"Let me help you in" Jake said and wanted to take the shopping bags from me
"No thank you. I gat this"
I headed to my apartment with the shopping bags weighing me down, opened the door and was about to step in when Jake shouted from his car "Bye fiancee"
I banged the door, dropped the bags on my right hand in order to turn on the switch and shockingly dropped the other bags when I saw someone standing by the window
"This isn't funny" I said angrily
"I wasn't trying to make it to be. Who was that?" Susanne asked
"Why are you here?"
"Because you were acting strange on the phone. And who was that?'
I breathe in heavily and answered "That is Jake"
"Your boss?"
"Yes"
"What was he doing here? What were you doing in his car? And what are those?"
"They are bags"
"Bags"
"Yeah"
"For whom?"
"I"
"I heard him called you his fiancee, he gave you a badass car which I've seen with my own eyes and now bags. What's going on?"
"It's a long story. It's a long story"
"Cut it short. I'm all ears" she said and headed to a couch
I explained everything to her within ten minutes
"Everything is a joke right?"
"I'm not in the mood for this, I'm being serious right now"
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I woke up on Wednesday morning due to my phone's vibrating on my bed, it was a message from Jake
"Can't wait to see my shy fiancee" he texted and I was about to drop the phone when another message came in "That is your passcode for today"
"I know" I muttered got out of bed and headed to my bathroom
I intentionally went to work late just to avoid him but met him exactly where he was yesterday as I opened my office door
"You have to stop doing this"
"Is that the first statement you're supposed to say to your fiance?"
"Stop calling me that"
"Why should i?"
"Because, I'm not your fiancee. You can pick one of those girls, I'm sure she will really appreciate it"
"Those girls are my noodles, you're my burger and less I forget, where is your pass-card"
"Here" I said and brought out my phone
"What about that of yesterday?"
"It's there. I'm sure you can see it there"
"Okay" he said, got out of my seat "And you'll be waiting for another meeting this evening".
"I'm not. I'm definitely not"
"It's a free world" he said and shrugged "You're free to resign" he added and headed out
"Be expecting my resignation letter" I whispered and angrily matched to my seat
Few hours later, while I was working on a file, my phone rang, it was mom
"Mom" I said as I picked up the call
"Candace" mom called with her 'there is a problem' tone
"Mom"
"It's Brent" she said and I could assumed her trying not to cry
"What is wrong with him?'
"He fainted again. We're on our way to the hospital"
I threw my head back in sadness and asked "How is he now?"
"He is awake now but he isn't okay"
"I will be on my way as soon as possible"
"You don't have to. I will get back to you later"
"Alright then"
"Bye"
I hung up the call, headed to the restroom and cried my soul out. My brother was dying and there was nothing that I could do about it.
I watched as everyone of my co-workers left for the day, leaving me alone with my annoyingly boss
"What happened?" He asked when he joined me in my office
"Nothing"
"But your eyes are red"
"It's because I'm not feeling well"
"You really want to go home that bad?"
"If you let me"
"I hate Wednesdays" he declared
"Why?"
"Because that was the day my great grandmother died" he replied and laughed
"That isn't funny"
"I was just trying to make you laugh"
"Then, it didn't work"
"If you really want to go home that badly, I can give you a ride"
"Then, what is the essence of I having a car"
"I'm just trying to help"
"You aren't helping"
My phone rang at that moment, it was mom
I got out of my seat and went out of the office
"Mom, how is he?"
"We're in trouble" mom cried
"What is it?"
"Money"
"For what again?"
"He needs to go in for another surgery"
"And this will be costs us how much?"
"Approximately $100,000"
"For what!?"
"The surgery, the tests, the drugs"
"There is no way we are getting that much money. Nobody will borrow us that much money" I said
"I don't know what to do right now" mom cried
"Likewise I"