Chapter 5

CHAPTER FIVE.

Saving Katherine 

Katherine's POV 

I woke up with the rays of the early morning sunshine, and it was so pleasing to my eyes.

I saw him sitting on the second couch next to me.

“Good morning.” He was the first person to initiate a greeting, and I responded with a cool smile on my face.

“You didn't sleep throughout the night did you?” I asked him to show care and not to be a selfish human.

He looked at me and smiled, “I did, but I guess it wasn't for too long.” He replied to me as he kept the smile intact. I blushed in embarrassment remembering last night. 

The conversation was going on until my phone beeped for a message.

At first, I was surprised because I didn't know it was going to come back to life after I didn't check it in the morning.

“Excuse me, please, can you please pass me the phone inside that bag?” I asked politely, he took my bag and handed me the phone. 

As I opened my phone, I saw a message from my mom’s second line: “Hey Diana, your father and I are waiting for you. Did you tell Katherine that she doesn't belong to this family?” As I read it my mind skipped.

In less than a minute, Mom cleared the message from the chat, but I had already read it.

I was so confused, who then gave birth to me?

Dave noticed the sign on my face and asked “What is wrong?” I couldn't explain but all I could say was “I want to go home.”

My eyes were already soaked with tears and I was seeing Dave so cloudy.

“I will take you home, I can’t leave you like this,” he responded to me.

I was trying to use the tip of my cloth to clean my face as I said “Thank you”

I stood up and we went down before we were able to see a cab to take us to my house. Judging by the place we left, I felt it was an inheritance of his because he doesn’t look like someone with much money. 

Soon we got to the mansion. I told him to stay at the entrance of the gate because I did not want my parents to know that a stranger followed me home.

He did as I told him. I entered the house alone, and I saw a full house of Mom, Dad, Diana, and Felix.

“What exactly is going on? Mom, is the message true?” I faced her frankly and asked her.

She felt that the secret had been exposed and there was no way to cover it up anymore.

“Yes, that's the truth, and you know now, you are an adopted child and not our biological child,” Mom said. It didn’t make sense that my own biological parents would abandon me at the playground when I was 5. 

“You must be a disaster and that’s why they ran for their life, don’t you think?” She finally gave me the details and the history of my life when I was picked to become their child.

I couldn't pull myself together as I was crazily shocked. My bag fell out of my hand while my tears streamed down my face profusely. That would explain why they wouldn’t support me no matter what I do. 

“Katherine, is everything okay?” Dave’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts, “I realized you were taking too long, so I just wanted to check on you.” 

As much as I was still in awe and trying to balance myself, immediately, Dave saw Diana, and he recognized her.

“You, you lied to me?” He said to Diana, pointing a finger at her.

I was confused. I wanted to know what exactly was going on.

“You both know each other,” I asked him.

I was curious to know.

“She was my girlfriend, and she left me all of a sudden and refused to stop picking up my calls. I don't follow ladies around, so I had to let her be,” Dave said as I was surprised at this stage.

Suddenly, father interrupted, “She is next to inherit what I have, so I don't permit her to marry a bankrupt man because the son of a bankrupt man is also a bankrupt man.” I looked at Dave and asked him.

“Your dad is a billionaire?” I said surprised, that would explain the place we were at last night.

He looked at me, his eyes full of sorrow. He closed his eyes and opened them, then nodded his head, “My dad was a billionaire”.

I felt pity for him and his dad but there was no way I could help.

“Now listen, young man, you cannot have Diana anymore, even if you both have the same alphabet starting your name. Poverty is real.” Dad cleared his throat as I looked at him with my mouth wide open.

He looked at me with no regard and said, “But you see this one in front of you, take her as your wife, and if you decide not to give full bride price, no problem, we know how poor your father is, and you can’t afford a square meal.” They all laughed. 

These were the same people I had regarded as family for years, and now that they had found their own daughter not less than 7 years, they wanted to abandon me. 

Just as Dad was speaking, Diana went upstairs and brought my box filled with cloth and dumped it in front of me. “Your stay here is over. Most of your properties belong to us, so you aren’t allowed to take them away.”

“Yes, Mom and Dad were already nice enough to let you take a few clothes along with you.” Felix interceded, how could he not see they were using him also? For those who could abandon a billionaire just because he went bankrupt. 

I closed my eyes in rage, opening it, “You know what, I wouldn’t stay with a dog family like yours, I’d rather stay with a stranger than be with you guys also.”

“Marrying Dave isn’t so much a bad idea and I can fully support him.” I scoffed, Dave smiled lightly at me. 

That was when I noticed he was on call, he dropped the call and faced dad. Dad quickly started talking, “Hey young man, you need to understand that this is a free meal that everyone would like to take, you can’t reject it…”

Dave didn't allow Dad to finish his words before he interrupted him, “Oh I think you misunderstood something…” He paused, and I was scared he would really reject me, which would be another form of embarrassment. 

“Being with Katherine would be a huge blessing over Diana. You really hold regard for your open daughter.” He smirked, and I burst out laughing immediately. Their faces all went sour. 

“From your understanding, the son of a bankrupt man is bankrupt, but why do I feel like you are wrong?” 

In less than five minutes, five exotic cars entered the compound, and I was amazed at where they were from and who they came from.

Not so long, Dave moved closer to me and said, “It's time to go home,” as he smiled at me. The realization is setting in.