The office was filled with silence once again for a few moments until Dillon suddenly laughed loudly, startling Raphael and making him jump in surprise. “Bryan is a very attractive man, isn’t he,” Dillon remarked with a chuckle as he wiped a tear from the corner of his eye. “Of course he would have an interest in a lady! He’s always flirting when we are out, drinking.” “Yeah…?” Raphael responded quietly before he continued, “So… Who do you think he’s serious about right now?” An intense expression covered Dillon ’s face as he stared directly at Raphael without looking away, furrowing his brows as he asked. “You have a sister, right? Sandra… is this about her?”“Uh… I wish! But, no.” Raphael answered quickly with a chuckle, shaking his head in denial.A curious glint entered Dillon ’s eyes as he inquired, and then he relaxed in his seat, mumbling, “Bryan is like a loose cannon. The guy is a player… He doesn’t acknowledge a woman openly because he is constantly looking around for
Eyeing Gary, Fallon wanted so desperately to read his thoughts because his expression was utterly blank; no emotion was evident on his face. Nervous and uneasy, Fallon reached for the glass of tequila, lifted it to her lips, and drank the entire thing down without hesitation.And as soon as the liquor entered her mouth, she felt hot liquid fill her throat, and she could taste the vodka, and immediately, she started coughing violently, clutching her throat as she felt the burning sensation.Instantly, Gary stood up from his seat and placed his palm on her back to rub it soothingly,” Hey, hey, Fallon, relax. Deep breaths. Take slow, steady breaths.”Once Fallon stopped coughing, her chest heaved with heavy breaths, and her hand clutched onto Gary’s arm to keep her balance.After waiting for her to finally regain control of herself and settle down a bit, Gary mumbled, “You good?”Fallon simply nodded her head in reply while wiping a few stray tears away with the back of her hand.A scoff
Ryan had just returned from a medical meeting at the hospital, he rested his suitcase on the bed, looked back when his room door burst open, and James rushed into the room.“What?” Ryan asked, with a bewildered expression.“I just saw this!” James said, holding up his phone in his hand.Annoyed, Ryan snatched his phone with a blank expression on his face and played the video, his eyes widened slightly.“So when Boss and Fallon went out… Damn!!” Ryan gasped as he listened to Fallon confronting Alice on the video.“Damn indeed…” James agreed with a chuckle.“Does Gary know that someone uploaded what happened at the bar onto the internet?”“Yeah, he should by now.”The room fell silent after James stopped talking, but eventually, Ryan broke the silence as he mumbled, “With the lies that spread and now the video of this Alice person confronting him, he‘s never going to escape the rumours.”There was a long pause, and then James frowned and said, “You think! The fact that he carried her ou
Even though Mrs Gilbert could see the pain in her daughter‘s eyes, she ignored it and informed her with a smile“.“Adding to that, we would have to leave this apartment as soon as possible, so I wouldn't put you at a fixed point anymore.” Sniffing away the tears that were forming in her eyes, a look of shock spread across Fallon‘s face before she cleared her throat and asked, “Mum, but where do we go? With all this happening around us, home isn't quite safe.”Speechless about what to say either, she just shrugged her shoulder and replied, “That I don‘t know,”“You mean I wouldn't be seeing even Gary anymore?!” Fallon blurted out before she could get a grip on her tongue.After a few minutes of silence passed by, Mrs Gilbert patted her hand and said, “Freshen up and come downstairs because we won‘t leave without saying ‘goodbye‘ to them. I have our stuff packed up already.”As they stood on the balcony of the apartment, James eyed Ryan, before focusing on Gary.The silence among them w
At the dining, everyone was talking well except for Gary, who was completely into his meal.How accurate Fallon was with the time that had passed made Gary‘s eyes drift towards her, knowing that since the day they wanted to leave, he had been keeping his distance from her and trying his hardest to keep himself occupied. They had been staying away from each other and even though it felt strange Gary didn‘t want to admit it; he missed spending time together with her, and he hated seeing the disappointment in her eyes when their gazes locked.Brushing his thumb against his bottom lip, Gary drifted into his thoughts with his focus solely on her and his mind blank.As Fallon’s gaze darted away from James, it rested on his steady eyes and the way they stared deep inside hers. Uneasy, she pushed her plate, woke from her seat, and said, “I‘m full.”Worried, Mrs Gilbert looked at the still fill plate and then at her daughter, feeling a pang of guilt and heartache since she has watched the two
"Oh goodness!” Mrs Gilbert cried in horror as the guy rushed toward Gary with the blade aimed right for his neck and a wicked smile plastered across his face.Not even putting much thought into it, Gary jumped in the air, swung his right leg, and slammed his foot into the exact spot he hit first on the guy’s chest, sending him flying off the ground and landing hard on the concrete floor in a heap. “He’s not waking up! Gary, he’s not getting up!!” Mrs Gilbert panicked, turning around with a tear in her eye.Silently Gary walked over to the guy, kicked the blade aside, squatted, and placed his fingertip toward his bloodstained nose, feeling the warm air flowing onto his skin and exhaling deeply with relief as he whispered, “He’s still breathing.”Glancing over at Mrs Gilbert, Gary met her eyes and said, “I'll be back, let me get my keys so I can take the dude to the hospital.""No, Gary. Ryan is a doctor, he can help." Gary smiled slightly, placed his hand on her shoulder and said.
Gary was surprised when he saw the door open and then Jeremy’s words which said he had something quite a surprise for Gary.“What! Did you bring people to fight me? Do you realize this is a hospital?”A dangerous game The entire situation had Gary deep in thought, and yet, alarmed, knowing that these guys were trouble and dangerous, and two against seven in such a situation didn’t seem like a fair fight. “You know I have heard about you everywhere and I thought to ambush you with Jeremy. And now you fell into the trap by hurting him.”“Now I'm happy we met, I can find your ass and beat the hell out of you…” Adrian one of the men said said, looking away from Jeremy and staring at Gary. Even though the tension in the air was so murderous, Gary’s eyes remained calm and his expression stayed neutral, looking straight into Adrian‘s eyes. “And then you do this shit… hospitalized my brother by beating the hell outta his sorry ass and trying to kill him…” Adrian said in a dead tone as he t
The living room of the Larsons' mansion was quiet, until Raphael walked into the doorway, and saw his grandmother, reading a newspaper. Shutting it, Alora watched the look of disappointment on his face and then asked, “ Why do you look so dejected?”Sluggishly, Raphael shrugged and sat down on the couch opposite his mother, before speaking again, “Gary got nothing to lose!”Those words made Alora raise her eyebrows in shock, and she put down her paper to give her son an incredulous look.“After waiting one week and expecting an answer, is that all Dillon has to report?! What kind of nonsense background investigation is that!” Alora questioned, looking at her son with disdain.“Well, he did his job, but no one in the country and in South Hill seems to truly know who Gary is… except if it's related to Sandra or rumours about him and Fallon. He has no work history, no family or friends… and he doesn’t seem to even go to school or college…” Raphael said, trying to figure out how else to ex