Prologue:
A man sat in his office, in fact in his conference room with his trusted people. The man is lawyer. The lawyer of the Hanasaki family. The head of the family Hanasaki passed away not too long ago. The lawyer looked at the will and sighed. The will of the fortunes of the Hanasaki Company was given to him by the Trustees of the Hanasaki Group of companies.
"When they find out about the gift their dad left behind for them, that's when they will realize!" The lawyer murmured to himself, "I guess I'll have to go there myself and bring them the news."
The next day:
The lawyer was sitting in the living room of the Hanasaki Mansion. He was waiting for the whole family to come.
"Good morning, Mr. Brooke." Ms. Hanasaki greeted the lawyer, "How are you?" She shook hands with the lawyer.
"Good morning Ms. Hanasaki. I'm fine thank you. I'm here to officially announce the will of Mr. Hanasaki." The lawyer answered her.
"Ah, alright. I'll call my children then." Ms. Hanasaki went and called her children.
After a few minutes of waiting her two sons came and they all sat in the living room. The youngest one was still missing. The lawyer and the other didn't have to wait long for him. The youngest of the brothers finally came.
"Why is that you never smile Mr. Brooke?" The youngest brother greeted him.
The lawyer frowned, looking at the dashing white smile of the young man. Then he sat next to the layer, wrapping an arm around the lawyer's shoulder.
"Do you even know what day it is today, Raj?" Mr. Brooke asking as he turned his head to face the man.
"Yes, today is a beautiful day." Raj replied and stood up, "Because today you will tell me that… I mean tell us that… dad's fortune belongs to me… I mean us, right?" He looked at the lawyer with expectation. His second brother rolled his eyes at him.
Mr. Brooke gave him 'are you sure' look.
Raj took off his sun glasses and blinked at the lawyer for a few times. "What?" He sounded unsure.
Mr. Brooke opened his lawyer bag and took the papers out. Then he took the glass of water in front of him on the table and drank. After he finally cleared his throat, Mr. Brooke finally read the will of the head of the Hanasaki loud out.
"Mr. and Ms. Hanasaki according to the instructions of Mr. Suraj Hanasaki, this will was given to me by the Trustees of the Hanasaki Group of companies. And according to this will that my Hanasaki's family, my wife and my children, that's you guys, are to inherit his empire, all of his mansions in all over the world and bank balances… Which add up to seven billion dollars. The inheritance will be split up for five persons: For my wife I inherit our main home and the mansion in France. For my eldest son the main company and the General Hanasaki Hospital. My second son will inherit the mansion in New York and the second main company which is also in New York. And as for my youngest son, he will inherit the Hanasaki Dance Company in India and the bungalows." Mr. Brooke paused when he caught Mahad's confused eyes.
"What's the matter?" Mr. Brooke asked him.
"You said the inheritance will be split up in five persons, I didn't hear it wrong, right?"
"Yeah, I heard that too." Raj spoke up.
"No, you didn't hear it wrong. Mr. Hanasaki has split his inheritance to five persons. You, your brothers, your mother and also to another person." Mr. Brooke replied.
The Hanasaki family frown at Mr. Brooke answer.
"Who is that person?" Raj growled.
"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you that. I've promised your father on his deathbed not to tell you about this person." Mr. Broke answered.
"WHAT?" Raj jumped from his seat, "Why not?"
"Because I already promised your father, Raj. I'll tell that person myself. Ah, there's also one thing. The will was written by your father himself. You guys aren't allowed to rope that person inheritance away. And if you robe it by force, then according to clauses 7B and 11D will take effect. The clause 7B says the property of yours will be donated to the Association of Welfare for Tigers!"
"WHAT?" Raj yelled again, looking incredulous at Mr. Brooke. The other family member was dumbstruck after they heard Mr. Brooke words.
"The hell with clause 7B!" Raj growled as he grabbed Mr. Brooke on his collar. "That's bullshit. Give me that. I want to read it." Raj stretched his hands to grab the papers, but Mr. Brooke wouldn't let it happen.
Mr. Brooke stood up in fear, "You can't read it." Raj also stood up and as tried to catch Mr. Brooke. Mr. Brooke walked away from him, "Stay away Raj." Mr. Brooke walked away from him, standing behind Raj's mother.
"You baldhead lawyer! That's a fake will." Raj shouted, throwing an apple at Mr. Brooke.
"It's not fake." Mr. Brooke answered. Then Raj walked so fast and grabbed on Mr. Brooke collars.
"W-Wait. There's also clause 11D."
"The hell will clause 11D!" Raj yelled.
"Okay." Mr. Brooke replied as he wanted to leave.
"What's with clause 11D!"
"Hold on… 11D says that… if you guys force to take the inheritance away from that person within two years the amount of money you've spent this year will be treated as a loan and you've to return it to the company in two months."
Raj grabbed the papers from the lawyer away and read between the lines.
"It's true…" Raj mumbled.
"What does that person inherit from father's will?" Mahad asked after he got his voice back.
"That person owns one billion dollars. If that person doesn't want the inheritance, that person could refuse it and the one billion dollars will go the Association of Welfare for Tigers!"
"One billion dollars to look after tigers?" Raj asked, his eyes wide open.
Mr. Brooke nodded his head.
Mahad and his mother looked at each other. His mother let out a sigh then.
"Come Raj, calm down now." Ms. Hanasaki put her hand on Raj shoulder, "Don't get so upset."
"But mom…" Raj complained, "That's one billion dollars we are speaking about and besides who's that person anyway? No one us know he or she. And why is that person in dad's will anyway."
"Now. Just calm down and let this be. It's your father decision and we have to accept that." Hs. Hanasaki looked at his son with gently eyes.
Raj let out a sigh and gave in to his mother words. "Alright." Her other two sons also agreed to their mother's word.
Mr. Brooke looked at them. "You guys agree?"
"Yes, we do." Ms. Hanasaki replied.
"Alright. Then sign it here, please." Mr. Brooke took a pen and put the paper on the table. Then he turned the paper and moved towards Ms. Hanasaki.
Ms. Hanasaki took the pen and sign her signature on the x mark. Afterwards Mahad and his brothers also sign the paper.
"Okay, thank you. Then I'll go back now."
"Thank you, Mr. Brooke, for coming here." Ms. Hanasaki said and shook hands with him.
Then Mr. Brooke left. After Mr. Brooke left Raj was in uproar. He found it unfair. The will of his father was unfair. Mahad and his younger brother tried calm him down. Even their mother tried that too.