Chapter 13: Chapter 13

JAYDEN

We headed for the airport. We would be spending the weekend in America and would be back by Monday. My going to America wasn't to see my mom but to refresh the memory of my father. I would visit his grave to have a chat with him and tell him how much u missed him, though it past two years since he left me. I sighed. My mom had already moved on. She is married to my father's boss and already had a baby for him. There is nothing she needed me for. The pilot announced the landing of the plane and Ethan held my hand. I blinked. I could remember when I came to America some years back, to give my dad his last respect. Ethan had held my hand in the taxi and tell me all would be well. He had given me the encouragement I needed back then and is giving me the same I need now. I smiled wearily at him. It's normal to be nervous again right?. After leaving the house and not returning. Though I had seen my mom once after the death of my dad, it wasn't in America. She had come to the Caribbean with her husband and her newly born baby girl. She said she wanted to see me but I was adamant. Why should I see her?, I had thought. She didn't give me any reason to want to see her. Ethan begged me to go, which I did. Her husband was friendly and the baby girl seems to like me too but I wasn't ready to accept any of them yet. That was the last time I saw her. That was last year. "It is going to be ok, Jay" Ethan said, squeezing my hand

I nodded. We stepped out of the plane. Ethan's dad had sent his chauffeur to come to pick us up. His parents were happy to receive us. Ethan had refused to come home too. He said he wasn't going to come except I do. "You missed your parents right?" I asked as we entered the car

He smiled. "You've taught me to love them, Jay. I do miss them as much as missed your dad"

I gave him a half-hearted smile. "I miss them too. I remember how we used to visit the cinema any time we come back from school when we were much younger"

He chuckled. "And girls would run after you,"

I smiled. "They loved you too but you never loved them back"

He laughed. "But I do now and you don't"

I frowned. "There is no reason to love them"

He rolled his eyes. "There used to be a reason to love them". I ignored him and focused on my phone. "Just the same there is reason to love your lecturer"

I batted my lashes. What's he talking about?. "What do you mean?"

He chuckled. "I'm talking about miss Bella"

I hissed. "So?"

He furrowed his brows. "Don't you love her?"

I blinked. "Love who?. Bella?. Hell no!!"

He frowned. "Then why do you like to tease her?"

I laughed. "I'm not teasing her, ok?. We just can't get along considering how we first met"

He hissed. "I thought you had a thing for her"

"No, I don't ok?"

He sighed. "I wish you would. You guys would make a perfect couple"

I scoffed. "What are you saying?. She's older than I am. She's my lecturer and she doesn't look like someone who would want to have a thing with her student"

He chuckled. "Why don't we find out?"

I rolled my eyes. "Find out about what?"

"Look, you can't just conclude". I furrowed my brows. "One, you don't know her age yet. Two, you don't know if she likes you too"

I groaned. "Don't you get it? I don't love her"

He chuckled. "I never said, love. I said like"

"Whatever" I muttered

He checked. "I know what to do,"

I furrowed my brows. "You said what?"

"Never mind"

I rolled my eyes. "Don't do something stupid,"

"Trust me, I won't. But whatever thing I am going to do will be for your good"

I rolled my eyes and sighed. It will be difficult to make Ethan change his mind. I will just leave him and let him do whatever he wants but he had better not make me break his head at the end of the day!!.

**

"Jayden?" My mom batted her lashes in surprise. She ran toward us and pulled me into a hug.

I groaned. "Do you want to suffocate me, mom"

She pulled away and chuckled nervously. "I-it good to see you, Jay. I-i've missed you". I scoffed. Miss indeed. "Are you just coming from the Caribbean?"

I rolled my eyes. "Good morning, mom" Ethan greeted

Mom smiled. "Oh, mine. I didn't notice you. How are you "

"I'm fine ma'am"

I rolled my eyes. "I'm going to visit dad, just wanted to know if you would want to go"

She smiled. "Sure. I will get my baby"

I frowned. Does she want to go with her baby?. Is she been serious right now?. "You know what, I will go with Ethan. You can as well stay back". Mom batted her lashes and Ethan stared at me in surprise. I ignored them and dragged Ethan with me.

"That was harsh, Jay. When will you learn to forgive your mom and love her the way you had always done?"

I hissed. "The day she decides to divorce her husband"

Ethan frowned. "Are you been serious right now?"

I ignored him and entered the car. "You can as well stay back" I yelled and drove the car out of the compound and into the street.

**

I dropped the flower I was holding beside the rest of the newly plugged flowers. It seems someone had been visiting my dad while I was away. I bent down. "Dad, I'm so sorry I haven't visited you all this while. I just couldn't process the fact that you're dead. And that mom cared less about me". I sniffed. "She doesn't care about how I felt about your death. How difficult it was for me to move on. For me to accept the fact that you're gone and wouldn't be returning to me anymore". I stopped talking, closed my eyes, and let the tears fall freely. "I-i. Your death has taken away my life. The one you had taught me to live and has given me a new life. A life I had never wanted. Dad, I'm no more your lovely little boy. I've grown up to be a cold-hearted young man. Who now care less about others. Dad, I hope you're happy wherever you are with the kind of man your death had made me". I sighed, wiped my tears, and stood up. "I won't be visiting you soon, dad. I might not be visiting you anymore. I just hope you understand my reason and not love me less". I placed my hand in my pocket. "I will be returning back to Carribean today and won't be coming back to America for a while. I can you please take care of yourself for me?"

"I'm sure he will" someone answered. The voice sounded familiar. The voice I was used to hearing. I turned and my eyes dilated in shock. How did she found out I was here?.