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Rejected to Redeemed Chapter 9
I let out an "Mm" while I kept working through my experiment data."You want to guess what's going on? Word around the industry is the McGees raised a kid who's only good at spending money, and shoved their own biological golden-goose son out the door instead. Now that they need you, I bet they're hoping you'll come back and put out the fire."I smiled and didn't respond.Put out the fire? I couldn't be bothered to even glance at how badly their house was burning.Turned out Ben's words came true faster than either of us expected.It was an ordinary afternoon. I'd just walked out of the lab when my phone rang.It was an unfamiliar overseas number.I picked up, and a voice came through, both familiar and strangely distant.It was Dad."Blake," he said, his tone carrying a deliberate warmth, along with a note of caution. "Are you... settling in all right, out there?""I'm fine," I said, keeping it brief. "Dad, is there something you need?"That bluntness caught him off guard f
Rejected to Redeemed Chapter 8
After that whole affair, my world finally went quiet.Graduation season arrived before long.My thesis earned top marks, and my resume now listed a National Collegiate Business Competition championship along with a handful of successful small projects.Before I'd even started sending out applications, an email arrived in my inbox from halfway across the world.It was a full scholarship offer letter from a top-tier university, and a direct path into a doctoral program.I looked at the offer and felt strangely calm.Every late night I'd pulled, every book I'd buried myself in, every mile I'd run, all of it had finally paid off in this one moment.I told Ben the news, and he got so excited he picked me up and spun me around three times on the spot. Then I got a call from home.It was Dad.His voice sounded conflicted, like he was trying to sound like a proud father but couldn't quite bring himself to fully commit to it. "Blake, I heard the news. You're going abroad to further y
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Every time they negotiated, Timothy kept meticulous records of Pete's offers, his terms, and every one of Alexis's veiled threats, all backed up with voice recordings and email screenshots.Pete probably thought I'd already turned into meat on the chopping block, his for the taking.He grew more and more impatient, and his terms got harsher by the day. He even bypassed Beacon entirely and started poaching key members off our team.Meanwhile, I acted like I'd vanished off the face of the earth, staying out of the whole mess entirely.Alexis called me once, in that condescending, "let me enlighten you" tone she always used."Blake, Pete tells me you're starting a business? Small-scale stuff is fine, but the real business world isn't that simple. Pete's just trying to help. With the McGee Group's resources behind you, that beats floundering around on your own. Don't be ungrateful."Listening to her on the phone, I nearly laughed out loud."Thanks for the advice, sis," I said, my to
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"You know, kiddo..." Mom let out a sigh, her tone softening. "This is great, really great. Your father's happy too. He's proud of you."I didn't respond.Proud? Were they proud of me, or proud that it made the McGee name look good?I didn't need that kind of cheap validation anymore.Not long after I hung up, my phone buzzed again. It was a text message from Dad.[Blake, I saw you on TV. I'm really proud of you. Congratulations.]I stared at that message for a long time.The word "Dad" felt like it was burning a hole through the screen.Ben came out of the shower and saw me staring blankly at my phone. He leaned over for a look and smirked. "Well, look who decided to be proud of you all of a sudden. Where was that energy before?"I smiled and said nothing.I typed slowly, every letter deliberate, and hit send.[Thank you for the congratulations.]No greeting, no "Dad." Just the most polite, most distant reply.Once I sent it, I tossed the phone face down on the desk, cut
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From that day on, I never went home again, and I stopped bothering to argue with any of them about anything.I still took whatever money they gave me, though. No hesitation there.The first venture Ben and I started was really just to test the waters.We picked up the campus food delivery and package pickup business.Later, we expanded into printing, secondhand textbook buybacks, and grad school exam prep materials.Every day left me so exhausted I'd collapse into bed and fall asleep instantly, with no room left in my head to think about the McGees' drama.I grew quieter, and busier, by the day.Mom called me a few times.At first, her tone carried a bit of an accusatory edge, asking why I never came home on weekends.I'd just say flatly, "Busy. Schoolwork."After a few calls like that, her tone on the other end slowly started to warm into something like relief.Once, she even told me, "Blake, this is good, you know. You're finally focused, putting your energy into your stud
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I'd profited 26,600 dollars off the whole scheme.I handed over the little wrapped box. "Dad, happy birthday."He took it, and just as I'd expected, set it down without a glance on the table already piled with other gifts. He nodded. "Good, you made it. Go find somewhere to sit."The words had barely left his mouth when Pete walked over, arm in arm with Alexis.He opened a lavish velvet box and held it out to Dad."Dad, happy birthday! Alexis and I picked this out together. Take a look and see if you like it."It was a Patek Philippe watch.A wave of gasps and compliments went up around them at once."Oh, George, your two kids are so devoted!""Pete's got a great eye. That watch suits your whole look perfectly!"Dad grinned from ear to ear and immediately took off his old watch to put on the new one."I love it, I really do! My boy always knows exactly what I want."My little wooden box ended up buried under a pile of designer wrapping paper, not even a corner of it visible
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