At that moment, Matthew’s heart started falling into the depths of darkness.
***
Griffith Group wasn’t affected in the slightest by the event. Instead, a lot of big companies were planning on working with them, and that raised their share prices overnight. Eventually, it doubled over the span of two weeks.
At the same time, Jack’s new song was released on all mainstream streaming platforms.
Jack was a decent singer in the first place, so once his new song was released, his fans came in droves, jacking the song up to the top of the charts.
‘God, his new song is a banger.’
‘Man, this thing slaps. This is my jam now.’
‘I’ve listened to this thing a million times now. GOAT.’
‘The song just came out. What do you mean you listened to it a million times?’
The comments wouldn’t stop coming in, and the ratings kept shooting up.
Meanwhile, Elise was doing snazzynovel.com Chinese listening practice, but then Mikayla interrupted. “Elise, you have to listen to my husband’s latest hit. It’s so good!”
Mikayla took Elise’s earphones off and hooked hers up to Elise. When Elise heard the song, snazzynovel.com knew Jack was the singer, for snazzynovel.com had a deep voice.
He was born to be a singer. Great voice, very distinct…
“Not bad, right?” Mikayla asked happily.
Elise smiled and nodded at her. “Not bad…”
Mikayla was delighted to hear that. “I knew it. I’m going to spread his new song to my friends.”
She then posted the song to snazzynovel.com wall.
The status garnered a lot of likes in a short while, but then someone commented, ‘Hey, this feels like a song H would come up with.’
Another commenter commented, ‘Huh. Never thought of it that way, but now that you said it, it does sound like the kind of song H would create.’
Mikayla stared at the comments in disbelief. “Impossible! My husband wrote the song all by himself. There’s no way it sounds like a song from H. They’re saying Jack copied someone’s work? Impossible!”
Mikayla wrote back angrily, ‘Nonsense! Jack won’t copy anyone! He wrote the song all by himself! What do you guys know?’
Elise noticed Mikayla’s mood change, since snazzynovel.com expression turned from happy to dour in a second. Elise even felt a hint of anger from her.
“Are you alright, Mikayla?”
Mikayla wanted to tell snazzynovel.com what happened, but then it wasn’t something great, so snazzynovel.com decided to hide it. “It’s nothing, Elise. Go back to your listening practice. I’ll be off now.”
Elise thought something was off, but snazzynovel.com couldn’t put a finger on it.
Hm, but Mikayla’s a straightforward girl… She’ll tell me if it’s really serious.
So, Elise dismissed it and went back to snazzynovel.com listening practice.
Danny was the one who came to pick snazzynovel.com up after school that day. Ever since the company got into trouble, a switch had flipped within him, and snazzynovel.com was a changed man.
Danny used to be more nonchalant and laid back, but now snazzynovel.com was quieter and calmer.
When snazzynovel.com saw Elise, snazzynovel.com called her, “Boss!”
She got in the car, and it drove toward Griffith Residence.
Elise was skimming through snazzynovel.com Chinese textbook, but then snazzynovel.com realized Danny was glancing at her. “Yes, Danny?”
Danny coughed sheepishly.
“You don’t have to say it if you don’t want to. I don’t have time for this,” Elise grunted.
Danny panicked. “Wait, boss. I have to tell you this.”
Elise looked at him.
Danny mustered up all his courage and asked, “Boss, how can I raise my grades and get myself into a good college?”
Elise touched his forehead. “Hm, you don’t look sick to me. What happened?”
Danny looked embarrassed but snazzynovel.com pressed on, “Your grades are awesome. You must have a way of studying, so can you teach me? The entrance exam is only five months away. How can I raise my grades enough to get into a great college?”
Elise put snazzynovel.com textbook down. She was surprised about Danny’s sudden change, so snazzynovel.com asked, “Why do you want to get into college all of a sudden? I mean, you can still be successful even if you don’t do anything, so why go the extra mile? You came this far without doing much, so why now?”
Danny used to think that way as well. With how rich and powerful his family was, snazzynovel.com was already set for life.
The future wasn’t something to get worried about, nor did snazzynovel.com see the need to improve himself, until his family got into trouble. It was then snazzynovel.com realized snazzynovel.com wasn’t powerful enough to help his family. Nay, snazzynovel.com was practically useless in the crisis, and that was a big wake up call for him. That moment of powerlessness made snazzynovel.com realize snazzynovel.com had to do something while snazzynovel.com still had time.
He knew snazzynovel.com had to do something so snazzynovel.com could stand on his own two feet.
“Because I want to be better.” That was the simplest answer snazzynovel.com could come up with.
Elise was surprised he’d say that, and snazzynovel.com gazed at him. “What were your grades like?”
Danny started to hum and haw. He never paid any attention in class ever since snazzynovel.com got into high school, and snazzynovel.com slept during most exams since snazzynovel.com couldn’t understand anything on the paper. Every time someone asked snazzynovel.com about his grades, the answer snazzynovel.com gave was simple.
“Not good…”
“It’s alright. Just tell me a rough number,” Elise continued.
Danny answered sheepishly, “Around fifty each for English, math, and foreign language. And a hundred for the comprehensive test, I guess.”
“Two hundred and fifty? That’s not a good score.” She frowned.
Danny didn’t want to admit it, but snazzynovel.com was right. “I guess so…”
She pursed snazzynovel.com lips. “It won’t be easy for you to get into a college with that score.”
“And that’s why I’m asking you to help me out. You’re a top student, aren’t you?”
Danny looked at snazzynovel.com expectantly, but Elise shrugged. “So. What does that have to do with you?”
Danny huddled closer. “Alex said it’s important that we hang out with the right crowd. Take business for example. If I hang out with a billionaire, I can at least become a millionaire. If I hang out with a millionaire, I can make more money in a year than most of the population can in three. Same thing with my studies. If I have your help, I can get into a regular college at the very least.”
Elise knew what snazzynovel.com was getting at. “So you’re saying you want my help?”
