Chapter 51 Jeffrey POV "What the hell are you doing in my house?" He sounded so serious as he managed to sit on the bed, and I scoffed. "I should've left you to sleep at that bar. You are not in your house, dude. We are inside a hotel room, and you are drunk," I rolled my eyes at him, and he groaned, rubbing his fingers on his forehead. He seemed to still be drunk or having a hangover instead. "How did I get here? What says by the time?" He asked, and I scoffed. "You should check the time yourself," I rolled my eyes at him, and he sighed. I watched as he reached out lazily to his phone that was laying on the nightstand, checking the time. It was already past 7pm. "Ugh! It's past 7pm. How did I sleep for so long?" He asked as if he had no idea he got himself drunk. "What is wrong with you, Marcus? Why the heck were you so drunk?" I scolded him, and he scoffed. "I've told you to stop talking to me like that. I'm not a child anymore..." "Then you should stop acting like one. A g

Chapter 53 Aliyah POV Although it has been a couple of days since Nancy said those words that have been living rent-free in my head, it was still hard to get it off. It was the weekend today, and we had plans that Jeff was going to pick us up for a tour to the park along with the kids. "Are you ok?" I asked Nancy when I walked inside the living room and found her sitting on the couch looking a bit sad. "Hmm," she replied to me, but I wasn't so foolish to believe her. I know her more than anyone else, and I always know whenever she was bothered about something. "Come on, baby. What's wrong? You know you can always speak to Mommy, right?" I pulled her into my arms, trying to talk her into telling me what was wrong with her. "Uncle Liam..." She pouted her lips, and the next thing was her bursting into tears, and I sighed briefly. Here I was, thinking she has gotten over him already, but it seemed like it was a dream that might never come true for me. "I want to speak to him," she

Chapter 55 Later that evening... Liam checked his wristwatch for the fifth time, then glanced at the entrance door of the restaurant, and sighed deeply. He has been waiting for Aliyah for the past fifteen minutes and she was not there yet. The last few days without Nancy have been the worst days of his life. He could barely sleep, but everything became worse after he got a call from his Mom and had to rush back to LA about two days ago. The previous day... "What are you talking about, Mom?" Liam scoffed unbelievably, looking at the middle-aged enraged woman standing in front of her. With the striking resemblance between them, anyone would know that they are related, if they were not mother and son. "How could you still lie to me even after finding out about it, Liam? How could you have kept that secret for years? How could you?" Mrs. Henshaw, Liam's Mom snapped again, her eyes were filled with disappointment. It was unbelievable that this was the same boy she brought up, the boy

Chapter 57 "Come on, Mom. Are you going to keep avoiding me? I told you I'm sorry, will you just please forgive me?" Liam pleaded with his Mom as he followed her to the living room, but she could only care less. It was still hard to believe that the son she trusted so much that he could never hurt anyone, actually did and kept it for years. No matter the angle she looked at it from, it was still hard to gather the pieces together. "Mom... Can you please speak to me? You've been keeping me at arm's length for days now, can you please speak to me?" Again, he whined, going to stand in her way this time, but she scoffed. "What should I talk about with an irresponsible man that couldn't even own up to his responsibility? What should I discuss with you?" Those words crushed his heart, but he wasn't in a position to be hurt, because this was all his fault. He was the one that hurt her in the first place, so he wasn't supposed to feel pained about whatever she was going to say t

Chapter 59 Nancy picked on her food slowly as she stared into space. It was lunch break, and she was supposed to be eating, but she didn't have an appetite, and the only thing she could wish for was for Liam to show up and have lunch with her like the other day. Maybe that will make her feel better. No, it'll really make her feel better. "Are you ok, Nancy?" Her classmate, Lisa asked her as the little girl came to sit across from her, and she slowly nodded her head. "Yes, I'm fine," She replied to Lisa. "You don't look fine. Did something happen? You look sad," Lisa insisted, and she was forced to drop the fork she was using to eat this time, reclining on the chair. "I miss Uncle Liam," She mumbled, so low that Lisa couldn't hear what she said, and was forced to ask her to repeat herself. "Forget it. Never mind," She sighed deeply, picking up her fork again, and just when she wanted to dig into the food, she heard Lisa gasp sharply. "Isn't that your D