Chapter 4

• Thomas:
• “Love? Where are you going?” Mum asked smiling at me. Her
• eyebrow raised at me, I was leaving the house without breakfast. Mum, dad,
• Daniel, Jasmine, and Lilian were sitting on the dining table. However, I wasn’t
• going to join them. Having not processed what mum made me do last night, I was
• still annoyed and I worried about sitting with them as not to say something
• that might cause mum and issue with dad or not to hurt her feelings.
• “I’m going out for a bit, the lads are waiting for me.
• We’ve got work to do” I answered and mum raised an eyebrow but nodded.
• “Aren’t you going to join us to breakfast at least? You
• skipped dinner with us last night” dad said gently and I smiled walking toward
• him. I kissed the crown of his head and took a piece of toast making him
• chuckle and shake his head at me.
• Walking out of the house, I sighed taking a deep breath
• before walking to my car, in reality no one was waiting for me. I was just
• simply annoyed and I wanted to stay alone, knowing that Kiara left the café, I
• couldn’t go and see her and J didn’t even know where she’d be working as to go
• and see her if I wanted to.
• “Mr. Thomas?” Igor, my father’s driver asked and I raised
• an eyebrow at him waiting for him to tell me what he wanted. But he shook his
• head making me frown in confusion only to find mum standing by the house’s door
• waiting for me. Her arms were crossed over her chest and she kept her eyes on
• me as she watched my every reaction, studying my expression. Nodding at Igor, I
• walked toward mum who kept her eyebrow raised at me.
• “Need I ask what you’re doing?” Mum asked angrily.
• “Going out?” I answered though it somewhat sounded like a
• question, her tone revealed annoyance and anger and I understood why. Dad might
• have asked her why I was refusing to sit on the same table with them, he was a
• man of morals, we had to sit with one another for meals or he had his own rules
• which he wants us to follow as to keep a certain order in the house. Of course,
• me being me, I broke every rule he ever put in the house that he no longer
• bothers speaking to me about them.
• “You are refusing to sit on the table with us, you have
• been secluding yourself in your bedroom since last night and when you do get
• out of that room, it is to go out…”
• “Mum, if you came here to give me a hard time, I am not in
• the mood” I said stopping mum whose eyes widened at my words.
• “You’re doing this because of the girl” mum stated sarcastically.
• “Mum, I am leaving, you can work your schemes and leave me
• be” I said taking a step back and heading to my car. Mum stood by the door, her
• arms crossed over her chest as she looked at me, she nodded before walking back
• inside when our eyes met. I knew that she got annoyed and that I’d hear of it
• when she got the chance but I wasn’t in the mood to think of that right now.
• ******************
• “Gustave, come on. All you have to do is give me her
• address, I’ll tell her that I followed her here or something” I told Gustave
• who sighed and shook his head at me.
• “I apologize, Mr. Thomas. But your mother has prevented me
• from giving you any information about the girl’s whereabouts. She would be sure
• that I would be fired and that I wouldn’t be getting another job elsewhere, I
• can’t…”
• “I understand” I said stopping the man who looked down at
• his feet avoiding my eyes. I should have expected this from mum, though I had
• hoped otherwise. I knew mum’s ways and methods, she was a woman of her word and
• when she didn’t want me or Daniel around anyone. She’d be sure to do everything
• and I mean everything to make sure that we didn’t approach, speak, or even see
• that someone “I would appreciate that she doesn’t find out about this”
• “That I don’t find out about what?” Mum asked from behind
• me, I sighed and turned around finding my mother standing behind me with a
• raised eyebrow. Her eyes hard as she looked at me, she nodded at Gustave who
• went to serve his costumers “need I ask what you’re doing, Thomas?”
• “Are you following me?” I asked mum angrily.
