Chapter 48


    During breakfast, Benjamin apologized to Lisa and Roshan in front of everyone, except Jacob who was


    still out on his work.


    “I’m sorry. I should have never directed my anger toward you two,” Benjamin lowered his head before


    Lisa and Roshan, and their egos were satisfied.


    Nn and Dorothy knew that the reason the kids caught cold was because they ate too many sweets the


    other night. It was Dorothy who bought the sweets, so they could only snicker, looking at the pathetic


    expression Benjamin was making. “Such a simple sorry isn’t enough,” Shawn said. “You will be driving


    my kids to school until Anous returns. Let this experience teach you your ce.”


    “T-That’s…” Benjamin looked at Reba, as though asking her to fight for him, but she just pursed her


    lips together. Lisa and Roshan giggled without any concern.


    “How was the series?” Selena asked her daughter. Lost Love was a romanticedy drama from over


    twenty years ago, in which she was one of the main leads.


    “I finished season 1. Your acting was excellent, Mom,” Reba was all praises for her. Her eyes were


    still red because she didn’t sleepst night, not even for a minute. “It was aplex role, falling in love,


    breaking up,ing back together, and breaking up again, but you pulled it off pretty well.”


    Selenaughed out loud. “I wish your dad was here. He would have felt so jealous! I asked him to co-


    produce that series, but he hated love stories, so he didn’t agree. However, he began regretting it after


    the series became a huge hit and had seven seasons.”


    Her words made some other family members chuckle.


    “You should keep watching,”Selena suggested, “because there’ll be a surprise for you in season 4.”


    “Sure,” Reba nodded. She wasn’t eating breakfast but just drank fresh coconut water. After finishing


    the breakfast, Benjamin took the kids to the school. Though Roshan, d, and Mercie went to their


    respective sses, Lisa got on her boyfriend’s bike and went somewhere.


    Benjamin secretly followed them from a distance. Lisa and her boyfriend then went into a club. “Does


    Shawn know of this?” Benjamin didn’t want to interfere in Lisa’s life, but he couldn’t act like he didn’t see


    her enter the club, either. He got out of the car and walked straight to the entrance.


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    “Whoa, there,” the ck guy standing outside wasn’t not much taller than Benjamin but was definitely


    twice as heavier. “Only couples are allowed entrance.”


    Benjamin wrapped his arm around that guy’s arm. “Let’s go in then.”


    His mouth widely opened for a second. “Damn, bro!” he yanked his hand away from Benjamin.


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    “I’m not into that kind of stuff.”


    “Me, neither.” Benjamin said and was entering, but the guard grabbed his shoulder. “You can’t enter


    alone,” he reminded Benjamin. “Go and bring a girl with you, or get the hell out of here.”


    Benjamin caught his finger and bent it backward so swiftly, it broke before the guard knew it. “AHH!


    Fuck!” as the guard cringed in pain, Benjamin kneed him in the face and knocked him out cold. He then


    entered the club.


    Inside the club, the DJ yed rap music, and everyone either drank or danced in the dazzling disco


    lights. Lisa was also dancing with her boyfriend, and he was touching her everywhere, but she didn’t


    seem to mind it.


    Benjamin didn’t like what he was seeing, but he had enough when her friend began kissing her neck. He


    strode over and grabbed her boyfriend by his hair, shocking Lisa. Benjamin pulled him away from her


    and pped him so hard he hugged the floor. Though some people stopped dancing, the rest of the club


    didn’t care. “Benjamin!” Lisa was furious at him. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” she tried to


    p him, but Benjamin grabbed Lisa’s hand and dragged her out of the club. “Let go of me,” she still


    struggled to get out of grip. “Hmph,” he snorted and let go of her.


    “You think you can get away with what you did?” Lisa barked at him. “I’ll tell my dad, and…”


    “Yeah, what are you going to tell him?” Benjamin turned to face her and looked her straight in the eye.


    There was not an inkling of fear in those eyes. “That you didn’t go to school but went to a club instead,


    and that you let some random guy touch you and kiss you whenever he wants?”


    Lisa’s heart skipped many beats. “H-He’s not some random guy. He’s my boyfriend.” “Someone who


    touches you inappropriately in public isn’t your boyfriend,” Benjamin yelled so loudly her heart trembled.


    “He’s just another guy who’s thinking with his dick.” He shook his head. “You are so ignorant you don’t


    even know what you’re doing!” “I will do whatever I want,” Lisa shouted back. “Who are you to tell me


    what I should or shouldn’t do?” she tried to walk back into the club, but he caught her and forcibly


    brought her to the car and shoved her inside. She began crying and asking for help. Most of the


    onlookers just watched, but a few called the police. Benjamin brought Lisa to the school. The outside


    gate was closed, but he pleaded to the gate guard to let her inside. Only after putting ten dors in the


    hand, he let Lisa in. Lisa was openly cursing that Benjamin would get into an ident and die soon.


    Benjamin could only sigh as he drove away from the school.


    As he was speeding, he noticed a church and stopped the car. He entered the church. There wasn’t


    anyone inside, except for an old man dressed in white sleeping in the front row. This ce brought back


    Benjamin’s memories as well as tears. This was where Benjamin wed Reba


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    He gently fell to his knees and kowtowed before the cross. “Father… I’m not happy. But.. have it your


    way. Whether mending my marriage is in your ns or not, I won’t give up, but thy will be done over


    mine.” Tears leaked from the corners of his eyes as his mind and flesh hungered for his wife but his heart


    pressed toward God. He felt so lost.


    The sound of footsteps made him lift his head. The old priest was standing before him, holding a binded


    ck book in his hand.


    “It’s rare to see young men surrender themselves to the Lord these days,” the old priest said.” Whatever


    worries your heart is burdened with,y them all at His feet. He’ll free you in His time.”


    “My wife doesn’t love me, Your Reverence,” Benjamin said in a sad voice as he got up to his feet. “Every


    night, I wonder if I’ll ever see love in her eyes.”


    “Don’t give up, son,” he put his hand on Benjamin’s shoulder. “As long as you abide in Him, yourbor


    won’t be in vain.” Benjamin nodded with tearful eyes. “Thank you, Your Reverence.”