《THE SECRET OF THE 23 DOORS》


 NIGHTMARE

    There¡¯s blood everywhere and my brother is lying down there. That monster standing besides my brother. He killed him...that monster killed my brother too.


    He¡¯s starring at me with his bloody eyes and laughing creepily.


    I have to run, I have to run. He¡¯s coming after me. That monster going to kill me. I am falling into a hole so dark. I can¡¯t breathe. It swallows me up completely and it feels like forever.


    ¡°hey, wake up¡± it¡¯s my brother, Iain Easton and he¡¯s fine.


    I feel like suffocating. My head¡¯s burning like hell.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.


    ¡° take a deep breath, its all okay, calm down¡± he says.


    It¡¯s a nightmare, again.


    I get nightmares. In fact i get them so often i should be used to them by now. I¡¯m not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares. Its already been three years I¡¯m getting nightmares.


    I tried everything psychiatrist, pills. None of it really helped.


    I¡¯m tired. I can¡¯t sleep for too long to remember. There was a time when I actually enjoyed sleeping. In fact I slept all the time. That was before that incident three years ago.


    It''s six in morning. I freshen up, took a shower and went for breakfast. my brother made a sandwich. he¡¯s three years older than me. I sat down opposite to him. We don¡¯t talk much.


    ¡°what you saw¡± Iain said.


    ¡°what¡± I say.


    ¡°in your nightmare¡±


    ¡°same as before¡±


    He didn¡¯t ask much just nodded slightly.


    I finished my sandwich and went for school.

 THE PAST 1

    I¡¯m sia Easton. I''m thirteen years old . it¡¯s weekend today. so we decided to go for hiking today.


    I love to sleep but we are going for hike which I never done it before. I¡¯m excited so i got ready little early. Its six thirty in morning. I¡¯m sitting in the living room waiting for my brother and dad to get ready.


    My mom, Hannah Easton. She¡¯s in the kitchen preparing some snacks for us.


    ¡°honey, come here¡± she says


    I put my backpack aside and walk toward kitchen. she handed me glass of milk.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    I hate it. Who drinks milk at age of thirteen.


    ¡°mommy, I don¡¯t like it and you know right¡± I said


    ¡°honey, you are still a kid. Come on, drink it up. You need more energy for hiking right¡±


    ¡°yeah, yeah, yeah. You win¡±


    ¡°and tell your dad to come downstairs¡±


    ¡°okay¡±


    I don¡¯t get it what the hell are they doing. Not even girls takes this much time to get ready. We decided to go at seven and It¡¯s already 6:45 still they are not here.


    I knock on dad¡¯s room. The door is half open. He¡¯s sitting on the edge of the bed putting on his shoes. Jonah Easton, my father.


    ¡°seriously, you¡¯re still not ready¡± I say.


    ¡°honey, it¡¯s all done. Just Wait a second¡± he says.


    ¡°fine. come downstairs¡±


    ¡°yeahh¡±


    Iain¡¯s already downstairs.


    At seven we are all ready. Mom dad sits on the front seats and we¡¯re on the back seat.


    And here we go.

 THE PAST 2

    It took an hour and half to get there.


    weather is awesome today. I can¡¯t see the top of the hills because it¡¯s surrounded by the clouds. It looks like mountains are touching the beautiful sky.


    I never went for hiking before. So I¡¯m little afraid. This hills are little too high but I want to reach to the top of it so that I can see the whole city from there.


    My dad knew me the best.


    ¡°hey honey, what¡¯s wrong. You look worried¡± he says.


    ¡°yeah, a little¡±


    ¡°don¡¯t worry too much. Your dad is here. I will protect you forever¡±Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    ¡°let¡¯s go then¡± I smiled at him.


    ¡°yeah, that¡¯s my strong girl¡±


    We started walking. The trail is covered in snow which we didn¡¯t expected. There¡¯s shallow river passing through. It was hard but we reached to the top. From the top it¡¯s like a sea of trees down there. We were absolutely blown away at the sight of these hills.


    The hills are fully covered with natural smoky fog. It¡¯s little chilly here.


    ¡°dad, this is amazing¡± iain said.


    ¡°yes, it is¡± dad say.


    ¡°we will come here again for sure. Right dad?¡± I say.


