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My Stolen Providence

My Stolen Providence

Maikling Kwento · Emotional Realism
By:  Sweet Pomelo TeaKumpleto
Language: English
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Synopsis

Family Emotions

Remorse Family

Countdown

Bias

Independence

Melodramatic

Familial Bond

My adoptive brother, Ryan Wellington, saved me from a car accident. When he woke up, he lost the memory of my parents ever finding me, their true biological son, or of anything that had happened since. He still believed he was their only son. He pointed at me and asked, "Who is he?" My mom, Tina Wellington, was originally holding my hand. When she saw how anxious he looked, she slowly let go. She said, "His name is Leon. He's just a distant relative who's staying with us." My dad, Joseph Wellington, and my older sister, Claire Wellington, went along with it. My fiancee, Natalie Evans, stood nearby and never mentioned our engagement as well. The doctor said he couldn't handle too much stress, so everyone asked me to play along. In the first week, he moved into my room and took the watch Grandpa had left me. During the first month, my parents turned my birthday party into a recovery celebration and introduced to everyone that I was an orphan the family was supporting. By the third month, Claire had cropped me out of our family portrait, and my fiancee had put my engagement ring on Ryan's finger. Whenever I protested, they reminded me, "If Ryan hadn't saved you, you'd be the one lying in a hospital bed." On the day of my engagement party, he wore my suit and accepted everyone's congratulations with my fiancee on his arm. After the party, when no one was around, he leaned close to me and said, chuckling, "This suit was made for you, but it really does fit me better." I had barely asked if he had ever gotten his memory back a long time ago when Claire cut me off coldly. "Enough! Natalie already said she'll have another ceremony with you once Ryan gets better. Do you have to make a scene today?" My parents accused me of being so jealous that I would slander the man who had saved my life. That was when I finally gave up on them. If this family only had room for one son, I was done fighting for a place.

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Chapter 1

Ryan Wellington had barely stepped out of the lounge when he pressed a hand to his forehead and swayed. Everyone rushed over immediately.

My mother, Tina Wellington, supported him while my sister, Claire Wellington, shoved a chair out of the way. "Ryan's getting a headache. We need to get him to the hospital."

As my father, Joseph Wellington, walked past me, all he said was, "Stay here and hold the room. We don't need the guests to make us into a laughingstock."

The lights in the banquet hall went out one by one.

The manager approached me with the bill, looking somewhat uncomfortable. "Sir, the change of suit on short notice, the extra guest seating, and the damage to the champagne tower come to another 18,000 dollars."

I looked at the name of the person responsible for payment.

Leon Wellington. That was my name.

Ryan had stolen my engagement party, but I was expected to pay for everything he had damaged.

I turned to the attached paperwork and stopped. The groom's name, the main table's seating chart, and the photo displays had all been changed a week earlier.

Dad had approved everything, and Claire had handled the arrangements. Natalie had signed the documents herself.

She had even left a note about the video I had recorded about my life. "It has nothing to do with today's event. Delete it."

The manager gave me a cautious look. "Sir, didn't you approve these changes?"

I shook my head. "I only found out today."

What they kept calling a "temporary performance" had been planned well in advance. They just had not bothered to tell the fiance that he was being replaced.

I paid the balance with my card and went backstage to collect my belongings.

The bag for my suit had been thrown beside a trash can. The hem of my suit jacket was covered in red wine stains and shoe prints.

I had visited seven tailors and had the suit altered six times before I was satisfied. Now that Ryan had worn it, they apparently saw no reason even to return it.

I left the suit where it was and took only my documents and laptop.

My phone rang as I stepped out of the hotel. It was Peter Harrison, the head of Summit Group.

Three months earlier, he had invited me to join the company's overseas headquarters to expand its business in Liveria.

I had turned him down then. Natalie had said she did not want me living too far away from home after we got married.

"Leon, the position is still open." Peter got straight to the point. "I'm asking you one last time. Will you take it?"

I felt the night breeze on my bare ring finger, and I did not look back at the hotel. "I will."

Peter laughed softly. "Good. I'll have someone book you a flight in five days from now."

