Good things always come along with bad ones, and if you don't know yet what you'll have to pay for the moment of happiness or pleasure, than you just can't see the whole picture. Austin knew this theory, but he always chased after pleasure with true hedonistic enthusiasm. Sometimes it brought him to very interesting situations.
That day he woke up next to another short-term girlfriend, drank a cup of instant coffee, which, by the way, he always hated for this sourish taste. Well, Austin hated any sort of coffee not made or bought by Matt. This guy really knew what to do to make his boss satisfied, and this was the main reason why Wright wasn't ready yet to promote Matt. Now he understood why it wasn't that easy to promote a person who knows his or her duties better than anyone.
Austin took his phone and got surprised of how late he was. Well, he used to get to work late, but this morning there was an important meeting at a lawyer's office somewhere in Queens. Austin went to the shower, got shaved, and put his favorite dark blue costume on. He left the girl sleeping in his bed, sat in a car and drove to Queens.
The lawyer patiently waited for Austin and received him immediately as he arrived. This was a bit strange, and it got even stranger, when Austin came in a big room, where he found his relatives, and even those whom he hadn't seen from childhood.
- If you wanted to arrange family meeting, you could just call, - he laughed mildly.
Austin's aunt hushed and told him to sit down in a chair. Turned out, is wasn't just a family meeting. Everybody was waiting for the announcement of Austin's grandfather's testament. He knew him pretty well, this man took charge of Austin after his parents' car crash, but they were never close.
- I called you at least twenty times to invite you to the funeral, your phone was off, - his aunt whispered.
- Yeah, I changed my number.
For more than a year Austin didn't speak to his family, because he actually didn't know what to say. He was kind of lone wolf, and te felt better just living the way he wanted.
Austin's grandfather was very rich, and it wasn't a big surprise that the whole family gathered. When the lawyer came in, everybody fell silent. They knew that Austin's grandfather was very rich, but either they knew that he had a very specific sense of humor. So he left some money for other relatives, but Austin had to get the biggest part of his inheritance, though he had to do one thing to get it. He had to get married and spend at least a year as a married man.
- I'm gonna be rich, - Austin was that happy that he couldn't keep a secret and told Matty everything right after his report. - I haven't even thought that the old man would decide to leave me anything. And all I need to get his millions is to get married. I guess it won't be a problem.
He thought of a girl he left in the bed. Maybe she could become his short-term wife. Though Austin had enough time to find a proper girl to fullfill his grandfather's will and get the money.
And now Wright had a very interesting anecdote for the "golf club", and they won't even believe that a person like Austin could get married. And then he turned pale.
- This is bad, - he sighed. - I had a bet, a serious one. If I get married to any woman until fourty, I'll have to give away this company. Don't laugh, Matt, they don't just forget bets like this. What am I gonna do now?..
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