    ¡°yeah, we will. See Hannah I told you they will love this place¡±


    ¡°it¡¯s really beautiful here. You win alright¡± mom says.


    Mom wanted to go on a beach but dad insists for hiking. So they made a bet we will like this place or not.


    We were all happy together and loved each other.


    I just want this time to stop here but you know that''s not possible. Time doesn¡¯t remain same forever. Worst situations comes in everyone¡¯s life but never expected this would come in our life much earlier.


    Everything changed on the second day.


    I never thought that this trip would be our last.

 ACCIDENT

    ¡°iain, sia dinner is ready. come downstairs¡±


    I¡¯m doing my studies. Mom is calling us for dinner. I closed my books and knock on the iain¡¯s room.


    ¡°big brother, let¡¯s go¡±


    ¡°coming¡± he says.


    I helped her in the kitchen. She made a creamy chicken and rice casserole. I placed the dishes on the table. Iain is here.


    ¡°where is dad? He¡¯s not coming¡± lain says.


    ¡°he is going to be late. He called me. he has some work to do¡± mom say.


    We sat down at the table.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it.


    Mom asked about my studies, iain¡¯s stuff and all,during dinner.


    Then mom¡¯s phone is ringing.


    ¡°who is it? Is it dad?¡± iain ask.


    ¡°no, It¡¯s not Jonah. I don''t know. It¡¯s some unknown id¡± she picked up the call.


    ¡°hello¡± she says.


    ¡°yes, I¡¯m Hannah Easton. who is this?¡±


    ¡°what¡± she stood up from her chair.


    ¡°mom, what happened?¡± iain said.


    She¡¯s not saying anything. She¡¯s stunned. whatever it is I know it¡¯s really not a good thing and I am scared.


    ¡°how¡¯s he? He¡¯s fine right?¡± she said.


    Panic fluttered like a trapped moth in her chest, and she couldn¡¯t seems to keep her breathing steady.


    ¡°mom, are you okay? What happened?¡± I said.


    She¡¯s crying. Some time passes after she said


    ¡°Jonah, he had an accident. He¡¯s car rolled over. They are taking him to emergency"


    I¡¯m too terrified to do anything. I just hope that everything¡¯s ok.


    Iain said nothing but I know he''s scared.


    We quickly came out of the house and get into a cab.


    It took twenty minutes to reach the hospital.


    Mom asked the receptionist about dad. She gave us the direction. We are hurriedly going there.


    When we get there I just freeze because this is not emergency room it¡¯s mortuary.

 TWO YEARS LATER

    with the sound of the waves crashing against the beach, the church bells started ringing and wedding music started playing.


    The wedding has begun. Everyone was focused on the couple of the day.


    The groom is wearing white tuxedo with a rose pinned to the front of his jacket. His arm was hooked around the bride who is wearing champagne dress. She looks gorgeous.


    It¡¯s been two years since dad¡¯s accident but it feels like yesterday.


    Mom was broken. She couldn''t accept the truth.


    Iain was numb, shocked and fearful. He has grown up overnight.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.


    And for me my hero is dead. Who promised me that he will stay with me and will protect me forever but...he is gone.


    Recalling something about happy moments, you happen to laugh and in no time, sometimes even as you laugh, you taste your own tears.


    Our world changed and nothing good happened after his death. A cursed had fallen upon us. Everything was so unbelievable. Yet, it was real.


    Today it¡¯s my mom¡¯s wedding.


    She is getting married with Xavier Wesley who is going to be our stepfather.


    He is good looking and well built.


    When mom introduced him to us and told us that they are thinking about getting married.


    We didn¡¯t hated but neither liked the idea of marriage.


    But my mom is happy. She is smiling like before and that¡¯s all matters to us.


    I have known him for a few months but never seen his family or friends. He told us that they live abroad.


    Even on the wedding day, not a single person shown up from his side.


    Dad told me that always trust your instincts and I have really bad feeling about this man.

 PSYCHO

    PRESENT


    I was alone in this school. That¡¯s why I hated coming here but not anymore because I have friends now. They are the only ones who talks to me. They are brothers, Stephen Suarez and Calvin Suarez.


    It¡¯s not like that I didn¡¯t had any friend. I had a lot before, but after that incident they all started avoiding me. I don¡¯t blame them. I am happy now so all this thing doesn¡¯t matters anymore.


