Chapter-281

Heart day


Keifer's POV


I'm running out of reasons to continue with this crazy plan.
I feel like everything is not progressing. All
our plans are still hanging.
And now I'm loosing Jay-jay.
"Of all our plans. How many have you done?" Keigan asked
me.
I cleared my throat. "I push Jay-jay away. I look for alliesâ€"."
"What allies? The street fighters who always challenge you?"
"They're not justâ€"."
I saw him roll his eyes. "When we said allies, what we mean is
someone powerful. Someone that you can relay on anytime. Someone
who has lots of connections."
"Someone like Angelo." Mr. Ryder said.
I simply shook my head. "I can find someone else."
"Where are you going to find it? At KingsGround? But drug lords, who are
the ones you're going to approach?" Keigan starting to raise his voice.
"Come on, brother! We're all here to help you, but you don't want
to help yourself!"
I grabbed my penis and massaged it with one hand.
What else was missing?
"We're leaving sooner than the original plan." Mr. Ryder said.
"...staying here are giving you trouble to do your part."
I don't wanna hear it!
I stood up and turned away from them. They even called
my name but I chose to continue walking.
I was going to the basement but I was stopped. They will find me here.
I turn and walk fast going to garage. I choose the simplest car that I have.
As I got inside I heard my phone ringing in my pocket.
I took it out and Keigan's name was the first thing I saw. I silent
my phone before taking the key from the glove compartment.
I drove quickly to KingsGround. That was the only
place where I could drink without Keigan disturbing me.
My mind is almost empty. Jay-jay is the only one that fills it up. She's the
only one that's on my mind. I don't want her to disappear but
I need to push her. How will I protect her?
Come on Keifer! Think of something else.
I'm out of options. My grip on the steering wheel tightened. I
also honked my horn when someone suddenly pulled in front of my car.
I almost chased after him only to hit him. Luckily I remembered
where I was going. I turned the car around the corner of KingsGround.
I was still far away but I could already see many cars parked outside.
All branded and definitely cost a fortune. Some of them
were limited editions or were only sold in other countries. I parked next
to a car brand I didn't know. I immediately headed to the entrance of the
club.
The party is wilder than usual. It's raining free beer. The
club was full of people eager to dance.
I looked at Tiger's office. I saw a few men watching people
partying while holding a glass of alcohol drink. I arched a brow.
Who are they?
Tiger looked like he had a visitor. I made the best of it and headed straight to the bar.
I was just about to sit down on one of the stools when someone tapped me.
I looked at him and the serious face of one of
Tiger's bouncers appeared before me.
"Boss is calling you upstairs."
I nodded shortly and followed him. My shoulders almost collapsed as
I climbed the stairs to his office.
When I opened the door, almost everyone looked at me. My forehead creased.
What the hell?
"Keifer!" Tiger called to me with a smile as he approached me.
"Come in! Come in! I'll introduce you to my guest."
He even put his arm around me as he led me to his guests. There were 8 of them
all with their own places and conversations.
"Seriously Leo? A kid?" The one sitting comfortably in a couch said.
He didn't look Filipino. More like European because of the sharp jaw
line and heavy eye looking. It was as if every look he had was scrutinizing even though
he was smiling slightly.
Tiger's eyebrows quickly crossed. "TIGER! Stop calling me
Leo! Its Tiger!"
They all laugh. I look at them one by one. Trying to figure out if I know
at least one of them. Some are familiar but I still don't know their name.
"Who is he? He looks familiar." The one standing beside the glass wall
asked.
He's different from the first guy. His features are soft. Probably Korean
or Chinese because of his mono eyelids that almost close when he smiles.
He's the type of person who doesn't look scary to approach.
"Everyone! This is Keifer Watson!" Tiger said while gesturing his
hand as if I'm royalty.
They all stopped what they were doing. Some were almost out of breath
. While the others exchanged meaningful glances.
"The Watson?" Confirmed by the guy sitting on Tiger's table. "You
mean the young heirs of Watson's?"
His question seemed unbelievable. I couldn't help but feel irritated
by him. It felt like he knew me.
"The one and only." Tiger said while tapping my shoulder.
I looked at him irritated. "What's wrong?" I asked almost whispered.
He smiled at me with a hint of teasing. He left my side and
came over to the coffee table to grab a glass and poured some alcohol before
handing it to me.
I grabbed it with one hand.
"Isn't he a minor?" The one sitting beside the first guy asked.
"Minor has no meaning here at my club." Tiger said and smiled like a
lunatic.
"Are you recruiting him?" Its the first guy.
Recruiting? For what?
"Nope." Tiger answers while shaking his head. "He don't know
anything about your frat."
I couldn't help but be annoyed. I couldn't understand what
they were saying. I knew it was about me. I didn't know what recruitment
and what frat they were talking about.
