----- = -----Rod's POV ----- = -----
After my talk with sage, I decided it was probably a good idea to head back to my room since it would be hard for me to wake up early tomorrow. As I was getting closer,I heard a few footsteps coming from behind. I quickly turned around and got scared because a man I had never seen before was approaching me.
-Ahhhhhhh! I screamed with a lot of fear. Somewhere deep in my mind, I knew this place was and the worst that could happen to anyone is to die, which was no longer an option for me.
- Sorry to surprise you like that. While you were in there with Sage, I overheard your conversation and many things caught my attention.- He said. He didn't at all look like a wealthy person. He was wearing clothes that looked about 30 years old with a cheap hat he probably found in a trash can. His face wasn't clean, he's teeth were rotten and he was very skinny, so skinny you could see every bone in his body.
As he said those words, many thought started to run in my mind. Why was he listening to my private conversation? He had to keep his nose out of other people's businesses. I had never seen that guy in the building before, I was scared to talk back to him, but then, again, there was nothing to lose. I put myself at risk and answered as normally as I possible could.
-What did you hear?
- You don't understand now do you?
- What are you trying to say? Stop playing mind tricks on me and get to the freaking point!
- You, Rod, you told Sage you had died with the life anyone would kill for. You died being the richest man in the world, everyone loved you and most of all, you achieved your dreams. Living a succsessful life is not just achieveing what you want and then stop caring abou the rest of the people around you.
- I did help others, i donated some money to charities- I had to lye.
-Lying about things you didn't do will not make you a better person in any way. You have to admit you lived and died in your own world. You were so trapped in your own bubble you couldn't open your eyes and realize what was happening to the less fortunate. While you were sun bathing in your personal pool being fed by servants, the reality was that thousands of millions of people were struggling to eat an apple a day and live under a bridge. While you counted how many millions od dollars you owned, my family and I counted how many pennies we had for the whole week. You think you are smart and all because you have a lot of money, the truth is money doesn't make you smarter but instead, it makes you more stupid than you already are. I am glad I lived the life I did, I at least knew what it was like from both points of view, the less fortunate and the lucky bastards like you. What was your biggest fear while you lived?
I knew answering the sad truth to this question would make me a terrible human being.
- Not earning money
He stared at me. His eyes were starting to water.
- My biggest fear was losing my family because I coulden't support them economically. Do you realize what a different life you were living. Two completely different worlds.
- I disagree with you. Everyone starts out like you, I just pushed myself to the limits and achieved what I deserved. As I grew older, I deserved more things, more money. Beneath my suit I look like you.
- No you don't. Money has turned you into a different person. If your brain looked at itself in the mirror, it wouldn't be able to recognize it self. You didn't grow older next to money, money took over you as you grew older. I lived what happened to me. You created what you wanted to live in. I put myself last in the priority list, you put yourself first..
I got tired of his non sense and decided to answer
- I may have put myself first but because it was my life not my wife's. She an perfectly take care of her self. There is no need to put other people in front of me because if they get in the way, they become obstacles, obstacles I must overcome. Why are you hear anyway? Why so interested in the way I lived my life? Get over it, there is nothing you could do about it.
- Maybe there is not, just think of what I said today, see you some other time.
- Wait, before you go, how did you die?
- I died in the most beautiful way possible. I managed to feed everyone in my family except for myself. I took the risk, I knew the consequences and I am so happy I did what I did. Even though I died, I know my family is okay which is all that matters to me. What about you?
- Just a disease.And guess what, I also died in the most beautiful way possible, at least people admired me
- At least people loved me
What did he mean by that, everyone loved me. Didn't they?
