C10 A Gift From Grandpa...

At Smith Mansion...

Asher and Aiden were busy admiring the latest piece of technology. A servant knocked on the door, opened it, and asked Asher to come downstairs as everyone was waiting for him.

Asher wondered what happened suddenly and said, "I’ll be there in a few minutes." Then said to Aiden, "I need to go to the office, you can continue with your gift." Then put on his jacket and headed outside.

"Brother Asher, I have something for you too. It’s in my room. I’ll bring it downstairs." And he dashed out of the room.

When Asher went downstairs, everyone was waiting for him with the gift boxes on their sides.

It was Asher’s birthday a few days back. He and Aiden shared the same date of birth. He didn’t like to celebrate his birthday as he finds it quite childish but he always grandly celebrated Aiden’s birthday.

Everyone got up and wished him a happy birthday and presented him with gifts. He said thanked everyone and kept all the gifts on the center table saying, "I will open these later as I am already late for the office. He then asked the servant to keep it in his room."

"Where do you think you are going? I haven’t done with you yet." It was Grandpa's voice. He got up and picked a white color paper packet, passed it to Asher, and said, "Here is my gift for you"

Asher stopped in his track received the gift and said, "Thank you, grandpa." He was about to keep that gift on the table as he did the same with the other gifts, and Grandpa spoke again.

"I went through quite a trouble to search it for you in my old stuff. This is one of the best things from collections when I was young and energetic like you."

Hearing this, expressions on everyone’s faces changed. They knew now it was time to listen to something gross.

Asher stopped and instead of keeping that white paper packet on the center table with other gifts on it, he held it in his hands.

Asher opened the white paper packet and saw it inside. There was a book that looked quite old. He was taking that book out but slipped it back inside in hurry after seeing just the 1/4th part of the cover on it.

He then pinched the space between his eyebrows with the fingers of his left hand while holding a white paper packet in his right hand, having an annoyed expression on his face with his eyes closed. He couldn’t say anything but call Elder smith in an annoyed tone, "GRANDPA!!!"

Grandpa then stopped his conversation with his two sons after hearing Asher’s voice. He looked at his grandson and asked, "What? Did you like it? I knew you would. Haha!!" He continued talking without giving him a chance to reply. He had a big smile on his face as he couldn’t see Asher’s vexed reaction.

When Asher was taking that book out, he saw the word "S** Education" written on the top side of its cover. He slipped it back in hurry inside the packet and couldn’t help but grit his teeth at this perverted old man.

Everyone was curious but scared at the same time to ask what was special in that packet. Everyone knew that elder Smith never left any chance to amaze them with the shocks. Nobody could guess what this old man was up to every time.

Calin: "What’s in that packet show us too."Calin somewhat guessed that it was not something good after watching Asher’s reaction and after knowing his father too well for all these years. But he decided to play along. If his father is ok with this then what is bad about being shameless? Hehe!!

Asher looked at his grandpa and said, "Grandpa, thank you so much for your gift but I don’t need it." Then he moved forward to keep it back on the table but stopped hearing the sudden outburst of grandpa.

"What?? You don’t need it. Did you know how much I struggled to find it from my old stuff and that to the best one of all that??", he said with quite a high pitch.

"Don’t lie honey!! That was on the bottom shelf of your wardrobe. Don’t make up the things", said grandma with no expression on her face, with her eyes, closed, leaning back at the sofa. She knew it was impossible to stop her husband from doing silly things so there was no point in reacting and giving attention to his actions.

"Wh... whatever....it may be!! G...Gift is a gift. I am giving him my blessings with this gift and one should always accept the blessings from elders." He said after being startled by his wife’s straightforward words.

"That’s right!! but your way of giving blessings is outrageous." Said Grandma, while sighing and massaging her temple with one hand.

Calin: "Asher!! Accept it. Aren’t you getting late?" She said to stop all this quickly, signaling Asher to leave for the office.

Asher: "But I am curious to know what kind of blessings are there inside the packet?" He said with a sly smile, not wanting to let this live entertainment show end so soon. After saying this he received an angry gaze from his wife and his son.

Finn: "There are various ways to please a wild cat and make my wish come true soon." He said while pointing towards the white packet, with a pleasant smile on his face as he mentioned his wish.

Now everyone understood clearly what was inside that packet which they could guess before but were not so sure about. Except for grandma and her elder son calin, who was enjoying the show, everyone was restless and was thinking about how to get out of there

Asher: "Grandpa, I don’t need it. I know how to please a wild cat very well."