PART 4
I came to my father's office and we started to talk,
"what's this, we already agreed that you will give me a year to do what ever I want, then you're asking me to manage the Hotel now?, why?"
"Keith, I just want to rest, I'm tired"
"tired of managing this Hotel you loved so much?, come on dad, you always do this, you give me a chance then you take it away, you're unbelievable"
"Keith, it's not what you think, it's just that...."
"what ever dad, I'll talk to you later"
I left him,
"sir, why didn't you tell him about your condition?"
"my son is a responsible person but sometimes he's hard to deal with, I'll tell him if the time comes"
"but sir?, will your condition wait, he has to know"
"he will know, just give him time"
at home I was about to leave when I received a call,
"hello? mom?"
"did you visit your father today?"
"yes I did, why?"
"did you talk?"
"yes, we did, why?"
"so what happened?"
"nothing, I left"
"Keith you have to do what your dad tells you, it's important that you do this"
"mom not you too, please, I have to go, I'll talk to you later, I don't want to deal with this now"
"Keith..."
"bye mom"
after I hung up, I was thinking why this is happening to me, why now?, I don't know what to do, I just hate the feeling of being dragged to do what others want me to do, I still want to be free, night after night me and my band mate's drink until we drop, but suddenly they notice something wrong about me,
"dude, is something bothering you, your not yourself this past few days, even your singing is different, what's happening to you?"
"my dad wants me to manage the Hotel"
"but I thought you and your dad both talked about that, that after a year you will manage it"
"I thought so"
"maybe there's something wrong about your dad, maybe he's sick"
"are you serious?, come on my dad's healthy as a horse, germs are scared of him, why would he be sick?"
"yeah, you're right"
"let's just drop this okay?"
when I arrived home I sat down, I was thinking what if Simon was right, what if my dad's sick that's why he's doing this to me, I called up my mom,
"mom"
"Keith?, do you know what time it is?"
"I know, but I want to ask you something"
"what is it?"
"Is dad okay?"
"why are you asking if he's okay?, he's fine, he's sleeping beside me, are you drunk?"
"never mind, I'm sorry, go back to sleep, goodnight"
I hanged up the phone, maybe something is up, I just can't point it out yet.
the next night, I was on my way to a gig, there standing by the bookstore I saw her again, but this time I didn't follow her, I talked to her, I invited her to watch me play, I never thought she's that gullible, she was like a little kid, I grabbed her hand and went to our gig, I told her to wait for me,
"dude, who was that girl you're with?"
"remember that girl we saw fighting with a guy?"
"when?"
"a month ago or so, we we're heading home then we saw two people fighting, remember?"
"no I can't"
"what ever, just get ready"
as we we're playing, she just sat there watching, after our first set I came towards her, I wanted to know her better but unfortunately she had to go, I wanted to stop her because maybe I won't see her again, but I said to myself if fate says it, then we'll see each other again, I hoped so, but that night everything changed.
as I stood outside the bar waiting for my band mate's, a car stopped in front of me, and one wearing a black suit came out, it was Malcolm, there, just at that moment............my world stopped turning, .........and then I came back to reality as the book I was reading fell to the ground like the hope I had that night of seeing her again when fate tells us to, even if I did see her why is that everything between us changed too?.
