I am not your ex Mr. Rasheem

Jason pov: Growing up without your parents is the most dangerous thing life can throw at you, my mother passed away while giving birth to me. My father took care of me by himself until I turned five years old before marrying my stepmother Mary. She and her two children moved in with us and since then my life has been a living hell. My father Erick Rasheem was a very hard-working man, he always took good care of me and made sure I had everything I needed. I was the only child for both of my parents and my father never hid his love for me. Every time my father went away for work, my stepmother could turn me into a slave and make me work all day without food, my father worked with the train company in Pennsylvania so it took him a week before he could come home to Virginia. My stepbrother Cain was four years older than me and I was two years older than my stepsister Ashley, but my stepmother always forced me to take care of them. Whenever my father returned home he could notice the changes in my appearance, and ask my stepmother Mary what was going on with me. But she would lie about me causing trouble but my father never believed her. One day I told my father how Mary was treating me and how she and her son always beating me. My father was so mad at Mary to the point where he wanted to throw them out in the street, but she begged my father and promised to hurt me again. On my tenth birthday, my father went to work and never returned. I remember it was on a snowy day and the night was really cold, there was a knock on the front door and my stepmother yelled at me to answer the door. When I opened the door two police officers were standing waiting, hello sir, may I help you? Can we speak to Miss Mary and Jason Rasheem? I'm Jason and Mary is my stepmother. Come in let me go get her for you, I went to go call my stepmother upstairs and told her the police wanted to speak with her. She pulled my ear and said to me, did you call the police on me? No, I did not call them here, so why are they here? I don't know please don't hurt me. Oh, I will kill you if you lie to me, she pushed me against the wall really hard before going downstairs. Hi officers how may I help you? I'm sorry to inform you that your husband Erick Rasheem passed away this morning. Do you know how he died? He fell from the train and hit his head really badly, he died at the hospital. Sorry for your loss ma'am. And little man take good care of yourself okay? Oh, sir thank you, I went into my room and cried the whole night, the only person who truly loved me and believed that I could become anything I wanted as long I worked very hard was gone My stepmother hosts a small funeral for my father, she refuses to let my grandmother attend the funeral. After my father's funeral, I continued to work as a slave in the house, my stepbrother made it his duty to beat me up every day and I was not allowed to fight back. Every time I fought back and beat him up his mother would punish me to the point where I had to stay home and not go to school because she didn't want the school to know what went on at home. One day I was really hungry so I went into the kitchen and stole some food to eat, Ashley caught me and told her mother. Mary beat me unconscious, she kept me in the house for a week because I was covered in bruises and I had a huge wound on my back. One day my grandmother stopped by the house to check on me but Mary refused to let her see, my grandmother left crying that day. On my fourteen birthday, my stepmother and my step-siblings threw me out of the house. I called my grandmother and she picked me up. I lived with my grandmother until I graduated high school and went to the university. My grandmother taught me everything I needed to know, she took good care of me, and now it is my turn to take care of her. I started my own company after graduating from the university, Rasheem Technology Corporation. As time went by I became a million at the age of 24, at 31 years I was already a billionaire but I kept a low profile. I didn't want women to throw themselves at me because of my money. A lot of my friends know me to be their coworkers and not their CEO. I built my own house and designed it just the way I love it and I hope my future wife will love it too. I also built my grandmother a house and have people working for her. I work really hard to keep my company to a higher standard, I take my work seriously and so did my employees. I never sit in the CEO's office and most of the employees always thought that I was just the CEO's assistant because I always went into the office to collect documents. I was in the office finishing up some paperwork when one of my friends Richard told me to join them at a restaurant for his birthday, I agreed to go because I needed time to chills with my friends. I went home took a shower and got dressed before driving to the restaurant, the guys was already there waiting on me. Sorry, I'm late boys, already let ordered our food and drink so go ahead and order yours. The waiter brought my food and drinks, and the night was full of laughter and jokes. I had my eye on this lovely lady at the restaurant, she was with her friends and they were having fun. I waited for her to go outside before following her and asking for her name. She smiled at me for telling me her name was Jessica Parker. Lovely to meet you Jessica my name is Jason, can I get your number and call you sometime? Huh, Jason if you are interested in me just say it no need to be shy, she said to me. Alright then I'm interested in you and I want you to be my girlfriend. She took my phone and put her number in before calling her own phone, she wasn't shy at all, see you later Jason I will call you when I get home. I watch her drive away with her friends. One of her friends kept looking at me like she wanted to tell me something but she just shook her head and got in the car. After my friend's birthday bash at the restaurant, I went home and got in my bed. My phone rang and it was Jessica, hi Jason are you home or are you still with your friends? No, I'm already home, she asked me so many questions but I told her to ask me in person. She asked me on a date and I said yes, she didn't wait for me to ask her out, it felt like she was rushing things or maybe I overthinking s**t. The next morning went to speak to my grandmother at her house, she was cooking breakfast in the kitchen. Grandma, why are you doing the cooking? Jason! I'm so glad to see you, I had a dream that you came to visit me so I decided to make you breakfast. Hahaha Grandma you are still very funny. So tell me, how is the company? The company is good and we just opened our third company in New Jersey. Jason, I'm so proud of you and your parents with be so proud. Are you dating anyone yet? No grandmother but very soon I will. Jason, I want you to find someone who will truly love you and take good care of you. You are a very hardworking man and you need someone who will stand by you. I will find the person grandmother don't worry yourself okay? Alright, grandmother I have to go to work, I will call you this evening okay? Alright take good care of yourself, Jason, and I love you very much. Later grandmother. I left my grandmother's house and went to work, I continued to play the CEO's assistant, only one man knew who I really was and it was my most trusted employee, Logan, he was like a father to me. Jessica called me again around lunchtime but I decided to miss the call because I was with Logan, his wife made me some soups and I was enjoying it, she always makes me ginger beer for the cold weather, Logan and his wife were my family. They stood by me when I started this company, I remember how Logan used to pick me up from school when I moved in with my grandmother in Minnesota, he was a taxi driver at that time. So when I started my company he was my first employee, and we worked really hard to get this company to where it is now.