Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

CHAPTER SIX
EMERALD HILL, SINGAPORE
It was eleven thirty on Sunday night, and Cassian was finally down for the count. Astrid
padded back to her bedroom, sinking wearily into bed. It had been a long weekend after a
very long week, what with her grandmother’s funeral, and she thought that Cassian
spending a day with his father would give her a chance to recoup a little. Instead, her son
had returned home and had spent the better part of the evening attempting to launch an
insurrection. Astrid fired off a text to Michael:
ASTRID LEONG: Simple request—when Cassian spends the day w/ you, could you please refrain from letting him play 7
straight hours of Warcraft? He comes back a total zombie and is just impossible. Thought we were in agreement
about the gaming.
A few minutes later, Michael replied:
MICHAEL TEO: Stop exaggerating. He didn’t play for 7 hrs.
AL: 7 hours, 6 hours, it was clearly too much. Tomorrow is a school day and he’s still up.
MT: Not sure what yr prob is. He always sleeps fine @ my house.
AL: Because you let him go to bed whenever! His schedule is all messed up when he comes back. You have no idea—I
have to deal with him all week.
MT: U wanted it this way. He should be at Gordonstoun.
AL: Boarding school in Scotland is not the answer. Not going to argue with you over this again. I just don’t understand why
you bother having him when you don’t even want to spend time with him.
MT: To get him away from your corrupting influence.
Astrid sighed in frustration. She knew Michael was trying to bait her again, and she
wasn’t going to fall for it. He was just getting back at her for how he perceived he had
been treated at her grandmother’s funeral. She was about to switch off her phone when
his next message popped up:
MT: Anyway, this will be over soon. I’m getting full custody of Cassian.
AL: You’re delusional.
MT: No, yur a lying cheating whore.
Astrid’s text message app froze for a moment, and then a high-resolution file came