𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 • 𝕓𝕨𝕤

13 • George's Task

A/N: Probably my favorite chapter to write

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George looks at the medium-sized house in front of him and checks his phone if he got the address right. Sure enough, he got it right. Blake left him not too long ago, because his mum has been worried sick. George's mum, Natasha, is worried but she knows that the Lord won't leave him.

"Well, here goes nothing." George sighs as he walks towards the front door of the house where Brad grew up in. He rings the doorbell and waits for someone to open the door. However five minutes later, he's still standing outside; waiting for someone to open the door.

"Is anyone even home?" George asks to no one in particular. After all, he's the only one there and he doesn't know for sure if anyone's in. He looks through the window and sees that no one's home. He's about to go home, when he hears a voice from behind him.

"How long have you been here? I'm so sorry to keep you waiting. Are you looking for someone?" the voice says softly. He turns around and sees a girl slightly older than him. 'Must be Brad's older sister, Natalie.' he thinks.

"Oh, um, Brad sent me. He wants to give you something." George says, holding a bag up for her to see,

"Oh okay." Natalie says as she unlocks the door and opens it. "Come in." George does what he's told and sits on the couch. Natalie follows and sits across from him.

"Do you want anything? Water? Juice? Tea?" Natalie asks.

"Water would be nice, thank you." George smiles politely.

'Okay." Natalie smiles and stands up to get him water. A minute later, she comes back with two glasses of water. She puts them down on the coffee table and sits across from George again.

"Um, Brad wanted to give you these." George hands the bag to Natalie who opens it immediately. Inside it, there are clothes and some cash.

"Tell him dad and I said thank you." Natalie smiles. "How do you know Brad?"

"Oh, I used to work with him. I was a gardener. I got fired and I visit him whenever I can. When I visited him recently, they just got back from London, so he bought you guys all those stuff." George says and he added some stuff.

'I should be an actor.' George thinks to himself.

"Oh okay." Natalie seem to buy his little acting. "What's your name?" she asks.

"Where are my manners? I'm George."

"Hello George! I'm Natalie."

"Nice to meet you."

"George, can you give Bradley a message for me?"

"Sure. What is it?"

"Can you tell him that dad has cancer?"

George is in shock. If he's in shock, how will Brad react to this news? He'd be devastated.

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After the shocking news he heard at the Simpson's Household, he went straight to church to pray and ask for guidance from the Lord. He'd ask advice from his parents, but he feels that the Lord would help him perfectly. He kneels down on the kneeler and begins.

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." George says as he does the Sign of the Cross.

"Lord, I'm here today to ask for Your guidance. I don't know what to do, so I came here to talk to You. You'd know what to do, Lord." He continues.

"Please lessen the pain Mr. Simpson is going through. Please help Natalie take care of Mr. Simpson. Please guide both of them to a happy and healthy life. Please guide Brad to wherever he's going and please guide him back home so that he can be with his dad until his last breathe. Lord, if you take Mr. Simpson earlier than expected, his soul rests in Your hands and take care of him."

"Lord, I also pray for myself to have enough courage to tell Brad about this horrid news. Help me tell him and help me comfort him when he finds out, because I wouldn't know what to do. Amen."

"In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen." he ends and stands up, grabs his things, leaves, and goes home.