The confirmation email arrived almost at once. I clicked "Accept."

"Thank you. And Leon? Welcome aboard. See you in five days."

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Chapter 1
Ryan Wellington had barely stepped out of the lounge when he pressed a hand to his forehead and swayed. Everyone rushed over immediately. My mother, Tina Wellington, supported him while my sister, Claire Wellington, shoved a chair out of the way. "Ryan's getting a headache. We need to get him to the hospital." As my father, Joseph Wellington, walked past me, all he said was, "Stay here and hold the room. We don't need the guests to make us into a laughingstock." The lights in the banquet hall went out one by one. The manager approached me with the bill, looking somewhat uncomfortable. "Sir, the change of suit on short notice, the extra guest seating, and the damage to the champagne tower come to another 18,000 dollars." I looked at the name of the person responsible for payment. Leon Wellington. That was my name. Ryan had stolen my engagement party, but I was expected to pay for everything he had damaged. I turned to the attached paperwork and stopped. The groom's name,
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Chapter 2
The confirmation email was still on my screen when my dad called. He did not ask when I had gotten home the night before or who had paid the extra 18,000 dollars for the party. "Be at the office before nine. Ryan's taking over your project, so get the materials ready for him." I held my phone, my fingertips growing cold. I had negotiated that project myself after joining Wellington Group. To secure the other company's use license for their technology, I had flown out eleven times. Despite my alcohol allergy, I drank with clients until I had stomach bleeding. Dad had patted my shoulder back then and promised me a seat on the board once the deal became final. Now, when we were one step away from signing the contract, he wanted to hand it to Ryan. The conference room was full of senior members from the management team. When I walked in, Ryan's nameplate was already in front of my seat. He wore my dark suit and was flipping through the proposal I had spent six months writing.
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Chapter 3
I moved the email into an encrypted folder and took a cab to the marital home Natalie and I were supposed to share after our wedding. Before leaving, I needed to collect my personal documentation and luggage. When I entered the code, the lock beeped and stayed locked. I tried three times with the same result. The property manager hurried over, looking embarrassed. "Ms. Natalie changed the locks yesterday. She changed the resident registration to Mr. Ryan's name, too." My name was now on the list of people barred from the property instead. I stood speechless in front of the door I had picked out myself, not sure what to say at all. Natalie arrived half an hour later. She took one look at me. "Why did you follow us here?" I stared at her. "Where are my things?" She avoided my eyes. "I put them in the underground parking garage. Ryan recognizes this place, and living here will help him stay calm. Once he's fully recovered, I'll move everything back." More than a dozen ch
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Chapter 4
I watched the footage three times. I downloaded the original video and made two backup copies. I no longer expected Natalie to come back to me. But Joseph and Tina… They were still my biological parents. They might have given in out of sympathy or blinded by gratitude to the man who had saved me, but surely they would not keep treating me this way once they saw the evidence? I returned to the Wellington residence with my laptop. Everyone was in the living room. Ryan was holding my mom's arm as they picked out wedding invitations, while my dad and Claire were discussing the project. Natalie was sitting beside him, peeling grapes for him. I connected my laptop to the television. "Watch this. Then I want an explanation." The footage began playing. Ryan's laughter filled the living room. Nobody spoke. Claire moved first. She rushed over and unplugged the television. The last image on the screen before it went black was Ryan's smug face. "Why do you still have access to th
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Chapter 5
Less than ten minutes after the statement was published by the Wellington Group, my mom shared the link in our family group chat. Dad replied with a single word: [Good.] Claire told the public relations department to pay to get it trending. She wanted to establish Ryan as the family's son as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, Natalie shared a preview of the wedding. I was the only one who stayed silent. Nobody thought that was strange. No matter how badly they had treated me in the past, I had always come home for dinner. I kept fixing Claire's project problems and stayed at my parents' side when they were sick. They were used to it. "Leon might get angry, but he would never leave." At dawn, Dad sent me a client handoff form through the family chat: [Finish organizing this in three days. Ryan's taking over the project, so don't hold anything back.] Claire messaged me right after my dad talked with me: [Come back to the office this afternoon. Ryan doesn't know some of the c
