Chapter Sixty One - Mishandling the Truth

Adian's POV

F**k, f**k, f**k! She knows deep down, she knows about her father and my f***ing mother. My own f***ing mother.

All these years I blamed my father, but she,.she's the one who wrecked our home. Not my father, not dad.

Picking up a glass from the waiter in my office, smashing it on the wall. One by one I ended up smashing all six glasses.

Picking up the whiskey bottle, looking at it, raising my hand,

"Don't you dare! Don't you f***ing Dare!" Basil says behind me.

Turning to face him, my face twisted in anger and hate.

"I don't believe she remembers everything, yet" Basil says.

Opening the bottle, I took a sip from the bottle since I already smashed the glasses. Then I took another sip and then I gulped down some more.

I felt the bottle being pulled from mouth and my hand. I fought for it by cuffing and slamming my best who didn't fight back against my desk. No, he only wants the bottle away from me or maybe, its me away from the bottle.

"You can't let her see you like this"Bas says, with encouragement.

F**k her man, f**k her. She's the cause of all this. If she didn't come in my life, everything would be the same. My mother the saint, my father the villain and Chubbs, Chubbs would be my sister, only." I said angrily. Hate and anger started boiling together.

I need to get out of here. I need to breathe and I can't breathe here..Walking into the kitchen with Basil following me, I randomly grabbed a key of the rack and headed back out the door.

Basil reaches for my hand with the keys but I already anticipated his move and shoved him against the wall.

"AD?" I heard Chubbs voice behind me, "What's going on?"she asks walking towards me as her sister follows her down the steps.

I look at Chubbs my baby sister, my half sister, then to her half sister, as she watches me with a pained expression.

" Adian lets g...." Hailey starts to speak, when I turned pointing a finger at her.

"Shut up!" I shout.

"Man don't do this. Just walk.away, just walk away" Basil advises me, but I am my own man and I don't take advise, from anyone.

Ignoring Basil, I channel all of my hate on her, "you'd better be gone by the time I get back" I bellowed, causing even my head to rock.

With trembling lips, Hailey watched me as I turn and walk out hearing Chubbs crying out my name. I have no idea where I'm going, but I can't stay here. Slamming the door behind me, I walked out.

Hours later I still sat sipping beers and still not drunk enough to forget. I need something more.

"Hi sweetheart, what are you doing here all by yourself?" my one night stand girl, Sammy, greets me.

Raising the bottle to my lips, I sipped and stared at all that she was offering. Do I want this? This is what started this big mess, David Sullivan couldn't keep his pants up and my own f**ing mother couldn't keep her legs closed.

"Not tonight Sammy, maybe later. I have a lot going on up here" I told her pointing to my forehead.

"That's what I'm good at, helping you relieve your stress, or have you forgotten?" she says coyly, moving towards me.

""You heard the man, not tonight Sammy, give it a rest" Bas says coming to sit in the seat opposite where I sat.

"Took you long enough" I mutter as Sammy gives up and starts walking away.

Shaking his head, "you messed up real bad tonight man, really bad" Bas says staring at his beer bottle in his hand.

I raised a toast at that, "here, here" I chuckle taking a sip, lifting my hand with four fingers up for the barman.

"You don't think you've had enough" Bas asks still staring at the bottle in his hand.

"I'm still sober" I retorted.

Bas gets up and walk out of the pub, leaving me alone. The waiter bought the four beers but I got up, pulling some notes out of my wallet and placed it on the table.

"Does this cover the bill" I asked the barman.

"Yes sir, it's more than enough" he responds

"Keep the change" I salute him walking out wondering if Bas is still here and how can I fix things with Hailey.

Standing outside the bar adjusting my eyes to the outside lights, I realise that photographers were there taking pictures of me

"Mr. Knights, you're out drinking alone while your fiance is back in town?" A guy with a camera in his hand asked.

Stopping, I looked at him, as the alcohol vstarts kicking in, "Fiance? Fiancé's a person of the past. I'm a married man now" I chuckle as more pictures were being taken while I spun looking around the carpark.

"Darn you Basil* I mutter.

A car drove up to me and the windows start rolling down as I bend my back to see the occupants.

"Hi honey, I'm home" my gold digging ex greets me.

"Gary's waiting, hustle it" I chuckle, watching her ugly face get uglier as it screws up in anger. Straightening myself looking around. I know Bas will not abandon me.

As photographers ran towards me,. Ex get out of the car with a smile for them as a car pull up behind her parked vehicle, my f***ing car.

Flashbulbs starting going off.observing my ex coming around towards me. I headed towards my car, opening the passenger door, slamming it behind me as Bas sped off, into the darkness

"That's your shadow, until she catches you". Bas comments while driving me home.

When we walked through my front door, Chubbs stood with a suitcase and a tote bag, packed.