Chapter 18

***This chapter is right after chapter 13 in Jonathan's (John) Merrick's POV***

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After sending Andy a goodnight text l drift off to sleep happier than l have ever been.

She really was my joy.

My dad being my dad, he had to reschedule the flight to early early in the morning and both mine and Will's plan to see Andy before going was tossed in the trash.

"No Jay don't do it." Will tells me and l start rethinking everything.

I had thought of just ditching the morning plane and board the one we wanted to take after going to see Andy off.

I really don't trust that Ruah guy with her. He definitely wants her and l can smell it off of him.

Will breaks me from my line of thought, "Let's not get in his bad books now because if we do you won't even have a cell phone to talk to her and we wouldn't want that now would we?" He further says and knowing my dad he is very capable of that.

He thinks punishing us is cutting us from all forms of communication with everyone so he takes our phones, laptops and tablets as if that's not enough he cuts off the telephone.

" You act like my dad's son, you are always so careful and watchful with these things and l am always acting out of character." l say laughing and Will joins in.

"We both can't be wise, one has to be more wise than the other." He says laughing his heart out. He never misses a chance to be pompous around me.

"And besides it's your time l had my own fair share with Lizzy." He reminds me.

"Yours was too much." l say and we finish packing.

I call Andy on our way to the airport and tell her that l won't be coming to see her off and she really understands.

I don't know what l did to deserve her but l am grateful nevertheless.

This time we weren't doing much no hundred meetings and deals as usual in Singapore so most times we will be sight seeing.

Now l wonder what dad will be doing all this time. We never get to see him a lot, he is always with Alex.

Alex is his right hand man, he does everything he is told l bet he has killed at least one person.

My dad is a very tough man at times l even fear him so l never want to be on his bad side. Eversince mom left us he has been that way cold and always guarded.

I can't even talk to him about my life, not to talk of love life.

Both Will and l have been there for each other.

On the other hand Will think his dad is drug dealing but l don't think so. He isn't as suspicious as my dad, l don't even know what my dad is doing on the side besides owning the company l am CEO.

Of course we make money but the money we have is just way too much to be from the company alone. He is known literally everywhere we go and so is Will's dad that's why Will thinks they do drugs.

As soon as we arrived Alex picked us form the Airport and took us to wherewe were staying.

When Alex came to pick us up l knew dad was waiting for us.

"Mr Merrick must be waiting for us." Will whisper coughed and l heard him.

We pulled into the car park and l saw my dad standing there.

"We need to talk," is the first thing that came out of my father's mouth when we got out of the car.

I followed him quietly to his room.

In the room

"Who is this?" He questions as he hands me a stack of photos.

I am dumbfounded when l see Andy in the pictures.

"Why do you have her pictures?" l fire back.

"Who took them?"

"Alex?"

And he did the unthinkable.

We slapped me so hard my left cheek started bleeding.

"You go around dragging my name through the dust with that girl. " He says his voice filled with disgust.

"Her name is Andy and l love her" l say wiping the blood from my cheek.

"All women are the same, where exactly do you think you are going with this one." He says.

"Just because mom left you doesn't mean she will leave me." I say and regret it a second later.

He raised his hand to slap me again but stopped midway.

"This is why she left you, you let your anger get in the way." l say to him and he slaps me.

"She doesn't love you, she just wants to use you and l won't tolerate that. You are going to tell her whatever it is that will make this madness stop."

My father says and heads straight for the door.

"See, that is where you are wrong, she loves and l will not break up with her."

I say with a determined face. This time he won't make me loose someone l actually have feelings for.

"We will see about that." He says snatching my phone and throwing it out of the window.

"Be ready in 30 minutes we are going to meet Mr Scott." He says and leaves.

As soon as he does that l run out to retrieve my phone but to his joy its already in pieces.

All the time that l have known my father 'What he wants is what he gets' That goes for all except for mom because when she left she never came back.

Will comes in l am almost on the verge of crying.

"If there is one thing that l know, it's that Andy loves you and not talking for a few days won't change that. We will figure out a way." He says and nod.

I get into the washroom to dress my wound and look better so as to not worsen everything.