I faced Tiger who was looking at me with a wicked look.
"Kindly give me a clue on what are these people talking about." I said
in authority.
I didn't hear any answer from him but I heard the
reactions of his guests.
"Is it me or I just saw Angelo from him?" One of them said while
walking towards me.
I was slightly taken back.
He knows Angelo.
"They look the same. Not exactly though but in some part." The
other one with glasses said while typing something from his phone.
"Maybe Angelo knows him." The first guy said while shaking his glass.
He turns to Tiger. "Does Angelo know this guy?"
I'm not really happy anymore. I put down the glass that
Tiger handed me earlier on the coffee table.
"Sorry to interrupt but I think I don't have any reason to stay here."
I said and was about to walk when one of them stood at the door to block my
way. "Kindly move before I loose my temper."
He smirked before crossing his arms. "You have the attitude of a
Watson."
"Keifer. Right?" The first guy asked but I didn't respond. "Ervin
Schnee." He raised his glass.
My tongue has been bitten by a cat. No words are enough to describe how
shocked I am right now. The owner of multibillion banks are in front of me.
"I actually hate your family. Instead of saving money in our bank,
they decided to built their own." He said before drinking.
"Someone is bitter." The one with soft featured said and they all
chuckled.
"I am not!" He pointed his fingers at Tiger. "Call Angelo. If he's not
recruiting this kid, I will recruit him."
That recruiting was just now. What is that? What is that about?
I'm not really happy about these.
I looked at Tiger when I heard the phone ring. He put
it in a loudspeaker. I frowned while waiting for what would happen.
["What?! Make sure it's important!"] It was Angelo obviously irritated.
"Aren't you going with us?" Tiger asked angrily.
["Fvck no! Didn't I tell you that I'm fvcking busy!"]
I heard the soft laughter of those listening to him. Ervin
signaled his hand to hand over the phone. Tiger did that.
"Angelo, my man!" He greeted him.
["What do you fvcking want d*ckhead?!"]
Ervin laughs. "Come on! I just want to ask if you're familiar with
Keifer Watson."
Angelo's line turned silent. So as this man whose watching Ervin.
["He's just a kid."] He said calmly which is weird. ["Don't mind him."]
"Look, are you planning to recruit him? Because I am."
Another dead air from his end. He's giving me reason to think that he's
planning to talk to me about this. I don't really understand anything.
All I know is that these guys from obviously different countries know Angelo.
They said something recruiting and Tiger said something about frat.
["Don't."]
"I'm giving you two options. Recruit him or I will." Ervin said and
finally ended the call.
He threw the phone back to Tiger. He almost missed it
but he did it anyway. He looked at me with a smug look.
"What's going on?" I asked almost in a whisper.
"I'll tell you later. Just have fun."
He answered and put his arm around me.
He took the glass I had put down earlier and gave it back to me. He forced
me to sit between Ervin and a man I didn't know.
They asked a few questions. I chose to answer some but not all. Especially
if their questions were personal or related to the Watsons' wealth.
Especially this Ervin who kept asking about
my family's rumored solid gold.
I will never say a thing about it.
They were clearly drunk. They had been drinking for a while
. Until a few of them decided to go down stairs and find a woman to
dance with.
While the others decided to go home. When they were out of my sight,
I just faced Tiger who was tapping his cellphone even though
his eyes were already closed.
"Mind explaining me everything." I commanded and he smiled like a
child.
He adjusted his seat. He even burped, causing
me to flinch at the smell of his breath.
"D-don't tell Angelo. Okay?" He gestured his hand in okay sign.
I nodded shortly.
"Angelo... He joined a fraternity before... we graduated
rom high school." He explained while pointing his fingers at me.
"But...but...but this is not a frat. It's international!" He even
raised his hand when he said international. "Every recruit in high rankâ€"
10 million dollarssss gets it. A low rank like me, 1
million dollarssss." He pointed at me in the face. "You! You're high rank,
they want to take you away... Ervin."
I almost didn't understand what he was saying. So it's a fraternity and
there's a money involved.
As I understand it, when I'm recruited to the so-called High rank,
the person who recruited me will receive 10 million dollars.
"Waaaagggg!... You tell Angelo I told you so.
Kill me nooooooooonnnn! He doesn't want to recruit you because he's sure
you'll join that frat so you can win
your laaaaabbbbaaaannnn."
Is that so?
"Why did you and Angelo join that group?"
He laughed angrily. "Because of Ion and Rafael."
I arched a brow. "I understand the thing about Ion but what's with
Rafael?"
"Siiiiii Rafy-baby was the first to join taaaaaaaapeeees Angelo recruited me
and then I did. Money-money is what the fool is."
One of his eyes started to close. He was about to
all so I should have gotten all the information
I needed.
