Stepbrother Secret Billionaire by Stephanie Brother

Author:Stephanie Brother [Brother, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

I didn’t see Mick for a few days after that. Both of us were crazy-busy with work. It gave me time to think. When he said he felt like he knew me--every time I thought of it, my heart squeezed in my chest. You do know me, Mick, I wanted to say. Why didn’t he see it? I must not have meant anything to him at all, seven years ago, or he would have remembered my face. I knew I looked different, but did I really change that much? I had seen his face in my mind so many times--I’d have recognized him anywhere, anytime, no matter how many years had gone by.

Still, when a wonderful thing happened at work, the first person I wanted to tell about it was Mick. I called him at his office right away. I had to talk my way past two secretaries to get to him, but I finally did.

“Hey Casey! I’ve been meaning to call you all day. How are you?”

“I’m fantastic! You’ll never believe what happened!”

“What?”

“We got a grant! My non-profit got this huge grant! I am going to be able to hire people; I am going to be able to help so many kids and families with so many good programs! I want to scream from happiness!”

“Wow! How big is the grant?”

“Oh Mick. You won’t believe it. It’s for an obscene amount of money.”

“Tell me anyway.”

“Ten million dollars.” I whispered the amount--it just didn’t seem real!

“Are you kidding? Ten million dollars?” Mick had no problem shouting out the amount.

“Yes! Isn’t it insane?”

“It’s pretty amazing. Of course, the companies I sue have huge cash reserves, so maybe it doesn’t seem as insane to me as it does to you. Who’s the donor?”

“Well, that’s another strange thing. The donor is a foundation, but I can’t find out anything about it. It looks like it was just formed the same day as the grant. It’s just the River Foundation.”

“Huh.

“Isn’t that weird, though?”

“Mm, I don’t know. Foundations give donations to environmental groups all the time, and they come and go pretty quickly sometimes. I wouldn’t worry about it too much if I were you.”

“Another weird thing is, I didn’t even apply for this grant. It’s a brand new grant, and we’re the only recipients. And there are no strings on the money, no pet program we have to use. I don’t get it.”

“Huh.” He was silent for a few seconds and then said, “Let’s celebrate! I’ll take you anywhere you want to go. How about Paris?”

I got a good laugh out of that one. “Very funny, Mick. I can’t spend this money on stuff like trips to Paris! This money is for the kids!”

“I know, Case. Just kidding. Still, I’d love to see you, even if it isn’t in Paris. Where do you want to go?”

“Oh gosh, I don’t know. Are we talking dinner?”

“Sure! Or wait. Shit. I have a deposition that might run late and then some errands I can’t get out of. Let’s meet for a drink later.

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