"What? She told you those words?" Jarold said while shaking his head and smiling. "Yeah.. I don't know where did she get that kind of confidence to tell those words to me." I said. Then, I sat on one of the chairs in front of the table and drank the glass of water that I got from the fridge. "That woman is something, huh." He said while laughing. "Yeah.. You say so." I replied. "So, that's why you came back early. I'm expecting that you two will get along with each other a bit more, so you'll come back tomorrow." Then, he winked. As soon as I realized what he said, I laughed with disbelief. "No! Uh-uh. That will never happen, bro. You know me." I said while looking at him. As soon as he heard me say that. He laughed so loud. Suddenly, we heard footsteps coming from upstairs. And, right now, we heard it approaching towards us. The lights from where we are are turned off because all of the workers are asleep already. It's only me and brother are left here and the only light that helps us see each other, is the small lanterns that are hanging here on the bar corner.
Out of the darkness, we saw Diana approaching us along with the footsteps that we heard a while ago. "What's with the loud noises? Everybody is already asleep! You're disturbing them." She said to the both of us. "Oh, common Ma.. Let us enjoy our lives once in a while." Jarold said while looking at her, smiling. "Yeah, I know. But, you have to at least lower your voice. I don't want to wake your dad." She said while whispering. Then, she looked at me and raised her eye brow again. "What are you doing here? I thought, you're having a blind date? Then, why you're here already?" She said. "The girl told me that she wanted to go home. So, I send her to." I simply replied. Here's her attitude again of getting info's that are not related to her. Then, she looked at Jarold. "And, you? Why are you drinking again? Yesterday, I saw you drinking. And, now.. you're doing it again. Stop it now." She said. Then, she grabbed the wine glass from Jarold's hand, the same with the bottle of champagne. She went inside the bar corner and brought back the champagne to where it should be and put the wine glass on the sink. "That's it. Let's go." She said. Then, went out of the bar corner. She grabbed Jarold's hands and assisted him to his room. "Wait! I'm not done talking to Liam." Jarold said. "I don't care! You have to sleep now, because it's already late!" She said. Then, put Jarold arms around her shoulder as they both continue walking all the way back to Jarold's room. Jarold remained silent after that and allowed Diana to assist her. I'm left here all alone. So, I took a deep breath. "At the end of the day, it's still me.. being alone again." I whispered to myself.
JAROLD'S POV
My mom opened the door of my room after assisting me to come back from downstairs. As soon as she opened the door, she grabbed my hand and we both entered the room. "Sit there, young man." She whispered while pointing her fingers towards my bed. I took a deep breath and followed her instruction. So, I sat on my bed and faced her. She stood in front of me while in crossed arms. Then, she took a deep breath. "Jarold.. for how many times will I tell you to stop hanging out with that Liam, huh?" She said while looking at me. "Here we go again.." I whispered to myself then shook my head after hearing those words from her. "I told you to stay away from him.." She added. "Mom, Liam is my brother. So, you can't tell me that." I replied while looking at her as well. She shook her head after what she heard from me. "Have you forgotten what I told you? He's the product of your dad's affair!" She said. "And, so? That's not my problem, Ma. Liam is not a bad person. He's my companion! If you can't move on, on what happened from the past, that's your problem, not mine." I said while looking at her seriously. I really don't understand why she's treating Liam like that. Liam has nothing to do about what happened between his mom and dad. I don't know why she can't understand it from the very start. She took a deep breath again after that. "Okay.. Let's say that he's innocent about it. But, what he's about to do will threaten us all! Don't you understand that, Jarold?" Mom said while looking at me. As soon as I heard those words from her, I raised an eye brow while looking at her. "What do you mean, threaten us all?" I said in curiosity of what she's saying. "I really want to tell you my observation from the very start that, that Liam entered this mansion and got to live with us. But, that moment was not the right time. And, since.. tonight, you're asking for it, I'll tell you now." She said while giving me a serious look. I remained silent because of that, waiting for her to continue. She sat beside me and started to tell me everything.