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Chapter 6
It was barely dawn when my plane landed. Peter's personal assistant was already waiting at the exit and handed me the keys to an apartment and my new employee badge. The title printed on it was "Director of Liverian Projects." I stared at it for a long time before hanging it around my neck. On the way to the office, I brought up the Wellington Group. "I have worked on their project. To avoid any dispute, I won't use their internal information. I can also step aside from the review if necessary." The personal assistant passed my message to Peter. A few minutes later, Peter called me himself. "Leon, Summit hired you for what you can do, not for what you could bring us from Wellington Group." I tightened my hand around my new badge. Being valued didn't have to depend on blood ties. I did not have to accept being mistreated to earn it, either. Meanwhile, back at the Wellington residence, Mom frowned at the empty dining table. "He hasn't made the glazed fish or picked up the
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Chapter 7
That night, Wellington Group called an emergency meeting. Claire had people search every corner of my office, but they found only project files that legally belonged to the company. The negotiation records, client details, and risk assessments were all there. Nobody knew why I had set the licensing royalty rate at seventeen percent, or which terms the other company would never accept. "Did he hide something on purpose?" Ryan asked as he bit his lip. Claire was about to agree when she found a work notebook at the back of a cabinet. It was filled with notes I had written over the past three years. Alongside project updates, I had written down the dates of our dad's checkups, the names of Mom's allergy medications, as well as the stomach medicine Claire needed after every business dinner. On the last page was a note I had written while fixing a loophole in her last contract: [Claire's under a lot of pressure. I shouldn't tell her how much the damages are yet.] Claire stare
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Chapter 8
When Natalie returned to the marital home, Ryan was telling the housekeepers to clear out the clutter. My mugs, books, and picture frames had all been piled by the door. "There's no point keeping these," he said as he tossed a mug into a cardboard box, cracking its base. Natalie grabbed his hand. "Who told you to touch these?!" Ryan froze. "Didn't you say I could stay here for now?" Natalie looked around. Ryan's suits filled the walk-in closet. Not a single thing belonging to me remained in the shoe cabinet, the bathroom, or by the bed. The digital photo frame was still connected to my account. Its screen lit up and began showing photos from when I was furnishing the house. In one image, I was asleep against a cabinet I had not finished assembling, still holding our wedding checklist. Back then, Natalie had promised that once we were married, she would never let anyone mistreat me. Now, she had taken my savings to order a custom suit for another man and stood beside him a
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Chapter 9
For more than ten seconds, no one in the conference room spoke. Dad recovered first. "Leon, do you have any idea what you're saying?" He sounded as commanding as ever, as though he could make me change my mind by being a little firmer. I displayed Wellington Group's proposal on the screen. "The scope of the licensing is unclear, the cost calculations overlook exchange rate risks, and the backup suppliers haven't been properly vetted. Any one of those issues could cost Summit Group millions of dollars." Ryan scrambled to his feet. "Leon, we only had two days to put this together. We can fix the problems. You don't have to cancel the whole partnership." "Mr. Ryan," I cut in. "This is a project review. Please address me by my honorifics." Ryan's face turned bright red. Claire rushed to his defense. "Leon, why are you making this personal?" Peter looked up. "Our risk department has verified all three problems Leon identified. If you believe he's retaliating, you can reque
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Chapter 10
News that Summit Group had ended the exclusive partnership spread through Wellington Group. The banks that had been waiting for the project to go ahead put plans to extend more credit on hold. Two suppliers demanded a review of their orders. Even the technical team that had already agreed to come aboard sent a letter asking about the risks involved. Dad spent the entire day in the conference room. Claire carried my work notebook as she led a team through the past three years of company projects. That was when they discovered that Wellington Group had once come within a single signature of a major breach of contract. I had spotted a hidden clause that would have made the company jointly liable for damages and had contacted the legal department that night to get it amended. Two years earlier, when cash flow had been tight, I had taken the proposal to six banks before securing enough time to keep the company afloat. Even the two clients Claire thought she had landed had only agr
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