All Chapters of The Deceiver's Handbook: Chapter 31 - Chapter 35

Do you know what hurt the most about everything? It was not the insults or the derogatory remarks. They were hurtful of a surety, but my dad’s silence while everything happened was it.It baffled me to see that he could not at least stand up for me when his mistress was busy battering me with her words. How dare he let a person label his offspring a bastard, and he still sits there smiling like it was just some compliment that was being said.My dad’s actions towards me, ninety-five percent of the time, always had me questioning my paternity and to whom I truly belonged.He had no fatherly instincts and was everything but protective towards his own. If it wasn't for my mom’s countless lessons that instilled bravery and self-confidence in me, I'd never be able to stand in front of my peers or anyone else, ever again.After Sammy’s mom’s first visit to our house, I tried in vain to steer clear of her son like she’d warned me, but Sammy himself was not having any of that.He would try

“Baby, you're here,” I said to Sheena, grabbing her by the waist and planting a kiss on her tender lips.She looked like she had been working for quite a while. Beads of perspiration ran from her forehead to her cheeks, and her hair was messy.She had on a sky blue kaftan that went all the way from her shoulders to the ground, covering her feet and rubbing the floor underneath her.“You never told me you'd be here. What brings you here, and why is no one letting me in on the friendship between you and my dad? Is there something I need to know?” I teased, surprised by her presence in my father’s house.There was probably something up because my dad was always rooting for Sheena, and now it all made sense why. “Oh, baby, Dad called me last night after our date, complaining that he had been trying to get across to you but all to no avail. When he was to drop the call, I noticed he was not fine, and when I asked him, he casually stated that he had a severe fever.”“I offered to come pay

I looked closely at my brother Sammy, and my dad as they paraded themselves as the most important personalities of the day while I just sat, moody in the large dining hall where the welcome dinner party was to take place.Ever since my dad came to the limelight and hit the jackpot of riches, he’d stopped at nothing to celebrate every little win, and that included the visit of my brother Sammy to the city.He’d been away for years and we hardly ever talked all through those times. I watched from a distance as he topped his career as a successful business mogul while I was still on my limbs, crawling and struggling to get through life. Life was getting tough by the day, yet no one ever tried to introduce me to their sudden source of wealth and income. I always referred to myself as the struggling son with the rich father and that was sadly my reality. Sammy, barely twenty-four, was already making waves in the business world while I still vehemently struggled with my crumbling music ca