    I called Calvin because they are not coming to school for four days.


    ¡°hey, are you guys coming today?¡±


    ¡°why? Missing me?¡± he said.


    ¡°in your dreams¡±


    ¡°yeah, yeah, yeah.. you only miss my big brother, right?¡±


    ¡°where are you?¡±


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    I don¡¯t know from where but He just pop up right in front of me. I said nothing.


    "Why aren''t you scared?" Calvin said.


    "I have seen a lot more scarier things than this" I say.


    They are here. Stephen wouldn¡¯t waste his time to say at least a hello. He is handsome and has a cold personality but he is nice to me. I quite like him. And for certain blondie I better not say anything. He is annoying.


    They are siblings but still have absolutely opposite personalities. They transferred here a few months ago.


    ¡°where have you been all these days?¡± I say.


    ¡°umm, that¡­¡± Calvin said.


    ¡°to see family¡± Stephen say.


    ¡°okay¡± I didn''t asked much.


    We went for the class. At first all this classmates avoided only me but since this two talks to me they are avoiding all three of us. We just ignore them all.


    At least for the time being I forget my issues when I am with this two. But there will be always someone who will remind you the reality.


    When school was over I was in the corridor with Calvin.


    ¡°What¡¯s going on there?¡± he said.


    There was a crowd. so we went there.


    A girl from some other department was proposing Stephen.


    ¡°What the hell¡± Calvin said.


    She was saying so many lovely things to him and when she finishes, Stephen didn¡¯t said a thing. He ignored her and just walk away.


    ¡°Why? Just why? Because of this psycho¡± she shouted looking at me.


    He stopped and turned back.


    ¡°Do you even know who really she is? She killed her stepfather three years back. She¡¯s Fu*king murderer. Isn¡¯t this is the truth sia Wesley?¡±

 TOGETHER FOREVER

    I run away from there. Not because she called me murderer, she said sia Wesley. I always run away from that last name because it relates me to that monster and I hate it.


    I am going to lose Stephen and Calvin too. No one likes to be with a murderer.


    It¡¯s true, I killed him. I stabbed him in the heart twice and he deserved it.


    ¡°Hey¡±


    I turned back. It¡¯s Stephen.


    ¡°What are you doing here? Aren¡¯t you coming home?¡± he said.


    I was stunned because he is talking to me like everything is normal.


    ¡°Why?¡± I said.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    ¡°What? You want me to ignore you like others do?¡± he says.


    ¡°But why would you stay with me when you know who really I am?¡±


    ¡°I already knew it. On the very first day they told us everything¡±


    I don¡¯t know what to say. He continues, ¡°If you had done something you wouldn¡¯t be standing here. Even law didn¡¯t find you guilty then who we are to judge you. No one knows what you have gone through. At that time you did what you thought was right.¡±


    My eyes are filled with tears. I don¡¯t want to cry in front of him but couldn¡¯t stop myself from crying.


    He wraps his arms around me and said ¡°don¡¯t worry. I understand¡±


    It¡¯s the first time someone has understood me this much.


    ¡°I just came to know that my brother can also speak this much¡± it¡¯s Calvin.


    ¡°Where were you?¡± Stephen says.


    ¡°I settled the mess you left there and you, don¡¯t be sad okay. We will be with you together forever¡± Calvin said.


    ¡°Thanks¡± I say.


    I went home. Iain was in living room.


    ¡°You are back. How was your school?¡± he said.


    ¡°As usual¡± I say. I didn¡¯t tell him anything because I don¡¯t want him to worry. We already have enough on our plate.


    We had dinner then I done my studies. I went to bed at eleven.

 HES BACK

    ¡°Honey, you missed me? It¡¯s been long since we met, isn¡¯t it?¡± Xavier''s voice whispers to me. I don¡¯t want to hear, I don¡¯t want his voice in my head.


    ¡°You seem to be happy after killing me¡±


    The fear creeps back sluggishly. I can see him. He is right in front of me in my room.


    ¡°How are those two of your little friend, huh?¡±


    How does he know about them?


    Something inside me is screaming to hurry, hurry, run, go. That¡¯s what I¡¯m doing for all this years.


