Second Chances

Chapter 32

MASON

I've never been so happy and satisfied in my life. It took me minutes to realized that we were stinking rich the moment I saw my dad raise his head and hands held high as the crowds cheer and shouted for his name in victory. Everything was still fresh in my head, the sun shined so bright and every sweat was treasured. Players were scattered along the field as the whistle caught my ear. My dad won a lot of times and recieved such glorious awards and trophies, he was a well-known football player and the time came that he decided to be a coach but he still didn't stop playing, it was his passion to play and bring honor to his country. But what really made him happy was when he met my mom. They were the best couple in town and they were all over the magazines and news. During those times internet wasn't that popular so you can just see their faces on billboards and newspapers. But something came up that really made him happy, that was when he found out my mother was pregnant and everything felt like fourth of july when she brought me in this world. And after two years we found out that my mother was pregnant for my baby sister Emily, and we couldn't explain the joy we felt and we just couldn't ask for more. We were an example of a perfect family indeed.

I studied into a prestige school, travel the world, drown in wealth and pleasure. Women were excited to throw themselves on me like a seductive submissive.
I used them for pleasure and I didn't give a damn about what others labeled me. I was famous I could say, my family has a lot of connections, business, properties and especially my father was a famous football player and coach. I was proud and happy to be his son and I've always wanted to be like him, to be successful and to be a wonderful father like him someday. But everything changed in just one snap. And it all shattered when a man named Marcus Meyer stepped into my father's office.

He was my father's best friend and business partner.
My father was the nicest but behind every laughter and generosity my father showed to him, he betrayed him by taking his life and stealing my mom.
All the luxury and women I had was nothing. Damn nothing.
I dont want them in the first place.
The day my mother married Marcus, tragedy became my middle name. I saw it with my own eyes. He killed my father. That son of a bitch killed my father helplessly.
But I didn't say anything about it. I remained silent like an idiot because
I was scared. But I know someday I can deal with this. I'd give my father's death justice as I face demons and my own demon.

"Mase! come here and see this!"

I squeezed my eyes trying to clear my sight as I headed down. "What is it?" I saw her standing outside the beach house with her beautiful white dress.

I smiled. "Look! They're already hatched and ready to go in the ocean." She pointed at the freshly hatched baby turtles swimming towards the ocean.

Her smile was priceless and I would do anything for that smile. "You wanna get one?" I wrapped my arms around her waist and whispered behind her ear as I inhaled her scent that captured me.

"What? No we can't just steal them, their mother is waiting for them." Her kind heart turned me on and I can't help but squeezed her tightly against me.

Meeting Anna and letting her enter my life changed me. I knew that the very first time I laid my eyes on her, I know she'd own me. And she did.

Seeing and feeling her in my arms was like the best thing ever, something that I wouldn't get enough and will always crave for. But when I saw her lying down on that hospital bed, it made my knees weak and knowing that it was all because of me, I could almost choke myself to death. I couldn't handle seeing her in pain, it was a terrible mixture of pain and guilt. I'd absolutely exchange my life just to save hers, and her life wouldn't be at risk in the first place if it wasn't because of my stupidity and psychotic pain in the ass ex-girlfriend.
After the accident I did everything just to let Cindy out of our lives, she doesn't deserve any sympathy or pity, she needs to stay away from us and it includes leaving and go somewhere far. Far from me and most especially far from Anna. I couldn't stand the fact that she can hurt her and she even tried in which made my nerves heat up and it just makes me hate her even more.