I don't know how long I stayed in the shower, but it was long enough for Asher to get worried and check up on me if I was okay. The realization was just hitting me, I'm the first born and I'm the one to start taking responsibilities, and if my Dad died, I'm fucken responsible for everything. No wonder Dad's stressing over everything. I'm not ready for any of that shit . I'm not at all. I got out of the bathroom and got dressed. I got out a while later and strolled downstairs. Asher was waiting for me downstairs. "I made breakfast, told the cook I'd handle it". "It's fine I'm not hungry, let's go". He shook his head, " You haven't eaten in more than 24 hours and I can't let you stay any longer, just eat something, please". I sighed and sat down, I ate a slice of pancake and then some bacon. I had zero appetite. I was just forcing myself to do this. I stood up, "Let's go", I said. He pulled me back and then hugged me. My body suddenly relaxed and I hugged him back. I needed
Immediately we got to the hospital, our doctor approached us."Mr Greenwood is awake", he said.Well that was fast."And he's asking that he be discharged immediately", he added.Anthony hissed and I sighed."This old man", Anthony mumbled. And we walked to his ward.He was yelling at the nurse to take the pipes out of him."That won't be necessary nurse, please excuse us", I said immediately I walked in.She bowed and then left. It was just I, the doctor and Anthony."Tell these people to discharge me, I'm fine and I got a company to run", he said trying to stand up "You're fine and you have Leukemia?", I asked. He stopped immediately."I've been fine for a long time, nothing's changing", he said."You stopped Chemo for two months, how the fuck do you think you're going to be fine???", Anthony asked already getting pissed.", This is why I didn't want any of you to know about this", I said sounding pissed."Why? cuz it'll bruise your ego? or what reduce your masculinity?", I asked s
ASHER * * The past couple of weeks have been... terrible, that's the word. Things haven't been going the way they should. It's been toxic heat, anger, sadness, depression, everything. Sebastian is struggling, you know he is cuz he's been drinking, he hasn't been going to work, he's been talking about working from home but we all know he's not. He barely talks to me.... to anyone in general and I understand that he's struggling and it's worse that I can't even help. My entire personal life has been on hold, couldn't ask Timothy about his mother cuz he's basically the one running the company now. Sebastian asked me to go to the office and get some papers from Timothy that he had to sign, on my way out I saw Veronica. "Hey, how's everything going?", she asked sounding surprisingly concerned. "It's terrible obviously", I said trying to walk away but she stopped me. "I'm not talking about them I'm talking about you ". "What are you saying?". "Asher your mom died, I was a terrib
ASHER **Veronica has been blasting my phone with non stop calls and text messages. You know at this point I would almost think she's working for Richards and she's trying to have me assassinated, cuz that has to be the only reasonable explanation why she's tormenting me like that. I finally agreed to meet her at her house, though I didn't tell Sebastian cuz I knew he wasn't so comfortable with me being with her, but I told Larry that if I'm not back in 2 hours, she's probably killed me.Larry and I had become good friends, ever since my Mom passed away. We have a lot in common; like no family.I knocked on Veronica's door and some seconds later she came to open it. She was wearing a black lingerie and a black matching robe.The fuck?"Come in" she said ushering me inside.I did, then I went to sit at the edge of the couch and brought out my gun."What's that for?", she asked."I don't know, incase you try to murder me or something"."Why the fuck would I want to - you know what ne
ASHER * * By the time I got home, Sebastian was asleep and Timothy was in the living room. I wanted to bring up the conversation about his mother but, I decided not to. It wasn't the mood for that, they had bigger issues to take care of than to think about me. I Started heading to my room when I heard someone in it. I was confused, what the fuck? I grabbed a bat that was hung on the wall and walked in. Immediately I got in, I saw Caleb. The fuck. He flinched immediately he saw me, it looked like he was putting something under my bed. "What the fuck are you doing here?", I asked calmly still with the bat in motion. "I uhh, I was waiting for you, I was..m I got bored and decided to come say hi but seems like you weren't around so I decided to wait for you". Lie, that was a fucken lie. "So what the fuck were you doing under my bed?', I asked. "I was just... nothing I was just -" I pushed him aside and went under the bed. I looked under it and found a small microphone. Holy
SEBASTIAN " * "Why can't we go to the house ourselves?", I asked Timothy. "And what do you intend to do when you get there? fight a maybe armed guy?", I he asked. "Asher isn't picking his phone, what am.i supposed to do?". "Relax, it's just your Bodyguard, it's not like it's your brother ", my father said. "Bold of you to think I'd give a flying fuck if this was Anthony ", I said to him. "Sebastian relax ". "A spawn of Richards Is in my house, how do you want me to relax?", I asked. "We don't know if he actually works for Richards or not, so relax, okay? calm down let the police handle this, they're already on their way there". I called Asher again and he picked up. "Asher, Asher are you okay?", I asked. "Not really ", he mumbled. "What happened?". "Caleb, he...he attacked me and... and... fuck ", he yelped in pain. "Where is he?". "I don't know, I think he got out... I'm not sure but the security... ouch". "Are you injured?", I asked. "A little, he attacked me wit
