Michael
I kept thinking about the guy I saw with Dahlia earlier and I felt immense jealousy,she called him her "close friend" I didn't like that but then again...I did say I wouldn't butt into her life but I just felt like doing more for her and her sister,being with her made me feel so...warm.I took out my phone and dialed Ann's number.
" Oh you remember me now?" She asked sarcastically as soon as she answered the phone.
" You know it's not like that Anna,I've just being really busy" I replied.
" Yeah....yeah, what do you want?"
"Listen,I want you to look into a guy for me...I saw him at Lia's kitchen. He's around 6'2 and his hair is buzzed, that's all I know" I replied Ann didn't talk for about a minute before she sighed.
"Fine,I'll bring what I can find to your office tomorrow" She replied and hung up.
I drove back to the office.
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I drove into the house compound when I was done for the day. I hadn't moved out yet,even though my new house is all ready and set and dad doesn't seem to care but moving is stressful and I've been busy.I packed the car and went to my room to get changed. I was lying on the bed when someone knocked on the door. I cursed under my breath and went to open it. It was mum
" Hi sweetie" She said smiling,I smiled back.
" Hey mum"
" How was work today?"
" Good".
" I'll ask the help to bring dinner to your room soon,in the meantime your dad wants to see you" She said and I rolled my eyes.
" Fuck. why?" I asked tired and not in the mood to talk to anyone
" He probably just wants to ask about you,you should honestly open up to your dad more. He cares about you" She finished and walked away. What I should have done a long time ago was get my own fucking apartment. I guess now's the Time. I went to his study and knocked,then without waiting for a reply,I entered he was sitting down,head bent working on something. He looked up at me and I sat down.
" You said you wanted to see me?" I asked hoping the conversation would end as soon as possible.
" Where did you go today?" He asked returning back to his work. Of course he already knew. There was no point in lying.
" My new secretary had some family problems...I helped her resolve them,are you stalking me dad? I hope you know that I'm not literally 13 anymore" I said upset.
" First of all... it's my firm you're working at so I need to know where everyone is and whether they're doing their jobs... secondly,are you talking about the secretary you chose after completely ignoring the one I chose?" He asked now looking straight at me.
"It's up to me to choose my own secretary" I replied maintaining eye contact.
" Listen I don't care what you do outside work,as long as you keep it outside work. I'm going to ignore your little shenanigan or whatever it is with the secretary that is of course if you get Anna to join the firm"
" I have told you this so many times,Anna does not want to join the firm" I replied frustrated.
" Well I'm sure you can convince her"
" No dad...I cannot"
" I guess then I'ld have to do a full deep dive about who the new secretary my son chose really is" He said and there was a moment of silence.I sighed before giving in.
" Fine dad, whatever" I replied. Got up and left making sure to slam the door on my way out.
When I returned to my room I had a pounding headache and I tried to calm myself down but nothing was working so I decided to go for a drive which didn't work great since I kept thinking about dahlia and my mind kept returning to the guy I saw in front of the restaurant and I kept getting angry so I just drove back home after an hour determined to finally move out.
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The next day when I got to work I said my greetings and got my daily dose of Dahlia smiling. It always made my day better. Anna came in about two hours later looking serious.
Anna had brought the files regarding Jason I asked for,I kept looking though them, Shocked.
" He went to jail in your place mike" Anna imputed noticing my silence. I ran my hand through my hair in frustration.
" So why is she living with him if he fucked over her family for money?" I asked a bit angry and jealous.
" I don't know" Anna shrugged,then continued " Maybe they bonded over their shared hate for you" She finished and I rolled my eyes at her, even though what she said was making me feel better and upset.
" Why are you stressing over this shit anyway man? It's being 10 years,everyone else has moved on except you. John and the rest of the boys say you don't even see them anymore...even though you were all in the car when it happened,you cannot stop living your life because of some girl and her family." Anna said a look of frustration on her face. I rested on the chair and stared at the ceiling.
" Listen,you already gave her a job here..." Anna started getting up from her chair and coming to hold my hand where I sat. " You've done enough". I removed my hand from hers.
" I cannot just simply forget what all of us did to her Ann...if John and the rest of the boys can forget... that's on them,but I happen to have a concience" I said and she got up to return to their seat.
"Whatever you say mike,just try to meet the boys sometimes,okay?"She said and I sighed.
"I want to move out tomorrow. I'll send you the information of my new place.You and the boys should help" I replied and she smiled.
"Okay, that's an excellent idea mike" She replied and got up.
" See you tomorrow" She finished and left.
I sighed confused.Anna was right I needed to get Lia out of my mind. I took up the landline and called her in.I was going to take one last long look, indulge one last time and then completely wipe it all from my mind. She knocked quietly and entered smiling. Fuck.
"You called for me" She said waiting for an order.
"Huhm yeah,I need you to give some files to Jessica for me" I replied and she nodded.
"Cool,hand them over?" She said and I found some random documents and gave them to her.I would have to explain why I did that to John later. She turned around and walked away. I ran my hand through my hair.
This was not going to be easy.