"What do I gain by joining that frat?"
He smiled broadly. "Aaayyyyiiiiiieee I want to." He
slapped me lightly in the face. "Connection, power, money and alliance."
I turned around at the last word he said. Is this the answer to the
alliance they are looking for Keigan. They want someone like Angelo and I
just happened to meet a group of men like him.
"Then recruit me." I said almost commanding.
"Dddiiiiii pidi!" He quickly answered.
What?!
"I thought you were a member too?"
He harshly shook his head. "You didn't baaaaa nadinnneeeeggg?! Low
Rankers are aqoew."
My forehead creased. "What's the difference?"
He suddenly closed his eyes and bowed. I immediately hit him. He
couldn't sleep yet. He raised his head and opened his eyes.
"Did you beat me?"
I shook my head. "Answer my question."
"Yeeeeengg Low Rankers, yeeeennn, only low rankers are recruited.
The High Rankers are recruiting Low and High
tooiiihhhhooooo."
His head was bowed again so I pinched his ear hard.
He got up and looked at me while holding his ear.
"Is that you?"
"What if I become a low ranker, what will I get?"
"Just like you... A general of a King.
You only have protection but you're not as strong as the High ones.
They base the rank on your life status. You can't
pay an annual fee of 3 million dollars..... PAAASSSOOOKK for
high!"
There's an annual fee? That means if Angelo is a high ranker,
he pays every year. But how can he pay if
they're already struggling?
I patted Tiger on the shoulder. "Thanks. Go to sleep now." I pushed
him down on the sofa.
He looked like a statue that fell down and couldn't get up. I left him and
went out of his office. I looked for Ervin on the dance floor but because of
the crowd I had a hard time. I saw him near the stage where
two women were dancing.
"Ervin!" I called to him. "ERVIN!"
I also pushed the two women next to him. He was so angry that he
came to face me.
"What the hell?!"
"RECRUIT ME! RECRUIT ME ON YOUR FVCKING GROUP!"
My throat almost burst from screaming.
He put his arm around me and dragged me somewhere. Since he was bigger
than me, I couldn't resist. On top of that, we were being squeezed by
a lot of people.
We left the dance floor of the disco but he still wouldn't
let go of me. Until I noticed that we were already outside
KingsGround.
He let go of me and looked at me. The way he looks at me
gives me goosebumps.
"You disturbed us jerk!"
"Recruit me!"
He shook his head. "I can't without Angelo's permission! You're his
prospect!" He took a piece of paper from his wallet and throws it at me.
"Talk to him first and ask him to call me."
He turned around and went back inside. I took the paper he threw at
me. A calling card. I crumpled it up in frustration. I
didn't expect anything from Angelo. He wouldn't let me join him.
But there was nothing I could do. It felt like I really had to ask
him.
This for my Jay-jay!
I quickly got into my car. I almost crashed into the
parked fancy cars because of my frustration.
I was driving so fast that I almost had an accident.
I just want this to be done. I want to be with Jay-jay. Before he
disappears from me completely.
Not that long when I reach their house. The lights were still on in some parts
of the house. I checked the time and it was 12:52AM.
I parked the car not far from their gate. It was open and
their maids were coming in and out, looking like they were taking out the trash.
I didn't wait for someone to let me in. I did it on purpose
and to my surprise no one noticed me. I immediately went to the second floor.
The light is dim but enough for me to see my way.
I know Aries and Angelo's room. I've been here before.
I was about to knock on Angelo's room when I noticed the door almost opposite
Aries' room.
Ci-N told me everything about Jay's room. I don't know if
he's still awake but I know to myself that I want to see him.
My feet stepped closer on their own.
The light was off but there was a little light that I think was coming
rom the lamp. She said before that sometimes she had nightmares and she's
blaming it to darkness.
I voluntarily raised my hand to reach the doorknob. She didn't lock
her door. I was right that her light was only coming from the lamp.
Her blanket was out of place as she writhed in the cold. I walk
slowly toward her and reach her face. Her cheeks were wet with tears. And even though
I didn't ask, I knew it was me again.
I wiped her tears before taking her blanket and wrapping it around
her. I sat down next to her and kissed her forehead a few times.
"I hurt you again." I whispered. "I'm a jerk for hurting you
so bad. I don't deserve you or your love." I kissed her forehead again.
"But I still want it. I still want you."
I pulled back a few pieces of her hair and looked at her.
Her eyebrows met and she started to sweat. She also mumbled something
that I couldn't understand.
"Ssshhhh... It's okay. I'm here." I said while brushing her hair.
I adjusted her bed and wiped away her sweat. I don't care
if she woke up.
"K-keifer..." She murmured.
"Hey... I'm here."
"Mmmm... You... hurt..."
Are you dreaming about me?
