The name is Ted King. I'd like to tell you about some of my most recent adventures. I'm the kind of guy who loves to travel. Ever since I inherited four million dollars from my deceased mother, I have been able to indulge my craving for new places and new cultures. These days, I lead a life like no other. I fly my own private jet. I have been to many countries and enjoyed a variety of experiences across many cultures. What can I say? I am a fortunate son.
My life wasn't always that way, though. I was born in New York in 1980. Jennifer Albright was my mother, and she was to become the owner of Albright Enterprises. She was married to a man named Jason Kilpatrick. He was a wealthy and powerful man. They were at the top of the social ladder in New York city. My story began when Jennifer Albright had an affair with a man named Jacob Dorvil. Could you imagine? A wealthy Irish American socialite having an affair with a poor Haitian man from the Bronx? Well, I was the result of that affair. I was given up for adoption as soon as I was born.
I never met my biological mother or my father. They're both dead. I grew up in foster care. I was adopted by Mitchell and Marie King when I was only twelve years old. They were a nice couple. Mitchell was a doctor and Marie was a law professor at NYU. I care deeply for them, and I am forever grateful for the life that they gave me. When I was nineteen, a man named Albert Winston approached me. He was a lawyer and used to represent Jennifer Albright, my biological mother. He had been told to contact me upon her death. Jennifer Albright had named me in her will. I was to inherit four million dollars. I couldn't believe it. I was rich! Winston also told me about my biological parents. I was fascinated by what he was telling me. Jacob Dorvil, my father used to work as a security guard for Kilpatrick and Albright. He was a police officer and had died ten years ago. He didn't know he had a kid. My biological mother had never even told him.
Man, this was so confusing. I was discovering who my biological parents were, after their deaths. I didn't always like what I found. I can't say that it didn't bother me. But hey, I had a lot of money to take care of myself for the rest of my days. I was determined to enjoy life and do all the things that I couldn't do before. I had grown up in foster care, without anything of my own. I didn't have toys or anything of value.
I was destitute. Now, I was fabulously wealthy and determined to enjoy it. The first thing I did was buy my parents a new house. The rest of the money had only one purpose. That purpose was traveling. I was determined to see the world.
I wasn't a rich guy, prior to inheriting the dough but I did well for myself. I had a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Management from NYU. I worked as a regional manager for Troy Boutique.
It's a chain of Greek-owned stores. I was the first Black male manager
they ever had. I liked what I did. It was a good job. Now, I didn't have to work anymore. Just find ways to spend my money and have as much fun as I can. I had already been to Brazil, the Dominican Republic and France. I was considering a trip to China. While making up my mind, I decided to stay in Manhattan. Yes, I was living in a townhouse in Manhattan. The kind of place that I could never have afforded before. The perks of being rich were fantastic!
Believe it or not, even the rich get lonely. So, I decided to call up some of my people. Kids I knew growing up. I invited them all to the crib.
I figured we'd chill for a while. I hadn't called my friends in a while. I guess that being rich was starting to turn me into a snob. I really hoped I wouldn't turn out like those snobby rich people I used to see walking down Manhattan avenue. They pissed me off, all of them. Each and every single one of them, from the men in the fancy suits to the women in these ridiculously expensive outfits. I hated them all. While deciding who to call, I came to a realization. I had used my wealth to distance myself from my people. I had been traveling all over the world and yet I hadn't been hanging out with my people. I thought of them. The young people who used to stand by me through thick and thin. I wasn't about to forget where I came from, or who helped me along the way. I was going to be there for my people. That's what's up.
I called Stacy, Paul, Kyle and Nina. I told them I would meet them at Burger King. I didn't want them to get funny looks from those nasty rich people from Manhattan. No one was going to look down on my people, not while I was around. I stepped into the shower and stood under the hot water. I loved hot water. When I was a teenager, my father had so many bills from medical school that sometimes we didn't have enough money for the boiler. That sucked. I remembered days when my Haitian American booty went to bed with nothing but my body heat to keep warm.