Chapter 2 Who Killed My Mother

A billion dollars?

Mathews immediately opened the mobile banking app on his phone to check his account balance.

And indeed, the number on the screen was so shocking that he almost felt dizzy.

He began to tremble.

"There's a billion dollars in my account? What the fuck?"

With eyes wide open, he breathed heavily as though the blood in his body was boiling.

Just then, his phone rang again.

It was from an unknown number.

Mathews answered the call right away.

"Mathews, I just transferred a billion dollars to your bank account." A deep male voice came from the other end of the line.

Holding his breath, Mathews asked cautiously, "And who... Who on earth are you? Why did you send me that money?"

Mathews knew well that there was no concept of a free lunch. No one would give a billion dollars to a stranger without a reason!

It was evident that the man on the other end wanted something from him.

Mathews racked his brains to try and figure out what that man could possibly want from him, because he was just an orphan without any powerful connections.

"I'm a friend of your parents."

The mysterious man's words exploded in Mathews' mind like a bomb.

"I know who killed your biological mother!" the man added before Mathews could say anything.

Upon hearing that, Mathews felt his mind went blank. He completely lost his ability to think for a moment and stood there in a daze.

Actually, he had a faint memory of his past.

When he was a child, he had lived in a large, magnificent villa with his mother.

Although his father had rarely showed up, he had lived a happy life with his mother.

However, everything had changed on one particular day...

Their house had been set on fire, and there had been blood everywhere. He felt like he could still smell the choking thick smoke from that day whenever closed his eyes.

Mathews had seen a woman with a scar on her face murdering his mother.

His beautiful and kind mother had been killed and thrown into the flames right before his eyes.

As a kid, Mathews had been so terrified that he had wanted to scream his heart out. However, a maid had covered his mouth.

The maid had helped him escape the murderer before she had weakly fallen on the soft snowy street.

Mathews had thrown himself on her and cried inconsolably.

A little girl, who was as beautiful as an angel, showed up and saved him at that moment.

In fact, that little girl was Debby!

And Rosa Astley was the maid who had helped Mathews escape. She was also his adoptive mother who was lying sick on the hospital bed now.

The Coleman family had not only helped Rosa get treatment, but they had also taken them in.

Ever since, Rosa had worked as a maid in the Coleman household in order to be able to afford Mathews' tuition.

Debby's grandfather had noticed how the kids grew up together and got along well with each other, and considering Debby being his only granddaughter and Mathews being a decent man, he had decided to let them marry and officially make Mathews part of the Coleman family.

However, unfortunately, Patty had always been dissatisfied with Mathews, so after Debby's grandfather had passed away, she had driven Mathews out of their house.

And that was the reason Mathews had not been able to pay for Rosa's hospital bill now.

"Who killed my birth mother?"

Mathews growled in a trembling voice that was mixed with a hint of anger, sadness, and pain.

"I can't tell you now. I will only tell you once you finish spending that billion dollars I gave you within a month. Keep in mind that no one can know about the wealth you have now."

Saying that, the mysterious man hung up the phone.

Mathews was about to call him back, but then Brent came over.

"Why are you still here?"

Brent scoffed when he saw that Mathews was still standing there instead of running around to gather money for his mother's medical bill.

Did you not take my words seriously? Fine, then! I'll call the funeral home and ask them to take your mother away since you're shamelessly refusing to pay the bill for her treatment," Brent said rudely.

Mathews glared at him with red eyes and hissed, "Don't go too far. I'll pay the bills now!"

Brent was shocked. Did Mathews really manage to get so much money in such a short time?

Surprised, he rolled his eyes at Mathews and suddenly remembered something. "You asked Debby for money, didn't you? You always rely on your girl to spend money for you. What a loser! Do you even deserve to be called a man?"

Since Mathews had a billion dollars in his account now, he was confident.

"It's none of your business where I got the money from. All you need to know is that I can pay the bill now!"

Brent didn't expect that Mathews would suddenly turn so aggressive, and his face turned livid with rage.

All of a sudden, Mathews' phone vibrated in his pocket.

It was another unknown number.

He was about to answer the call when he accidentally turned on the speaker.

"Hello, is this Mr. Mathews Larson?

This is Saul Torres, president of Hlas Bank's branch in Nouis.

My people just informed me that you have deposited a billion dollars in our bank."

A flattering voice came from the other end of the line.

But before Mathews could answer...

Brent laughed scornfully.

"A billion dollars? The president?

How ridiculous you are, Mathews! You even got someone to put on an act in front of me!

Did you seriously think that I would buy this crap? What a bunch of idiots!"