Willie had always thought that Gerald was nothing more than a mere acquaintance. He had never thought that Gerald would ever make it this far. Due to that, he had always looked down upon him. In the past, Willie had even tried his best to avoid him, just to prevent Gerald from asking him for help. Now however, all these famous figures were calling him Mr. Crawford. The mysterious Mr. Crawford of Mayberry turned out to be Gerald this entire time! This fact was… Willie gulped hard. His mind was blank and the realization of the situation was akin to a massive slap to his face. He was so shocked that the corner of his mouth was even twitching. Leila herself was covering her mouth with both her hands, equally as shocked as her father. It wasn’t any different for the Winters who all looked shocked to their cores. However, it was Waxham’s two daughters who had it the worst. It had never occurred to them that Gerald would ever be the actual Mr. Crawford. No wonder he was so rich
“Holy cr*p! That’s a Lamborghini Reventón! That thing costs more than 200 million!” Everyone was exclaiming in awe. At that moment, Sienna and Xeno stepped out of the car. Xeno then tossed the car keys over to Gerald before saying, “Here you go, brother! I brought it here, just like you told me to!” Gerald had asked Xeno for a favor two days ago. Since he didn’t have a car in this area and he still needed some form of transportation, he had told Xeno to bring his car over. Gerald smiled as he patted Xeno on the shoulder. They then entered the conference hall together. “So that car belongs to Mr. Crawford!” said everyone with envy in their voices. After taking loads of pictures, the birthday celebration finally started. According to Zack, this celebration was way less grand compared to what Gerald’s sister had hosted back then. Gerald didn’t have any trouble accepting that fact. After all, his sister had rented an entire island for her birthday party! That was just way too
Willie knew that Gerald had purposely made him wait for that long. After all, he had made Gerald go through a similarly long wait in the past. While this was happening, a Rolls-Royce Phantom was speeding down the roads of Yanken. It seemed to be heading toward Mayberry. Sitting at the back of the car was a stylish and young, rich woman. To be frank, ‘woman’ would be an overstatement since she looked more like a young lady who had freshly graduated from university. “Are we there yet?” asked the lady as she opened her eyes slowly. She was focused on the scenery outside the car’s window. “We’re almost in Mayberry City, miss!” replied the chauffeur. “Tell the cars behind us to catch up!” ordered the lady after hearing that. The chauffeur then did as she ordered by relaying the order through a walkie-talkie. Behind the Phantom, around twenty Maybach cars followed closely. Any other cars on the road had to make way for this group of expensive-looking cars. “Mayberry City and it
“Could that be Uriah’s car?” By then, quite a large crowd had gathered at the entrance. Even though Gerald had decided not to keep his identity a secret anymore, he still felt embarrassed to have so many eyes on him. It was difficult, to say the least, for Gerald to adapt to all the sudden attention he was receiving. After giving the situation some thought, he decided not to drive into the campus. Instead, he turned the car around and parked it in a little forest nearby, just as he had back then. He then began walking over to his campus. “Gerald?” At that moment, Gerald heard his name being called out and he was shocked when he noticed the petite uniformed girl who had called out to him. The girl was equally as shocked when she saw Gerald as well. After a moment, she smirked before saying, “Heh, what a coincidence that we bumped into each other here!” “You were able to pass the Mayberry University entrance exams?” asked Gerald in return. He really hadn’t expected to meet
By then, Gerald had already returned to the dormitory. When Harper and Benjamin saw him, they immediately rushed over to give him a big hug. “Welcome back, Gerald!” He was very pleased to see them as well. In no time at all, the three of them started chatting and catching up with one another. Gerald had returned to the campus first just to see Harper and Benjamin. He would later still have to head to his company. As the trio continued chatting with one another, the dormitory door suddenly creaked open. Gerald was startled when he saw an unfamiliar girl standing at the door. “Brother!” shouted the girl happily as she looked at Harper. “Hello, Benjamin! And you must be Gerald, right?” “That I am. Nice to meet you! Are you Harper’s younger sister?” asked Gerald. “I am! My name’s Roseanne! You’re so handsome, Gerald!” replied Roseanne with a smile. “Speaking of which, my brother told me that he’s bringing me out for lunch with my new roommates later. Are you coming al
“Oh my god! That was him? We were actually walking together with Mr. Crawford of Mayberry City?!” “Harper, you’re not pulling our legs, are you?” asked several of the girls in unison. “What would I gain from lying to you? Gerald’s always been low-key and we honestly just found out about his real identity quite recently!” replied Harper as he smiled. “No wonder I kept feeling that Gerald was a little too attractive while we were walking together earlier! So he really is the one and only Mr. Crawford!” Everyone continued laughing and chatting about Gerald after that. He was now their main topic of conversation. Harper had planned to take his sister and the other girls around campus to show them where places like the library and swimming pool were. After that, they would be taken to the campus’s cultural exhibition center. It wasn’t long before a few of the girls couldn’t walk any further. After all, Mayberry University was quite enormous. “Stop! I can’t go on anymore! I nee
“W-what? Where is he now?” replied Roseanne as she trembled in shock. “Follow me!” The group of girls then ran after her immediately. When they arrived at the scene, Roseanne saw both Harper and Benjamin bleeding profusely on the ground. “Brother!” “Roseanne! I’m fine but those people… They were ruthless!” Though Harper was used to fighting, he couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear as he replayed the scene from earlier in his mind. When the group of men started beating them up, the duo had naturally tried to fight back. However, Dante was able to lift them with just one hand. After receiving a swift kick from Dante, Harper felt his world turn black. The same went for Benjamin. Neither of them ever stood a fighting chance, and both of them ended up being beaten up badly. “Who’s responsible for this? I’m calling the police right now!” cried out Roseanne. Before she could do so, Harper grabbed her hand first. “Call Gerald, I think those people were after him instead!”
While this was happening, Gerald had just found out about Harper and Benjamin’s situation from Roseanne. After hearing the news, he immediately rushed to the hospital. “What happened?” asked Gerald anxiously as soon as he saw the duo. Both of them had been severely beaten up. “We don’t know much either! We were beaten up by a group of men that we’ve never met before. They seem to be coming for you, so be careful!” replied Harper. Gerald was surprised to hear that. Coming for him? “Who could possibly want to beat me up?” “Brother Gerald, one of our classmates informed us that the one who had instructed the men to beat Harper and Benjamin up was a girl from our department! Her name is apparently Natasha and she’s very domineering!” “What?! Natasha?!” Gerald was now even more surprised. Based on what Harper and Benjamin had told him, the group of men wasn’t ordinary gangsters or thugs. Not only were they skillful in fighting, they had also arrived in Maybach cars! All this h