Chapter 42 – Inauguration
Liam’s house was in chaos as he showed up with a 6-year old son when no one had ever seen a woman around him. The boy looked too much like Liam to doubt his genetics.
His grandmother, not unexpectedly, exhausted all means to find out who Kyle’s mother was and her background. But Liam was tight-lipped about it as can only be expected of an army personnel.
She loved Kyle though, she felt bad that he had to grow up without a mother. But the kid was too smart and too well nurtured to complain.
The other relatives, however, did not think so.
“She was probably a whore he fucked.”
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“He is an unlucky bastard who killed his mother at birth.”
“If she was any good, Liam would not be so tight-lipped.”
“Maybe Liam just picked a random child because of familiarity, that’s why he does not know anything about his mother.”
“There was never a woman around Liam, the child is probably not his.”
These were the most hurtful things Kyle had to endure, apart from the incessant sarcasm.
The Prestons had a lot of side branches and relatives who wanted to use Liam’s father’s influence for their profit. But Liam, his father, and his grandfather were all men of honor who would not use their power for unlawful gains.
Those who resented them used Kyle as their punching bag.
While they could not hurt him physically, bruising words followed Kyle throughout the house.
Kyle wanted to call his mother Liliana and hide in the safety of her arms, but even at six, he knew he must be strong, after all the real world was like that.
So, he continued to endure. This way he would also test his limits.
Soon enough came the day of inauguration.
The security was tight and the entire floor had been closed off to prevent non-invitees from interrupting the event.
Even so Vivian Stone, Lester Aprice, and Lydia Aprice managed to sneak in.
Both Jonathan and Liliana were aware of it. But as per Liliana’s plans, they were left alone as they smugly flitted across the venue, lauding themselves for tricking the strict security.
Moreover, they were all rather confident that Jonathan would give them face and not cause trouble.
The press was having a good time taking pictures and dropping titbits of the ongoing event to the public.
A few bold reporters were hoping to draw quite a large clickbait with the surprise that Miss Vivian Stone had been invited as well despite the farce at the banquet last time. But they soon found a serious problem.
Any negative post regarding Vivian Stone was getting reported and removed immediately.
Since they were looking for it, Mariana and Jennifer found it right away.
Jonathan was once again struck seeing the look of pure excitement and anticipation on Mariana and Jennifer’s faces as soon as they saw the paid trolls keeping Vivian’s name clean.