I held her hand and kissed it. I was so afraid that
you would be hurt, I chose to hurt you. But now I'm afraid
that I'll lose you and if I have to tell you the truth to prevent
that from happening, I will.
"Just do it... Keifer..." She said that makes me chuckled.
"Profanity." I kiss her lips but it was a soft one.
I wipe the sweat off her forehead again and comb her hair.
After all this, I'll prepare a fancy date for
the two of us. I don't know how, but I'll make sure it will happen.
"I know it's wrong, but I'll do it just so I won't lose you.
When I tell you the truth, I hope you understand." I said and
was about to plant another kiss when someone interrupted.
"What's the truth? And why would he understand?"
I slightly moved away from Jay-jay and looked at the speaker. It was
Aries, standing at the door. He looks at me like he's ready to kill me.
"Move away from my sister, now." He tried his best to sound calm.
I smiled before slowly standing up.
"Get out."
I look at his fist that's currently clenching.
"Get out. Now." He remained calm. "
My vision might be dark, I'll kill you."
"How will you kill me when you can't see anything? You're blind,
your vision is dark."
He almost rushed me if he hadn't seen Jay-jay behind
me.
Come on. Show me your capability.
"Aries. Why are you there?" I heard his mother or more like his Auntie.
"Isâ€" still awake." She stopped when she saw me. "K-keifer... W-how did you
get in?"
"Sorry for entering your house without permission." I said and looked
down.
I could see that she was panicking. She even put her hand on top of her
chest.
"Don't do it again." She looked at Jay behind me. "Can
you get out now?"
I looked at Jay-jay for a moment before nodding at him and walking
out. They quickly closed the door before Tita grabbed my arm.
She pulled me slightly.
"Maybe you should talk to Jay-jay tomorrow. It's already late.
He's already asleep."
"I came here for Angelo."
She was slightly stunned but still smiled at me.
"Maybe you should wait for him in the living room."
Her nervousness was still obvious. I knew she had something else on her mind
because she caught up with me in the room. Plus, no one noticed that
I had entered. I walked with her.
"You don't have to worry. I did nothing to Jay-jay."
She forced a smile as she let go of me.
"It's not like that. I just don't want to wake Jay-jay up.
"He hasn't gotten any sleep yet. He's always up crying at night."
She explained.
I nodded shortly to accept her explanation. But I knew that wasn't the
real reason. He was afraid that I might have done something bad
to Jay-jay.
We reached the living room.
"Sit down first. I'll get you some juice." She said but I immediately
stopped her.
"Auntie..." She looks at me confusedly. "I wanted to
ask you something."
She smiled at me. "What's that?"
"Is it true..." I sighed. "...do you know where
Dad's child was before me?"
Her smile disappeared. "W-what... I don't understand."
"My monster Father had a child before me. And Mom told me that
you know where he or she is?"
She turned pale. She also touched her chest.
"I-I don't know! I don't know!" She slowly backed away. "I-
I'm leaving!"
She knew!
I immediately stopped her, startling her.
"Just tell me the truth and I won't bother you anymore."
She harshly shook her head. "I-I really don't know."
I grabbed her by both arms. She tried to pull
my hands away but I didn't let go.
"Please... Tell me where my half sibling is."
"I-really don't! Let go of me!"
"You don't understandâ€"."
Someone suddenly pulled me away from him. Then
someone's fist hit me. I kept falling to the floor.
Fvck! It's the fvcking Demon.
"What the hell Keifer?! What the fvck are you doing with my
Mother?!" Angelo said while hugging her mother.
I wipe my lips using the back of my hand. I also stood up and fixed
myself.
"That's right Angelo. Don't hurt the child." His mother said
while pulling him closer.
"What happened?" It was Aries. "What did you do Keifer?"
"Leave now! I might not be able to see you!" Angelo hissed at me.
"I need to talk to you!"
He pointed at me. "I don't want to talk to you!"
"Just call Ervin Schnee and give him your permission!"
He suddenly stopped even though he was still very angry with me.
He took a few deep breaths.
"Wait for me outside." He said before he faced his Mother.
I quickly walked out. I stopped in front of my car before
I could pull myself together.
She knows something. She wouldn't react like that if she didn't
know. I had to admit it to her. But how?
I stood outside their house for almost an hour before I saw
Angelo come out and walk towards me.
"You're not going to join the fraternity." He opened his mouth.
"What?!"
"I won't let you join that group."
"What's your problem with me?!"
"You have to leave." He said and turned around.
He's about to leave me. This can't end like that.
"Why are you just throwing me out like that? Is it because of Jay-
jay? Because of the accident with Aries and Percy? Or something
else?"
He stopped and slightly looked at me. "And what do you mean?"
"You're not going to throw me out just because of a
shallow reason. Maybe you know something that I don't." He still
doesn't move. "...Where is my half sibling?"