𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛

"𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞! 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐇𝐨𝐰'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?"

"𝐇𝐢 𝐌𝐨𝐦, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐦."

"𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛." My Mom said with a hint of hope in her voice.

"𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝." She added.

I smiled, my Mom is the only person that I have in this world, that's why I don't want to dissapiont her.

I don't have a father to look up to while growing up, he left us when I was born, well that was the thing my Mom told me.

"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬."

"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐦, 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞." I replied.

My Mom is a baker, she worked in a little bakery near our home.

We live in a tiny apartment, we couldn't afford a better one because we are still adjusting since I just graduated from law school, though I have scholarship, we still have a financial problem.

That's why I decided to come to New York because we believe it is the City of Opportunity.

I rent a tiny apartment in here just to have a place to sleep every night.

After I finished the call, I decided to went to the second floor of the building where my apartment is.

As I walked through the hallway I saw a woman standing right in front of my apartment.

She wear a black jeans, a white shirt, a black heels, a sunglasses, and a hat that's right enough to cover up her face.

When she looked into my direction and notices me, she immediately walked to the opposite direction.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲." I tried to call her but she continously walked away.

I noticed that I am stepping on a brown enveloped, I am curious but I grabbed it.

I think this belongs to the lady.

I didn't open it because I don't want to invade someone's privacy, and it's literally doesn't belong to me.

I followed her but I didn't saw her.

"𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬?" I asked a random guy.

"𝐍𝐨, 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞."

"𝐎𝐡 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮!"

After that I went outside the building.

"𝐇𝐢, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬?" I asked a random guy again.

"𝐔𝐦, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞?" He said while pointing his finger behind me.

I looked behind me and I saw her walking to the car.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮!" I said to the man.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭𝐭!" I run to the Lady.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬!" But before I could get to her, she already goes inside the car and drives away.

She didn't even bother to look at me.

I am catching my breath while the man that I asked earlier approached me.

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?" He asked curiously.

I look at him.

"𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭."

"𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲? 𝐎𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐭." He said.

"𝐖𝐡𝐲? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?" I asked.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭..... 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐨." He said and walked away.

Did she really left it on purpose? But why? Who is she?

Nevermind.

I went back to my apartment and for a moment I stare to the envelope.

I didn't open it because it's not my mine. And maybe the lady will come back for it.

IT'S been two days since I found the envelope, and the Lady didn't show up at all even her shadow, I didn't open it since then but today I can't take it anymore.

My curiosity is bugging me everytime. Even when I'm sleeping, eating and even finding a job. I can't concentrate anymore.

I grab the envelope and opened it, and then I saw the note.

𝑯𝒊 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆,

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒎'𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔.

Wait, how did she know me?

Who is she?

After I read it, a piece of paper suddenly fall.

My jaw suddenly dropped and my eyes became bigger when I grabbed and saw what it is.

It's a check!!!

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞---."

I almost faint when I saw the amount of the check!

20 𝐟𝐫**𝐤*𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧!!

Why o why? Is this real?

"𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟*𝐜𝐤*𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐖𝐡𝐲!?"

What in the world did I do to deserve this!?

"𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐞." One of my co-worker said.

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲." I simply replied and walked away.

I just finish a case and I won.

I'm happy but it's not new to me, ever since I found the check, my life changed a lot, but in a good way. I feel blessed and forever thankful and grateful.

Exactly today is the second year I have found the envelope. And every year me and my Mom celebrated it.

After I found the check, I immediately call my Mom and she hurriedly came to New York, after that we went to the bank to clarify everything.

And as what the notes told me, I used it to have a better life.

I invested it to the bank, and me and my Mom moved to New York for good. I bought a not so small and not so big mansion with a pool.

I bought Mom her own bakery and who would've thought that people here loves Mom's bakes, and in no time her bakery became famous and now has a lot of branch around America.

I also bought a restaurant, sometimes I manage it and sometimes my Mom manage it. I also invested to many big companies.

And I also pursue my career as a Lawyer and I won many cases, that's why I'm so thankful to my Mom and my old self because I wouldn't be as successful as I am today without her tears, sweat, and her hardwork.

Besides that, I also helped many childrens in street to have a better life, and I also donate to charity.

Also, using some of my money, I hired an invistagator to locate and know who is the Lady who dropped that envelope infront of my apartment.

And they found out, she is my half sister. Me and my Mom can't believe it. She is the only daughter of a powerful man, which is my Dad.

I tried to contact them, but they are not responding. I tried sending my Dad a letter, he responded by sending a letter too.

𝑴𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆,

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑴𝒐𝒎. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐. 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓.

𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆,

𝑫𝒂𝒅

After that, I didn't contact them anymore, I want them now to live peacefully the same as we are now.

But I forgive my Dad, and no one knows, maybe one day we would cross path.

Now who would've thought that a Lady who just wondering around New York two years ago, is now a share holder of many famous company, a CEO, an impressive lawyer, and most importantly, still a loving and caring daughter.

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜! 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙! 𝙈𝙬𝙖𝙖𝙖!💗

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞.