The Deep Dark Stone Path

Chapter 30 *James*

My home was a dump for years. Now it is so nice I dont even hardly recognize it as my house. I stand up and look around at the nice mowed lawn and fresh paint on the house. I look under the the step for my key and find it in its proper spot. I unlock the door and find out that the house is completely different. The house is clean and all of our old furniture is gone.

There is a brand new couch and a flat screen in the living room with a coffee table in the middle of the room. My room is completely empty and clean. His room has no trace that my mom was ever there and everything in there is new as well. Everything in the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room are new too. All the walls had been cleaned and painted and the floors were all polished.

"Holy crap!" ,Dalilah says as we walk through the house. Sam says, "Whats the big deal? Where are we?" I turn to him and say, "This is my old house. It was trashed the last time we were here. My "Dad" isnt home." Then I start to run towards my "dads" company. Dalilah and Sam chase after me.

(Terry)

I am sitting in my office studying my computer screen as my secretary calls me to tell me I have a visitor from someone named Austin Meyer. I recognize that name and I dont know why. I hear a knock on the door and I shout, "Come in." James walks in with two other kids and he doesnt look to happy.

He slams his fists down on my desk and yells, "Are you my father or not?!" I straighten my suit and try to keep calm and collected. "What do you mean, James?" I ask, playing dumb. He grabs me by my shirt collar and spits in my face as he shouts, "AM...I...YOUR...KID?!" I wipe my face and say, "By blood no, but legally yes." James lets me go and says, "Whose my father?" I struggle to remember the name of the man his mother told me about.

"His name is David. I dont remember his last name. Your mother had an affair with him while he was doing business out here years ago. She never wanted you to know that she cheated on me. He went back home and wrote her that he couldnt see her again because he had met the love of his life and he was gonna marry her in a few months. So she never told him she was pregnant. This summer, as you know she told you that we had new neighbors. They are all your half brothers and sisters and that man is your father. His wife died not long ago and your mother was gonna leave me for him and take you with her."

James starts crying and so does the girl behind him. "Who are these kids?" I ask him. He gulps as he says, "This is my friend Sam. This is Dalilah, who you just told me is my half sister." Sams jaw drops and Dalilah leaves the room. James looks sick as I laugh my ass off. "STOP!!!" He yells as he climbs over the desk and punches me in the face. "Dont try to contact me after this. I am living with my real father." James says and he slams the door as he leaves. I wipe the blood off my lip and cant help, but smile. I dont have to put up with him anymore and his relationship is ruined caused he hooked up with his half sister. Good riddance. Now he is someone else's problem.