A life of my own

The world has changed so much, to the extent that some parents now encourage their kids to become criminals. At least I know some parents who paid for their kids to learn how to do internet fraud so that they could get money so fast.

If such people found out that billions were waiting for them somewhere, they wouldn’t hesitate before embracing such an opportunity to take over the cartel of their father.

I love money like my life depends on it, but becoming a criminal for money is what I would never think of or want either. But knowing that my grandfather was a warlord means I will be swimming inside money if I agree to take over the cartel, and that can be tempting, especially when money is involved, but come to think of it, criminal, why didn’t my father take over his father’s business?

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That would be the first question I will ask him on my 20th birthday and why he didn’t tell me the truth from the start. More so for him not to have taken over his father’s business; it means the business cannot be healthy for me to take over as well, so I wouldn’t dare look that way at all because I don’t plan on living in fear of police catching me or sleeping inside prison.

Now to talk about my mom, hmmm, she must be ready to explain herself, tired, because why would she hide such a secret from me? The only child she has—no, she really would explain it for real.

Right from when I was a kid, I did not like anything that had to do with police, government, and so on. So taking over my mom’s job will be a very difficult thing for me to do because I can’t imagine spying on someone for years so that he or she could end up in jail. The truth is I don’t support bad things, but I have a soft mind, and that wouldn’t allow me to become a secret agent just like my mom.

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For both my mother and my father’s wish for me to inherit or take over them, it’s a no for me because I would rather be neutral for the rest of my life than to become a criminal or someone who chases criminals up and down.

If it warrants me to change my surname to stay away from their inheritance, I would do just that because I don’t like anything that would make me feel uncomfortable or restless, as if someone is after my life.

A secret agent can’t have a full rest of mind because they will always suspect everything and everyone around them just to make sure they don’t make mistakes doing their work. I, on the other hand, can be so careless sometimes, so I can’t get involved with such work that would put my life in danger and that of my husband and kids as well.