He wants me back

      ""Who is this personal assistant of yours?"" Katherine asked again.

         ""I do not know him. I just went into my room to see him. I asked him why he was there, and he said he had applied for a job."" Anna said.

           ""You mean father set up a job vacancy?"" Katherine arched her brows.

          ""I was surprised myself, but well, I could tell him to leave."" She sighed.

         ""But.""

         ""But what?"" She asked.

          ""How did he eventually leave then?"" Katherine asked.

          ""I fired him. It was all Evelyn's fault, she made me pour all my bitterness on the poor man."" She sighed.

          ""So he left as soon as he came."" Katherine nodded slowly.

           ""Yeah."" Anna replied.

         ""How come Ralph is angered over it?"" Katherine frowned.

           Anna creased her brows, ""I do not know why he is angry. It surprised me to know he knew that guy.""

          Katherine nodded, ""No problem then, do not just get into a fight with him, he is your older brother after all."" 

       She rolled her eyes angrily and muttered under her breath, ""Older brother my foot.""

          Katherine shook her head and walked out of the dining room.

           ""Curse that brother of mine!"" Anna breathed heavily.     

          She sat down on her chair to resume her eating but could not eat.

       She held her head and dropped her spoon, ""All because of a random guy I barely know."" She muttered.

           Kelvin sat outside the house looking sober. He held his chin in thought. 

       Jacky went outside, and saw Kelvin lost in his thoughts. He sat beside him.

          ""What is the matter, Kelvin? Why do you look so worried?"" Jacky held his shoulder.

           Jacky looked at him and smiled, ""It is nothing. I am fine."" He lied.

           ""I know you are lying, you are obviously worried."" Jacky pouted.

             Kelvin sighed and palmed his face. His expression did not  agree with his words.

             ""I am so sorry Jacky, but I can not help but think. I am so worried right now."" He held his head, tired.

           Jacky hugged him, ""You do not have to worry about anything, Kelvin, everything will be fine.""

         ""Nothing seems to be fine, everything is just going wrong."" He thinned his lips.

            ""But Grandma always says we should always be positive."" Jacky blinked.

            Kelvin palmed his face again, ""I know Jacky, but this is too much. Everything is so not right."" 

             ""You do not have to be this way, Kelvin. Overthinking will not help solve the problem. Grandma always said that."" Jacky said.

               ""This is reality, Jacky. There is nothing we can do about it."" He said calmly.

          Jacky pouted, ""If you are like this, I will also be sad.""

          Kelvin looked at him, ""Oh Jacky, you do have to be sad. I will think of a way out, I promise.""

             They hugged again.

         Alexander came back from work. He worked as an electrician.

             ""Hey there guys, what's up?"" He smiled cheerfully at them.

         Kelvin forced an answer, ""Hey, how was work?""

       Jacky ran to him, ""Hey there Alexander."" He grinned and Alexander carried him in his hands.

        He looked at Kelvin, ""How are you Kelvin?"" He smiled.

           ""I am not good, as always."" He rolled his eyes.

              Alexander sighed, ""You have to stop beating yourself up. You can not just sit down here all day. You have to get up and look for something to do."" 

           ""It is always a waste of time. It never works."" He shook his head.

           Jacky exchanged looks with Alexander.

        ""When did you start being a pessimist?"" Alexander raised his brows.

            Kelvin twisted his lips, ""That does not matter.""

          ""It does matter. Being a pessimist now will not help you."" Alexander walked up to him.

         Kelvin held his head in despair. 

         Alexander sat beside him and held his shoulder, ""Everything will be fine."" 

          Kelvin nodded, still holding his head, ""Let us go inside."" He stood up and helped Kelvin get up.

         They all went inside. 

        ""Let us go and prepare dinner Jacky."" Alexander winked and they both walked to the kitchen laughing.

          Kelvin sat on the couch, and rested against it. There was a heavy silence in the room and it was slowly pressuring him. He felt as if he would break under it.

             There was a knock on the door. 

        ""I will get it."" Kelvin said and went to the door.

        He opened it and found Ralph outside the door.

        He blinked in surprise, ""What are you doing here?"" He asked in what sounded like a whisper.

          ""I was looking for you. I heard Anna fired you and,"" 

        Kelvin cut him short, ""How did you find me?"" He asked, wide-eyed.

          ""I just had to look for you. I could not stand the fact that you were gone."" He sighed.

         Kelvin frowned deeply.

         ""You are not supposed to be here. You should go."" Kelvin said.

         ""Please Kelvin, you should come back. I will be the one to employ you this time and not Anna, and I promise not to fire you."" He pleaded.

          Kelvin held his breath for a while, Ralph could really give him the job he wanted.

        ""I do not know about this."" He rubbed his neck gently.

          ""Come on Kelvin, this will definitely benefit you in some way. You need a job, do you not?"" Ralph asked keenly.

         ""I do, but why does it have to be under you?"" He asked, confused.

        ""You do not have to worry about anything. I will make sure you are well paid."" He tried to assure him.

         Alexander came to the parlor. He looked at Ralph with a kind of uncertainty.

        ""Who is this Kelvin?"" Alexander asked.

       Ralph looked at him and raised his brows.

          ""Well."" Kelvin was unable to say anything.

           Ralph looked at Kelvin again, ""Come on Kelvin, come back."" He pleaded.

         Alexander was taken aback, ""Okay, Kelvin, what is going on here?"" He raised his chin.

         ""Alexander, I will explain to you later. Right now, I have to deal with him."" He sighed.

        ""You need a job right now, am I right?"" Ralph asked.

          ""Yeah, I do."" He said quietly.

        ""So it means I can help you."" He smiled.

       Alexander squinted his eyes, something did not feel right about this guy.

      He grabbed Kelvin's hand and pulled him closer and spoke in his ear, ""Who is this guy?""

         ""Her brother."" He replied simply.

       ""Whose brother?"" He arched his brow.

        ""The lady who was supposed to be my boss, that is her brother."" He replied.

          Alexander raised his brows, ""I do not know why, but something does not feel right about this guy." He said quietly.

          Ralph looked at them, ""Kelvin?"" He called.

        Kelvin looked at him, ""Yeah?""

        ""Are you accepting it? Please do, you have to come back."" He said softly.

       Alexander felt uneasy, he took Kelvin's hand and led him in.

       ""Give us a minute."" He told Ralph.

          They went to the kitchen.

        ""Come on, tell him who he is."" He said firmly.