Destiny

Chapter 35 - Mistakes

"Three mistakes ?"I asked puzzled .

" Yes. I'm sure you must have speculated it by now that my teenage life wasn't very colourful as many others of my age - thanks to my dad . So, you can't give me a lot of stick for what I did ,though I wish I could have acted more mature during that stage ..."

"Leo was an orphan I met near my school one day . It all got underway when I offered him a drive to his home when I found him with a broken ankle near my school ,around dusk . Judging by his appearance I could tell he didn't have a genteel upbringing and deep pockets as me or the other kids back in my school but he told me that he was making lots of money. Money which he earned from shady dealings that a minor shouldn't be entangling himself with .

I knew he wasn't the kind I should be mingling with, considering the hassle  I could get into ,if my dad heard about it. I dropped him off at a hospital and drove back home.

It was half curiosity and half madness that led me in that path .I met him a few more times hanging by my school with the senior kids and that's when I decided to intervene though now I wish now that I would have kept to myself.

The next few days I was beset by problems  when I was introduced to drugs but eventually I found myself addicted to it in less than a month ."

"Drugs ? But you told you weren't into any illegal activities that night when we met ?"

"When?Oh right .That night .Well I lied .What do you expect? I barely knew you then ."

"But now you know me?"

"Not really .And I swear I can't break that armour that you wear all the time but ...now that I think of it ...I don't really know why I'm exposing myself to you .Let's forget about it .Back to my sinful story ...

So, that's what happened during my early teenage - I let myself become a drug addict .It was one of the reasons why I had lost my interest in my studies and ended up almost killing myself -"

"Renzo !"

"Chill out babe , I'm still alive ain't I ?" He asked chuckling .

"Shut up .That's not funny ! And don't call me that!"

I earned an another chuckle and a smirk from him .

"So, that was your first mistake - becoming a drug addict?!"

"You could tell that . But it was what followed after that which I can't forgive myself for ."

"Don't tell me you killed your own friend !"

"No! Of course not ! What do you take me for ?"

"Then how-"

"I'll come to that part .I was eighteen when I got enrolled to Princeton university . I worked hard for my grades in my senior year since the thought of keeping my mom away from my dad overpowered me at the time . I still couldn't keep myself from drugs but it had reduced to a large scale .

After two years  I returned back to Italy when my mom insisted on staying with dad , things went back to its ugly self ...at least for me .And it only worsened when I met my step brother .

I hadn't known all this while that we had been studying in the same school until I did my research about him .He was my senior and also happened to be Leo's boss . I hated him the minute my eyes fell on him .

All I could tell was that he had a crazy amount of my dad's genes .His house- or should I say mansion -was flooded with heroin, cocaine and alcohol .And not to mention there were scantily dressed young girls to please him often ."