I-I won? Omg, I really won the betslip of 500 odds.
Yeahhhhhh!!!!!!!! I won! I won!! lui jumps from happiness
I made money on my own, my first money made by me!!
door opens furiously
Lui! LUI! LUI! WHERE ARE YOU!!!!
That's mom, why is she yelling?
marta enters the room
Hey mom, can you guess what? I made money just now from betting, and I made $500 only using $1!
marta slaps lui in his face
SHUT UP!! I thought I had raised you better than this!! How could you get into gambling?! Did we raise you so badly that you ended up like this?! No job, no college, now gambling! Why did you do this? How did you turn out this way?!
lui's face doesn't hurt, but his expression has become like dead
You could become something, you know! You are still young. Why don't you try to get a job or maybe go to college?! But instead, you stay here every day in the house,no going out, no socializing, no this, no that. You do nothing. You are becoming useless. You said you earned money, right? Did you take pride in that earned money? That's stupid. I could have given you that amount of money myself. For what did you even need money? Did you get bored from doing nothing and end up betting?
lui doesn't even try to talk and just looks down
Talk to me, Lui!!! Talk so I can understand you! This is why you probably ended up like this. I knew that I should have gotten you into some activity during high school, but you always said you didn't need them and that it would waste money. And now you get into gambling. I can't anymore, Lui. You are grounded for 1 week. No internet, no nothing. Stay locked in your room and think about what you did today!!!
lui moves to his room
Ben: Marta, don't you think you went a bit hard on him?
Marta: Hard?! Are you crazy? He got into betting, took money from my bank account, and was even proud of earning that money like it was nothing, and you say that I went hard on him? You know how betting is. If you get into it, you can't get out of it. I don't want his money from that. In fact, I don't want his money earned at all. Even if he would work, he is the kid, I am the parent. I will work for him, but I don't want him to turn into a gambler.
Ben: Well, I guess you may be right.
lui inside his room
I can't believe that I got into gambling right now. That slap really brought me back to reality. Mom is correct. I really should have never gotten into gambling. It was a foolish idea from the beginning. Omg, imagine what would have happened if I had put $1000 as stake. I would have probably killed myself. I could never deal with that pain. The devil side got me again. I hate myself. I hate my thinking, even for being a burden to my parents.
After all, they are right. If I want to make money, I should just work. What have I been thinking all these past months? Making money online, crypto, NFT, MeTube,bullshit, useless assets for useless people like me. As if I could ever make money online. Well, if I take it like that, then betting has made the most money. No stop. What am I thinking? Betting is useless. That can be pulled off only once.
I should probably look for a job after 1 week, I guess. Grounded... I have never been grounded before. How is it being grounded? Do I stay locked in my room or do I work in the house all day?
door knock sound
What is it now? lui gets to the door to open, but then ben talks
Ben: So, um, Lui, I just wanted to tell you that, well, firstly I wouldn't want you to worry about being grounded or something like that. You know it too, right? We are almost never at home, so there won't be much about that. But I would tell you that maybe mom overdid it a little bit. Not that I am against her, but yes, gambling is bad and you should never do it. It starts like this, and then at the end of the month you see that there is only you with debts that you thought you would win money from.
But knowing you, I know that you would never get addicted to it. I just want you to not worry too much about it now. Just don't gamble anymore. It's your decision at the end of the day since you are already almost an adult. Neither mom nor I want to hurt you. We are parents, you know. Maybe we overthink small things because we want the best for you.
So yeah, that's just what I wanted to tell you. You can go to sleep now… or did you not even hear me at all?
lui knocks the door once with his hand
Hm. ben smiles Okay then, good night. leaves downstairs
Lui (thinking): You know, dad, you don't have to put me at such a high position. I am nothing to be proud of. I know mom is correct and you just try to make me feel better. I feel bad for both of you that I can't do anything for you buying presents, helping you out, giving flowers, simple things that successful children do for their parents.
While me, I only bring problems, make you both worry about me. I am just a failure. After all, I have done nothing good for you. Every day you go to work and earn money for us to eat, while I just consume it all. I wish I could retire you and say "stay home, I will work for both of you."
sighs
Ah, this life of mine… a miserable life. Why is this thing called life so hard? Why do some people get to make so much money? watches the dark sky outside
I am done with online tries. I won't be doing them anymore. They are useless. After all these months, I have earned nothing. A new brighter future will await me tomorrow. I swear to myself that I will become a better person tomorrow one that will be able to work and make money to help his family.
Whoever created online money making, I wish I could tell you that jobs are better and that you can't make a lot of money from it. sees the neighbor building
D..V? Is that a flag? D V… where have I heard that initial?! … Doctor Vader??!!!