The leachBrian handed her a basket full of soap and lotions “ Samantha and I picked this up for you” he said. Brenda clicked her tongue “Why are you giving me a present, I am your mother I should be the one giving you a present, I'll tell you what, why don't you take the rest of the dumpling home with you tonight”.“Oh okay then,” Brian said, he wasn't eager to spend any more time with Brenda than he had to so he removed his shoes and went straight to the kitchen to see what he could do there.Brenda guided Samantha to the couch acting like her perfect loving mother.Gary looked up from his newspaper “Hi honey” he said, Thomas and Sofia also smiled brightly at her.“Samantha”, mom was so upset when you left, she just couldn't stop thinking about you. We talked so Sofia and I agree that you should move back in, we wouldn't mind sharing our space at all”.“That boy has just been begging me to have you come back,” Brenda said, “ he was so worried that we’d done you wrong”.“That's righ
The surprise “And what would you do?” Samantha said furiously as she held Brian’s arm and headed for the door.“Samantha stop”! Brenda called out, but the only response she got was the slamming of the door as her daughter stormed out of the house.Samantha was crying as she left the house, Brian tried to give her a consoling hug but she shoved him away angrily.“This is all your fault!!” she yelled “We've been married for years now but what do we have to show for it?! My life has been nothing but miserable ever since I met you! We have no house, no car and my family still treats me like dirt and just what did you do when they were bullying me huh? You hid in the kitchen and did nothing.You are completely useless. Do you even love me?!” Seeing the speechless expression on Brian’s face she got into a cab angrily leaving him to find his way home.Brain stood on the sidewalk and rubbed his face” That's not through” he said. “ I wasn't just hiding in the kitchen, I was taking care of th
IgnominyLaura was getting furious and almost couldn't control her anger but Brain just shook his head and pulled her away.“Did you see that?” the salesperson said to no one in particular after Brian and Laura had left the room “Even a seven-hundred-dollar necklace was too much for him. Was I wrong to tell him off?Laura tried to tell Brain that the more expensive jewelry was kept on the store's floor.“ I think when people come down the stairs with the heavy jewelry box other people can look at them enviously,” she thought.“It's kind of like showing off your gown on the red carpet, I just think he knows what he's doing”.Brain and Laura entered the room on the top floor “Are you crazy!” She whispered to him “Even the cheapest stuff here is way more than we can afford.“It's fine, I just wanna look around,” he said. Laura didn't say anything else because she had never even dared to go up there before now.She gaped at the expensive pieces made with twenty-four pure Gold and gemston
The necklace“You need to leave!" he said, trembling in fear”.Brian walked straight past the salesperson and towards the middle-aged man who'd been riding to Laura as soon as they left the store.Before the man could react, Brian swung his fist at him, and his first landed heavily on the man's nose Brian heard an audible gas from the other customers as they all stepped back carefully so as not to annoy him anymore.As he looked at the man holding his hand over his face. He was pleased with his handiwork then he smiled.He turned to the salesperson and said “ I'm going to buy it” he said, pulling his credit card out of his pocket. The salesperson couldn't help but stare at him, his mouth gaped in shock.“Ummm ah yes Right of course” he stammered he startled off to the counter to look for his card reader once he found it, he took Brian's card and put it into the machine then he paused “Thank you, sir, “ he said quietly “ it's all gone through” he added.Struggling to come to terms wit
Detente.“There's more to life than a necklace you know,” she said.“If you really wanna make me happy, get yourself a good job”Why don't you ask your friend for a better one, you don't have to spend your life being a security guard”. She put the necklace down on the table. For the past few years, she'd envied women wearing extravagant necklaces but after marrying a good-for-nothing like Brian, she'd stop dreaming about such things.Luckily the arrival of Catherine saved Brian from defending himself.“Something smells good,” she said as she walked in.“ Your husband may not have any good points but at least he can cook,” she added. Talking about him as if he wasn't in the room she sat down and picked up a fork but she noticed the necklace on the table before she could eat.“ Where'd this come from?” she asked, picking it up and examining it.Samantha rolled her eyes “It's just a necklace” she responded “How can you get so excited about it” She always felt Catherine overreacted when
The jeopardyThe following day Brian left straight after breakfast, the conversation the night before had left him with so many questions and he knew that Jeffery might give him some answers.He found him in the office at a new company, after Jeffery had offered him some coffee they sat down together.“Is the company doing well?” Brian asked, getting straight to the point.“Of course yes “ he responded. “ I don't know how you did it but without you, we won't be where we are today”.Brian had helped him a lot in the past and he was always keen to let him know that he appreciated it.Brian chuckled “ I did have some help,” he said as he winked at the other man “Don't worry it'll all become clear in the future.Jeffrey didn't answer since Brian had always been true to his words so he decided to change the subject.“Samantha is getting a lot of trouble from a customer,” Jeffery said.“ I guess so,” said Brian. What's going on?”. He asked.Jeffrey gave him a brief of the situation and it t
Non-sequiturImmediately he was done with his words the door suddenly opened with a heavy kick.Johnny watched Brian burst in, he laughed “Just what are you gonna do about it?” he asked Brian mockingly.“Mr. Spencer, Mr Nathan, do you mind if Samantha’s husband watches us?” Johnny said.“Oh, what a pleasure hmmm you get dirtier every time we do this” Mr. Spencer responded as he walked towards Samantha, undoing his tie.Brian didn't hesitate; he went straight to Mr. Spencer with a heavy punch.Mr Spence fell backwards on the table with his glasses flying everywhere as he landed and before he could react Brian sent him flying with a heavy kick.He fell off the table and landed with a thud on the floor.Johnny watched in terror, a small part of liquid forming at the front of his pants. “Argh I thought he couldn't fight,” Johnny said to himself.But Brian had no time to waste with him, instead, he ran to the corner of the room where Samantha had curled herself to feel protected. Her eyes
Deceit “ What are you doing for Jeffrey today, delivering flyers to your friends? With that she walked out of the bedroom and slammed the door shut behind her the loud bang echoing throughout the entire house Brian smiled bitterly he was happy that she had taken her bee job seriously but Jeffrey had overstepped the mark during his conversation with her he decided to go and see Jeffery again.An hour later Brian stormed into Jeffery’s office for the second time in two days but he wasn't quite polite this time.He sat himself down on Jeffery’s chair, making Jeffery sit uncomfortably on the couch in the corner of the room as Brian glanced at him, Jeffery felt like a child who'd been sent to the principal’s office for bad behavior.“ Hey Jeff, what on earth are you doing?”. He asked incredulously. “ you didn't have to belittle me like that to Samantha on the phone today, do you have any idea of what she said to me after she hung up?”.Jeffrey gulped, he hadn't expected Samantha to take h