Liam slammed the door shut immediately he stormed into it. He had never been so angry in his life. He looked around his room, hoping to find something that he could break. But everything in his room was priceless, almost all his gifts were given to him by his aunt Caroline. He wished she was around to see him now. He knew that she would be able to calm him down, she always knew what to say. "Don't let them get to you boy. Your parents are just a tough nut to crack. Look at it as a challenge and a puzzle that needs to be solved. Everyone has a soft spot, find your parent's soft spot and work with it."He would give anything to be hugged by her. Aunt Caroline always smelled of onions and ginger. She was always looking for different fruits to combine and form a smoothie, but the one ingredient she would never miss while preparing her drink was ginger. She had always advised him to find what he loved and escape to it whenever the weight of the world was too much on his shoulders. Liam l
Liam watched in dread as his mother slowly closed the door behind her. He got up and headed straight to the window where he stared at the bird that was singing a melody. He was aware of his parent's ugly behaviour and he wasn't surprised at it. But he knew that he won't let them hurt him so much by keeping aunt Caroline away from him. She was the only family member that he loved. "Your parents love you, Liam, they just have a weird way of showing it." She had once told him."Maybe I should develop a weird way of receiving it," Liam had said with anger as he sat on a sofa in her one-room apartment. She was their relative but she never asked them for money. Always wanted to do things on her own. She didn't want to be indebted to anyone and she mostly didn't want anyone taking the glory for her hard work. That was how Liam's parents were. They never allowed anyone to succeed without them taking part in the glory of it. As long as they had helped you in one way or the other, you will be
Liam needed to connect with nature. It was the only thing that could keep him sane especially when his aunt was absent. He drove with his windows down, allowing the breeze to blow away his pain and anger. He wanted to run away, wanted to be by himself or at least be with someone who understood him but he couldn't do any of those. He understood why his aunt had never collected anything from his parents. Why she strived so much to be independent and not involve them in her daily activities. It was for reasons like these. He parked his car along the curb of the street. He was still as he watched the occupants of New York city go about their normal business. It brought peace to him to know that everyone had one issue or the other but they still went about their business like nothing was wrong. He saw a little girl sitting on a bench and licking her ice cream with a smile on her face. He couldn't spot either of her parents so he left to go talk to the girl. He walked up to her and immedia
"Seb!!!, What's up??!! Are you ready to party hard?", He shouted across the entrance. "Ethan, what am I doing here?", "I told you I didn't want to come out tonight", "who do you know that is broke that goes to a club?", I said disturbed"You worry too much my friend. Tonight is all about enjoying some","Work of art, yeah yeah, I know", I interjected, "let's just go inside already","I added striding past him.He grabbed my arm and whispered, "hey, I got a solution for your money problem as well, you'll see", and then walked excitedly into the club"Ethan, Ethan! What solution?","Let's try and have a good time, I'll introduce you to a couple of guys later".He hurried off and began hitting on the first girl he could find.I walked to the bartender and ordered a drink, I needed to take the edge off and not worry so much about my money situation. I have to admit, I was getting the attention, across the room I noticed some girls staring and smiling at me, I took another shot and started
The weather was pleasant but the same couldn't be said for Emily's appearance. She cursed as she highlighted from her car and almost ran into her father's company building. She waited patiently till she heard the ding of the elevator, rushing in she quickly pressed the button that would open up to her office.Immediately the doors of the elevator opened up, she marched into her office floor completely ignoring the greetings of all the staffs that saw her. She walked briskly towards her secretary's desk and slammed her hand into her table."Good afternoon ma'am." The young lady stuttered as she looked into the gleaming eyes of her boss who was not looking happy."Sandra, what meeting did I have today?" "Ummm. Ma, which one are you referring to?"Could she be serious?"Which one am I talking about? The one I'm just coming back from. Which meeting was that?"Sandra looked down from Emily's face and scrambled the papers on her table looking for her boss itinerary for the day."Umm, that
Sebastian smiled to himself as he pulled up to the parking lot of the company. He was glad for the conversation he had with Ethan earlier. The man was a pain in the ass most of the time but he did help him get the perspective he needed.Sebastian yelled as Ethan hovered over him so early in the morning. He was used to the man not being the morning type but Ethan was wide awake and staring directly into his eyes. "Man, what the hell?!" Sebastian screamed out as he pushed Ethan away from his body. He reeked of alcohol making Sebastian worry about why he did not just pass out already. That was mostly what he did whenever he came back drunk."Don't you have where to go today?" Ethan was talking about him going out in search of a job but Sebastian knew better. There were no jobs available anywhere. "Won't be going anywhere today," he said as he turned over to his side "there are no jobs in this godforsaken town. So I might as well just save myself from the stress of looking.""So what do
Sebastian had hoped that he would never get to see the building that threatened to end his life whenever he stepped foot into it. Reluctantly, Ethan and Sebastian moved towards the door and one of the men nugged them along."What? So when you are not chatting like little girls, you guys chose to irritate me by walking like snails?" The man said with anger in his voice. As much as Sebastian wanted to reply to him, he decided to save his strength for when he would need to run away from Maverick and his gang and if he couldn't, he would fight his way out. He didn't mind getting shot, anything was better than working full time for him.They didn't pass through the club as they did before. The entrance was a lot narrower and the presence of two guards gave the clear message of the entrance being off limits to regular party freaks. They walked in the dark for what felt like hours but was only five minutes and Sebastian kept praying that they weren't passing through the human body room. Sud
It was becoming clear that all the people Sebastian was getting acquitted with were dangerous men and they all knew Ethan. The man that approached them was covered with tattoos and the more Sebastian observed him, the more he noticed the cliche way the man was dressing. He had on nose rings and an earring on his eyebrows."Hello, Denzel," Ethan said as he stood up."I see we are now mates, if not what would give you the courage to address me by my name?" "I don't believe they are any secrets between us."Denzel's couldn't take his eyes off the little brat that had almost gotten him arrested. He had sworn that the next time he sees him, he would be a dead man. But he had come with Chairman's men and anyone who wanted to live knew not to mess with Chairman. The man could do unimaginable things to his victim but still behave like he was doing nothing. "I don't think we do," Denzel said as he offered a smile his way and ushered them to their seats. "So I'm curious to know, how did a ric