"Mother"Nathan called when he noticed his mom standing by the window side of her room, she didn't come down for dinner and this made him worried.
The dinner downstairs with the family was boring as his aunt and grandpa were chattering nonstop about Zaiden's engagement party next tomorrow.
Surprisingly,His cousin brother Zaiden was not part of the dinner. The chief head of staff had told his mom that he hadn't come back yet.
Nathan was not worried about the company because knew what he was doing,laying low for now,observing the duo until he got the chance to strike.
Not that he was regretting being the second son but the way grandpa and his favourite family were looking down on his mom and father made him have the zeal to make a change.
He couldn't bear to see his mother hurt,he knew his mom had always wanted him to be the successor but as long as his brother Zaiden was here that was going to be hard to achieve.
He too did not understand his brother at all,after he was disapproving of his marriage towards that girl but after these few conversations he had with him about her,he figured out he has a thing for the girl.
He was not interested in her,never will he be,she was the first girl that ever had the guts to insult his mother in front of the family.
She was going to pay for doing that,but as of now,he needed to calm and observe till the right time approaches.
There had always been partial treatment in the family since he was young. That's why he was sent away to study because when they were little his grandpa had said that he was too toxic for his favourite grandson.
He could remember vividly that day,the day that made him hate his brother. They were playing around the pool and he had mistakenly pushed Zaiden into the pool that he nearly drowned.
That was the first time he saw his grandpa's anger,had it been that his mother was not present there to protect him from him,the old man would have beaten the hell out of him.
His brother was rushed to the hospital and had to be admitted for a week. That week in the family was so hectic for him,he hardly left his room because his grandpa didn't want to see him, his father's own treatment of him was the worst.
He locked him up in his room for a week and didn't feed him food for two days. His mother was the one who went against his order on the third day and lifted the ban on his head so as not to leave his room.
That made him question his very existence till today,sometimes he wondered if he was the real son of the family because the preferential treatment here was obvious that even the maids knew about it.
Zaiden would always be their perfect son while he would always be a substitute for him.
Well,that is going to change because he's back to doing what he has always wanted to do if he got the chance.
Grandpa didn't know what was coming his way when he introduced him to the company,he would make them pay for looking down on him.
He promised.
"Nathan is that you?"Sophia called and turned to engulf him in a hug trying to hide her teary face away from him.
When Nathan suspected something was wrong and when he heard her sniffing,he pulled away from the hug to notice her.
"What's wrong?"He asked, feeling his heart ache after seeing the tears on her face. She was the only person who had been there for him.
"Nothing just tears of joy,I heard you are now starting work on Monday at the company"
"Was that why you were crying? mom you are so dramatic"Nathan said amused,his mother was such a drama queen,he couldn't believe this was why she was crying.
He helped her sit on her bed and sat beside her holding her hand in his while facing her,he wiped her tears away smiling at her.
"Don't cry,you know it hurts seeing you cry"He grinned.
"Do you know how long I've waited for this?I can't lift my face in front of other women because of Avery,but now you've made me proud,"she uttered.
"Mom stop it"
"Listen son"She said cupping his face to look into his face"Zaiden getting married doesn't mean that you won't be able to fight for what is yours,nothing has changed Nathan"
"Sophia ''Elijah called entering into the room cutting their conversation,he walked up to the duo and pecked his wife on the lips while his son stood up trying to give them privacy.
"Finally he's in"Elijah said smiling proudly at his son,he went over patting him on his shoulder"make me proud Nathan"He declared but Nathan knew the real meaning behind what he said.
"I will dad,"he assured him, smirking.
"Here,let's toast to a new beginning"Sophia suggested walking out of her room to come back after a few seconds, holding a drink with three glass cups.
"Here"she handed Elijah's his own share of the drink and the other to her son.
"To a new beginning"She was the first to raise that glass up before the duo joined her drinking to a new start in their life.
"I will be back"Sophia exited the room leaving the two to Converse,Elijah knew that she left to do nothing she just wanted the two of them to talk because they haven't been on good talking terms lately which she noticed.
"Father.."Nathan was the first to break the silence between them.
",You saw it right,you saw the way your grandpa holds his grandson in high esteem that he had to force a marriage on him just to get him to be his successor?"Elijaj asked ,dropping the glass cup on the nearest table while Nathan had this angry look on his face,he was pissed off that was noticeable.
Like,who wouldn't get pissed of after trying to do everything to have his grandpa's attention but in the end to get disappointed
"What do I have to do father?"Nathan asked, his heart hardened towards his family.
"Now that's the spirit "Elijah commented standing up,he walked in over to stand in front of his son."you trust me right?"
Nathan nodded hesitantly,he knew his grandpa was heartless but his father was no different from him,rather,he was worse than his old man.
He knew his father's twisted and wicked way but he had no other choice to follow the way which he was proposing. After all,it takes only a monster to make a monster.
"Believe me Nathan,something bad is coming their way"Elijah said, his eyes glistening, which such evil, Nathan was sure it was going to get messy soon.
Zaiden ,you better be prepared.