    ¡°You wouldn¡¯t be able to run this time, honey¡± he is coming towards me. He has his special weapon in his hand.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    My heart is racing so fast that it feels like throwing up.


    He stops three steps away from me. His face looks clam and his smile looks hungry. His bloody eyes are fixed on me.


    ¡°You should have known who they really are, honey¡±


    Honey, that word disgust me. I don¡¯t know who he is talking about.


    ¡°Your little friends and specially that Stephen. He is different than what you think he is¡±


    This is what he always do, talking bullshits.


    He came closer playing with his knife.


    I don¡¯t know what to do. I just want to scream. I want to get out of here.


    ¡°Stay still. Don¡¯t move, honey. This won¡¯t hurt much¡±


    With his knife he cut on my right arm.


    I wake up screaming.


    ¡°Iain¡± I shouted his name.


    He came to my room.


    ¡°What happened?¡± he said.


    ¡°He was here...he was in this room just now...he¡¯s back, Iain. He''s back¡± I was crying. I am scared. I couldn¡¯t breathe.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright. It was just a nightmare¡±


    ¡°No, it was real. He was real. I can feel it, Iain¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, take a rest. I am here, okay¡± he sat beside me.


    ¡°Wait, what happened to your arm?¡± he says.


    When I look at it, there was a cut on my right arm.

 THE MORTUARY

    ¡°Mom, when is Xavier coming back?¡± Iain said.


    ¡°He¡¯s coming tomorrow¡± mom says.


    He didn¡¯t stay home for long. Whenever we asked he told us that because of his work he has to go outside the city. We never suspected anything. He was good at hiding things.


    This time he stayed with us for quite few days.


    We made a barbecue in the backyard garden. After that mom and Iain went inside. I was cleaning in the backyard with Xavier.


    ¡°Can I ask you something?¡± I said.


    He said while cleaning, ¡°Sure, go ahead¡±


    ¡°Why did you married my mother? I mean she already has two grown up children. You were single so you could have married anyone else.¡±


    He stooped cleaning and calmly said while looking at me, ¡°I married her because I love her. It has nothing to do with her children¡±


    That was the truth. I can see that in his eyes. He really loves her.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    ¡°I see¡± I say.


    ¡°Go in. I will do it here. It¡¯s cold outside¡± he said


    ¡°Okay¡±


    Lain was always happy whenever Xavier came home. They played games together till late at night. He was nice to me too. For a while I thought our happiness is back. The family which was broken before is together again.


    A few days later he went back because of his work.


    After three days mom told us that she is going to meet Xavier. She will be back after two days.


    We didn¡¯t doubt anything because she went to meet him like this many times before. But the strange thing was she didn¡¯t called even once for these two days.


    After two days, I and Iain were in the living hall and suddenly someone rang the doorbell.


    ¡°Open the door, mom must have come back¡± Iain says.


    I opened the door. It wasn¡¯t my mom. Its cops.


    ¡°Is Mrs Hannah Wesley your mother?¡± one of them said.


    Seeing cops at the door Iain came towards door and said, ¡°yes, what is it?¡±


    ¡°Please, come with us¡±


    ¡°Why? What happened?¡±


    ¡°You will know. Come with us please¡±


    We went with them. In about thirty minutes they took us to the hospital. I held lain¡¯s hand whole this time.


    We followed them. They stopped in front of the door. When I saw the door I was stunned because this is the place that I fear the most.


    It was mortuary¡­ again.


    We didn¡¯t go in. After couple of minutes a cop said, ¡°Go inside¡±


    We went inside. A doctor and cops were standing beside one of the dead body. I didn¡¯t move further. My hands were sweaty. I was scared. Iain held my hand more tightly. He was nervous too.


    We went near them. When we saw the face of that dead body. I backed away fearfully because¡­.


    It was my mother.

 A DIARY

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 MONSTER

    She knew that she might never come back. That¡¯s why she left this diary in my room.


    Probably she got something about him. When she told us that she is going to meet him. She went to find out what exactly he was hiding and she found out.


    But he doesn¡¯t want to expose it.


    I think now I know who killed my mother and why.


    I didn¡¯t tell Iain anything about this diary. I have to make sure what exactly is going on.


    I thought Xavier would never come back but he did come back after some days.


    He acted like a good father so do I, like a fool daughter.


