The Undivulged Son Series

Chapter 5

Good gracious, even the lawn wasn't mowed.

Fine, I'll ask Zara to hire housekeepers.

The ankle level of my black trouser was soaked by the persistent outburst of water from the heavens.

This was my favorite trousers.

Curse you Grandpa.

Approaching his black, metal door that had a golden knob, I closed my red umbrella and dropped it by the door side. My long fingers curled around the doorknob and I pushed it open.

Three white couches were forming a U shape in the middle of the living room. A fireplace that was burning earnestly with common earthly flames was placed in a wall.

A glass wall in the room revealed a pool that was now disturbed by the angry outburst of the rain. The white tiles below me reflected the white ceiling above me that had a huge chandelier hanging over the room.

The whole place was calm except for the heavy downpour that challenged its peace and serenity. The building looked just the way we bought it. Ted must've been too lazy to furnish the place.

"Ted?"

I perused the whole room, trying to see if I could catch a glimpse of him. My words just bounced off the walls of the room.

When I found out that it was useless calling his name, I climbed the stairs next to me. My feet falls were mimicked by the neighbouring walls. I got to the next floor and was welcomed by a long hallway.

It stretched itself to the far end of the building. I knew Ted's room so I moved briskly towards his room's door. When I reached his doorstep, I entered without knocking.

I c****d my head when I noticed a black luggage bag with clothes popping out carelessly from each of its sides. My arms crossed over my chest when I unsurprisingly found pictures of naked pornstars plastered shamelessly on his walls.

But one picture, in particular, caught my interest.

It was the picture of a little girl, smiling innocently. Her hair was of perfect coal and she had the prettiest set of teeth. She wore a flowy pink polka dot gown.

The apple green globes in her eye sockets were similar to Ted's and this got me asking myself questions I didn't have the answers to.

The door at the end of the room swung open and I saw Ted move in swiftly.

His long black hair that formerly had curls below his earlobe was now a mess. Strands of his hair stuck out in awkward positions and intertwined.

He looked like he opted for a role in a scary movie. He had dark rings surrounding his eyes. He shoved clothes in the bag hurriedly, not caring if the bag had exceeded its capacity.

"Where are you going?" I asked, moving closer to him.

He shouted briefly, jumping backwards when I spoke. He placed a hand on his chest while trying to catch his heavy breaths.

He raised his hand and pointed at me before dropping it. "What the hell Ian, you scared me! What do you want?"

I put both hands in my pocket as I leaned on the wall next to me. "I came here because my boss wants to offer you a new contract. It includes a huge increase of your salary. You'll now be earning times five of your current salary."

There was no way a greedy dog like him would reject such a proposition.

"I quit! You can shove your contract up your arse and moan like a twink p********e!"

Well, that's a first.

"You can't leave, you're on a contract."

A frown stuck to my face and I didn't see it dispersing anytime soon.

Ted was acting like...Ted.

"You know what Ian?" He trailed off his gaze from his box and glared at me. "f**k you, f**k Zara, and in fact, f**k your boss too. I don't want this job anymore. You guys can have this stupid condo back and your cash. If being the CEO of your company puts my life in danger, then count me out."

This time, he was done with putting the clothes in the box and he then zipped it up. He took the picture of the little girl from his bedside table and put it in the outer pocket of his travelling case.

He held the box and moved towards me glaring at me with those eyes that still had boogers in them.

Would it make him less of a man to wash his face?

"Get the f**k out of my way," he commanded when I did a crab side-step to block him from leaving. He sighed and released his grip from the box handle. "Move or..."

"Or what?" I arched an eyebrow, twitching a corner of my mouth.

I didn't want to exchange words with him but the vibe he had been giving me since I came here gave me more than enough right to.

Plus it was fun messing with him.

Him and his human temper.

He sighed deeply and raised a hand over his face. "If you were in my shoes Ian, what will you do?"

"I'll get a cleaner lifestyle, submit myself to Jesus, and promise to do my job right this time," I replied.

"I'm putting my life at risk here," he screamed. "Those things. What are those..."

I placed my hand over his head and tapped into his mind. His body froze and he gaped at me with eyes wide open. Snapping my fingers, I replaced his last night memory with a less scary one.

I moved my hand away from him and he continued to speak.

"Those thugs will get me! I owe them a s**t ton of money!"

Good thing I made him forget that he was attacked by demons.

"Calm down Ted. What thugs?" I asked pretending like I didn't know what I did to his memory.

"You think this is about me don't you?"

"What do you mean? If it's not about you who's it about?" I asked locking my brows.

