Over the edge

chapter two

Taking another drag, he reminisced about the old  days.

He recalled when he first met  the person he would learn to love  more  than life itself.

Back then he had been lost and hopeless. His son was six years old and his wife was filing for divorce. After seven years of  being happily married, he couldn't understand why she wanted a divorce. He had given her everything money could buy.

A good house, a great life and all the money he could want. But she claimed all she wanted was his heart.

He didn't understand what she meant by that. How could he give her his heart? He knew he loved  her but he didn't know how much.

She asked him to come home earlier, spend time with her and his son . He never did. He was always swamped with work .

He missed all six birthday's of his son without knowing. But he never forgot them. He was just too busy to attend the party. Je always brought the boy presents and would be forgiven.

He smiled recalling the words the boy  had told him before  he left with  his mother

"I will always love you daddy. No matter how far I go or how long I  will be gone"

His  boy said  that and no one could take that away from him. The little boy who saw no faults in his father who was never present for him.

The day Lauren,  his wife,  had said he was leaving him was also the same day he met Adam, the one who would help him heal.

He had been walking into his company, Demi production, named after his son's favourite cartoon character, when a man bumped into him, making both of them fall down.

He fell in the  floor and the other man's face fell on his  crotch. The other man stood up, face flushed, breath heavy.

He apologised countless times saying that he was in a hurry  and didn't mean to fall on top of his "stuff".

"It's no problem, " he had said.

"I really am sorry, sir"

"I told you  it's okay"

The man had then smiled apologetically and as he was going to walk away, he was tripped by his  shoelaces and made them fall, again.

"You're  really falling for me today, " he had said.

"I'm  so so sorry. "

"Tell you  what, I  was going to order breakfast in my office  but you will buy for me as an apology, okay? "

The man did not hesitate before saying yes.

"I'm Adam, by the way," he held out  his  hand.

"Eric "