ASHER * * I was a week off. I told Sebastian I wasn't going to let him walk around like that and he assured me that security was tighter now. I did check up on him everyday. One day I was at the Garden when Timothy came around to pick up some things from Sebastian's room. I went to meet him. "Hey Asher, how are you feeling?",he asked. "I'm a lot better, thank you", I said. He attempted to leave but then I stopped him. "Sorry but uhm, just wanted to check in... I ...I know it's a lot for you right now I understand that, I just wanted to remind you about your mom and the whole Graceville thing", I said. "Oh right, my mom's not talking but, here's her card, it has her office address. You can go and see her, try and get the truth out of her", he said. "What if she doesn't want to talk?". "Well at least you've tried, she's the only one I know that worked there, and it's going to be a lot harder finding someone else, just give it a shot", he said. I nodded, "Thank I sir", I
ASHER **The very moment I got home, I took off my clothes and hit the gym.Sebastian has a gym at the basement, he turned it into a gym. He doesn't really use it so I go there most times. I was so frustrated and pissed. I went straight to the punching bag and put my gloves on.I put a headset over my ears and started punching the bag.Consistently.Over and over again, not taking a break for even a second. I was loosing it.Fuck why is everything in my life going so wrong? the only thing that's making sense right now is Sebastian, nothing else seems to be working.I don't even know what to do right now? give up or keep pushing?Belinda is right, what the fuck am I going to do when I find him? Yeah I tell him he's my brother, what's next then?Why go and ruin a perfect family? cause complications? make things more difficult for them? "Hey hey hey that's enough", Sebastian said pulling me from the punching bag .I pulled away from him and walked over to the other side of the room a
I've had the best 12 hours of my life. And I mean the best.It was like whenever I was around him, my inner child came out. Which was so weird because I never got to act like a child when I was younger, I had always been the adult.But right now with him I was so free. I forgot for a second that he's my boss.We tried cooking, he actually and it ended terribly as usual. I laughed my heart out and ended up cooking. We went swimming on the beach, chased ourselves around naked and made out under the sunset.If everyday could be like this, I'll never think about my problems and insecurities ever.Around 6pm, Sebastian came to sit beside me."I know I said no work today, but-"I groaned."I know I know it's terrible too, but this one's different, it's just an award dinner and that's it, you just have to come as my bodyguard, I'll collect them and leave "."I thought Timothy does all that stuff for you?"."Yes he does but he's having a staycation with his girlfriend and has refused by all
It's been 3 days since I found out that Timothy's mother's name is Michelle. I've done my diggings and it was true. But the thing is, what if it was Just a coincidence? what if it was all in my head? I mean, Sebastian did say that his mother's name was Michelle too, what if they just bared similar names? I was loosing my mind again, I know I made a promise to myself and I said that I wasn't going to dig into any of it again, but here I am again. I was waiting for Sebastian to close off from work in my office, normally I would have loved to go and keep him company but the last time that happened I almost couldn't walk again so no thank you. Then I got an email notification. It was from the company I applied for a cyber security course, I got in!!!! I read that email 9 times to be sure I was seeing well. Funniest thing is that I had given up on it already cuz the first 4 lists were out and I didn't get in. The last list was usually based off on people who had connections an
ASHER **I've been unable to walk properly for the past two days, Sebastian is a monster!!!and you know the most annoying part of all this? he's literally laughing at me!!"Awwn babe, I'm sorry, don't get mad", and then proceeds to Burst into another round of mockery laughter.I will so get back at him. Today I was getting my clothes from the Laundry when Sebastian called for me.I came into the living room, and guess who was sitting there?My fucken bastard father!!I looked at Sebastian."Look he came here without me knowing, I'm sorry, if you don't want to just say the word and he'll be gone, I promise", he said.I stared at the bastard, trying so hard to swallow the hate."What is it?", I asked him.Sebastian excused himself and went into the kitchen."I ..I came here to see you"."Yeah I can see that, why?", I asked.He sighed, "Asher I need you to believe me when I say this but I've changed, I really really have, I'm not that man from years ago, I swear ".I shook my head, "
