Chapter 5: Inconveniences
I tried to turn on the sink tap to splash some water on my face, but no water came out. I was confused for a moment before I then remembered the predicament my son and I typically faced in this house. I looked around and found a large bucket with collected water inside it to use instead. I then went to the light switch and tried to switch it on it didn’t turn on. We had no power or water. Courtesy of Diana, of course.
I walked out of the bathroom and looked at the state of the house as I made my way back to the dining room. It was in disarray. I hadn’t noticed it before, since I was more focused on Tony. We were also supposed to have maids to help clean the home, as well as a chef and gardener, but thanks to Diana, we didn’t.
When Keith kicked me and my son out of the main house he then appointed the duties I had handled as his wife to her. Even though at the time I was still his wife. The wife’s duties included, hiring staff for the home, maids, gardener’s chefs etc. Handling the finances of the home; salaries of workers, money for things required in the home, like furniture, ingredients chefs needed etc.
So, when it came to me Keith would give the order for what he wanted done, but ultimately Diana was responsible for carrying out his orders. And he trusted she would do it.
Out of spite for me Diana did as much as she could to inconvenience my life. What’s more she knew there was nothing I could do about it. I had already ruined my relationship with Keith, so he had no interest checking in on what was going on with me he just assumed Diana was doing her part. Most of the time the reason I went to see Keith so often, was to try to and inform him of the situation I was in. However, he thought I was just trying to annoy him about making Anthony his heir.
It had only been about six/seven months since I started living here and about three/four months since Diana started her shenanigans of stopping the maids from working in the house, cutting the electricity, etc.
The problem is I was a billionaire’s wife who’d never had to work a day in her life. Even before I got married, I was pampered in everything I did. So, I wasn’t used to cleaning after myself, let alone a whole house. As time passed with no change in the situation, I was forced to learn to clean and even to cook. Now with all my experience I could get right to work with no issue.
But the inconveniences with Diana didn’t end there. I took my phone out and I checked my bank account to see how much I had. I only had a thousand dollars. As I was still his wife Keith had organized for me to receive a monthly allowance of 50 thousand (USD). However, Diana made sure I never received the full amount. She would only give me a fraction of the amount each month (typically 1000) and on top of that make sure I received it late.
In short, I was made to feel like a beggar waiting for handouts.
Before I could even think about how to be there for my son and formulating a plan to ensure he was financially secure in 7 years time I had solve this issue of Diana’s meddling. If I could I would turn to my family for help but I couldn’t rely on them either. I thought of my father and brother who had mercilessly abandoned me after Keith abandoned me as well. They believed the rumours just like everyone else and thought I was the problem.
The quickest way to solve that issue would be to make my own money by getting a job. The problem however was that I got married at 19 which is around the time people went to university/ college and I didn’t go, since I was told to focus on being a wife. Which meant I couldn’t get a higher education job that paid more. I could only get small jobs like being a waitress, barista, shop clear etc.
In my previous life around this time, I doubt I would have been able to take on such a job since I’d never worked before, let alone even consider it. Going from a billionaire lifestyle to ordinary one was quite the jump. But now I certainly could take on the task with no issue. If anyone from my life before found out I was working a 9 to 5 they would probably laugh at me but that didn’t matter. I would forget about my pride and focus on what was more important, which was Anthony.
As for how I should go about the issue pertaining to Diana and Keith. For starters I think it would be best to completely forget about trying to fight with Keith to make. It didn’t matter to him whether Anthony was the rightful heir or not, his choice was always going to be Diana and her son no matter what. I had to give up trying to fight for that considering Tony himself in the future isn’t even interested being the heir.
So, my strategy should be doing the doing the next best thing to achieve my goal. I didn’t want him to end up alone, neither did I want to leave him with nothing.
Honestly, if it wasn’t for Diana’s sabotaging, with Keith’s arrangement alone there was so much I could do to try to ensure my sons future was secured. I could put most of the money in a saving’s accounts for Tony to use when he was older. I could invest in projects to make more money.
"What’s wrong mum?" Anthony asked me, bringing me out of my thoughts. He was probably noticing I was deep in thought.
"Nothing," I told him. I then looked at the time it was around 5pm. It was gogin to get dark soon and we would need to have dinner. "Anyway, are you hungry? We can make something to eat."
"You?" he asked me in surprise "You’re going to cook? He asked me in disbelief.
I nodded and smiled at him.
In my past life at this point in time I didn’t know how to cook I would take us out to eat whilst trying to save what little money we had.