The Roslins pt. 03

I drank the water he gave and tried to calm myself. I can feel his eyes on me, so I decided to look at him, our eyes met and he said "Feeling better?"

I nodded and replied "Please, don't do that again. And stop fooling around and tell me the thing I wanted to know. If you don't say anything, you better leave, I don't know that family and I don't.."

"Stop!" when I heard him, I instantly stop talking, oh my, I am talking non stop again.

"There... now it's better.... Lala, please ask one at a time and don't ask me to leave. We might not be able to discuss everything if you blabber too much."

He made me speechless again, why am I being controlled. I heard him clear his throat and said "Listen, when your dad died, something happened to your grandpa which is why he was so late on looking for you."

"What happened?"

"This things should be answered by him personally."

I looked at him with an awe "So why are you here then, leave."

"Larla, your attitude is really something." while shaking his head, and he caressed his forehead like he was having a headache.

"Look here Mister, I am not in the mood to play some riddles or guess what on earth is happening, because I don't have the luxury to do so. They didn't come to me when I needed a family, so why now? Why look for someone they don't acknowledge even when my dad is still alive. So, it's better this way. They don't interest me anyway. I am fine without them, look I have a profession and they did nothing to help me.!"

I took a deep breath after saying those and I heard him laugh so hard, it caused me to raised my brows and asked "What's funny?"

"You are funny, how did you even became a doctor with that brain of yours" he said while laughing.

I looked at him coldly and said, "Explain yourself, why am I stupid in your eyes." He looked at me intently and sighed. " Larla, do you even know, how did you finished your studies without any financial issues?"

"Dad left me some money and his insurance, I used that and I did some part time jobs back then. Don't tell me that family gave me money in secret or what?.... oooo wait…. wait... tell me, did you come to my father's funeral?"

"If I say yes, will you believe me" , he butted in. I looked at him and mumbled to myself "It wasn't a dream then."

"It is not a dream Larla, I carried you to your house, because you were exhausted in crying." his statement made me shocked, I felt my eyes grown big in shock. "Why did you come? why didn't you stay and introduced yourself."

He smiled and said, "Your grandfather can't come, so I came in his behalf, I didn't have the chance to introduce myself because I needed to go back. There was an emergency in my company back then."

As I was about to tell something he put his index finger in my lips and said "shhhh".

"Listen to me first, Okay?" I nodded as I heard his words.

"Okay then, let me start by saying, your grandpa did not abandon you. Your dad left, because he did not want to inherit the company. This is what your old man said to me. Actually there are some issues in your family that is why your dad chose your Mom and you. Listen to my story okay?, I am not part of your family, but your old man trusted me, he wanted me to be his grandson, that is why I said, I am your future husband."

I looked at him and said, "Where is your story Mister? and who agreed to be your husband? I only carry a surname same as theirs, who said I am his grandchild? I will only believe it if we had DNA test done."

"You sure are stubborn. Well Miss future wife of mine. I'll tell you a story told by my old man, oh, by the way, my old man and yours are best friends. I don't know how accurate this is, it's up to you to believe it or not."

I did not speak, I just nodded and attentively listened to his story of the past.