Chapter 42 - millionaire in minutes

Ava Nennington was eventually led out of the lab and up to the curved steps of the Newman Manor. The twenty three year old had an uncanny feeling from not being in her massive form, as moving up the stairs seemed to be a simple and boring task. She looked back checked the entrance side windows to see if her lover is watching.
"So, Sarah, welcome to the skinny world." Taylor casually commented, "I take it that you're enjoying it?"
"Um, yes, of course." Ava answered, distracted by her study of the surroundings.
"How long has it been?" the doctor asked.
"What do you mean?"
"How much of your life you've spent being morbidly obese?" she clarified.
Ava had to make something up, "Uh, I've been a big girl all my life."
"Ah, I see, your parents much do a fine job teaching you how to eat. Too good of a job." she coyly voiced, as she finished her ascent to the third floor
"I enjoy food..." Ava affirmed, meeting her at the top.
"I surely hope you do take 'Sweet Dreams', for your figure and health's sake then." she gave a sarcastic smile, Ava had nothing to say to her. "This way..." the brunette led Ava around a corner and to a bedroom. "Here's your room. I assume Joseph or a representative of his will have a word with you momentarily."
"Thank you, Dr. Calloway." the skinny blonde said, opening the door, and entering.
Ava immediately recognized the room, as cartoonishly drawn art, images and posters of her friend Nayami were spewn across the room's walls.
"This... this is Vinny's room." Ava thought, looking at the busty drawing and posters, drawn by a japanese artist. In the bookshelves various mangas, anime DVDs lined within, with a desktop gaming computer beside it.
"He really obsessed over her..." she commented quietly, having a seat on his bed. The room was surprisingly kept, despite the deviant life he had lived. Ava assumed there were maids that cleaned the rooms, and a poor soul had to deal with a nerd's unkept and disgusting life habits. She gripped the bedsheets and smelled it, to thankfully no odor or scent. Her hand felt a lengthy pillow beneath the covers. Extracting it revealed a anime-inspired print of a body pillow of Nayami herself, just like the others on the wall.
"Geez!" Ava threw the pillow off the bed, "He REALLY likes her!" then she thought of what her friend mentioned to her at the bra store, and it all clicked.
"Vinny wanted to escape the life he had. He didn't want to be a millionaire's son, he just wanted to be happy..." she deeply thought.

A knock on the door jumped the lady, Joseph Newman entered the room. "Hey, Sarah, how are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm doing fine, thank you for asking...and coming to me so soon." she answered.
"Look, I want to thank you for coming this morning..." he looked around his surroundings, "I'm sorry that Dr. Calloway brought you to this room, it's a bit unsightly, right?"
"Uh, I mean it's weird, I'll give you that." Ava chuckled lightly.
"I... I wanted to ask you something important, and I suppose this room is... relevant."
"Yes?"
"This room belonged to my son. He's well, a fan of this strange woman that I don't have the time or patience to understand. I wanted to know if you've seen him, as he ran away from home. His name is Vinny, and he's about my height, fat, and short brown hair like mine."
"No, I haven't. I'm sorry about him, but I don't know anything. Have you called the police?"
"I could, but they won't go anywhere investigating his whereabouts. I've hired people privately to do the job. I have a strong inclination that he doesn't look like himself anymore... " he glanced at the Nayami poster.
"You mean, he now looks like that?"
"Yes, correct. He's a troubled person... and I realized the errors of my ways when he disappeared. I've been a terrible father to him... I focused too hard on my work, I've lost touch with my family. I made it my goal to change people's lives, and now... I've ruined my son's because of it. He had to stole a set of my vials, as I was later informed about a missing lot... then I checked, and..."
"He's gone." Ava finished.

