Chapitre 26: 26. Reminisce
We had our breakfast while having a little conversation about random things. Later, Ayra left and Adam was with brother. I was lying on the bed, staring at the fan. Yes, we have a fan in our room, though I wonder who uses it. It's already frigid climate and fan would definitely freeze us. I have to call Jacob.
Entering brother's room, I asked.
"Admund can I use your phone?"
He was busy with some files where Adam was playing a game on his laptop.
Tilting his head in my direction, he said. "How many times should-" knowing his common sentence I cut him off.
"Can I use your phone brother?"
I smiled at him.
He searched his phone through the pile of files and handed it to me. Taking the phone, I went into my room and called Jacob. The conversation went for a while where he asked when I arrived, how am I. He was normal in his usual self. Talking with him had escalated my feeling. Keeping the phone on the side table, I again laid on the bed.
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When I woke up, I saw Adam sleeping beside me. Peering around the room, I found a clock showing 9:30 pm. I slept for almost 7 hours. Getting out of the bed, I went downstairs. Brother was sitting on the couch with his laptop on. Taking a glass of water, I sat beside him.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Work." He replied with his eyes fixed on the screen. "Had a good sleep?" And then asked.
"Yes." I paused and continued. "What work exactly?" Yawning, I rested my head on his shoulder to peep into the laptop.
"Shifting the employees to different companies."
"From where to where?"
"From the one where you're working to others."
Lethargically, I was asking him questions after questions. "Why?"
"We are closing that company."
This gains my attention and I straightened myself to face him.
"But why? It's working fine."
"Now you're here, who's going to look after it?" This time he faced me.
Then you shouldn't have called us here, I wanted to say this but instead, I said something else. "Uncle Willson can watch over it."
"He's on some other work."
"Then what about the deal with Jaffrey's?" I asked quickly. I made efforts for that deal.
"We'll continue that with another company."
Yes, you're not going to break that.
"Where has uncle Willson gone?"
"I told you he's on some work."
He was giving a piece of incomplete information so I didn't ask any further questions and stayed quiet. Closing my eyes, I rested my head on his shoulder with my back facing him. There was a stack of questions I wanted to ask. I am eager to know about everything but I don't want to bombard him with my firing now.
"Levy." He said.
"Hmm," I replied with my closed eyes.
"Are you sleeping?"
"No."
"I know it's hard for you people to come here, leaving behind everything." His voice was calm.
"If you know then you shouldn't have called us," I replied in the same manner.
"I couldn't leave you there alone after what happened."
"You could have come there instead of calling us here. You can take Ayra with you if you want and uncle butler." I turned towards him, folding my legs cross. "And then there will be no point in worrying."
"I can't. I wouldn't have left in the first place if I was able to stay there. You know my work is here."
"What's the use of such work when you can't spend time with your family." My voice was barely audible.
"We are here all together now." Cupping my face, he gave a peck on my forehead.
I took a deep breath before asking my next question.
"Do you know anything about father?"
He looked at me solemnly before replying. "Why are you asking about him all of a sudden?"
"Not sudden." I was staring down at my fingers. "I have always wanted to know about him."
"There's nothing to know about him." He turned away and again started his work.
"There is and you know it." I shut the laptop.
"If there is, so what is it?" He asked facing me.
"That he left us."
None of us said anything for a couple of seconds then he broke the silence. "Who told you that?"
"Does it matter?" This time I questioned his question.
"It does."
"The men who kidnapped me," I said.
"Stop believing on any random stuff told by some stupid people." He said and stood up.
"Why would they lie? They were having a conversation among themselves." My eyes followed him wherever he was going.
"Levy just end it, stop piling up the matter." He went to the kitchen.
I sat there without uttering any other word. I know he knew something but was not sharing. He returned with two plates in his hands. Handling me a plate, he sat beside me.
"I am not hungry," I said and stood up to leave.
Before I could leave, he pulled me back on the couch.
"Sit and eat."
"You can't force for everything." I raised my voice a little. "Why don't you tell exactly what's going on?"
I was angry with him. I love him he's my brother and I am happy to be with him. But at least he should let me know what's happening.
"There's no point in bursting your anger on the food."
I sighed and sat there eating my food quietly.
"Tomorrow we are going to a university. Get ready at 8' and inform Adam too." He said.
I nodded and went to the kitchen to keep my plate. Without any further conversation, I directly went into my room and stood near the window. The glass of the window was covered in mist. Cleaning the moisture with my hand I was staring out of the window. It was a beautiful starry night with yellow street lights falling on the white snow. Vivid green trees were emblazoned with the white snow. From tomorrow, I am going to continue my same studies in a different place, no office anymore. I was used to the office, his presence, his teasing. I laid on the bed beside Adam. After sleeping for hours, I can't sleep anymore. Staring at the fan through the fingers of my stretched hands, I was recalling every moment. I still don't know what happened last night.
The ringing of the phone interrupted my memories. I quickly crawl on the bed to receive it before it awakes Adam. It's Jacob.
"Were you sleeping." He asked from the other side of the phone.
"No" I replied.
"Jeal wants to talk to you, we're in college." He said.
It's the day there when nigh is here.
She was shouting at me for not telling her about it.
"I am sorry. Everything happened suddenly I-" She cuts me off.
"I know Jacob told me." She said.
The conversation ended quickly as Jacob hung off the phone saying that it was time for the next class. I went to brother's room to return his phone. Knocking on the door, I entered. He was sitting on the bed with his laptop.
"Still working?" I asked.
"Yes, I have to finish this shifting by today." He replied.
"Can I help?" I asked.
"Aren't you going to sleep?"
"No."
I sat beside him on the bed. He asked me to write the names of the employees, which he was dictating. Then he was arranging them in different companies according to their skills. After some time everyone where arranged except some who were working on running projects.
"This was your idea." He showed me the project of the building which I asked to build at my first meeting.
"Yes."
"Will it work?" He asked.
"I don't know." I shrugged.
"You cannot randomly ask people to do anything."
"C'mon it was you who asked me to do that."
With a quizzical look, he said. "I didn't say to establish a building with different floors containing-" I cut him off.
"Ok, I know what you're telling."
He chuckled on my response. "Let's see whether it works or not."
"It will." I babbled the words folding my hands, which turned his chuckle into a laugh.
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