The Billionaire's Triplet Surprise

DISOWNED??

Amanda's POV

"Mandy you can do this, you can do this" I murmur to myself while looking up at the skyscraper that my dear old father owns.

I'm lying to myself I can't do this, what was I even thinking. I can't reason with my dad.

But it's now or never, I might as well.
Since I know I'm going to war I decided to wear my red bottoms stilettos with my favourite white pant suit and a black sleeveless shirt.
I need all the confidence I can get right now and surprisingly when you look good you feel good and you just somehow ooze confidence.

I head straight to the elevator and press the 21st floor which has  only 3 offices. My dad's office the chair man, the Chief executive officer, the chief finance officer and that's all.
Well each of them have secretaries but they occupy a small cubicle outside the main offices.

"Heyy Betty, is he in, " I ask my father's secretary.

"yeah he is, but let me warn you, he isn't in the best of moods. He was in a meeting earlier with his executives and things did not go well. I would be careful if I were you"
Betty is the only one who knows what I'm planning to do.

"Betty you know i can not work here, I have to tell him today. Maybe it would be a good thing you know, so he receives all the bad news at one's right?" Betty just stares at me, she is probably thinking I'm crazy.

"I don't think that's a good idea, I wouldn't do that if I were you Mandy"

I decide to just get it over and done with. I have to be honest with my father I mean how bad could it be.
I then go to his door and knock. I look back at Betty and she is shaking her head. I smile at her.
"here goes nothing" I say to myself

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"Amanda! what do you mean you don't want to join the family business,"my father shouts at me. I am in my father's office right now and I just revealed that I would not be joining his company but I will be going to Jo'burg for an acting audition in a week. My dad owns a multimillionaire construction company.

He wanted me to join his company just like my two older brothers. He had practically forced me to major in accounting and finance in college, but that stops now. It's time I take a stand and do what I love, which is my love for acting. I'm tired of doing what others think is right for me. It's time I start controlling my own life. I know I might make mistakes but then everyone knows that experience is the best teacher.

" Dad but I told you before I started college four years back that I will try acting first and if that doesn't work out I will come work for you, and you agreed remember? " I say in the softest voice I can come up with.

"I just agreed to that because I wanted you to go to business school, I thought by now you would have grown up and given up those silly dreams about acting and theatre work and clearly I was wrong".

" But dad.."I whine
" No buts young lady, you will start next week here as the assistant to my finance manager, you and your brothers will take over this company in few years, I won't be here forever and I would like to leave my company in the capable hands of my children and that's that. "every time he uses that tone it means you have to do what he says no matter what.
But I will not bow down this time.
" Dad I am going to Johannesburg on Friday for that audition." I say this as I stand up from my chair.

"Amanda if you leave on Friday know that you will no longer be my daughter, now go back home and prepare yourself for work on Monday" I can see he is really angry.
I can't believe he actually said that.

"Dad I'm going to Jo'burg whether you like it or not and if you want to disown me in the process, so be it," I say those words as I run out of my father's office. I can not let my father dictate how I live my life.
It is not right at all.

It is times like these that I wish my mother was still alive. I know she would be on my side or atleast calm my father down.
I curse the day cancer took our mom away from us, ever since then my dad just became this workaholic who is obsessed with his company.
I guess he used the company to cope with my mom's illness.
He did manage to make it more profitable but it was at the cost of our happiness.

When I finally get home, I start packing my bags. I don't know if he was joking about the whole disowning thing, but I'm not going to let fear get in my way. My best friend has agreed to let me stay with her while I'm in Jo'burg. So I guess I will be going there immediately after I finish packing my clothes.
I do not even wait for him to come home because he will most likely still be angry at me. I think it would be better if he finds me gone, I will text one of my brothers so they know I'm safe and I'm finally making my dreams come true.

In life you have to do what makes you happy for once and stop making other people happy at your expense.
One day we will all look back on this day and laugh, im sure of it.

I take one last look around my bedroom, I am going to miss this place.
I take a picture of my mom from the wall and another one of my entire family together. I know I will need their strength when I'm there.

I quickly call an Uber as I head downstairs.