©️ Mhizlove_Writes
🕎NOLAN POV🕎
I walked into my library, I’d an impressive, huge private library of classic books at home and decided to weed out useless books. Then I fell asleep in the library as I haven’t been sleeping so well lately
I suddenly woke up when I heard a roared and slammed of hands on the desk at the far end of the library. I glanced around to see who was there and saw Ric pacing restlessly from one corner to another and talking to himself. He wiped his face, his black, agate pupils with saffron- yellow whites moved restlessly near the lower eyelids, unable to stop the images racing through his mind.
“Son what is the problem?” I asked
His eyes flared then narrowed his brow as he looked at me
“Tell me what’s wrong?” I demanded
“Joe accidentally hit a girl with my car two weeks ago” he muttered as he took a seat at the table.
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Is she okay?” I quizzed
“Quite well, in satisfactory health but that isn’t the problem” he answered
“Tell me more about it”
He stared, a deep sigh shuddered through his body, then he began to explain, making the situation cleared to me by describing it in more detail and revealing relevant facts.
I turned my face away and hoped Ric didn’t notice my shoulders shaking as I laughed silently.
“You think that’s funny, do you?” Ric grumbled a bit, he arched a brow at me and clenched his fists
Then I laughed that laugh again and laughed till tears started to my eyes.
There was a helpless note in his voice, one that bothered him. It was the first-ever seeing my son seemed so vulnerable and practically incapable of doing anything on his own about the particular problem
“Dad stop laughing at me, the situation is not humorous for me” Ric spoke loudly
“Who is she?” I asked
“Aaliyah Richard, daughter of late Richard Robert” he mumbled reply
My jaw dropped and my eyes widened a moment, a flare of sudden overwhelming emotion to which I could only stutter.
“You just seems so unhappy and I know what the solution is. There’s easy solution to this problem” I spoke calmly and his eyes were smiling, his downy lip rose and remained lifted in childlike happiness, gazing at me expectantly
“You are in love” I spoke up
“It is impossible! There’s nothing like love, it’s all about attraction we develop after living in each other’s surroundings for a while” He smashed his fist down on the desk, the smile faded from his lips and the dark eyes veiled over again.
“When you’re in love with someone, you’ll start to develop strong compassion for them. Love is a beautiful thing. It makes people happy. It can change you, and show you things that you never knew about yourself. It lifts you up, knowing there is always someone who will stand by your side through anything” I said softly
Ric twisted his face in a mock laugh and slapped his knee as he gave me a sidelong glance.
“Failing in love ruined your life, remember? What’s more miserable than that” He snapped with a witty retort.
“I want to reveal some hidden things to you and after exposing this information, I hope you’ll change your mindset by embracing a new belief” I uttered
“Uriana is not your biological mother” I told him
“You’re joking, right?” He asked impatiently, standing
TBC…
