"Is there anything you want to tell me Grandma?" I interrupted her conversation so that she was reminded that I was present. She snapped out of her staring competition. "This man is not welcome into our lives. He is dead to me. I would not take it likely if you go behind my back and discuss with that man." She said it right in his face. "Jean, I thought we had gone past that. I understand that you are hurt but can't we find a common ground? I understand how you must feel, and trust me, it is the same way over here, but I feel like we can still do something about it." Myron tried to bargain. I have never seen my grandmother so cross at anyone. "You have the guts to show up, especially after hearing that things have changed when my grandson has become wealthy, right?"Myron raised his hands as though trying to exonerate himself from her accusations. "I promise this is not what happened. I heard that you had relocated to this place and I couldn't help but come here to witness it by my

Boom, I should have known all along that there was a mistake somewhere, and I shouldn't have been in such a poor area. This was even poorer than where my grandmother and I lived, making me know that this was something greater than I had ever witnessed, and I decided to employ a few strategies. I remembered my grandfather, what would he have done if he was faced with the same scenario? Would he go out and cry to the world that he didn't get what he wanted or fight to the end and see what happens right after? I needed to make a quick decision, and it needed to be now. "A few men surround us, and we need to negotiate before things get out of hand. Do you know how much I have waited for you to return home?" He said. From the line of his conversation, I realized why my grandmother was hellbent on keeping me away from such a wicked fellow. It wasn't because she didn't want me to associate with people but because she wanted to keep me safe. "And you say you do not want my grandfather's m

As soon as they began to worry about him I decided to bolt off. I didn't do anything to him to warrant staying there for so long so they didn't have anything against me. It was my choice to remain there or leave. I immediately put a call through to my grandfather so that he would be in the know. "You mean he kidnapped you? He sent his goons after you and didn't succeed but decided to come face-to-face with you simply because I decided to cut off ties with him. He is seeking my wrath and I wouldn't hesitate to give it unto him." My grandfather hollered from the other end of the phone and I could feel the vibrations from where I was standing. This was as annoying as it could get. How would he think that it was right for him to try and spin things around so that it worked in his favor?His son had committed various atrocities, but he never thought about them; he wanted to prove to me that he was something without knowing how important I had become. It was great that he still didn't lea

I headed out of his office and went straight to the library. At least I could always get pleasure from reading books and not staying with people who didn't have any vision whatsoever about how their lives were supposed to pan out. It was only how they were going to eat people up and find those who would leave their lives to work for them Hurt and betrayal stung my heart as I thought about Mr Braxton's statement. I shouldn't have spearheaded the group that wanted to fight for him to be reinstated. I had made a colossal mistake that couldn't repeat itself anymore. Annie jogged towards me and I almost wept for myself. This was pathetic. "I heard that you and Mr Braxton had a little altercation and that it got to you pretty much. Is that true?" She inquired from me, making me a bit worried for her. Listening to random conversations wasn't going to help her grow in any way; instead, it was going to diminish everything that she represented. I didn't think she understood it in that way. I

Two days later, I decided to take a break from school because I was getting overwhelmed by the amount of bad news I was hearing on a daily basis and was expecting that things would begin to pick up soon. I didn't know how possible that was but that was how bad I wanted it. "Never have I seen someone who would be so engaged with handling my life matters like you have and for that, I am grateful." Josh's text popped up on my phone screen making me hiss.He had not stopped thanking me even after his father had passed. The reality of death hung in the air and I couldn't help but think about what could have been. He was someone who never enjoyed his fatherly presence and was given to struggling since a very tender age and right now I wanted to remove him from that mix. My grandfather snapped his finger in my face, startling me. "I told you to pay attention to the audit but you have been busy sulking like a man whose lover rejected him." He said with a ghost of a smile appearing on his li