    After two days Iain was not at home.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    Xavier¡¯s acting was spectacular. I would have never known if I had not read that diary.


    And I had enough with this act now.


    He was in my mom¡¯s room. I was scared but I have many questions and only one person can answer them. I went in there.


    ¡°What exactly are you?¡± I said.


    He was stunned for a second and then it¡¯s gone.


    ¡°What are you talking about?¡± he says.


    ¡°Who are you?¡±


    ¡°What happened? Is something wrong, honey?¡±


    I was irritated. He is still acting like sinless.


    ¡°You knew my mother for twenty years, don¡¯t you?¡± I said.


    He stood up and said looking at me, ¡°who told you that?¡±


    ¡°Is that important¡±


    ¡°Of course it is, honey. Who made such a joke?¡±


    ¡°Why? So that you can kill them too?¡±


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡±


    ¡°Can¡¯t you just drop your disguise? You killed my mother, don¡¯t you?¡± I said furiously.


    His corner of the lips turned upward.


    ¡°Oh, you found out. How? Even police couldn¡¯t find anything¡±


    ¡°You monster¡±


    ¡°Ah, call me anything but not monster. I don¡¯t like it, okay honey?¡± he said laughing.


    I tried to run away but he was faster than me. When I reach to the door he grabs my arm and throws me inside the room. I fall on the floor. He locked the door from inside.


    I never thought that going to his room and asking him all this would be my biggest mistake ever.

 TREASURE

    Xavier sits on the chair in front of me and said, ¡°Now tell me how you know all this?¡±


    I didn¡¯t say anything. He took something out from his pocket, a knife.


    No, this is not an ordinary knife. It was a leaf shape folding knife and a knight was engraved on it.


    I was staring at it and he said, ¡°Isn¡¯t it pretty? It¡¯s my baby. I made it myself¡±


    ¡°So it¡¯s really you who killed my mother¡± I said.


    ¡°Yeah, with this beauty¡± he said showing his knife.


    ¡°Why? What did she do wrong that you had to kill her?¡± I said furiously.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    ¡°Because she found out my treasure¡± he says.


    I have to do something or else he will kill me sooner or later.


    ¡°You said you loved her¡± I say.


    ¡°That was true. I still love her but I didn¡¯t like what she did. She followed me there and then I told her to keep it a secret but she tried to kill me. So I had no other choice than killing her. Now tell me how you know these things?¡± he said very calmly.


    ¡°I found mom¡¯s diary¡± I said.


    ¡°And where is it?¡± he says.


    He is curious now. I can see that but no way I am going to tell him where that diary is.


    ¡°Where is it?¡± he said furiously.


    He placed his knife on my neck. I was frightened.


    ¡°Fine, I will give it to you but tell me first how do you know my mother for twenty years?¡±


    I don¡¯t want to tell him but I have to buy some time till Iain comes back. I texted Iain about everything before going to Xavier¡¯s room and told him to come back with the police.


    He removed his knife from my neck and said, ¡°Okay, that¡¯s a good deal. I will tell you then. You are going to die anyway¡±

 FIRST LOVE

    ¡°We loved each other before twenty years. I still do but she doesn¡¯t. You can¡¯t imagine what things I did for her, so I could be with her.


    We dated for very long time. I loved her like crazy but suddenly she left me and married your father. I still don¡¯t know the reason. I tried everything so that she could stay with me forever but still she left me alone. She is still my first love.¡±


    ¡°She was you first love, not anymore because you took revenge by killing the person you loved¡± I said fiercely.


    ¡°No, I didn¡¯t kill her because of a mere revenge. She just shouldn¡¯t have known that or else I would have never killed her.


    Fine then you got you answer now tell me where is her diary¡± he said.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    Every cells in my body is screaming just a one thing that to run, just go, run far away from all these.


    ¡°I kept it upstairs in the store room¡± it was a lie because that diary was the only evidence against him. I am not going to give it to him.


    He went out of the room and was going upstairs. I escape from the room and reached to the main door.


    ¡°It¡¯s locked, honey¡±


    He was standing behind me. I turned back.


    ¡°What you think I am, huh?¡± he said laughing at me.


    He is coming toward me. He has his leaf shape weapon in his hand.


