The Unstoppable Rylan Daystar

CHAPTER 5

“Revenge?” Arlene asked baffled.

“Yes Mom,” Rylan replied, rising from his chair.

Arlene looked at her son completely shocked. There was something different about him that was for sure. He was nothing like the Rylan she raised. What had happened to him? After being away for almost three years, he was back ready to take the wealth he had once rejected.

“What happened to you, Rylan?” She asked. “Where were you all this time?”

Rylan chuckled as he heard her words. He was pacing around the huge table with his hands behind him. A lot was going on in his mind. He was ready to get to work immediately. But he still felt it was too soon. He needed time to let everything settle. He had lost everything and also gained a lot from it.

“I was learning,” he replied.

Arlene looked at her son completely confused. He wasn’t making sense.

“Learning?” She asked.

“Yes,” Rylan replied stopping.

He turned to her and leaned on one of the chairs. Arlene took a sit on one of the chairs. Rylan looked at the wedding ring that was still on his finger. It meant nothing to him now. It was only a reminder of his past life. A life he failed in. He smiled as he stared at it now.

“Now tell me, Rylan. Tell me everything,” Arlene demanded.

Rylan sighed and clenched his hand into a fist before taking his eyes off the ring.

“The reason I left was because I was scared, Mom,” he said. “I didn’t want this life. All I wanted was a simple life like everyone else.”

Arlene was stunned by this.

“Why?” She asked. “I gave you a good life. A life anyone could wish for. I sent you to the best schools across Europe, Rylan. What did I do wrong?”

“This is not your fault, Mom,” Rylan assured her.

Arlene shook her head.

“It seems to be,” she pointed out. “You don’t sound satisfied.”

Rylan leaned off the chair and sighed as he began pacing around the room again. Arlene watched him tentatively waiting for a response.

“That’s not it, Mom,” Rylan said. “I was envious of what a regular life would be like, and so I ran away to be with this girl I met in Los Angeles.”

Arlene couldn’t believe her ears. Rylan paused and raised his right hand showing her the wedding ring on his middle finger. Arlene’s jaw dropped in disbelief.

“We even got married,” he said with a smile. “See?”

“Then what happened?” She asked.

Rylan scoffed.

“Turns out, her family didn’t like me and they usually humiliated me,” he replied.

“Humiliated?” She asked.

Rylan paused. He was almost beside her now. Arlene watched her son hold the chair that he sat on to sign the documents a few minutes ago. Everything seemed to make sense now. Her gut feeling had been correct. Rylan was up to something. And it wasn’t good. She looked into his amber eyes and they were filled with pain. Rylan has been thorough a lot.

“Yes. Eventually, they got me fired and also found a way to convince my wife that she should divorce me,” Rylan said.

Arlene placed her hand on her mouth in shock.

“R—Rylan. I didn’t know,” she said.

Rylan smiled.

“It’s best you didn’t know, Mom,” he said. “I did this for myself, and it was selfish. But I have learned a lot.”

Arlene nodded unsure of what to say to her son. Rylan sat down on the chair now and reached for her hands, holding them. Arlene stared at him. Rylan didn’t know how to put out his next words to his mother. It was tougher than he expected.

“I’m going to be away for a little longer,” he finally said.

Arlene furrowed her brows as she heard that.

“But you just got back,” She pointed out.

Rylan sighed and held her hands tighter.

“I know, mom. But this time it’s important,” he said. “There’s a lot I have to do and learn.”

Arlene was appalled by his tone.

“What do you mean, Rylan?” She asked.

“That I will be back,” he replied. “And when I’m back, I won’t be going anywhere.”

Arlene sighed. Rylan looked like a man on a mission. There was no way she was going to be able to stop him. It was best she let him go.

“Fine,” she said.

Rylan smiled and pulled his mother into a hug. Arlene hugged him tightly and sighed.

“I love you, mom,” he said.

“I love you too, Rylan,” she replied.

Rylan looked at the ring on his finger one more time. It was time to set things right. There was no time left to lose. The ring was once an object of love and trust. It was meant to signify the trust of his other half. But that trust was betrayed, and could never return.

What once held a significant importance to him, moulded into the avatar of his retribution.