Chapter 26
Madeline Grant was in a daze. Did her son really just gift her a helicopter? She had to admit it was a rather sweet gesture on his part, but she could not help but wonder where he got the money from.
She thanked the pilot before returning to her room and contacting her son.
“You little punk, where did you get the money to buy a helicopter?!” she scolded Thomas through the phone.
“I see you’ve received your present, Mommy. What do you think? Are you impressed with your son yet?” Thomas said cheekily on the other line.
“I’ll decide whether or not I’m impressed once you tell me where the money came from,” Madeline said sternly.
“Oh, it was a gift from my dear Auntie Angie,” Thomas chuckled.
“Well, your dear Auntie Angie is about to realize that she’s been fooled very soon. You’d better watch out,” she warned her son whilst rubbing her temple. How was her young son such a genius conman?
“Well, Mommy, are you impressed now?”
Thomas asked once again.
“Yes, yes. Very impressed…,” Madeline trailed off as her cellphone indicated an incoming phone call from Albert. She wished her son a quick goodbye before she picking up Albert’s call.
head to the charity dinner. Your gown is ready and placed just outside your room,” Albert notified her, ever so
Madeline said
……
charity dinner happening that night. After all, she was the philanthropic darling of
the news of her engagement to Noah Quincy. The mere thought of
little too plain?” Angie
ball gown adorned with beautiful pink pearls.
reality as she saw her daughter approaching. “Darling, you’d look beautiful even if you
only half an hour until the dinner, I must be ready!” Angie was beginning to
look fine just the way you are. Come here and
I can’t sit down. The
ask you,” Suzanne told her daughter while
packed up and left, leaving Suzanne
did you ask them to leave?” Angie asked with a hint of impatience in her
could leave. “Angie, didn’t we agree on using only 400 million dollars? James told me yesterday you took 600 million dollars. What are you doing with all
cash flow problem. Grant Corporation spent too much effort on this project for
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