Our Parents Pain Came With Love

Chapter 24

-KYLE BESS
I am woken up by a call, I stretch out my hand to the pedestal and take it
“hello?”
I answer annoyed without checking
“Mr Bess hi, this is Clark”
She says, she’s a colleague and we work on cases together every now and then
“Hi Clark, to what do I owe this call?”
I ask
“Mr Bess there's a file I am looking for but I can't seem to find it, you were supposed to leave it on my desk yesterday but you didn’t”
She says, I pinch my nose bridge
“Flip, I totally forgot and came home with it”
I say and she giggles
“I can always swing by your place and take it”
She says and I think for a second
“Yeah sure why not. I’ll see you when you get here then. Call me ok?”
I say
“Will do. Need me to bring you anything to eat?”
She asks and I chuckle
“That’s sweet but no thanks Clark”
I say
“Ok, bye Kyle”
She says and ends the call, I look at my phone screen and chuckle. Our crazy receptionist once mentioned that Clark has a crush on me but I never bought it, Cassie always has gossip to spread so I don’t take the stuff she says serious. I get up and make my way to shower striping out of my briefs. I shower and then get out and dry my body then brush my teeth and clean the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my waist and then head to my room. I wear briefs and sweatpants then make the bed, my phone rings and it's Clark
“Hey, I’m at the gate”
She says
“Ok coming”
I say and then head downstairs and click the button to open the gate and then head to the room to finish up real quickly then head down as she knocks on the door. I open the door for her and she walks in, she’s wearing sweatpants, old hoodie and her hair is tied into a messy bun with zero make up on. I don’t think I have ever seen Clark look this good before, she usually has make up on and is dressed to kill at work so this sight of her is new to me. I step aside but she doesn’t budge and then I notice she’s starring at my abs. I chuckle and that’s when she looks up at me
“Come in please”
I say and she giggles
“I am so sorry for starring. How are you?”
She asks after I close the door
“I’m good thank you and how are you? Can I get you anything?”
I ask walking around the counter
“nothing thank you. That uhhmm, file”
She says and I nod and head out where I had left the bag I use to carry my stuff, I take out the file and then turn around to find her standing by the door
“And found it”
I say and walk over to her
“Thank you”
She says with a smile, I hand the file to her
“You look adorable”
I say and she blushes
“thank you, I don’t think you’ve ever complimented me before”
She says and I chuckle
“What do you mean never? Pretty sure I’ve complimented you before”
I say defensively and she shakes her head no
“I would remember if you had before”
She says looking down
“Damn! I’m sorry, I should start complimenting you more. The zero make up look works best if you ask me”
I say and she frowns
“Oh”
She says and I hit my forehead
“I didn’t mean it like that Clark, it's… Argh nevermind. I am sorry, I shouldn’t have said it like that. You do look good with make up but I prefer this side of you”
I say and she nods
“Thank you Mr Bess. I should leave now”
She says rushing out, I catch up with her as she is about to open the door grabbing her arm
“Clark what's going on?”
I ask and she turns to me, she smashes her lips into mine taking me by surprise I don’t even get the time to react proper, she stops when I don’t respond
“I am sorry”
She says and turns to open the door and runs out of the house leaving me so confused. What the hell just happened? Clark is a beautiful woman no doubt, I have noticed her but I am too focused on work to see other things. Its not that I don’t date, I do but I don’t have the time for a relationship when I do get into one so to save the next person the trouble of being in such a relationship I don’t pursue them, I recently broke up with my last girlfriend anyway because of this thing of being constantly busy. I will have to speak to Clark on Monday about what happened. I head back upstairs and resume clearing up the little mess in my room and then change into something to meet up with Kate. I gather what I’ll need and then head out, we meet a restaurant and then we allocated a table for 2.
“So why would you come all the way this side mom? I don’t buy this work thing”
I say after the waitress has left with our orders, she takes a deep breath
“No greetings, no nothing?”
she asks and I raise an eyebrow, she exhales
“Your sister has been sick”
She starts off
“What do you mean sick? Who?”
I ask
“Kim, she has leukaemia”
She says and looks down,
“She has Cancer? How? When?”
I ask, it doesn’t make any sense how a 13 year old would have Cancer of the blood. She sighs
“She was diagnosed about 2 months ago I think. She’s been in and out of hospital. I didn’t know how to tell you this over the phone, hence I asked you to fly over but you never did and her doctors say she doesn’t have enough time”
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To Be Continued