<h4>Chapter 17: Mom? Is That You?</h4>
[Assets Calcted.]
I took a deep breath, sitting up on the couch. I told you my story of visiting heaven was a story forter. Now, you know why I was given this second chance.
[Liabilities Calcted.]
Five years. Enough time to overthrow an empire.
[Debts Calcted.]
I frowned. The system was also calcting M''s debts. That meant I should be expecting something lower than two hundred million dors.
[Net Worth: 7 million dors.]
[Reward: 70 million dors.]
I sighed in... relief? It wasn''t the two hundred million I had been expecting but seventy million dors was a lot of money.
With this money, I can take my first real step to achieving my goals.
I sent a silent thank you to the Administrator for the 10x Cashback System. I can''t wait to meet other stamp holders.
The blue box flickered and disappeared. I sat down for a second in expectation. Any minute now and it woulde.
One second. Two seconds. Ten seconds.
Nothing happened.
I pulled out my phone and checked my ount bnce. Why have I still not received my credit alert yet?
Aren''t money making systems supposed to have instant deposits? What''s going on? Is my system broken?
Then, my phone rang. I nced at the screen. A number I didn''t know.
I was tempted to reject the call and continue waiting for my reward to enter my bank ount but I needed something to keep me distracted for now.
I picked the call. "Hello?"
"Good morning. Am I speaking with Mr. Nichs Voss?" A deep voice asked. You know those kinds of voices that make thedies go crazy? That was what this dude had.
I paused. Who the hell is this? "Yes you are." I answered. "And who am I speaking with?"
"My name is Michael Lincoln and I am the attorney of Miss Lauren Cooper, your mother, and the executor of her will."
"Err..." I had no idea what to say.
"I apologize that it has taken me this long to find you, Mr. Voss." Lincoln said. "I should''ve contacted you a month ago when you turned twenty two but you were hard to find."
If you heard that your mother''s attorney was looking for you after twenty two years, what would you do?
"Why were you looking for me?" I asked.
"Your mother''s will contains a testamentary trust in which the firstyer activates when you turn twenty two. It is time for your mother''s will to be read."
I stood and began pacing. Maybe this is how my rewards from the system will get to me.
A source that can legally be exined, not like the magical credit alert I had been waiting for. If the IRS everes calling, I''ll have nothing to fear.
"What do I need to do?"
"Would you like the will to be read at my office or at a ce of your choosing?"
"Your office." I said. Lincoln gave me his office address and I paused. His office was also in Crownborough. How did this guy not find me for a month?
It didn''t take me long to get into my Audi and in forty five minutes, I was at the Lincoln and Wesley Law Group building.
I was impressed. Thew firm owned the building. Was my mother just a device the system is using to reward me or is she actually rich and mysterious enough to have a will big enough to hire these people.
I approached the reception desk, stated what I was here for and in two minutes, I was walking into Lincoln''s office.
"Mr. Voss." Lincoln stood from his chair and came forward to shake my hand and let me tell you, I was disappointed.
The image I had built in my head from the voice was not what was standing in front of me. Michael Lincoln was as ordinary as any other dude.
Early fifties. Salt and pepper brown hair and a beard. Brown eyes, average height and average features. But he was able to make up for it by his voice and his presence.
We shook hands, his grip firm and he gestured to the table and chairs at the side of the office.
"Please take a seat, Mr. Voss."
"Thank you." I sat.
He grabbed a file from his desk and walked to the table to sit opposite me.
"Like I said on the phone, your mother''s will has several uses, the first of which activates on your twenty second birthday."
"I was previously under the impression that you still lived in your previous residence only to discover that you moved after gaining admission at the university. I apologize for my mistakes."
"There''s no need to apologize, Mr. Lincoln." I smiled. "I''m here now."
"That is true." Lincoln nodded, matching my smile. "Let us begin with the reading of the will."
"Lets."
He nodded, opened the file and began to read.
"I, Lauren Cooper, of sound mind and body, hereby dere this to be my Last Will and Testament, revoking all former wills and codicils made by me."
He read the will which exined everything. My mother had left assets to me but I can only receive them when I achieve some milestones in life.
Then, we got to the section I came here for. The one I had unlocked by turning twenty two.
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"Upon reaching the age of twenty two, Nichs Voss, my son shall inherit 100% ownership and control of Cooper Real Estate, including all assets, subsidiaries and financial ounts rted to thepany."
Wait, what?! I blinked in shock. A real estatepany? What happened to my seventy million dors?
"The executor shall manage thepany until this date, ensuring its continued growth and profitability."
I opened my mouth to ask questions but decided to wait. It was not a good idea to be rude to the person who had been managing your assets before you got them.
"Upon his 22nd birthday, the beneficiary shall be informed of this inheritance and shall take over full responsibility for thepany''s operation."
I waited for the unsealed part of the will to be read. All I had ess to at this moment was the real estatepany.
Lincoln finally finished and grabbed a folder under the will''s folder and handed it to me.
"Here, Mr. Voss. Your documents of ownership of Cooper Real Estate which is currently valued at seventy million dors."
I took the document and began flipping through it. Thepany was really my reward.
The system hadn''t really said it would give me money. It had said it would give me wealth. Wealth can take the form of apany.
And now that I think about it, this was better than getting a lump sum of seventy million.
If I had the cash, it''ll take time for me to grow apany of my own or to even buy one. And seventy million wasn''t enough to buy anypany of significance.
With the Cooper Real Estate with me, I already have a fully mature business entity to y around with.
Just the way I like it.