Noel Patterson

69.

That night…

Roland paced around his room, lost in thoughts. He wondered how and where Annabel got to know Carson?

“Could it be in California?” Roland asked no one in particular as he paced to and fro.

He and Carson had never gotten along. They were best friends right from when they were kids, but when things worked out for Roland, Carson always got mad and that soiled their friendship.

Roland was smart and was the type to always take risk, making him excel higher and better than the rest.

Carson always lagged behind and started distancing himself from Roland. He refused to answer Roland's calls and always did everything he could to sabotage and jeopardize Roland's efforts.

Roland endured it all until the day Carson said they were no longer friends. He made it clear to Roland that, he didn't like that things were going well for Roland and he was stuck. Roland offered to help him but he refused and cut off their friendship, becoming rivals in business with Roland. Because of Roland,