All of the guest now headed to another area, where there was huge rectangular table with golden chairs around. The heads of the family sat at those chairs with their family behind them. according to veronica, this was the next segment of the party.
Mr.lennon was already seated with his wife behind him. So, Wish just stood around the corner like some other people. Caleb came by her side, carrying a drink for himself.
" Why are you not going?"
He leaned on the wall, shrugging, " Father is present already. Whats the reason for me to be there."
" You really dont care do you." she said looking at his care free state. " Anyways, what are they gonna do?"
Caleb blinked twice at her. She didnt know about the golden party? Well, it was now his duty to give a grand explanation right? " This is the highlight of the party."
Wish became confused, listening attentively. " A total of 10 elite families are invited here, those who are seated at the table."
The families were doing some small talks with themselves and had an envelope ready infront of them. " Those envelopes are prepared by one family to give to any other family they want. It has all the information about how their company can help each other through a secret way."
The emcee in the front spoke from the mic taking their attention, " Welcome to the highlight of the party. We will now begin by 'the exchange'. Please give your envelopes to the family you want to work with."
Mr.lennon smiled sheepishly and handed the envelope to Mr.brent. William who was standing behind scoffed internally. In return, Mr.brent gave his envelop to them and he accepted with a smile, eyes fixed at William.
That way, all the families finished their exchange. " After the exchange, the main part comes."
" Theres more?" Wish asked surprised. " Of course, the most expected ones."
" Now, we will pass you the tablets, " the emcee continued, while the waiters slowly put the tablets in front of the respective families.
" This is super VIP information. Notice nobody is here besides us?"
Wish looked around and he was right. The waiters and security guards had all vanished. " Those tablets...."
All of the families, looked through the device with serious faces.
"....they have all the information that are illegal."
" Huh??" she wasnt expecting that. " Illegal information of what?"
" Of the other lower ranked companies." Caleb said enjoying her reactions, " so that they wont be able to take the elite families ranks. through this information, they know what they can do....to remain in the elite family."
Wish took in the information and she didnt look good. So, these elite families did secret meet ups to take illegal information from those lower companies and stop them from climbing up? So that these greedy families would remain in the elite family forever? all of those people worked hard for nothing. The people on the top were shocking!
Mr.brent looked through the tablet, noticing that his competitors were catching up fast. This was not good. At the other side, Julie and her father were seated on the last place. Julie used her sign language to explain it to her father while he nodded. The families gave them glances from time to time. It was pretty obvious why they decided to show up in this party all of a sudden. They had to catch up and the only best way was through this party.
" They ruined the plan..." Mr.lennon whispered, upset. " Dont worry honey," Mrs.lennon leaned near his ears, "We can modify the plan. All of the families are on our side." This made him smile satisfied. One family wouldnt matter after all.
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" Do you really think this is okay?" Wish asked, still not convinced about the elite family system.
" This is has been going on for decades so i dont really know what to say." Caleb answered. Not that he even cared.
After the meeting finished, William came to their way. Wish didnt wait for a second and spoke up to him, " I dont like this system!"
He was taken aback and looked to his left and right, pulling her to the corner. " Dont say it out loud! I know you might think this is unfair but this is how we do it."
" Dont you feel bad for the companies working so hard?? this whole thing is stupid!"
William grabbed her arms from both sides, nearing her face, " Just because we get this information doesnt mean it will work 100percent. Some companies who are meant to be can still join the elite. Dont engage in others business and put yourself in danger." his eyes became softer, " When you act like this it always worries us."
Wish clenched her fist and stayed silent.
Caleb had noticed how he grabbed her and he wanted to stop them. But his father called at the same time, " Caleb drew!" he rolled his eyes because he knew that father was upset. Without delaying, he went to him.
" Wish, please understand....." he pushed her hair back gently, " I dont want to see you hurt again." This made her loosen up and she finally nodded.
Julie saw the way they were talking so close. Her face had turned sour. Just then someone grabbed her wrist and pulled her away from the crowd. It was Veronica who pulled her aggressively and once they reached the washroom, she let go of her hand.
" Why did you come back so suddenly?" Veronica folded her arms. She had definitely noticed Julie's sour expression.
" Why dont you answer? oh! you cant fucking talk, can you?" she pushed Julie's shoulder. Julie didnt flinch by her threats and glared back at her.
3 years back, Veronica had doubted about Julie's real side. She always thought Julie was a kind and innocent girl like everyone else until that day.
Veronica had visited William's house for a serious meeting. After the meeting finished, she came out of the office and her eyes caught a shadow running away at the corridor. She hurriedly went towards the shadow and saw it was Julie's back. " Hey Julie!"
Julie immediately stopped on her tracks. " Were you here to meet William?" she asked getting weird vibes. Julie nodded and started walking again.
" Then why were you strolling here when you know his room is above?"
That day, Julie had ignored her question and walked away.
Veronica stepped closer to the girl with a threatening stance, " if you come in between William and Wish, i will make sure to send you back to hell." she stormed out of the washroom.
While Julie clenched her fist, banging it on the marble sink.
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They sat in a group on the round tables. Julie was already seated between Caleb and William. Wish sat beside him and Veronica. The dinner time had arrived as they ate having small conversation. Julie smiled happily eating her food.
Wish stared at her phone and saw Lucas had finally messaged her,
Lucas miles: i am with Lisa. Also i followed plan B because we failed to enter.
Veronica suddenly nudged at her, making her jump. She showed her phone with text written: Isnt she annoying?
Wish looked towards Julie being giggly and turned to the cousin mouthing, 'dont say that!' she only shrugged playing with her food.
After everyone were done with their dinner, the emcee came back again. " Hope you all enjoyed the dinner. Now we will start with our last game!"
'a game?' Wish thought to herself.
" Tonight we are bringing back the Bingo game!" the emcee said and everyone clapped excited. " five years ago, Bingo game was the tradition of Golden party."
Waiters started clearing out the table and replaced it with Bingo cards and pens. " We will choose two people from each group with highest tokens. Then they will again compete with the selected people only. And Finally! two winners will be selected. Their prize will be meeting with the two business masterminds who will help you in 'bringing a company down'. "
This words made Wish's ears perk. 'bringing a company down'. Would they really be able to help her with.....her goal? If they were masterminds....they must have been professionals. Everybody looked ready to play the game now. All of them had the same goals. To bring down a company who was a disturbance to them.
" Hope i was clear with the instructions. Now in 10 minutes, we will be starting the game."
Wish held the pen tightly. This game would help her reach one step close to her goals. She was not going to let it pass.
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