ETERNITY (COMPLETE)

Forgive Me

    Zee was in the shower when he heard his cellphone rang. Maya had booked him a hotel room nearest to the hospital for him to shower and to change his clothes. He slept at the hospital to be with Saint so that he could keep him safe and also to keep Saint from contacting anybody. He turned off the shower, wrapped himself in a towel and left the bathroom. His cellphone was on the nightstand. As expected, it was his assistant.

"Yes Maya."
"Mr Panich, Father Jonathan is demanding to talk to you as soon as possible. He is rather persistent." Maya stated.
"Where is he?" Zee inquired.
"He's currently in the waiting room. We have 2 guards with him right now." Maya explained.
"Patch him through. Let me talk to him." Zee instructed and began to think. 6 months and nothing. Yet now, when Saint was attacked and injured. How Father Jonathan refused every single contact he made was now on the phone demanding to talk him? Zee's mind went on overdrive.

"Mr Panich?" Father Jonathan was heard.
"Call me Zee, Father." Zee replied.
"I shall call you what I want Young Man!" The old priest growled.
"Father Jonathan, how may I help you?" Zee asked exasperatedly.
"Where is Saint? What have you done to my boy? If you hurt him Mr Panich... I will find you!" The usually soft-spoken old man barked. The questions did not sit well with Zee. How could Father Jonathan accuse him of harming Saint?
"What makes you think I know where he is? And... am I that evil that you think I might hurt him?" Zee emphasised.
"Mr Panich... you have every reason to harm him! You accused him of stealing from you and destroying your business deal! You want him caught so that you could send him to the police! He himself told me this! Now... where is my son?" Father Jonathan yelled through the phone.
"Listen here Father... I will never hurt him! And what happened between him and I is between us. It has nothing to do with you." Zee explained.
"It has everything to do with me because I raised him like my own. He is my son whether we are related by blood or not. God knows how much I love that child. He does not have anyone except me. You swooped into his life, made him fall in love with you and you destroyed him!" The Old Man seethed.
"I did not do anything him. He stole from me. He's the one who destroyed my trust towards him!" Zee asserted and he was shocked when Father Jonathan laughed.
"You don't even know him like I do then. You don't deserve him! Tell me where he is Mr Panich," Father Jonathan shouted.
"I don't know." Zee lied.
"He has been..." Father Jonathan trailed.
"Has been what?" Zee asked.
"It doesn't matter. I know you have something to do with this! Tell me where he is or ... or..." Father Jonathan did not finish his sentence.
"Or what?" Zee growled.
"Or I'll report to the police!" The Old man threatened.
"Father... I don't think you want to do that." Zee countered.
"You... you think having all the money and the power in the world is everything? As God as my witness, you will regret to ever hurting my son! For the last time... where is Saint?" Father Jonathan yelled through the phone.
"Even if I knew... I wouldn't tell you." Zee replied calmly.
"If you hurt one hair on that child, I swear to God that I will destroy you Mr Panich. He is the sweetest most loving person that I know and if anything happens to him... I will end you!" Father Jonathan threatened.
"Father Jonathan, do not threaten me." Zee cautioned him.
"I don't fear you, for I only fear God. I can do whatever I want!" The other man declared.
"Father... may I know why are you asking me about Saint now and not 6 months ago or earlier? Why NOW?" Zee emphasised.
"It's none of your concern." The Old Man answered.
"It is MY concern because he is my husband." Zee explained.
"You lost your right to be his husband when you destroyed him."
"He stole from me Father Jonathan." Zee was seething.
"Believe what you want Mr Businessman... Remember... It was YOU whom he loved and it was YOU who destroyed everything." Father Jonathan said before hanging up.

    Zee stared at his cellphone. What the hell just happened? Why all of the sudden Father Jonathan contacted him? With Saint in the hospital and someone wanting to kill him... the coincidence was  just too much. The Old Man sounded extremely worried about Saint. Did he really believe that Zee had the capacity to hurt Saint? What triggered or forced Father Jonathan to contact him? Zee shook his head and called Derek.