ASHER * * It's funny how things are slowly going back to normal I guess. I haven't seen it heard from my bastard father, and I haven't even asked Sebastian about him. I go to my mom's grave everyday at lunch break and I talk to her, it feels really good, would have been better if she responded but, it feels good too. I've abandoned looking for my brother, I'm more invested in building myself now. I've applied for a two years degree in Cyber security, I think that's what I wanna do with my life now, besides it'll work better with my current job. Haven't told Sebastian about it yet, I just want to get in first. If I do get the school offer, I'll be working part-time and I'll move out. I don't know how our relationship is going to go or be like in the next couple of years or even months but, I want to get my life back together. Today Sebastian was working late, really really late. Timothy had gone home an hour ago and he was still there, he was the last person around along with th
ASHER * * I stood in front of Mr Greenwood's office for 10 minutes straight struggling between knocking and walking away. I was gonna apologize for everything. We were probably gonna end everything, I deserved it honestly. I sighed and knocked. "Come in", he said. I exhaled and with shaky hands I opened the door. He looked up, his face, I couldn't explain his expression. He stood up, "Asher", he said. "Wait before you say anything, just hear me out please. I know I've lost my job here already, I know I've messed up so badly, I'm genuinely sorry for taking you for granted, for taking the privilege you gave me for granted, I'm sorry for ruining whatever we had, I'm sorry for ghosting you and for being a terrible person. These past few days have been the worse but that's no excuse for what I've done and I'm sorry I -". He didn't let you finish, he pulled me into a hug. Okay that was definitely not what I saw coming. It took a while before I hugged him back. "You scared th
ASHER * * I've probably lost my job, hell I have lost my job. Haven't been home in 3 days, switched my phone off so I was unreachable. I was filled with so much negative emotions, I can't even believe the thought of murder comes to my mind once in a while. Right now I wasn't Asher, I was a different person, and there was no way I was gonna be this person in front of Sebastian, I've ruined our relationship already, nothing was ever going to be the same way now. But I had a life to put together, so yeah I was gonna have to put that aside. I walked into a very familiar health care center. For the first time I didn't feel that knot in my stomach or the will to cry or breakdown emotionally, I had just one will; Find my brother. Who cares if I ruin a happy family? I don't. "Mrs Belinda", I told Rose coldly. "Good to see you too", she said noticing how off I was. "Tell her I want to see her", I said. "Uhm, okay", she said and then left and came back minutes later. "She's availa
"I was just talking to my new friend", the little boy said."You can talk to him later okay? it's cold, go inside and I'll meet you in a minute", he said and the little boy jogged away leaving me alone with him."So... you leave us and marry a rich woman and you're living the life right?", I asked him."Asher, Asher I'm sorry, I'm sorry for -""What the fuck are you apologizing for? you think I'm here cuz I wanted a fucken apology? you think you're fucken apologize is gonna fix anything?", I asked my voice rising."Please please keep your voice down", he begged."Why? so your perfect wife won't know you had a fucken family that you stole from and abandoned. The one who allegedly died in an accident?", I yelled."Asher I promise you, I was in a bad place that time, I was a terrible father, I really was and I'm sorry, I promise you I'm changed, I'm not that man from years ago , I'm so sorry I was the way I was, I'm sorry for being toxic and I know that nothing I can do can change the pa
I spent the last 20 minutes listen to Georgia talk about her and her supposed perfect family and how the bastard is the perfect husband. I was boiling, boiling so badly but I had to keep my cool because this was Sebastian's client too, I can't ruin this for him."So tell me, how did you meet Mr Peterson?", Sebastian asked."Oh we met at a Charity banquet in LA, it was like love at first sight, he recently moved there after he had lost his wife and son-"I coughed, so loudly it interrupted her.I apologized and she continued. You could see the bastards hands shaking, visibly shaking."You lost your first wife? I'm so sorry about that, what happened?", Sebastian asked, he knew what he was doing; torturing him with his own words."We were married for two, she had an accident and died with my son ", he said."My condolences ", Sebastian said."Thank you"."Guess everything works for good, would have never met him and have the best husband ever", she said so cheerful."Your bodyguard shoul
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in and then released it.Then I went to the floor and picked up the files and dropped them on Sebastian's table."Asher", the bastard man who is to be called my father called me."Excuse me sir", I said to Sebastian and tried to leave.The bastard man pulled my hands Oh God help me not to snap and kill somebody today."Asher it's me, it's your Dad", he said.I looked at him dead in the eyes "I don't want to jail for murder or attempted murder or manslaughter, so please take your hands off me", I said in the most calm voice as possible."What are you talking about? it's me, it's your Dad", he said again like I didn't hear him the first time."I do not have a father", I said and walked out of the office, far far away from them.I went to Lucy's office, she was packing up."Hey what's up?", she asked."My father's in Mr Greenwood's office", I said trying to calm myself down."Your father?", she asked shocked."Yes"."Wait, the motherfucker that r