• “Yes, I am following you. I am your mother and it is my
• duty to keep you safe…”
• “I am twenty-five, mother. What are you going to protect me
• from?” I asked angrily not caring that I was drawing attention to us. Mum
• glared at me and looked at the costumers who turned to look at us with, mum’s
• eyes flared with anger and she looked at the people who were looking at us. She
• nodded at me, anger drawn in her crystal blue eyes.
• Mum didn’t answer me, she turned around and walked toward
• the door. Glaring at the people, I turned toward mum and I followed her walking
• out of the restaurant but mum wouldn’t look at me, anger was clear in the way
• she walked and the way she looked me in the eye “if you wish to follow the
• girl, then go on ahead. But you can forget your inheritance, you can forget
• money, and you can forget your seat in that company”
• “The company belongs to father, mother” I said from behind
• her, mum turned to face me. She took a step toward me, her eyes meeting mine in
• a challenging manner, I raised an eyebrow at her but didn’t bother speaking as
• I waited for her to tell me what she wanted.
• “You can consider it a challenge, Thomas. I am your mother,
• your father’s wife, and YOU are underestimating me” mum said raising an
• eyebrow.
• “Am I now?” I asked raising an eyebrow “alright, love. Do
• your best”
• Winking, I turned around and walked toward my car, starting
• it, I headed to the gym not knowing where else I would go. I didn’t know where
• else to go, I didn’t want to go to my apartment. Me staying there now would not
• be good or healthy for me. I knew that for fact, I knew that I would end up
• taking out my anger on the apartment by breaking everything inside it.
• Therefore, going to the gym was the best option right now.
• Actually, it was the ONLY option right now.
• *********************
• “Did you get into a fight with your mum?” Dad asked the
• second I picked up the phone. I was at the gym and the only reason I answered
• the phone was because his call interrupted my music and despite me ignoring the
• first call, he called a second time.
• “Yes, did she tell you about it already?” I asked in a
• mocking manner.
• “No, the media is talking about you two yelling at one
• another in the restaurant. I had to shut them up about it again…” dad said and
• I removed the phone from my ear not wanting to hear his pointless scolding. It
• was always like this, I would somehow get into some trouble that would be
• caught by paparazzi or people who would be dying to sell some picture or
• information to the media about me, father would take it down then call to scold
• me for an hour.
• “What was I to do, dad? She keeps following me wherever I
• go. Mum doesn’t seem to understand that I am no longer a child, I cannot keep
• accepting that” I said stopping dad who was still taking his anger out on me
• for whatever news was spread in the media.
• “Then prove to her that you’re an adult. Prove to her that
• you are no longer a child, and stop acting as reckless as you are” dad said and
• I glared at the boxing bag which was in front of me, the red color tempting me
• to punch it.
• “And how am I to prove it to her? In case you haven’t
• noticed that you and mum are on my heel, not allowing me to carry any
• responsibility and when I did ask for one, you two would never allow it” I said
• casually, I knew that I was playing with fire right now. But it was mum who put
• the idea in my mind, I never thought of taking any responsibility in any of
• dad’s businesses, I had my shares. I knew how everything went and what happened
• when it came to the companies having studied business at university. But I
• never bothered wanting anything with my dad’s work, I would have done with starting
• my own.
• “Fine, if it responsibility that you’re after then prove it
• to me. I’ll give you a task to do every day, a few more if I see you capable,
• and if I see that you’re able to handle them all. Then you can take
• responsibility of My department’s head office” dad said and I raised an eyebrow
• though dad couldn’t technically see me. I was not expecting this.
• “Are you going to give me the head department?”
• “Yes, I have worked there for a long while, if I see that
• you’re capable. Then you’re in charge of the WHOLE head department” dad said
• and I smirked glad that I got things my way, actually, I got a lot more than I
• actually expected. But mum was going to learn that I’m no longer a child and
• that she can’t threaten me with whatever power she thought she had. Father
• could easily let her go like he did with the other women he was married to, the
• one thing stopping him from filing a divorce was me and Daniel.
• “Don’t worry, dad. I won’t let you down”