Crane and Susan along with their daughter Anna were all seated on the couch in the lounge waiting for Devon's arrival
"why is he coming back after all this years, I thought he died or something" Anna said
"Don't say that Anna, I'm happy he decided to come home" Susan said
" Of course you are"
" Anna, why are you so worked up this morning?, is something wrong?"
" Like you care"
" Anna!!" crane shouted
" it's okay honey, I'm okay" Susan smiled , Anna scoffed, and rolled her eyes on them
suddenly the entire aura of the house changed when Devon stepped in, the house fell silence like a grave yard.
" Devon" Crane called his name breaking the awkward silence
Devon stood where he was, not making an attempt to move " Why the face Anna, you don't want me here?"
" Go back to where you came from" Anna said not looking at him
" is my little sister still mad at me?"
" I hate you"
" That's a very bad way of saying you miss me"
Devon walked over to Anna, not saying a word to his father or Susan like they were not there. he bent so he could see her face.
"Here I got you a little something" he said handling a box to Anna
" I don't want it"
"you don't even know what it is"
Anna looked at Devon then to the box, she took it and had second thoughts, she don't trust her brother. " what's in the box" . Anna asked " see for yourself"
She opened the box and a tiny, cute looking dog jumped out from the box making her flinch and scream in fear. " you got me a dog?" she said almost happy
" yeah, you told me to"
" that was 2 years ago"
" I'm sorry it's coming late"
" thank you, I love it" she said as she carried the dog, looking straight to it's eye, with a wild smile on her face
" what you gonna call it?"
" I will think about it, thank you" she hugged Devon, carried her puppy and happily hopped to her room.
Devon smiled looking at his little sister's happiness " Devon" Susan called him, suddenly the smile he had on his face disappeared turing into anger and hate.
" how was your trip back home?" Susan asked.
The house fell silence again, Devon stood with his back at them, not moving or having any plans on giving Susan an answer. He turned to the maids " Get my bag to my room"
" Yes sir"
" Devon, your mom asked you a question" crane shouted
" mom?, my mom?" he turned slowly to his father " my mother is dead" .
" My office, NOW!!" crane said as he walked out
"Devon" Susan called as she walked over to him
" Don't, touch me " he walked out following his father.
Devon got in closing the door behind him, he stood there, he's hands in his pocket looking at his father's angry face.
"what's wrong with you Devon, that woman has done nothing but show you and you sister love, why treat her this way"
" we didn't ask for her love" he said reluctantly
" I don't want you showing this behavior to the Mayfair family "
"The Mayfair family?"
"yes, you're getting married to their daughter, Rebecca "
" what you do mean I'm getting married "
" it's as easy as it sounds"
" if this is a joke, stop it, it's not funny"
" it has been done, it's a business contract of a year and six months"
Devon fell silence, he stared at his father in both confusion and anger.
" I'm to be with a girl for a year and six months?, father I don't know what this is about, but I am not getting married to some girl I know nothing about"
" Devon, you have no say in this", Crane said taking a glass of wine.
" why must I get married all of a sudden"
" like I said it's all business"
" I don't know what your plan is, but I don't wish to be part of them, I will not get married to anyone" he turned to leave
" Devon, it's at your own risk"
" I'm not just some pawn in your game you can use to get what you want, whenever you want it, I did not come back home for this, I'm not getting married to any girl and that's it " he held the door handle about to open the door
" Two choices, you have two choices, one: get married to Rebecca Mayfair for one and a half year, or forget about the Wilders company or any company in my name"
Devon tighten the grip he had on the door knob until his knuckles were red " Wilders hotel, Wilders air, Wilders cosmetics, Wilders fashion all those company belong to my mother not you " his voice deeper than normal
" I know right, I just got lucky she married me, am i not a lucky man"
He turned, facing his father " My mother died because of you, and you still have the gut to play with her companies"
" They are my companies now, i can do whatever i want to do with it"
" I would've killed you, if you were not my father"
" I know son, i know that, if you don't want to get married, I can give Anna out to their son"
Devon's eye shut open, he hurried over to his father, holding him by the collar " if you should lay a finger on my sister, i would forget the fact that you're my father, and skin you alive"
"Get your hands off me" Crane said trying to brush off Devon's hands off him. Devon let go of his shirt pushing him to his sit "leave Anna out of this"
" Then get married, you must not get to know the girl, you must not do anything with the girl ,just take pictures together and go for business meetings, that's all"
Devon looked at his father unbelievably, then scoffed and walked out of his office, he met Susan along the way, Susan tried talking to him but he walk pass her like she wasn't there.
" Are you not being too hard on him?" Susan asked, closing the door behind her
" no I'm not"
" Not giving him any of the company?, that too much"
" No, it's not, he needs to learn manners, no company is willing to partner with us when I retire, they all fear Devon and I don't know why"
"we don't need their partnership, and you know that, they need us, you just want to put him in a tight spot, marriage won't change him"
" it can"
" how will it change him, I pity for the poor girl"
" the girl will change him"
" is that what you think"
" it's what I know"
" honey, no girl can change a man"
Devon walked in " it's just a year and six months right?"
" Don't you know how to knock? "
"leave Anna out of this, I will do it"
" Did you threaten him with Anna?" Susan asked shocked
"A little "
"Why would you do that"
" Stop acting like you care, I hate it" Devon snapped at Susan
" Devon!!, you have to show Susan some respect "
" I don't see the need to"
" honey it's okay"
" No it's not"
" If you have anything to tell me, I will be in my room" he walked out
" That boy get in my nerves"
" And you think Rebecca is going to change him?"
" Devon might not love her but you can take care of her"
" what are you really doing?"