Her Heart (1/3)

Chapter 14

Jeremy's P.O.V

I didn't even bother to knock as i confidently walked into my brother's office with a satisfactory smile on my face.

I was so happy that I took up the dare and actually completed it. I completed all my duties-perfectly-and bought myself a castle while i was at it. I even have young workers who use the latest technology and everything.

I was expecting to see Connor in his office but my heart slowed a little when i saw a man who resembled Connor and I very strongly, walking around the office and admiring it.

Our father.

"Son..." he said after he noticed my presence.

I missed his voice. The last time I heard his voice was seven years ago when he told me that he is going away 'for a little while', but he loves me and my brother and I should never forget that.

I saw my dad walk away with his bags. I just waved thinking it was one of his business trips but realised over the years that my father was gone and was never coming coming back.

And suddenly, I felt cold air blow against my cheek, I didn't even realise I shed a tear.

Is he really standing in front of me? Is it really him?

I didn't move nor respond. I was still trying to wake up from this dream, trying to figure out what was going on. I was recalling the last time I smoked weed and drank alcohol, maybe i was hallucinating. But i remembered that im practically a virgin stoner at this point and i dont even remember what it's like to be sloshed.

"Jeremy? Are you okay?" he took a few steps towards me his face carrying nothing but concern.

"Am I okay?! Am i- of course not!" i finally snap. How could he ask me that?

"I know what you must be feeling right now and I know it was a dumb question to ask but I needed you to respond in some way." he says.

He sits down and smiles. "Hi Jeremy."

I look at him in shock and disbelief. 'Hi Jeremy' is what he has to say to his son whom he abandoned for years? Really?

I don't respond.

Suddenly im angry, the longer i look at him the angrier i get! I turn around and decide I'll drop him like he did to me. But i stop in my tracks when he speaks again.

"I know you're hurting right now, I was too. But how do you explain to your eleven year old son that you and his mother are going through a divorce? That you never wanted to leave him and this would result in both your sons choosing? So I didn't want to separate you from your mother or from your brother. That's why I made the decision for you."

"A fucken phone call would have been nice dad! At least once a month or once a fucken year! You left me alone dad. I'm so...you know what, never mind. You aren't even worth it."

There's silence as my father looks down and i shove my hands in my pockets.

"And even after everything I put you through, you still call me dad." He said in a sweet tone, more like a proud tone. The tone I have missed so much.

"I missed you dad." i admit looking down.

"Come here son."

I then-for the first time in seven years-felt the embrace of a father.

"I missed you so much dad." i say sounding eleven again. "We have a lot to talk about."

"Like?"

"Like how mom has this fucken weakling walking around the house like he owns it."

"Who is he?"

"Her boyfriend."

I saw my dad tense up when I said this. But pretended not to notice it.

"Well then, tough shit for him because I'm back now. So he better pray and pray hard to whoever he prays to that he doesn't run into me. But don't worry I know you must hate acting like the perfect son, so as soon as he is gone-"

"Who said anything about anyone acting or being the perfect son? Maybe Connor yeah, but it sure the hell ain't me."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't like that dude. He thinks he's the King. He doesn't even have a penny to his name, he is so pathetic its embarrassing to watch."

"You're so much like me its scary."

"Well then in that case, i think you're gonna do more damage then i did to Michael."

"Is that his name?"

"Yeah."

"And you guys were fighting?"

"When aren't we fighting... He ended up looking like he survived an abortion then was run over by a train." I couldn't help but chuckle a little at the memory.

"Well, I'm back now. And I promise that I'm not going to leave. I'm going to take back everything that belongs to me."

"Do they know that you're back?"

"No. Just you."

There's silence again.

"Why'd you come back dad?"

He sighs.

"After your mother and I separated, i bought a new castle and let her keep this one so you and your brother could have a decent home. However where I was living... It wasn't so safe. There were often riots and attacks.

One day, we had just survived yet another attack and i had lost a lot of men. We couldn't even catch a break when that same day we were attacked again at night. There were a few of us left and we were injured and weak. They came and wiped us out. I was dying son, and in the last seven minutes I had left, I saw you guys. I saw my little boys and my beautiful wife. I saw how happy we were and i prayed to any God that would listen to save me.

I prayed to be given a second chance to do right by my family. I made a promise to return to my family if i lived again. I promised i would fix my family and make up for all the time I had lost."

I felt my blood boiling at the thought of those savages attacking my father. I wish i was there to help him, to save him.

"And your prayers were answered." i say.

"The council told me that news got your mother before it got to you. She then went to the council and formed some sort of deal with them, then strings were pulled and I here I am now."

So dad is alive because of mom? She still loves him. There's still hope for them!

"Jeremy, i have been looking for you every-" my mother stops mid-sentence when she realises who is in the room with me.

She is in shock and my father immediately stands.

"Paul." my mother whispers.

Its not long before her boyfriend joins the party. My mother's heart rate accelerates at the tension that's in the room. My father tears his attention from my mother and looks at the weakling disapprovingly, his hands already forming fists, anger slowly building up. The look on Michael's face was priceless! He instantly went pale and i smirked.

The dog's day has arrived.

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Short chappy, i know🙈im sorry. But there's still more to come💚!!

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