Kasper's Prince Charming

Chapter 15 - The Orphan

The next few days were pretty chill. I spent hours talking to Amir while he was back home preparing for his new semester. We learned so much about each other but never seemed ready to say goodbye.

I also went out with Ali, his twin, for a few hours each day to workout so Mr. Hamad and his husband, Emerson, could have their time together.

It must have been awkward for them having me sleep in their room each night, but they never complained. Ali had the other room all to himself.

Mr. Hamad didn't think it was a good idea for me to sleep in the bed where Amir had been. I don't know why, I don't think I was Ali's type, but I didn't argue.

I spent so much time video-chatting with Amir on Emerson's tablet that Emerson started to show a little anger with his son which was rare for him.

He would sign to Amir who would sign back with begging looks like only a child can give to his parents. I missed him every time we had to say goodbye.

Finally though, Mr. Hamad took me to get one of my own.

They aren't cheap. My family only had two when I was growing up. One was decent and the other was a cheap knock off my dad had gotten as a prize from some company meeting. I'd never had one of my own though and certainly not one as nice as Emerson's.

Mr. Hamad took me to the same mall where they'd bought clothes for me. Emerson went with us, but Ali said he had things to do.

"This is the best? He will need it to resist damage. You know how rough young boys can be on things," Mr. Hamad asked the guy in a blue uniform shirt who was helping us.

The guy assured us that it would and offered a side warranty that would cover it for life. I wasn't sure why he thought I was so clumsy.

"And what color would you like? He swiped his finger across the touchpad wall and we customized it. I picked out a shimmery green color and they even got my name engraved on the back. We went to lunch and did some shopping while the computer put it together.

When it was ready, we went back to the store. It was beautiful and razor thin. The front touchscreen was made of that new material that's soft with better response to fingers. The back was the beautiful green color I'd picked.

It had the new technology that could instantly find all information about me just from pressing my thumb against it. Mr. Hamad had to do it first since he was the buyer.

He also put some parental controls on it so I wouldn't get into dirty stuff. Even though I was 18, he saw me as a small child who needed looking after. He set me as a user and Emerson as a "parent" so it would respond to all of our thumbs.

When I pressed my thumb on there it loaded everything from my life account. It had my passport, documents, messages, social media. It even had family and personal photos taken since birth. Technology is amazing. It reminded me how much I missed my brothers, my parents, friends, and family.

It struck me that they just spent thousands of dollars customizing a tablet for me and now I was pining for home.

Emerson and Mr. Hamad let me show them my family and old pictures.

I told them all about my life back home. They said I was an adorable little kid. Emerson sent a few of my baby and childhood pictures to himself.

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All of that happiness changed though as we headed back to the resort.

I slid into the back of their car and went about playing with the tablet.