"I'm about to enter your dad's office when I saw that he's talking to her secretary, Catherine. At first, they are just talking to each other. Then, I saw your dad stood up and started to hug her. I really don't know what will I do from that time that I saw the both of them. Then, he kissed her without even thinking that anyone could see them doing something like that. I really don't want to enter anymore. But, I couldn't help it. As your dad continue kissing her, my heart is tearing apart as I watch the both of them. That Catherine.. Even though, she knew that her boss has a wife, she didn't even care about it! I entered his office. And, as soon as I did that, the both of them stopped on what they are doing. Your dad is really shocked when he saw me standing behind Catherine. And, that moment, I really couldn't contain my feelings towards them both. So, I grabbed the hair of that Catherine and slapped her on the face. Your dad was really shocked on what he saw. He tried to forcefully removed my hands on Catherine's hair and shouted. Then, he told me that if something happens to the baby, he doesn't know what he will do to me after that. And, because of what he said, I removed my hands on Catherine's hair. That moment, he told me that he's having a baby with Catherine." She said while looking at me. Then, I saw that tears started to fall from her eyes. "I really couldn't take those words from him. It really hurts me so bad until now." She said while crying. And, because of that.. I moved closer to my mom and hugged her. I gently tapped her shoulder to comfort her. "You really don't know what I've been through during those years that I just allow your dad to meet Catherine for him to take care of Liam. To the fact that, I knew he's in love with her. He even admitted that to me." She said while crying. I can feel that some of her tears dropped on my shirt. I also can feel that she's really hurt of what happened. "I'm so sorry, Ma. I didn't know." I said while tapping her back gently. "And, from that moment that Liam was born, I feel threatened." She said. Then, she looked at me. "He could be a big threat for you. He could stole away your right to be the heir of the company, Jarold." She said while looking at me. "What do you mean?" I asked while looking at her. "I want you to stay away from him. I'm your mother, I know what's best for you." She said. Then, she stood up and started to walk all the way to the door. "I.. I don't understand.." I whispered while looking at her. "Someday, you will." She said and smiled. Then, she opened the door and went out of my room. Before she closed the door, she spoke again. "Go to sleep now, my dear." She said then closed the door of my room.
I'm left dumbfounded because of the words that she told me. I have lots of questions in mind right now, that I really don't understand. I know that Liam's mom and dad really committed a very huge mistake. But, Liam has nothing to do with it. So, how could he be a threat to me? How can he stole the things that's for me? That's really impossible. But, if there's a possibility of him doing that, I'm sorry.. But, I couldn't give it to him. I checked my wrist watch to see the time and realized that it's almost dawn. I have to sleep now and take some rest. All of those words that mom told me? I don't think Liam could do that. So, I'll just not mind those. It will just intoxicate my mind.
LIAM'S POV
"Sir Liam? Your breakfast is ready." The maid said while knocking at my door. As soon as I heard her say that. I immediately rolled out of bed. Actually, I'm already awake for a while. I don't know but I really couldn't get to sleep when I woke up a while ago. I just stayed lying on my bed and looked at the ceiling. I didn't realize that it's already time for breakfast. So, I put on my clothes and went out of my room. As soon as I closed the door, I saw Jarold went out of his room as well. He's wearing a sporty attire. Wearing a black cap, sporty shorts, a golf t-shirt, and a rubber shoes. "Woah? Too early to be healthy, bro? Where are you going?" I asked. He smiled and greeted me. "Good morning, Liam. Today, dad told me that he's going to play golf along with his friends. He told me to come, for him to introduce me to them." He replied. As soon as I heard that, I realized it's Sunday. It's really a good day to have golf around. So, I nodded. "Glad to hear. I just hope that the two of you will really get along and not argue." I said then laughed a bit. Then, he laughed as well. "Yeah.. I hope so. Let's go. Breakfast is served." He said then wrapped his arm around my shoulder. As we both went downstairs to eat our breakfast.
We are now approaching the dining room when Diana stood in front of us. She looked at us with disbelief, especially towards Jarold. As soon as Jarold saw her look at him like that, he removed his arm around my shoulder and greeted Diana. "Good morning, Ma." He said with an awkward smile. Why is he acting a bit weird in front of her? And, what are those looks from the both of them? "Let's go." Diana said and we all proceeded to the dining room.
As we sat down on our designated chairs, Dad came in. So, all of us stood up and greeted him. When he saw Jarold wearing his gold attire, he smiled. "Too excited for later, huh?" Dad said as he sat down on his chair. Jarold just smiled and bowed. Then, he sat down as well. So, I did the same. The maids came in bringing the foods they have prepared for breakfast. They all opened each container and let us see our breakfast for the day. All of them served our foods and we started to eat.
We're in the middle of eating when I saw Dad looking at me again. What is it again this time? I looked away as soon as I saw him. "Liam, what happened last night? Tell me.." He said while giving me a serious look. So, I took a deep breath. "It's a long story dad, you'll not enjoy your food if I tell you now." I said while looking at him. He looked at me and spoke. "From those words, I can say that what happened to you last night is a very long story to tell. Looks like I have to hear it out." He said then drank his coffee. I smiled awkwardly after that. I really don't know what to say to him because I'm really being honest that the date didn't work out well. "Why not join our golf later?" He suddenly said. I looked at him, and saw that he's looking at me as well. Then, I saw Diana looking at me as if she's telling me not to agree. Then, I looked at Jarold who just nodded when he saw me looked at him. "Whether you like it or not, you have to come. I want to hear everything." Dad said and continued to eat.