His Legacy

Chapter 25~ Rules

I knock on Axcel's front door, and it swings open almost immediately.

He takes me in, sighs and says, 'Alice isn't here.'

'I'm not here to see Alice.' I say.

'Are you here to see me?'

'Duh.' I say.

'Oh.'

I raise my eyebrows. 'What do you mean, oh?'

'I thought because you didn't accept my apology, you weren't talking to me.'

'I'm not, that's why I'd like you to apologise... again. Preferably on your knees with your hand clasped in front of you.'

He laughs, 'Yeah, I'm not doing that.'

I shrug. 'Fair enough.'

I push past him into the house and he follows me.

'I need you to test this for malware.' I say, showing him the coded link.

He takes it from me. 'So you're here to use me.'

I nod. 'Pretty much.'

He rolls his eyes and walks towards his office. He takes a seat and starts to pull up different software.

I lean over him, to get a better view of what he's doing and he stops typing.

'Wanna give me some space Alexis?' He asks.

I move back an inch.

'Seriously I won't do it if you don't move back.'

I give him a face and stand back.

'What is this anyway?' He asks, typing the link into a blue box.

'I don't know, it's just something I found.'

'You just found it lying around.'

I nod.

He glances at me and shakes his head.

'Why are you shaking your head?' I ask.

He holds up his hand to stop me from talking. 'Shush, it's finished.'

'And...'

'It's fine, it's got no malware.'

'Good, now type it into your browser.'

'Okay, one second.' He says copying and pasting it in.

He presses enter and a new software pops up on the screen.

A picture fills the screen.

Axcel's mum is sitting at a restaurant table, but her face is slightly covered by a man sitting in front of her.

All we can see is the back of his head.

'Is that my mum?' Axcel asks.

Oh no, this might not end well.