บท 3: Rich Family Perks

Sitting across a pale yellow haired boy is a man in his 50s, his calloused fingers tapped slowly on the glass table and his eyebrows frowned in displeasure. The boy looked uneasily towards the door and back towards his grandfather. The meal in front of them had long gone cold from waiting and a deathly silent atmosphere lingered in the room. *BANG* The doors to the dining room slammed wide open and a boy marched confidently in.

"Sorry I'm late grandfather", he smiled at the old man on the table as he played with his white hair.

"Sit"

"Yes sir", he obediently sat opposite to the other boy.

"Good Morning Lucius" spoke the boy politely.

"Afternoon Noah" Luca said as he glanced at his watch.

Both Noah and Seth- no, everyone in the room paused. From the maids to the butlers, to the chefs and the waiters, they all stared at Luca strangely.

"Eat" ordered Seth as he disregarded his grandson's odd behaviour.

They both waited for Seth to start his meal and started to eat their's. After his first bite, Luca showed an expression of pure bliss. The food was just too delicious, each bite was mouth watering as the sweet juice from the apple pie poured into his mouth. The crunchy outside as it softens in the middle, the bits of apple that bursts into flavours as he bits onto it. After finishing the plate of apple pie, Luca rubbed his full stomach, and glanced up at his brother and grandfather who were immersed in their food. After a short while they both finished their meal and sat there as the attendants cleaned their plates.

"I heard you fought someone at school", Seth asked as he watched Luca finish his smoothie.

"Yes, but I won"

"It was draw..", a short mumble escaped Noah's lips but he quickly hid it.

"Did you consider the consequences?"

"Yes, but I won", he repeated.

"Hah... Fine, you did well", Seth rubbed his forehead and gave up trying to speak to his rebellious grandson.

"Thank you, grandfather, but do you think I deserve a reward for my outstanding performance?"

"What do you want?"

"Money"

"...Here"

After a moment of thought Seth glanced at his attendant who gave him a black card. He directly gave it to Luca.

"No", but Luca didn't accept it.

"No? What do you want boy? This is the most expensive card there is!"

"I want actual money, you know the kind that's like paper but not"

"Wait a moment"

After a short moment a tall man wearing a black suit appeared with a suitcase full of cash.

"Here", Seth shoved the case at Luca and muttered something about being ungrateful.

Hearing this Luca smiled and took both the case and card.

"Thank you grandfather" he quickly said and hurriedly left the room. Leaving behind a speechless old man and a pale young boy.

- - - (scene break)

Luca sat at his desk staring at the money with sparkling eyes.

"It's great having a rich family!" He exclaimed while he hugged the money gently like a mother to her child. The forgotten Aden stared at his master uneasily and silently left the room.