THE BOY IS MINE

Part 52: LOVE & HATE.

Lowell whistles walking inside the house and huffs hanging his jacket in the hallway rack before proceeding inside the house with a smile still planted on his face.

"Oh you look happy, what's with the smile?"

Lowell: I have friends that care about me and would do anything to make me happy, so I am having such a great life right now.
Jerome walks closer and then folds his arms before Lowell.
Jerome: I hope that those friends do not include the enemy, you still remember the important task regarding him right?

Lowell's smiles fades away into frown and he huffs feeling down already.

Lowell: You don't want to see me happy Jerome and I hate that about you.
Jerome: Everything that I do in this world, no matter how bad and unfair it is I do it to only make you happy Lowell. You may not understand now but you will eventually understand with time.
Lowell: No it only makes you happy, not me, how will killing Jordan make me happy huh?

Jerome huffs and unfolds his arms to place them on Lowell's shoulders.

Jerome: I would do anything in this world just to see you smile brother, but we can't turn a blind eye to the fact that the enemy is warming his way inside our lives through you... Wake up Lowell and see him for who he really is, Jordan is an enemy and only you can get rid of him he has also made that very clear.
So are you going to defy your older brother now and leave me because of him?

It goes silent as Lowell begins to feel the burdens being placed on his shoulders all over again just when he had broken free for a moment there. He suddenly feels so indecisive with whether he should obey or disobey his older brother and choose his happiness with Jordan even if it means turning against his only brother and regard him as an enemy now, but will all that be worth it?

Lowell: You always say that you are raising me to be different from how you were brought up Jerome and that you want me to be a better version of you.
Jerome: Yes of course I have.
Lowell: Oh well then you are failing really badly at that..
Jerome gasps letting go of his shoulders.
Jerome: Wh-what?
Lowell: You are only bringing up the worst version of yourself through me and I really feel sorry for you Jerome because everything that you think is best for me is actually the other way around a total opposite.
Jerome: What the hell is that supposed to mean boy?
Lowell: You were never a happy child growing up and you don't know what the hell happiness is but yet you expect to make me happy, how exactly do you plan to do that?.... You have to face reality big brother, you can't make me happy because you yourself don't even know anything about happiness, you betrayed your own friends with so much pride and you were very unapologetic about it and now you want me to do the same to my only friend and worst of all you expect me to kill him?... Do you call that happiness?
In this life that you have chosen for me I have been nothing but an animal that serves you and would do anything for you as my older brother in order to please you... But I'm afraid that when it comes to my happiness this is where I draw the line Jerome, I refuse to turn out the way that you did, a failure.
Jerome: Boy watch your words.
Lowell: If I were to choose between you and Jordan the so called enemy right now I am certain enough that I would definitely choose him, let his love kill me if it has to I don't care. But I just won't let you take away the only thing that means a lot to me... I love Jordan even if that bothers you... and if something happens to him Jerome I swear to God that you will be nothing but my enemy, you will lose me this time and I mean every word.

A swift and painful slap lands on Lowell's face and he smirks looking up at the fuming Jerome holding his cheek.

Jerome: I will slap you back to your senses if I have to because no damn brother of mine will speak to me like that.

Just then Mackenzie walks in disturbing them and Jerome huffs fixing himself to stand up straight.
Jerome: Go to your room because from now on you are grounded right until you snap back to your senses... I will take the car keys as well, because from now on you will have a body guard to keep you away from seeing him and I will make sure that boy disappears for good even if that makes me your enemy....you love him and you would rather choose him over me you say, well too bad then my brother I am the only person that you have in the world even if that hurts you just face it.