Jason waited for a few days, and there was no reaction from his father. It took him a few hours to realize that what he did in the office on that day was a dumb move. Still thinking that he was in his right, he expected some sort of patronage from his father before he would return to the office, but none seemed forthcoming.He decided to wait until the next morning, but Alex did not show up. He had gotten out his clothes for work that day and was already sipping his coffee, but no one walked through the door. He thought that his father would probably come upstairs to speak to him. But he was wrong. Everyone went about their jobs and their duties, but he was left out of it all. It was at this moment that he wished that he was still speaking to Caleb. Their relationship had turned sour very quickly, and even though they saw each other in school, they were not speaking. He had stopped coming to work at the office, and from what he heard, he had resumed his job at the restaurant. J
Jason knew that his father could be full of surprises, but this was beyond what he could ever imagine in a million years. He did not know why his dad would bring in someone new. It showed that his father had just been waiting for a single act of misbehavior from him to strike. Fred, a tall, handsome man, stepped in and walked toward where Mr. Abbott stood with a big smile on his face. He shook his hand as everyone stood up to applaud him.Jason still sat transfixed. He did not know how to react to the situation at all, and he just clapped slowly. Everyone glanced at him as they clapped, as though they expected some sort of reaction from him. For the rest of the meeting, Jason was lost in his thoughts. He did not know where he stood at all. He wondered what would happen to his position or the office he was in at the moment. He wished someone would hand him a new job description so he would know how to go about things. He looked at Alex, who did not seem too surprised. It looked
Jason stood up and turned around to see his friend looking down at him with a plastic bag in his hand. He did not mind that there were tears in his eyes. He could be vulnerable with Caleb. He stood up and went to where Caleb stood. They looked at each other for a while before Caleb opened up his hand to give him a hug. Jason hugged him immediately and cried on his shoulders. "I'm still mad at you, though," Caleb said to him as they disentangled from each other. "I know," Jason said. Caleb smiled at him. "I would like to know everything that happened, but first, are you hungry?" He asked Jason. "I bought dinner," he added as he raised the plastic bag in his hands. They entered the house, and Caleb's baby sister came in through the front door. She practiced volleyball every day after school, and Caleb always said that she was on her way to the Olympics. She held Caleb's wheel in their mom, from the backyard, and they all sat down at the dinner table. Jason could not believe ho
"Where?" Jason asked him. "Remember that day that I came to see you from school," Caleb began, and Jason nodded. "I saw Alex talking to this man, and I know this because my suspicions were already heightened at that time," he said. "Are you sure about this?" Jason asked."I just want you to keep an open mind and not be too trusting of this man that you say is your ally," Caleb said. He still did not want to believe that Alex was behind it all. Besides, the man was always at his side, and there was possibly no way that he could be the one taking those pictures. Except he had someone working for him. "Even though we want to blame Alex for this, we need tangible evidence that will show that he is indeed responsible for it all," Jason said. "That means we just have to keep a close eye on him," Caleb said, and Jason nodded. Just then, Caleb's baby sister flung open the door."Abby!" Caleb called. "What did I tell you about knocking?" He asked her. "Well, if you agreed to stay on cam
It seemed like a difficult process to get access to the money in his account for the funding of their startup.Jason was a bit worried, as he was not mentally prepared for a tussle with his father.Their relationship was already sour enough, and with his frequent absence from home, it was clear that there was a rift between them.Jason decided to implore Alex to help him speak to his father about unfreezing the account that had a ton of money in it. It was going to take so long, but Alex got it done in two days.They were so excited when Alex broke the news to them and asked them to spend wisely.Caleb thought that it was not a
Fred concluded the employees meeting very quickly, to their surprise. They were not done with the agenda yet, but he decided that they should call it off. They were slacking on a lot of things in the company recently, and it was safe to say that they were relying on past glory, which was a very dangerous move. Mr. Abbott had been taking notice of it, and he had been putting in extra effort to salvage the situation that was already heavily damaged. Fred was plain lazy. It was not that he was a student like Jason was, but he came to the office late, missed meetings, and was a party animal. He gave excuses for why things were not properly handled. Once, Mr. Abbott visited him in his apartment and found out that he was doing drugs. His recklessness was off the radar. It was unbelievable that the young man was even his son.He did not expect less. His mother was just a fling that he had when he started his company and touched money for the first time. He felt indispensable and thoug
Fred seemed disappointed that she wanted something in return for him sleeping with her, but he was not going to give up. He had to expect it anyway. She had brought herself to him, and there had to be some sort of favor.He was used to sleeping with women and giving them money in return, so it was not a new thing on his part. He was ready for it. He leaned back on his chair and looked up at her, but she would not stop grinding against him. He was beginning to think about whether her request was going to be worth it. "What do you want?" He asked her, unable to hold it in anymore. She looked at him and smiled, excited that he was willing to comply with her demand. "Just one thing," she began. "Can you just state what it is that you want?" He asked her impatiently. "Aww, impatient much," she stated as she went ahead to grab his groin. He groaned in frustration. She was keeping him waiting, and she seemed to be enjoying his desperation. "I need you to sign off for some amount to b
Mr. Abbott looked through the books again and saw that the numbers were indeed not adding up, even though they were amounts that he could easily replace from his pocket.He would not be able to replace it forever with his funding. He had learned in his years of doing business that little drops of water made a mighty ocean. Thus, he was quick to address any issue of concern.In this case, he did not know who to suspect. There were no traces of any documents.It was an offshore account, and it was difficult to trace it from their end. He wished that there was something that he could do.He was scared that everything he had worked for would once again go into shambles, like the first time.