“Oh my gosh, Rob,” I say to him, and he nods nonchalantly like he just did not tell me something traumatizing.“I’m so sorry,” I say to him and he smiles warmly.“It’s okay, she is in a better place, I’m sure,” He replies to me.I really don’t know what to do since Rob told me something as personal as that.“Do you want me to take you home?” He suggests and I shrug.“If that is fine by you,” I reply to him and he starts walking, leading the way. I begin to walk and I follow him. As we walk side by side, I notice that Rob might be doing a lot of thinking. He is reticent and his facial expression is serious.After a few seconds of walking, he finally speaks.“Whatever you may be going through, know that it is temporary and will pass,” He tells me and I smile in response. He must be thinking of his sister.“Would you like to tell me about your sister? What was she like? If it’s okay with you, that is,” I say to him.“Oh, that’s fine. My sister was a beauty,” He begins and a smile creeps
“What the hell are you doing?” I ask her and she chuckles dryly. The guy standing next to her looks insanely nervous, and he is looking everywhere else but at us.“No, what the hell are you doing?!” Her voice is loud and demanding, only causing my anger to become stronger.“Even if I come home at two in the freaking morning, that does not mean crap! I am a grown woman and you certainly are not my father!” She yells in my face and if she wasn’t a lady and the love of my life, I would have smacked her hard across her face already.I scoff at her in response and she rolls her eyes.“Of course, you barely care for anyone but yourself, which is why you drove your own best friend out the door just because he wanted to be happy!” We are now in a full-blown yelling match and I can already hear footsteps. It must be James and Carlos coming to see what is going on.My words seem to affect her and she is left speechless. Although I am pissed beyond what I can comprehend, the look that crosses Je
It is the next morning and I am being taken home by James and Carlos; James is the one driving. We are almost at the compound and I have been very quiet. James keeps glancing at me, but I ignore him.I still can not believe that Jen pushed me down the stairs, I could have died. The doctors told me that I was lucky and if I had hit the ground any harder than I did, it would have been a different story. The reason that I was bleeding is that I had a concussion to the head, my head must have hit the marble tile at the bottom of the stairs real hard because I was even given stitches.“Would you like us to stop at the diner so we get breakfast?” Carlos suggests and a look of excitement crosses James’ face.“Yeah, that sounds like a brilliant idea. Isn’t that right, Robert?” James asks me.Both of them have to be joking or something, I have numb pain in my head due to my fall down the stairs last night, and Jen took my son to who knows where, this is not the time to go to a diner.“Take us
I like that I am finally talking to Chad, I feel like I should have done this sooner. Talking to him feels nice and refreshing. We have been talking for about half an hour and he has not even mentioned Jen once or asked how she is doing.I believe that he may still be hurt by their exchange a couple of nights ago, so I am treading carefully, trying not to mention Jen.“I want to invest the rest of the loan money in a business,” I tell him over the phone and he chuckles.“Why are laughing?” I ask him and he quiets down before speaking.“You did not loan that money, Robert,” He says to me and I feel my heart sink. How in the world did he know that?“And who told you that?” I ask him as I laugh nervously.“It’s no use playing dumb, I saw the check. It was not the bank you took the money from, the lady who bought your company gifted you the money,” He explains and I am left speechless. “How long have you known?” I ask him after a couple of seconds of silence and he scoffs lightly.“Two d
I am not really a breakfast kind of person, my appetite is usually incredibly low in the morning, making it hard for me to eat. But this morning is different, I have an unusually big appetite and I have cleared all the food on my plate, which was a lot. “This is so strange,” James comments as a small smile clings to his lips. “What is?” I ask him without looking at him. “You eating real food in the morning,” He says and I finally look at him. I can’t help but chuckle. “So cereal isn’t real food?” I argue harmlessly with him, causing him to roll his eyes playfully. “According to my standards, not even the slightest,” He replies and I place my hand on my chest as if I have been hurt by what he just said, causing Carlos to laugh. We are all done eating and the table is being cleared by the helpers. It has been an hour, why is Jen not here? She said she was right across the street. I feel so tempted to just go and get her and jake but I also don’t want to let my emotions control me
“Don’t do this, Robert,” Jen says as she closes her eyes briefly while wagging her head slowly.“Do what?” I ask as I laugh humorlessly.“Tell me what you are thinking right now,” I demand her and she stands to her feet.“You should have not lied, but you got that money not to blow it on girls or in the club, you did it for us,” She reminds me.“And that I will always be grateful for that,” Her words calm me instantly. “I trust you, and will always,” She says as she closes the distance between us and hugs me. For a second, I stand not knowing how to react. She acted the exact opposite way that my brain told me that she would.But then it is like my instincts kick in and I hug her back. She smells like lavender and baby food.“You smell like baby food,” I say to her when we break the hug and she laughs. James and Carlos also find what I said to be funny, for they are chuckling.“I’m sorry that I got upset,” I apologized because I feel slightly guilty for my outburst.Jen and the other
“Hello,” The guy speaks to me, he sounds tentative as if I would be nice to him, considering that I treated him almost like he was nonexistent the last time.“Hi, you’re that guy from the night of the argument,” I say while I point my finger at him.“Yeah, I am,” He chuckles nervously, and looks at the guard who has a stony look on his face before looking back at me.“Are you here for something?” I ask him and he nods.“Yes, I was trying to get this guy to understand that Jen invited me over,” He says and I raise my eyebrows in surprise.“Oh, she did?” I ask him and he smiles politely while nodding.I don’t really have a problem with this guy being at the house but at this hour? It is almost nine at the night, could he not come over the next morning. What is Jen’s plan?Yes, she did. It is concerning some business plans,” He makes himself clear and I can’t help but chuckle.Jen is calling this guy over to help with business plans? What is she thinking? I hope he isn’t trying to scam h
“Jen made an offer?” I ask no one in particular, James and Carlos look as shocked as I am, and they both shrug when I look at them.“Yeah, after you explained about the loan to us, I decided to call Rob and have a talk with him,” She begins.“I made a very hefty offer to him and he said he would think about it,” She explains and I am still left confused, because where would she take a hefty amount from? The money I got from the lady who bought the company from me does not even reach a billion, and all the other offers on the table are billions.“I still don’t understand,” I say as my forehead wrinkles in confusion. Jen and Rob share a look and they both smile as if they just passed said something to each other, but silently.“As Jen said, it is really not about money, money doesn’t mean crap,” Rob says and by the look on his face, I can tell that he really means what he is saying.“Yeah, for you, but money has meaning for me,” Carlos joins the conversation and James nods in agreement.