chapter twenty

Wells pov

It was Friday which was the day which the school held it's welcome party; I must say I wanted to go and finally see the girl who had been texting me a lot these couple of days now, even if I did enjoyed talking with her and she was a very interesting person which made me talk to her more, I talked to her yesterday when she asked if I could be around and I said yes to her and I planned on keeping the promise regardless.

I woke up this morning and I've been trying to talk to Mom even since the till now and she hadn't been responding, I knew she had a lot to handle already but I just can't find any other time to speak to her regarding what I've decided to do and this time I planned on going all the way in it regardless of her decision, I lelt to have my breakfast after leaving the shower; I got settled and walked towards my room where I saw I had a text from mom saying I should give her an hour.

I read through the text and found my self going through a last minute check; cause I'm about to confront my mom regarding my passion which I knew won't be easy but I'm not giving up now cause that's what I've learnt over the couple of days, I went through all my photos of childhood and saw how I would always participate in football game back then while I did won several medals back then and I saw the glint in the eyes of the eight years old me back then, I was reassured that I'm making the right decision for once in my life and I mentally prepared myself against all of Mom's persuasion.

The time flew by swiftly and it was already an hour which made me tried calling mom again and she answered this time and said I should come over towards a resort, and I put on a jeans pants with a sweat shirt and a sneaker; I checked my reflection one last time before heading out to see her while ordering a cab who drove off to the designated place which I showed the rider, I soon got there and an attendant came over who asked my name and asked me to follow after him which I did.

I got there and saw mom who was seated in a chair of a private room accompanied with two men who wore a suit and the atmosphere in the room clearly speaks of business, I walked in side and took a seat close to mom while her secretary stood behind her; mom introduce me as her son while mentioning my name to her colleague while I motioned a salutation towards them and they replied to it with an head nod, I watched them carried on with their business talk which was taking longer than usual and I checked the time which showed 2:45 and the meeting was not close to ending.

I kept watching them carry on with their meeting which was getting boring and soon they asked for a break to have lunch for a while to aid proper negotiations, which I found as an opportunity to talk to mom but her secretary called to show her some papers and I was escorted towards the dinning area, where a roll of dishes was already being served and mom accompained with her client walked in to take their seat; they got settled and we all started having our meal while still engaging in little conversation.

I listened to all their words and had my piece of food afterwards I kept checking the time which was already four now and I knew if I could talk to mom now I could still make it to the party to see Harper, I tried talking to her again but she got her attention all on the paperwork which her secretary showed her and I knew I would have to spend more time with her today cause she clearly plans on keeping me here longer, we soon continued from where we left off in their conversations and this time mom added me into their conversations; I mean I knew I wanted this to end early but not with me get involved in it.

I tried to play along it all while mom never spare a chance to pull me more into the conversation while asking me about what I suggested about our new updated software program which she showed me a while back, and asked me to explain further to her clients while her secretary runs the program on her system and shows them further; I mean I appreciated all she's doing but I'm not caught out for this life which brought me here in the first place and now she's making me feel like the heir to her establishment which I knew I was but not what I bargained for, so I tried one lasting time to draw her attention noticing the time was approaching six.

Then she said something about me taking over her company when she plans on resigning which made me stood up with much determination to be heard by her, I walked outside the room and went down the stairs towards the lobby and she soon came out after me and asked what's wrong, and I told her everything just like I've planned and ran through my mind countless times already; she turned her back and said she won't be having this conversation anymore which made me told her I've planned on going to Manchester to further my career in football and she stood still and turned towards me.

I said I couldn't find my future in her company being a director of her establishment and would rather choose what I think was best for me, she said she won't sponsors my plans one bit and I told her she doesn't have to cause I've already thought of everything on my own that she shouldn't worry about it; she watched me while I told her what football really meant to me and it was not just a sport like she said but my life long passion as well as dreams, after which I walked out and went off towards my favorite spot in Chicago.