A Man With A Heart Of Gold

Writer's point of view…

   Zain swung the door open furiously and met the curious eyes of his brother. His anger melted on the sight of his brother and he turned back and walked inside without inviting Owen inside. Owen invited himself inside and closed the door before walking up to Zain where he stood in front of the window.

  "I went to the office and I was told you came home already, did something happen?"

Owen asked worriedly.

  "Something must not happen before I come back to my own house. The office was simply boring and I had to take a trip home"

 His reply was something Owen expected. There has never been a day Zain stayed to closing hour. He always finds an excuse to come home, it's either he is going to pick Claire up from school or the office is boring to him, it's not that he does anything in the office, just to yell at everyone one on any slight provocation. His employees will never get used to his childish behavior yet they love him like that, because below that angry bird attitude he displays, lies a man with a golden heart. If he loves you, he loves you for real and he would do anything to protect the one he loves so they learnt to deal with it but still pray he would stop yelling because it doesn't give a good impression of him, only if he listens.

   "Get a wife bro in order for your boring life to be over"

Owen suggested carefully. He needs to trade with caution or he would receive a tongue lashing from his dear brother.

 "You think women makes life worthwhile, huh?"

Zain asked, then turned to him with his hands inside his pockets. He regarded Owen for a while before looking away.

  "I don't see how colorful your life is with a daughter and wife. What's the difference between your life and mine right now?"

   Owen sighed frustratedly and looked away too after he could not keep his gaze steadily on Zain. At every confrontation, he feels guilty. He still believes that Susan would have been all that Zain needed to live his life peacefully. Sometimes, the love of our lives would not be the best people to settle down with.

  Zain's life with Susan might not have been the ideal one but it would have been worth living. He still can't understand why Jenny has to leave the one person who loves her the most. Of course he knows the answer, she never forgave him and leaving him was her hot revenge to Zain.

  "Will he ever find love again?"

Owen wondered in his mind.

  "There might no be a difference between both of us but I have something I am living for and that's Claire and Mercy. You have nothing to live for, your everyday life is known to everyone in this mansion. We could tell what you are going to do next minute. Your life has become so predictable that I am afraid nothing can be done about it but you, my brother, can do something, get past your past and live your present by looking up to the future. Stop living in the past, Jenny will never come back to you."

 Zain chuckled slightly as he tilted his head,"Are you sure about that?"

Amusement was clearly written in his voice that Owen had to pounded over the question.

  "Does it mean Jenny is coming back to him? He seems so sure with the way he asked that question?"

He thought.

 "What do you mean, Zain?"

"What do I not mean, Owen? What you heard is what it is."

He replied and turned his back on Owen again,"So how did it go with Miss Martins?"

   He successfully changed the topic, though Owen did not like that he changed the topic so soon, there was nothing he could do about it. He would love to talk about Jenny but that discussion was over before it started.

  "It went well. It's payment on delivery. She said she would personally deliver it to us"

"That's right. If what you said is true, she is coming to Reben Castle herself?"

  Owen nodded,"That's what she said"

"Alright then, I will be looking forward to it. We both have unfinished business to attend to. I just hope she is ready to finish it off because my patience has long ran out"

  Owen stretched out to touch his shoulder but stopped midway. He wanted to tell his brother to forget all about that and focus on himself but he knows that if Zain doesn't get this revenge of his, nothing will make sense to him ever again.

  "I don't want you to be consumed by your quest for revenge, brother. Life is worth living with forgiveness"

  An evil grin appeared on Zain's face. Owen could not see it because Zain had his back turned to him.

  "Revenge is sweet, little bro"

He said and turned,"and do you know when it is sweeter? When it's served hot. I will get revenge so in her next life, she will learn not to fight a battle that was won a long time ago. The lady had the audacity to question my love for Jenny, can you imagine that?"