Joseph pulled out his smartphone, "Anyways, here's a photo of his original self," he revealed his son's high school picture, "I also came to you to process a payment to you. I've noticed you kept the 'Sweet Dreams' pen with you... go ahead and keep it, it's the least I can do. Now..." he tinkered around with his phone.
"Oh, may I ask, Mr. Newman, what if I find your son, by some huge coincidence."
"Then, well, I'll forever be in your debt, and anything you want, is yours. I, myself ,don't think you'll find him. He revealed a banking app on his phone to Ava, "What do you think of ten million dollars? Sound good to you?"
"WHAT!?" the woman yelled in shock, "TEN million dollars!?"
"Um, yes, being almost a billionaire, this is like a drop to me, and the research my scientists will learn from what just happened to you is invaluable."
Ava's heart raced, as she had never imagined she'd receive that much money. "Uh-Uh..." she couldn't utter a word.
"Sarah, all I need is a bank account routing number, and the account number itself, and the money's yours. Just enter it in my phone, and I'll confirm it with my banker, as a donation."
The smaller blonde thought quickly, "Can I make a call!?" she yelped.
"Of course, who may I ask?"
"My mom, I'm giving the money to my mom!" Ava desperately said.
"Ah, I see, how kind of you. I figure you're going to get it back in some form or fashion anyways...and well, us older folk can handle the money better as well.
Ava pulled the phone from her purse, and immediately called her mother.
"Hello! Ava? Why are you calling us during your vacation... are you intr-"
"No time to explain, Mom, I need your bank account information!" Ava quickly spoke.
"Now, Ava, what's going on, asking me such personal questions, are you ACTUALLY in trouble?"
"No, It's a good thing, trust me. I won the lottery and I can't take the money in my account." Ava noticed Joseph laughing in the background.
"Now you've got me weirded out, can you show proof, let me speak to the representative?"
"Hold on..." Ava muted the phone, "Joesph, can you, like act like a Florida Lottery Employee or something?"
"Just for the laugh, I will. And, I'll even make the transaction look like a lottery winning as well." she handed the phone to him.
"This is Fred of the Florida Lottery Payments Department speaking." Joseph modified his voice to be lower, engaging with Ava's mother, "Yes, this is official, your daughter is now a millionaire, ten to be exact. She's agreed to transfer the funds to be held her parents. All we need is your account number and routing information. She has kept the winnings confidential as well."

Joseph pulled the phone away from his head, and began typing on his own phone. "She's giving me the information now." he whispered to Ava, and when finished typing, he brought Ava's phone back to his ear. "Please check your bank account for verification." he ordered, and after waiting for some time, "Yeah, it's there? Congratulations on being a millionaire! Here's your daughter." he handed the phone back.
"Mom?" Ava asked.
"YOU WEREN'T LYING!" she screamed and yelled in the phone, "HOLY CRAP! YOUR DAD'S GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK!"
"Alright cool, mom I got a lot of paperwork, so I'll call you back later, okay?" she quickly said.
"I LOVE YOU! I can't wait to see you again!" Ava hung up the call, as Joseph broke out in complete laughter.
"That made my day, Sarah, but I'm confused... she said Ava? Are you Ava?"
"No, I have a twin sister, and her name is Ava. She must be mistaken.." she nervously giggled.
"That's fine. I know getting old sucks and my mind sometimes has its' moments." the man laughed with her. "Now, please, rest here for the time being, recover your spirits and in..." he checked his wristwatch, "let's' say an hour, I'll have someone check up on you."
Ava nodded and said, "Thank you Mr. Newman."
"No, thank you, Sarah. I'll see you later." he departed the room soon after the farewell.

The 130 pound lady collapsed in the bed, in complete awe at what had just transpired.
"I'm a millionaire!" she yelled alone, "God this is awesome!" she looked at her phone and noticed a message from Patrick. After hearing Joseph's speech about his son, Ava felt conflicted about what Patrick was about to do to Vinny's father. The thoughts of the kidnapping, and everything negative Patrick said to about him seemed twisted, as the creator of 'Sweet Dreams' wanted his son back, and taking Anna was a way to draw Patrick and his son back. She wanted to desperately believe that the father had good intentions, but at the same time, hearing Patrick's words and her relationship made it difficult to side with him. She now had two options - tell Joseph about Patrick, or wait for him to attack and side with her lover. One of which will lead to the father getting is son back, and making Ava even richer, but at the cost of lover's death. The other, would mean the father potentially getting killed, not getting any further money, and a happy life with the man who loves her the most.

All thoughts came to an end, when the bedroom door opened, and a certain angelic girl stepped inside.