Chapter 90


    90 Ray’s dilemma


    Ray’s office door burst open and his sister strode in. With her momentum, it was clear she was angry.


    (1) “Ray! What is wrong with you?! Today marked three months you have been inside this office and


    wouldn’te out. I bet you have forgotten the road to the house. What is going on? You don’t tell me


    anything anymore. M om, dad, grandpa, and everyone else are worried about you. The security


    you barred them froming into thepany. How could you do that to your family? What is wrong


    with you?!”


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    “How did you get in?” Ray raised his head from the keyboard and asked his sister.


    “Wh- what?!” Sharon was totally bbergasted. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing.


    At the gate earlier, the security men refused to let her in. Not until she called Frank who spoke with the


    chief security officer was she allowed in. She had thought her brother would react differently when he


    sees her, after all, she had been his most beloved person since young. She didn’t expect he would ask


    her this with a in look on his face like he was addressing a stranger.


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    “What are you talking about?” She asked again.


    “Sharon, what are you doing here?” Ray pushed his seat back and got up. He walked towards the floor-


    to-ceiling window and stopped to look at the dark city with sparkling lightsing from the tall


    buildings.


    “Ray, it’s me, your older sister-”


    Ray turned to look at her. His hair looked disheveled, and his wh ite shirt, although looked clean and


    well-ironed, was left flying over his ck trousers.


    He wasn’t wearing shoes but slippers instead. His sleeves were folded up to rest just below his elbow.


    Totally unlike Ray.


    Sharon swallowed when she saw the look he was giving her. If not that she knew her brother was


    allergic to dirt, she would have vowed that her brother hasn’t bathed for a few days.


    “You are thest person I want to see.” He said.


    “Wh- why?”


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    “What else do you want from me? Haven’t you used me enough all your life? Ever since we were little,


    you have never stopped manipting me. You made me do things I never thought I would had thought


    you were the motherly figure you made me believe you were. Mother and father were never there for


    us while growing up… they were always busy, so I relied on you and opened my heart to you, which


    was why you could manipte me to your satisfaction…. Not Anymore… not anymore, Sharon.”


    Sharon’s lips fell apart in disbelief. She couldn’t fathom what her little brother was telling her. Yes, he


    was right. Ever since young, she had been the only one who cared about him… no, she was the only


    one who had time for him. She gave him a listening ear, gave him a shoulder to cry on, took care of him


    whenever he was si ck, fed him whenever he couldn’t eat… She was literally everything to him


    because their parents were busy trying to stabilize their grandfather’s failing business.


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    Even after their parents realized that neglecting their children was a bad trait, it was already toote.


    Ray couldn’t love or rely on anyone anymore. His feelings and trust for his sister had overwhelmed


    what any man could feel for another.


    “R- Ray…”


    Ray raised his palm to stop her. “Don’t try. It won’t work. You and Emilee have seeded in killing


    Jeslyn even after I warned you all not to touch her. I might have been stu pid all this while, I might not


    have known what I felt for Jeslyn at that time, and I might have thought I loved Emilee, but now that I


    know what my feelings truly were, it’s already toote. There’s nothing left in me for you to drill


    anymore. Sharon, I’m only a shell now… please, I beg you, leave me alone to wallow in sorrow. It might


    be that I’ll be able to join Jeslyn and ask her and her family for forgiveness in the afterlif-” “Stop it! Stop


    talking, you fo ol!!” Sharon couldn’t take it anymore.


    The brother standing in front of her right now looked like a stranger to her. How could her fierce and


    decisive brother look so tired of life? How could her proud brother sound so down? All because of


    Jeslyn?! How dare that vixen?!


    Although Sharon was mad, her face looked sorrowful. She forced tears to run down her cheeks- just


    like she always did.


    She walked slowly to the tired-looking Ray and held his palm in hers.


    “Brother…” she hesitated. “How could you…” she choked on her tears. “How could you think so evil of


    me?… I loved you with all my heart and everything I did was for your own good. I know that you are


    upset because of Jeslyn…”


    Ray pulled his hands out of Sharon’s hold and turned his back to her. He didn’t want to see her looking


    this way. He knew she was faking it, but it hurts watching her break down like this.


    “Ray, Jeslyn was never the type of girl you can be with. Emilee and you have been dating before the


    n to use Jeslyn. I know I was wrong for making you do it, but brother, we needed to do what Emilee


    wanted so that grandpa would give you thepany.


    Second uncle’s son was doing better than you and grandpa was thinking of handing thepany to


    him. You know what would have happened if the second branch became the head of the family.


    Ray, Jeslyn was never your type… Yes, I agree, she is the prettiest girl in Rose City, she’s cute and


    friendly, and you’ll have a joyous home if you had married her but what about Emilee? You know she’s


    not to be messed with. She might not be here but you know how possessive she is of you. Right from


    high school, she had been your woman. Have you forgotten what she did to those girls that confessed


    their feelings to you?”