Chapter 13：A Talk With Dad (2/2)
”You see, Senara, in this world, not all the people you'll meet are good people.”
I nodded in agreement. Then, I sat beside him on the bench as I listened to him.
”Remember our largest shop located at the heart of Global City?”
”Yes, you said it's our main branch, and most of our sales came from there,” I answered. I did remember that place, despite the long years I haven't seen it. ”Three-storey, very wide, and surrounded with a garden—our biggest high-end restaurant.”
That's right. If Ken's family owned several appliances shops, Hora's family owned furniture shops, our family owned chains of restaurants. Some were high class ones, some for middle class. Global City was the most populated and visited place in our country due to its beauty, and it being the heart of many businesses and companies. We were very lucky to be able to obtain a huge land in that area considering its price per square meter. If it wasn't for our ancestors investing on what others thought was a dying, barren land way, way back—I forgot if it was my great, great, great grandparents who bought them or something—we wouldn't be able to get a piece of land there.
”Right, that's the one,” Dad confirmed. ”You see… since that restaurant is located in a highly-coveted area, it somehow garnered unwanted attention.”
Badump! Badump! Badump! My heartbeat grew louder in my chest that I could almost hear it.
”Unwanted attention from whom?” I bravely asked.
”... From big whales.”
My eyes widened in surprise. Dad liked making his analogy with the ocean—something I inherited a bit.
”You mean… like really big whales?” For short, corporate giants.
He nodded. ”Yes. And compared to them, we are merely small fishes in the sea.”
F*ck. There would only be one thing that corporate giants would want from small fishes like us—territory!
”They want the land,” I stated, not even asking because it was clear what they wanted.
Dad looked surprised again from my statement, but he nodded in agreement.
My blood boiled so much, listening from the despicable truth that dad just told me.
”In short,” I breathed heavily in my anger, ”they want to acquire the land for free!”
Alas, Dad sighed deeply once more…
”Yes, they want it for free.”