
"You, how dare you talk to me like that", Leonard flew into a rage."do you know who I am?".
"How could I not know your royal majesty the one and only illegitimate son of the Henderson family", Mark smirked.
"You. . ", Leonard stomped away angrily, leaving the room.
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