    He is two step away from me and said, ¡°You think I wouldn¡¯t kill-¡±


    I lunge forward and stabbed him right in his heart with a knife. He looked horrified. He tried to cut through my neck. I dodge it but I got cut on my hand.


    I know it¡¯s not enough.


    I took it out and stabbed him again. I feel the blood all over my hand. It¡¯s all I can do.


    I had this kitchen knife with me all this time. I took it before I went to his room.


    I run away from there and went outside the house from backdoor. I can hear his screams.

 ROAD TRIP

    PRESENT


    ¡°Sia what¡¯s wrong?¡± Calvin said.


    He was saying something but I didn¡¯t hear it properly.


    That nightmare¡­Xavier was in my room with that weapon¡­that cut on my right arm it was all going on in my head since last night.


    ¡°What?¡± I said.


    ¡°What were you thinking?¡± Calvin says.


    ¡°Oh, nothing much. What were you saying?¡±


    ¡°We are planning to go for a road trip. What you say?¡±


    I¡¯m not in the mood to go on any trip right now.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I would be able to come. You guys should go¡± I say.This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    ¡°Why? Is it because of your brother we can talk to him. He will sure agree¡± Calvin said.


    ¡°It¡¯s not like that. I just don¡¯t want to go anywhere right now¡±


    ¡°If you are not coming then we are also not going¡± Calvin said and went outside.


    ¡°Is there something bothering you?¡± Stephen said.


    Specially Stephen. He is not like what he seems to be, honey. Xavier¡¯s voice is still in my head.


    I don¡¯t want to lie to Stephen but I can¡¯t tell him.


    ¡°Nothing really¡± I say.


    ¡°If there is anything you can tell me anytime, alright?¡±


    ¡°Understood¡±


    I would never believe the words of that monster.


    I know Stephen would never do anything that could hurt me. I trust him.


    I went home. At night lain asked me, ¡°do you want to leave from here?¡±


    I know what he is talking about.


    After that incident we never went back to that house.


    I thought if we change our house I could run away from all those nightmare because that wasn¡¯t just a nightmare. I can feel that monster breathing besides me.


    Whenever something happened like this Iain and I would leave that house.


    We changed our place twice because of me. Now there is no place that feels like a home.


    I have always run away from these things but not anymore.


    I want to live like a normal person and I have to fight for it no matter what. There is no point in running away.

 COWARD

    ¡°No, there is no point in leaving this place too. I have to endure it wherever we go¡± I said.


    ¡°Alright¡± Iain says.


    ¡°Oh right, your friend Calvin called me this afternoon¡±


    ¡°For what?¡± I say.


    ¡°He was talking about some road trip and said that you refused to go with them¡± he says.


    ¡°Yeah, I don¡¯t want to¡±


    ¡°Actually you need to try living like a normal person, going out with friends, enjoying with them. You can¡¯t be like this forever¡± he said worriedly.


    ¡°You think I haven¡¯t tried. I also want to live like an ordinary girl but¡­I just couldn¡¯t do that. Whenever i feel like I have forgotten everything even just for a moment, that creepy voice and his bloody face appears right in front of me. That reminds me of every single thing of that terrifying night three years back¡± I say.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    ¡°I understand. It¡¯s been really hard for you and I am not able to help you much despite being your big brother¡± Iain said.


    I had tears in my eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t be like this. You did more than enough for me. I know you are working hard for us since then. I am the one who is coward¡±


    When we left from our home we had nothing but some money which could help us to rent a house only for two months. We both didn¡¯t want to go back to that house. In all this three years he worked really hard for whatever we have today.


    ¡°You silly! Let¡¯s just not talk about all this. Yeah, I forget to tell you, your friends are coming tonight¡± he said.


    ¡°Why they are coming?¡± I say. Stephen and Calvin never really came here.


    ¡°To convince you¡± he said.


    ¡°Okay¡± I say.


    Iain went outside for something.


    Stephen and Calvin came at night. We chatted for some time.


    After a while the doorbell rang. I went to open the door, it was Iain. He came in.


    ¡°They are here¡± I said.


    He looked at them and for a moment he was stunned. He had never met them before personally.


    ¡°Hello¡± Calvin said.


    Iain was still lost in thoughts.


    ¡°Hey, Iain¡± I nudge him.


    He glanced coldly at stephen and said, "have we met somewhere before?"