The Consortium’s Heir by Benjamin_Jnr

Darius walked without aim for over an hour. After such a long walk, he was tired. The fatigue from the fight, the break up with Sarah, and his detention at the police station finally caught up with him.

He looked around his surroundings and saw that he was now at an empty park. The moon shone brightly on the park, creating a peaceful and serene atmosphere. Darius checked the time and saw it was past twelve o’clock in the morning. He sat down on a bench and closed his eyes.

The day’s events started running through his mind and a myriad of emotions ran through his heart. Darius had never actually regretted being poor in his life, but he regretted being poor today. How cool would it be if he had an abundance of wealth? If it were so, no one would be able to look down on him anymore. He wouldn’t lose Sarah to someone like David. Besides if he was very rich, beautiful women would be the least of his problems.

He sighed. It was just wishful thinking. He wasn’t special neither did he have an abundance of wealth. He was just Darius Reid, a poor university student.

Darius sat there in silence, staring at the silver moon and numerous stars scattered across the sky. He was still star gazing when his phone rang.

Due to the fight he had with David, his phone screen had cracked in various places, so he couldn’t get a clear look at the caller ID. After contemplating for a while, he decided to ignore it. It might have been his dorm mates who were worried about him and decided to call him.

After a few rings, the call ended. Darius was about to go back to star gazing when his phone rang again. He ignored the call again, and went back to what he was doing. However, the caller was persistent. After the fourteenth call, Darius finally picked up.

“Hello? Do you have any idea what time it is now? Don’t you know how to take a hint?” Darius spoke angrily into the phone. He didn’t care who the caller was. His dorm mates weren’t so desperate to keep calling someone who ignored their calls fourteen times!

is this Darius Reid?” The caller asked in an authoritative tone, ignoring

to God if you don’t have a good reason for calling me persistently at this time of the night I’m going to find you and beat

I apologize.” The caller replied. His voice was now respectful which confused

Master Reid?” Darius

pardon my impudence. I have a lot to tell you which I cannot do over the phone. Would you kindly tell me your location? I’ll arrive there shortly to pick you up.” The

how did he expect him to reveal his location just like that?

suddenly laughed at himself. Kidnapper? As if. He was as poor as a church rat. Kidnappers usually did their research. They would never waste their

his location. He had nothing to lose anyway. If the callers were really kidnappers then when they

be there as soon as I can. Please don’t go anywhere.”

his phone before sighing. He was ruling out the idea of it being a kidnapper and actually being a prank. After all, what kind of kidnapper

eyes and rested his head against the bench, enjoying the cool breeze blowing against his skin. He sighed again. It didn’t matter if it was a prank or not. When he got his mind back in the right direction again, he would

his eyes and his mouth dropped down in shock. It was expected, as he never expected to see

Darius sat on the bench. Although Darius was poor, it didn’t mean he could not tell an expensive car from a glance.

from the car. The man looked to be in his late 40s and was dressed very luxuriously. His white three piece suit had layers of expensive jewelry littered around it, and

big shot like him was doing here. Every step the man