"You really wanna know?" He pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration.

No, I don't, but go ahead.

I had 31 minutes to spare before lunchtime.

I nodded my head and stared down at his frame. "Yes, I do. Cause I don't know why you can't risk for this job. What's so important to you other than money and boobs of women?" My voice was higher than I expected it to be.

"You don't understand!" He yelled.

What a f*****g drama queen.

"You haven't told me anything how the f**k will I under-"

"I've got a daughter Ian!"

Chapter 6

---LIES

Ian's POV

My lips parted and I stared at him in awe. What he told me should explain the little girl's picture I saw on his bedside table.

"You're a family man?" I asked shutting the door behind me.

"Now you know, can you please let me leave? My daughter's life can be in danger if they find out she's my child." Ted's voice came out low and cracked.

His booger filled eyes were brimming with tears and he was trying his best to avoid my inquisitive eyes.

"Didn't you read the requirements for the job?" I gasped and messed with the curls of my short hair. "It clearly stated that you shouldn't be a family man. My boss doesn't want any distractions."

Tears began to snake down Ted's cheeks. For the past year I've worked with him, I didn't know him to be this emotional.

He sniffed loudly, dragging back his disgusting mucus into his nose.

"Look, I was running low on money and I needed to give my baby girl a better life." He moved back to his bed and dropped on it like a bomb, rumpling the sheets.

"Papa please, leave her alone."

Slice.

"Papa please."

Tear.

"Hailbuzar, watch how we devils..."

"even when..." Something heavy landed on my head and it sent waves of shock to my brain. "Ian, are you even listening to me?"

"We're you saying..."

"I knew it was worthless talking to you." Ted threw his head back in annoyance and dropped it on the bed. "God, this life sucks."

Try putting yourself in my shoes Ted, and then, you'll know the real meaning of a life that sucks.

"I really love her." His sniffs and sobs filled the room. After he was tired of stressing his tear glands, he sat up. He looked at me slowly blinking his eyes and I watched how his tears fell off his chin. "Ian, please help me talk to your boss. I'm sure he'll listen to you."

Too bad he didn't know I was his boss. Though, I knew this was all an act and I decided to play along. Ted was a cunning bastard and I needed to keep an eye on him. The fact he just lied was enough for me to know he couldn't be trusted.

I could tell he was lying from his swift heartbeats. He kept on swallowing huge gulps of smelling saliva as he stared at me with his tear filled eyes. The drop of sweat snaking down his temples weren't helping matters either.

I wanted to tell him I knew he was lying, but I needed to keep shut to make him think I was just a dumb, sassy bodyguard.

What I didn't know was, if he really had a daughter. I was not strong enough to read minds yet.

But, this was my chance to get him to shut up. I've had enough of his dog-like whimpers for a day and I would like him to shut up.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not sure my boss will be happy if you leave." I ambled towards his bed and sat down beside him. "I know how it feels to have someone you badly want to protect."

I knew how that felt and I never stopped thinking about her. She made my childhood memorable in a good way.

"I never knew my mother." I threw my gaze on the white tiles, trying not to look pathetic in front of Ted.

He stared at the side of my face, trying to find my eyes. "I never knew that."

"Well, you didn't ask."

"Must've been hard on you."

Idiot, pretending like you care.

"Yeah, really hard. But there was this woman, she was a mother figure to me. I wanted to protect her so badly cause she meant a lot to me." I sighed deeply and rubbed my hands down my face. "But I was too weak to protect her. I thought I was strong enough to protect her but clearly, I wasn't."

I couldn't believe I exposed this part of my life to Ted, a human. People like me weren't meant to look weak in the eyes of humans. But I was different, I must not live up to the expectations of my father.

Ted wiped off the tears from his eyes, with the heel of his palm and rubbed a hand soothingly on my back.

"I'm sorry man."

"It's okay Ted. I know you want to protect your daughter, but running away will make things worse. I never got to meet my mother and I won't lie to you, it made me hate her."

"Janika won't hate me. I'm doing this for her. I love her."

Why are you lying Ted, Why?

"That's what you think." I got up from the bed and headed towards his half curtained window.

The rain had stopped falling and the celestial fireball in the sky was brightening up the whole city, drying up the damage of the heavy downpour.

I opened the window, letting the sun illuminate the room with its golden touch. "Trust me, if your daughter wakes up tomorrow and finds out you ran away, she'll hate you for life."

"Why would she hate me?" He asked, yelling at the top of his voice. "I was already planning on leaving my grandma with enough cash to take care of her."