A Mortal’s Medicinal Elixirs

A Mortal’s Medicinal Elixirs

Chapter 102 The Barretts

“Yes, Mrs. Barrett,” the security guard replied.

The barrier went up and both cars drove in.

It had been ages since Melisenna last came here. William drove all around the residential area before he finally located the building that stood at the easternmost corner. The Barretts owned a total of 22 houses which were all inside this building. Troy gave his three sons three units each, kept one for himself, and sold off the rest. Apparently, the houses fetched over a million.

As they needed an access card to use the elevator, William had to call his second uncle, Ashton.

The call

went through and the person on the other end asked, “Who is it?”

“Uncle Ashton, it’s me, William,” William replied. “We’re here to visit Grandpa for his birthday.”

“Oh, Ashton hummed indifferently. “Hang on. I’ll get someone to head down.”

William ended up waiting for over twenty minutes.

Mia began to get a little angry. “Let’s leave, William. I don’t want to head up there!”

“Since we’re already here, we might as well stick around. There’s no rush,” William said evenly.

Another ten or so minutes passed before a teenage boy finally walked out of the building. He had a cigarette between his lips and looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old. His hair was dyed flaming red and he had a string of piercings along his earlobes, as well as a nose piercing.

He eyed William and asked, “Are you William?”

William nodded. “That’s me. You must be Adley, right?”

Adley Barrett was the son of William’s fourth uncle, Clement. Adley was only sixteen this year so he was around Mia’s age.

Adley scratched his ear and replied, “Yeah. Let’s go up.”

Melisenna and Mia were standing right beside William but Adley didn’t bother greeting them. He didn’t offer to help with the gifts either.

William didn’t say anything. He left the gifts in the car and had Jason wait downstairs while the three of them followed Adley up to the house.

Troy had a lot of children and grandchildren, so at the time, he asked for a duplex that was over two thousand square feet in size. He and his wife took care of all their grandchildren except for William and Mia.

While they were in the elevator/Adley kept puffing away on his cigarette. Mia kept coughing from the smoke, but he didn’t care. Instead, he studied the pretty girl in front of him and asked, “You’re my cousin, right? What’s your name again?”

looked away and

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shoulder and the latter nearly stumbled to the

“How can you

you’re still ung? William asked

scoffed “That’s none of your bloody

open and Adley swiftly walked off out of fear that William would smack him again.

to the Barretts. Adley walked over to the eastern unit

“Why are you smoking again, Adley? Put it out. It’s

hummed in acknowledgment but walked into the house without putting

when she

Mom,” Melisenna

here?” the old lady asked with an unwelcoming expression.

visit Grandpa for his birthday, Grandma,”

lady eyed William as if she were looking at a stranger. Are you William? Look how big you are now. My, my. You’re such

said with a dry chuckle.

son is nothing like a biological one. It’s been years since you last came over and yet

Grandma, William refuted coolly. “They’re all in the car. There were too many things for us to carry so we couldn’t bring them up. I’ll get

the door a little wider and said, “Whatever. Just admit that

Beau, and Clement, were there

face was sitting in the middle with a baby in his arms. It was his great–grandson who was only three

kindly look on his face as he teased

A somewhat familiar voice rang out.

children, his smile vanished. He looked around the room and asked icily, “Who told them

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us over but here they are turning their noses up at

for two years now. Melisenna has had a hard time raising the

still living off of me,” Troy snorted. “Do I have

Melisenna over, Dad. Bryan’s not around anymore but he left behind quite a bit of

strange that Beau

if Beau made complete sense. “That’s right. Bryan’s my son. I deserve a share of

“Melisenna, when Bryan died,

many properties?”

the bone and didn’t know how to respond.

staying in belongs to my maternal grandfather, William replied coolly. “However, because I went to prison,

guys demolished