My Brother's Keeper

Chapter 21: Just the Beginning

"Now wait a minute dad, what do you mean you're going on vacation, to where? To the house?"

"Val and I are gonna spend the weekend in Jamaica."

"But you can't leave me alone by myself."

"Well you're gonna have to start learning to be on your own, I'm not gonna always be here."

Jeremiah scoffed, "Of course you are, you'll be around forever. Well what am I supposed to do if I can't go through with something or I forget?"

"We've been over this a million times now you know what to do and that's also why you have siblings, if you can't stand to be alone call one of them."

"But what if they're busy?"

"I'm busy and you don't give two shits about that, so what's the difference now?"

"They won't come but I know you will." Jeremiah said as Ryan huffed

"Then maybe I should just stay home from now on. Listen, you'll be fine it's only three days. You have nothing to worry about, now if you'll excuse me I'm gonna finish up this last bit of paperwork." Jeremiah sadly left the room as the last thing on his mind is being left alone for the weekend which is in two days. In the meantime, he's gotta find someone who won't mind sticking it out with him

"Are you two sure?"

"Yeah J, Zayn and I promise to be right there by your side."

"I don't need either of you flaking on me, I need to know for real are you two going to be with me or not."

"We promise to be right there with you. No matter what comes up we will be right there with you, because that's what brother's are for." Isaiah said and Zayn chimes in

"Yeah man, that's what brothers are for and don't you worry about a thing, we got your back."

"Alright, I'll be looking for y'all to come through so be ready when it's time."

"Don't sweat it, we'll be there." Isaiah assured as now Jeremiah was feeling more confident than he was before.

It's now the weekend and Jeremiah hasn't heard anything from the twins. He tried calling and texting and they didn't answer or reply back.

He even went over to their apartment as no one was there. He tried calling again but instead went straight to voicemail. "ISAIAH! ZAYN! I'm gonna fucking kill the both of you when I see you, and answer the damn phone!" Jeremiah fumed as he left another voice message on their phones

Jeremiah was running out of time as it's getting closer and everyone he trusted was out of town or not answering. Out of desperation and fear of not being able to possibly complete the job, he called Valerie as he knew Ryan wouldn't even bother to pick up his phone

"Hi dear." Val's warm and inviting voice sounded as this made Jermy feel better

"Hi mom."

"Everything alright?"

"Oh yes of course." He said in a convincing tone. "I was just calling because I wanted to know how the trip is going."

"It's wonderful, the weather's nice, the food's great and so are the people."

"That's good, so where's dad?"

"Outside smoking a joint, you wanna talk to him?"

"Sure."

"Babe, telephone." Val said and soon Ryan answered the phone

"Yeah hello."

"Hey dad."

"You. It hasn't been a day yet and you're calling me, when will you kids get that we need a break too."

"I didn't call to bug you, I was just checking in and see how the vacation was going."

"Oh, well it's going good. By the way, it should be getting close to time, have you taken care of that problem I wanted?"

"I was about to head out now and deal with it, I had you and mom on my mind and I just wanted to call."

"Alright good, I'll check back with it when I get home but right now I wanna enjoy the peace and quiet. I'll talk to you in a few days."

"Ok dad, enjoy the rest of your trip." Jermy said as Ryan gave the phone back to Val

"Sweetie, you sure everything's okay, you don't sound the same."

"I'm positive mom, all is well with me."

"You know you can talk to me, whatever is bothering you I'm here for you."

"I know ma, but I don't wanna burden you with my troubles. You should be enjoying your vacation and not listening to me ramble on about myself."

"But I'm a concerned mother and no matter how much you tell me to not worry I will worry. A mother knows her child, and I know when something's wrong."

"I promise nothing's wrong."

"Alright, I won't twist your arm and make you tell me any longer. If you say nothing's wrong then nothing's wrong. Just know that my phone is always open if you ever wanna call."

"Thanks mom, you're the best mother anyone on this earth could ask for. I guess I do have a question."

"Okay what is it?"

"What do you think about Giselle? You think maybe she could possibly be the one?"

"I think she's a wonderful young lady with a bright future and could possibly be the one, that is if she accepts you for who you are."

"You think if she finds out she'll be afraid of me?"

"I don't know, but if you're serious about her then you should prepare yourself to tell her. Ease into it and don't tell everything at once, let her process it for awhile, give her sometime and if she wants you despite your background then I say give her a try she might be the one." Val said as there was a distant smack in the background and Val yelped

"Everything alright mom?"

"Yeah everything's fine." She said in a strained voice as Ryan came up behind her and slapped her on the ass

"Val, get the fuck off the phone, I wanna clap them cheeks." He said in her ear while groping her ass as she slightly moaned

"You mind if I call you back a little later?" Val asked as Ryan was kissing her neck from behind and squeezing both of her breasts

"Sure, I'll be hanging around."

"Ok, I promise to call you back within the hour or two."

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Until next Wednesday, stay breezy my friends
-NadineJB 🏄🏽‍♂️🤙🏾