Fathers and Law: Lom and Fah Book One

Chapter 46

"What we already told you," said Mek, as he cocked his head to the side and pursed his lips. "Why would we lie?"

Lom glanced from his visitors to Fah and back again. He clenched his jaw tight but did not reply.

"Hi, Fah," said Mek.

"Hi, Mek."

"You remembered me!" Mek smiled.

"I remembered you from the other day, by the coffee vendor," said Fah.

"Oh, right. Still, you remembered me, so I'm flattered," he said. "Fah, this is my boyfriend, Run. Run, this is my friend, Fah."

Lom's glanced at Mek in surprise but remained silent.

"Hi Fah, it's nice to meet you," said Run.

"Hi," said Fah. "You seem familiar, did we know each other before?"

"Yes, we met briefly. You came to my house and spent the night once." Run was afraid of giving Fah too much information for his brain to process.

"How did I know you? Did we work together, did we date, did we go to school together?" Fah kept staring at Run, trying to understand why he felt a bond.

Run regarded Lom. "Is it okay if I tell him?" Lom nodded his head yes.

"Fah, I'm your half-brother. We met right before your accident."

"My half-brother? I have a half-brother?" He smiled and continued staring at Run.

"Actually, you have two half-brothers. We have a little brother, Tin, who is ten years old," said Run.

"Do I have any half-sisters?" Fah was happy to learn he had a family.

"No, sorry, just me and Tin." Run gave him an apologetic smile.

"Oh, please don't be sorry. It's great to hear I have a family. I thought I was alone in the world."

"You were never alone in the world. Before you discovered Run, you always had me," said Lom.

"You said no one in your family loved me and that I was stupid to have ever believed that you loved me," said Fah.

Run and Lom gasped.

"What? What's going on? Why are you two surprised?" asked Mek.

"Lom said that to him during the incident," said Run. "Before his overdose."

"Really?" asked Fah. "I remembered something before my...overdose? I can't believe it! Does this mean my memory is coming back?"

For a few moments, he was incredibly happy. Then he remembered the phone call he'd overheard; Lom was willing to kill him. Also, he'd been aware of Lom's discomfort ever since Mek's and Run's arrival. He wasn't sure why Lom was acting this way, but he didn't want Mek or Run to leave.

"By the way, what incident? You mean the reason you shot me? What happened? Will you tell me?"

Fah hoped if he asked in front of others Lom wouldn't dodge the question. He watched as the three men glanced at each other with worried expressions.

"Will anyone tell me what happened?" demanded Fah. "Fuck all of you! I'm a grown man, not a child. Why do the three of you think you can decide what I should know about my own life?"

"Fah, what happened was..." Run began but Lom cut him off immediately.

"No, not you, you'll tell him a biased version!" yelled Lom.

"Fah, I can tell you what happened if you'd like, but I'm the only one of the four of us who wasn't there. I can tell you what I know, and they can correct me," said Mek. He looked around for approval; the others nodded in agreement.