MEETINGGina, her personal assistant, walked in.And all thoughts of checking up on Brian vanished from Samantha's mind.“Stephen Meyer and I are going to have lunch at Jacques Bistro across the road”, said Gina.“Would you like to join us?”Samantha wasn't hungry, She was just about to refuse when she had an idea. She hadn't picked a restaurant when he arranged to meet with her.Perhaps if she took him to Jacques Bistro she would have some colleagues to help her deal with him if he became difficult.“How many of you are going?” She asked.“Is there a problem?”.“It's just that Doug Parkinson of Northern Lights International wants to meet me to discuss this collaboration.If I take him there, we can all discuss it together”.“Good idea”, said Gina. “I'll just go tell Steven and the others”.Samantha heaved a sigh of relief.Couldn't have been better.Gina left the office.She pulled her cell phone out of her purse and wrote a text message.She sent the message, a smile playing on her lips.J
FAKE OWNEREven Samantha had to agree with them. “It's no laughing matter”, she said. “If my job doesn't kill me first, my mother certainly will with her obsession about big houses will”.“Maybe we need to move out sooner than we planned”.Brian didn't answer.Brenda had become much Bossier recently.If Samantha was thinking about moving out, she couldn't be happier.Recently, she had been thinking about living in the Harmony Square neighborhood.she found a small house she liked, but someone had beat me to it.She had been bitterly disappointed.Knowing that she was both upset and too busy to house hunt while she was working, Brian made a decision.“Why don't I find us a place to live?” He suggested.He was more than ready for them to move out. Every night when he came home, Brenda would make some sort of comment about it. It was Beginning to get him down.He wasn't sure if his nerves could take it much longer.Samantha.Putting down her clothes and looking at him in surprise. “Brian It's such
EXPOSEDElla realized that the situation had become more serious since there are security cameras, she thought. “we're on the security footage.It's the real owner returns and finds their lock broken. They'll blame us for the damages.Even worse, my friends will find out I lied to them”.She charged forward, intending to stop Brian however she could.However, just before she reached him, she paused as Brian's key slid smoothly into the doors lock.All of the girls watched, taken aback.As the door to the villa opened.They all looked back and forth between Brian and Ella.Ella stared at Brian. confused.One of the girls asked doubtfully.“ how did this homeless guy got the keys to your house?”.Ella Scrambled for an explanation as her friends looked at her. “Ooh, yeah, I remember him now. He's one of the landscapers. That's why he's hanging out here. He's working”.“That makes sense”, her friend said. “Look at how he's dressed”.Another girl said.Why else would someone dress like that? It'
THE TEAHowever, Brain raised his hand to indicate to his men to stand down, and they obediently retreated. “Mr. Maxwell” ,Duke said politely. “Please forgive me.I'm not from a high class family myself so my men and I don't follow some of their rules”.He stood up and stepped to the sideboard where a silver tea service was set.Report a cop and offered it to Brian.The bodyguards were stunned. “This man kidnapped the boss's son”, one thought. Who shares the boss pouring tea for him like this is a social visit and thought it was weird that the boss chose to meet here where we have to be careful about violence.“And now I'm even more confused.What's going on?”Brian accepted the cup and lifted it to his lips.He inhaled deeply before taking a small step.“Thank you”, he said. “This is good tea”.he snorted to himself as he drank his own tea.To most people who tease tea, he thought. “What could this ignorant man know about fine tea?”Brian lifted the cup again and inhaled the aroma once more
BATTLE Brian bit his tongue, he recalled. They had threatened to break both of his arms.Now one's mouth has apparently been hurt and the others arms have been broken.“ Just what did Brian do? How could he have the strength or the knowledge to take on two former soldiers at the same time and actually defeat them?” Duke thought. The guards yell had attracted the attention of the bar staff, who had alerted the manager.He burst into the room, followed by several bouncers.What he saw he was two guards lying on the floor, he gasped in disbelief. “Who did this”, he wondered. “What kind of monster could do this to these men?” he saw that Duke was sitting unscathed on his chair and he breathed a sigh of relief.His attention then turned to the other person in the room.When he saw Brian, he did a double check.“That's the young man that saved Brandy a while back”, he thought.He couldn't have done this.Before he could even guess what was going on, he jumped up. “See all this right?” He demand
OLD FRIEND Brandy, “you're still young” he replied. “Once you meet someone like her, trust me.You'll understand”.He put his hand on her head out of habit, just as he would when they were young, before he realized the gesture might be misinterpreted. “Things aren't exactly the same as when we were kids”, he thought. “I always thought of her as a sister.Looking back, I realized that she always considered me her idol”. Brandy, frowned, shaking off Brian's hand. “You told me earlier that I'm all grown up, and now you're saying that I'm still young”, she said angrily. “You're good at everything, apparently, except making up your mind”. “I know he's protecting me like he always does”, she thought. “But it's different now.If he brought me treats or gifts it would be as a friend only”.Brian smiled. “I see your temper hasn't changed at all”.She paused and said candidly. “Brian.If your marriage isn't doing well, you should get a divorce. Let's go back to your family. That's whe
GET OUT!“Completely.Remember the phone Liam stole from the Royal Plaza Inn?And the photo of the two kids.Remember.I told you that it was a photo of me and Brandy”.Jeffery pulled out the phone, open the picture and studied it.And the more he looked at it, the more he noticed that the boy in the picture had the same expression he had often seen on Brian's face.And the little girl had the same eyes as Brandy. Brian Your nodded, but he didn't want Jeffery to misunderstand.“It's not quite as serious as it seems”, he said.“I could have slept on the couch in the living room.But Samantha was pretty upset and she's sensitive about this.I think it's better to give her a while to cool down. “Last time she hit me with a lamp and caused a big wound in my arm” he thought. “She was sorry about it afterward, but I'm not sure what she might do this time.Makes my heart ache anytime she's disappointed in me.Could I crash here for a few days?”“Don't mention it”, Jeffery said. “You can stay as long
MISTAKE“They're both”, Jordan laughed. “Great. So that was a huge waste of time”.Jeffery and Liam rolled their eyes at Jordan, and only Brian could see that behind all his nonsensical stories, there was actually some truth in what he had said.He did miss someone.The loneliness in his eyes couldn't lie.Some buried their problems deep down, out of reach, while others kept themselves in denial to hold on to memories of the good times.Frustrated, Brian clenched his fists and shouted. “Jordan, tell me what to do.What?”Jordan looked at him wide eyed, as did the others.He had no idea why, out of all the people in the room, he had asked a philanderer like him for advice.And the sudden shift in tone had caught him completely off guard. “Close your eye.Just say whatever comes to mind”,“ I'll know what to look for”.Jordan said uncertainly.First taking a deep breath to calm his nerves. “Here's what I think.That phone call was just Samantha venting her anger.I mean, put yourself in her shoes.