At intervals, Sebastian took a sneak peek at the young man who had become his friend. His face held no expression, it was almost surreal to look at him. The pain was sipping out of him but stayed in a contained aura, it floated around him, torturing him still and not allowing him to be free. He looked back at the road as he drove. Everything was finally making sense to him, he was finally beginning to understand this man. Sasha was his best friend and he lied to himself that that was all she was to him. For some reason, he couldn't open his eyes to see the truth, couldn't understand the writings on the wall. But this was an eye-opener for him. Sebastian had no doubt in his mind that the young man would go back to her and beg. Hell! They may even get married and he would be finally rid of that bitch. Sebastian would be more than happy to serve her the divorce papers. He looked at the driver's mirror, thinking that Amanda was following him. He couldn't afford for her to know where he
Sebastian could understand his plight. The man feared the one thing every young man feared, being alone, he couldn't blame him for that. Could only sympathize with him while welcoming him to the club. The feeling could be crippling, it could damn one for all eternity. "Okay, I understand now," Sebastian said. "You can rest here, I will go make us something to eat." "Thank you. But where is your wife? I want to say hello to her." "You don't know?" Sebastian asked. And then realized how stupid the question was. How could the young man know, he wasn't with him all the time. He didn't witness the accident that took his wife's life. He didn't watch as his only son lost his mind, thinking that he killed his mother, and finally committed suicide in his room. He didn't know all that, to Jake, he was just the annoying man that his aunt entrusted him to."Know what?" Jake asked softly."She is not with me anymore. Let me get dinner started." Sebastian didn't wait around for the pity looks an
Jake awoke to the smell of coffee. He got out of bed slowly and stepped into the bathroom to freshen up before heading downstairs. Sebastian's house remained him of his aunt's home. It was always cozy and nice. It was the kind of house one would love to go back to. The kind of house that offered peace and love. More than anything, he wanted to create such a home with Amanda. But the woman was too selfish to understand his need. To understand why he was doing it. Jake took a closer look at himself in the mirror. His face scarred him. He looked like a ghost, maybe it's because he didn't get much sleep during the night. He stared at his phone, waiting for Sasha to call him and allow him to speak. He would tell her how sorry he was and how much he had missed her already. But she didn't pick, she probably didn't want to hear those words from him. He quickly finished up in the bathroom after he had grown weary of looking at his face in the mirror. He went back into the room and threw on th
The evening air was cold when it happened. It was like nature knew something terrible was about to be done and he mourned it before it did happen. No one had expected a simple drive to the drug store to lead to death. In fact, no one had expected that a 27-year-old boy would injure himself while playing baseball with his father, but that is exactly what happened. The ball went straight for his knee angle and for some reason, the force was strong enough to break it or bruise it. No one knew, they were hoping that a scan will clarify things for them. Sebastian ran to his only son whose screams he was sure his wife won't let him hear the end of. "Son, you okay?" He asked with a tone of fatherly care."No, dad. I think my knee is broken." He answered painfully. He held his leg close to himself as he whimpered in pain. Samantha ran out as fast as she could from the kitchen. She hated when anything happened to her son. She was so close to over-pampering him while they were growing up but
Sebastian's face had never appeared more humble as he told the story of how he lost the two most important people in his life that day. His wife died and his son threw himself into depression and suicidal thoughts. According to him, it was his fault that the woman didn't see the drunk driver behind the Toyota wheel. She had bent low to try and ease the pain on his leg and didn't see it. Jason had always blamed himself. He should have listened to his father and allowed the wound to sit on ice. He should have not screamed out in pain and would not have slowed his mother to take a 'quick look at the wound'. It was all his fault and the thought slowly drove him to suicide.Sebastian got up from the bed he was sitting on to tell the story and walked to the closet. He picked a pair of clothe and felt the texture of them around his palms. "It started slowly. After the burial, he couldn't concentrate and soon he got fired. The woman he was seeing at the time reported severally to me that he
Sebastian drove Jake to work and dropped him off when he was sure that his wife, Amanda was nowhere in sight. He was going to draft out the divorce papers. He didn't care if Jake agreed or not. It was the right thing to do. Jake walked slowly into the office. The first thing he noticed was the ride stares he was receiving from everyone around him. He didn't know what he had done but they had no right to judge him for not being at work for two days. After all, he did call in sick. He ignored them and held his head high as he walked straight into his boss's office. He knocked slightly and when he heard a soft 'come in', he opened the door and walked in. His boss had his head buried in documents and did not notice when Jake walked into the room. Jake stood for a few minutes and when the man still did not recognize his presence, he cleared his throat."Ahem." That was enough to grab his boss's attention. He lifted his face and saw Jake standing and waiting for a response from him."Good
It is said that opportunities can be found everywhere, Jake always believed that if determination and preparation did not meet you at the doorway of opportunity, you won't be able to get into the house. "Are you serious, sir?" His intonation and way of addressing suddenly changed. The man was no longer a stranger he met at a bar, he was now the man who had the power to change his life. "Of course I am. From your designs, it is obvious that you are pretty good so I will love to give this a try. So what do you say?""I say Heavens yeah! Man, you don't know how long I've been waiting for an opportunity like this and now that it's right here in front of me, I am not going to play with it." "That's good but you will have to design a two-piece suit for me first. After I am satisfied with that, then we can proceed to the next step, is that okay with you?""Yeah, it's totally okay with me." Jake didn't care if the man wanted him to design ten clothes for free. It wasn't all about the money
Old relationships bring a spark that is unexplainable to humans and that was the case between Jake and Michael. Jake couldn't explain why he felt so comfortable and so much at ease sitting in his office and talking about his life. They could recount old memories and talk for hours if possible, and Jake still wouldn't be bored. "Okay, I'm listening," Michael said and closed his system."I thought you didn't want to be interrupted from work?" "And you have already done that and if I know you at all, I know that you won't leave till you get all that you want. So go on, spill the beans," he said."Okay. Well, I kinda got fired from the job today." "What?! Your boss fired you?! That's not possible! Everyone knows the massive contribution you make to that company so why would he do something so stupid." "Well, maybe because I stayed away from work for two days." "And why would you do that?""I was taking care of Sasha." It wasn't safe to inform Micheal about Amanda especially when he w