Chapter 15 -- Seize.


    "You already read it?" De was taken aback when Leith had approached her two day prior to their


    previous meeting, asking if they could have coffee.


    "Yes, once I began; I was so intrigued. I couldn''t stop." Leith chuckled lightly looking at De with a


    different look.. it hid some sort of sympathy and pity. De noticed it as well, he seemed much warmer


    and treated her like an egg. Her worst fear had came to life ;people would always pity her after reading


    her work. That was something she didn''t want. They were seated across each other in Starbucks, her


    choice. She put a strand of her brte hair behind her ear as she waited for him to say more..


    "…and?" She questioned taking a sip from her ck coffee.


    "My question is to what extent would someone have to be hurt to write such pieces of work?" Leith


    looked at her by the skin of one''s teeth, it made her ufortable. She shifted ufortably under


    his gaze.


    "Writing is purely fiction." She tried to cover up the mini nervous breakdown down she had just had in


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    her head.


    "I assure you darling, I have been reading for a long time and I have criticized one of the best authors


    right now in the business and I''m not going to be ignorant enough to say it''s purely fiction." He said his


    gaze focused sorely on her.


    "Ad, you can talk to me?" Leith tried toy his hand on top of hers but she quickly shifted. Her phone


    rang and she thanked the lord up above for the distraction.


    "Excuse me." She said walking away from their booth. It was an unknown number, she wondered who


    it might be but that changed when she heard her mother''s panicked voice.


    "Hello? Ad?" Marc''s voice could be heard from through the receiver, a part of Ad was happy


    rather d that she actually cared about her but knowing her mother, she would say something mean


    right after.


    "How are you?" Ad said walking towards the washroom area.


    "We need to talk." Marc said in a hurry.


    "You finally want to talk?" De asked just to make sure she wasn''t hallucinating. A small smile crept on


    her lips but she knew her mother always disappointed her so she frowned and decided to expect the


    worst.


    "Yes about your father." This was the first time De had ever heard her mother''s voice shaky with fear,


    she wondered why?


    "You are married, Marc."


    "No, Ad he is not a good man. I can''t tell you over the phone but you know what we should meet."


    "I''m in Starbucks right now near Verona ave, maybe I could wait for you here." De said quickly. She


    knew her mother was just being dramatic as always, she probably felt guilty for being the world''s worst


    mother. Marc was selfish and still selfish, why did she care about De all of a sudden?!


    "No, can we meet at your apartment. Just give me the address and I will wait for you there." Marc


    sighed. "I have to go." She hanged up the phone. De thought it was really weird, how her mother was


    acting.


    "Is everything okay?" Leith asked in a concerned tone when he saw De return to her seat, looking


    quite appalled.


    "Yeah, it''s just i have to get home right now." She said. Part of her wanted an excuse to get away from


    this conversation. She didn''t want to exin why and how she came about her writing. She wasn''t even


    sure if she wanted to publish her work, if everyone would give her pity looks right after. She wanted


    people to admire her, she wanted to empower others but not receive sympathy.


    "Oh..." Leith looked at her suspiciously.


    "I need to pick up my son from school." She mumbled and he nodded. Obviously lying because Andre


    was going to pick up Leo as nned. Something about her mother reaching out to her, made her


    excited. It was like something she had been yearning for ever since she was an infant.


    "Very well then, we can always reschedule. It was nice having this little chat with you." Leith said


    politely and she nodded before making her way out, leaving him all alone. Although he didn''t seem


    bothered by it, on his part it was progress… for Garreth''s request.


    -


    "How are you darling?" Garreth McCarthy chuckled as he gulped down his expensively scotch. It was a


    bad habit, he could not go a day without one or two or six sses.


    "Shut up you asshole!" Jeanine spoke on the other side of the phone. She was fuming with anger and


    beyond angry.


    "I assume you have received my little gift? I didn''t know if you would like it wrapped in a bit of pink or


    red or ck but you seem like a red type of girl. You radiate danger... huh?" Garreth snickered.


    "What do you want?" Jeanine asked feeling like she was being put on a tight corner with nowhere to


    run. Garrethughed without any remorse then hanged up the phone. Heid his phone on his


    mahogany table, watching it ring and vibrate. He knew she would call immediately after—


    He loved having people at his mercy. He gulped down his scotch and mmed the ss on the table,


    loving the burning sensation of bourbon on his throat.


    He looked at the picture frame at the corner of his desk of his daughter. He felt beyond proud, he felt


    like he had archived something so pure and innocent for the first time in his entire life time. His phone


    kept on ringing and ringing, it was fun at first until he found it rather vexatious. He put it on silent and


    stared at the view of New York Skyscrapers.


    -


    "My friends think you are the coolest." Leondre said to his father who gave him a grin.


    "I think you are the coolest." He ruffled his son`s blonde locks.


    "Where is Albane?" Leo said curiously, Albane had been the one fetching Leo from a schooltely. Leo


    loved it, the door being opened for him while his teachers and friends stared in awe. He felt like royalty.


    From being given a ride by his ss teacher to having a personal driver.


    "Today, I decided to fetch you myself. Don''t you want me here buddy?" Andre faked a hurt look as he


    kept his eyes on the road.


    "Albane is pretty cool but you are much cooler." Leo said pulling his tie off. "Where are we going?


    Hopefully not home."


    "Where do you want to go?" Andre asked him.


    "China, Japan, anywhere with anime-" Heughed.


    "Let''s go cart racing, how about that?"


    "Woah! Really right now?" Leo smiled sheepishly. "I have always wanted to try those but mom never


    approved."


    "Well, i have to warn you though. I''m the king of racing-" Andre smirked.


    "I''m the King of video games, Grand theft auto. I will beat you in a second." Leo said removing his


    zer, he always hated the uniform. He removed it any chance he got, throwing his zer and tie in


    the back seat of his father''s Audi r9.


    "We will see about that, bud." Andre muttered in a mischievous tone.


    -


    "I hate you, Garreth McCarthy." Jeanine muttered in distress as she continued dialing his number which


    went straight to voice mail.


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