CHAPTER1;PAIN
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“You should take it easy on yourself.” Isaac said his eyes fixed on the magazine in his hands .
“You are not telling me what I asked.” Enoch growled,his fingers drummed on the large oak table before him ,then he turned around and went back to the window.
He stood there overlooking the city below.
His thoughts running wild.
“ She live in a small town in Georgia with her son “ Isaac said ,
”He's about five year old now”
Enoch Dykes ,the handsome CEO of a steel company,the all powerful was feeling kind of angry within him.
The more he thought of it,that fateful night,the one night stand with her
It made his heart wrench.
The investigator had done his home work perfectly well.
He knew he had to get to her as soon as possible and Lord helps him if she is not already entangled in another relationship.
Enoch stared at the blonde haired lady in the picture.
Not more had changed about Philippa,she still had that enticing smile.
Now wasn't the moment to wallow in self pity.
“Why the sudden change if mind.” Isaac asked.
He stared intently at Enoch.
“Won't Isabella find out about this?”
He asked.
Isabella was his cousin who.had been married to Enoch.
He wondered what had gone wrong with the love birds.
Enoch gave him a sharp.dirty look.
“And whom will tell her ?”
Isaac raised his hands in mock surrender.
“She never told me she was pregnant.” Enoch said in a whisper ,then a pang of anger crept into him .
What if he hadn't decided to look for her ,so she would have raised his child without him ever knowing .
.Enoch dropped the picture back on his desk, looking up at his friend.
“ We'll leave first thing tomorrow morning to Georgia ,I need to get my son back “He said to him.
Isaac looked at his friend,he looked pale and it was obvious a lot of things was running through his mind.
“Whoa, whoa hold your horses man,what's with the rush.” He almost laughed.
“You only got to find out about her today.”
Enoch said nothing,his eyes focused inti nothingness.
“Are you coming with me or not?”
“ That wouldn't be a problem”Isaac said,” But what if the child isn't yours?”
Enoch looked away ,he didn't liked that question
.He was starting to doubt now,the few years he'd been with Philippa he knew her like the lines on his palm,Phillippa was an open book and he knew what she could and could not do .
He was still lost in thought and didn't realize that Isaac had been staring at him.
“What's wrong with you man? You have been acting all weird since the last three days.”
Enoch sighed.
It was noticeable now,he thought he could hide it .
He exhaled again and thrust his hands into his pocket.
“You don't look fine to me.”
But Enoch thoughts were faraway.
He thought about Philippa.
What if he had appeared at her doorstep and her husband shows up.
Shit.
Of course there was no way she would move on just like that in five years.
She wasn't that type of lady …how selfish of him to think that,he thought.
Besides,the years he'd left matched with the age of the boy, and if he truely was his son he wouldn't let him out of his reach again.
“He's my son,”He said firmly as if trying to convince himself ,” Do you have any pictures of the boy?”
Isaac shook his head,he wonder ed what was going on with his son.
”I only had a glimpse of him running into his school ,they wouldn't let me go in …security reasons has they put it”
Enoch scowled , security reasons his foot ,if he only he had evidence that he was his son , nothing would have stopped him from barging into that school and taking his son back home .
“ He's my son and I know it”He said again.
“I never said he wasn't.” Isaac defended.
He just can't wait to see her,a lot of questions were forming in his mind and he swore that she would answer every single one of them but first he just needed to see her.
Then.his thought went to Isabella his wife if two years.
“Just tell Isabella that I went for a business proposal.”
Isaac raised his brows.
“You have been to three business proposals this week.”
“Whatever.” He said.
“She had always wanted to be a medical doctor.” Enoch said smiling at the memory .
Isaac stared at his friend ,he noticed how old he had suddenly become.
He was thirty five but was looking sixty already.
“Let me guess the reason why you are so worked over this is because you heard you had a son,eh.”
But Enoch didn't spare him a glance.
The sun had long gone down the horizon,the sky was almost the shade of dark orange.
“ I'll arrange for our flight to Georgia,let's hope your claim is true though”Isaac said after Enoch said nothing ,” We have no solid proof yet so we can't conclude already”
Enoch nodded but he didn't still cared whatever happened or whatever solid proof he was talking about.He was sure,very sure of it ,that boy was his child.
“Whatever you say” He muttered
He picked up the picture and stared at it again,his eyes going over the shirt and bright flowing skirt she wore,he could only see her profile but he swore she looked as beautiful,more beautiful than the past years.
Enoch took in a long,deep breath.He can't wait to see her,he couldn't wait for the day to end quickly,he wished he could just go driving to Georgia even if he was just going to get a glimpse of her…and his son.
Then Isaac stood up and stared at him
“Spill it out man,you don't look fine to me.” He said his tone tinged with worry.
“Are you okay.”
Enoch sighed again.
“I just want to see her , Isaac…before I die.”
“Excuse you.” Isaac said and began to laugh.
He stopped when he saw the serious expression on Enoch's face.
Enoch shrugged.
“It's beyond me,I just want to write the wrongs I did.”
Then he went over to his table.
“Soon,I will say my final Goodbyes.”
“I don't understand.”
There was a slight pause then he sighed again.
“I gave been diagnosed of stage 4 leukemia.”
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