The Stepson’s Scheme

Jade, a recent widow, was confronted with an unexpected situation on her first day of mourning. Her stepson, Zane, brought home a woman three years her senior, Yvonne, with the intention of providing Jade with care in her old age. He threatened, "Mom, your backer is dead. You better behave and serve Yvonne. Don't force me to disregard our familial bond." Jade found this amusing. Even the designer shorts he was wearing were purchased with a fraction of the billions she had just inherited. Who gave him the audacity to challenge her, Beyoncé? Standing before the tombstone, dressed in a custom-made Italian dress, a white flower pinned to her chest, and a bouquet of chrysanthemums in her arms, Jade mourned her recently deceased husband, a petroleum tycoon with several gold mines. He was dea