CHAPTER 01 : JAKE- WHY AM I HERE ? (Part 1)

*Ding*

Boarding announcement “Passengers for flight no.251 from New York to Shanghai can board through gate no.12”.

“Come on Jake, Lets go”

I stood up took my bag and started walking towards the gate to board flight with my friend Nate

“ Why am I here, Nate ?”

Two months Before....

*Door knock*

“Is it 9 already?”I turn around and call Nate “ Nate get the door Pete and Maya are back”

*Knock....Knock*

“Dude get up” still no sign of Nate responding.

*KNOCK......KNOCK*

My hands searching for my phone to check for the time, It was 6 AM its little early for Pete or Maya to reach here, And a text message from Nate saying “Out with guys don’t yell for me ,and I’ll buy Groceries when I come back”

*KNOCK.....KNOCK* knocking was louder than before.

Voice in my head “Sh*t , who’s it” and I ask “Who’s it ？”

A male voice answered “Hey Jake , It’s Me” I got puzzled because he didn’t sound like Nate or Pete and pissed because he said “Me”, I asked again “Who’s this Me?” .

* After few seconds which made to fall asleep again* “ It’s Mike”.

My eyes are wide-opened, In that few milliseconds my mind is asking me so many questions mostly it asked me “Why is he here now?” I crawl my way silently towards the window to make sure is that really him.

As I sneak past the door to window considering myself to be a ninja, Suddenly.......

*Click*

Door opens......

I quickly hide behind the door , Nate kicks the door because his hands are full with grocery bags

My mind in a loud distressed voice “ OH, CR*P” .

Then *Bang* Door hits my face.

As the white light fades away i can see blurry image of two people standing in front of me.

One of them pats my shoulder“Are you alright buddy?” I recognize the voice it was Nate by Childhood friend with whom I live with now.

My vision becomes clear and Nate asks me “What were you doing behind the door, Jake?”

Voice in my mind “ Cr*p I almost forgot about Mike” as I look behind Nate “I was about to answer the door before you banged my face with it” Nate moves aside “ Yeah, you got a visitor Jake”.

Unwillingly and sarcastically “Hi DAD”

Nate in his loud disbelief voice “ WHATT....THEE.....” .

Mike awkwardly “Hey”

Short flashback about my childhood-

My parents got divorced when I was 7 because of my father cheated on her and I moved out with my mom because he was never there for me too, She died when I was 8 ,I went in foster care where I met Nate we grew up together as brothers.

Now to the story.......

“What are you doing here, Mike?” I see Nate and he leaves the room. “Jake, I would like to have you back with me son”said Mike with mild fear in his tone.

Voice inside my mind “What the f*ck did he just say ??”.

“ You gave up on me and mom long back, Mike”

Mike turned down his head from looking at the“Things were different then son you were just a kid to understand what was going on between me and your mom”

Hoping that he would look me in the eye “Yeah, I was just a kid who grew up without a father even though he was alive somewhere busy didn’t bother to visit when his wife died or never had time to see his son who was sent to foster care”

He lifted up his head and with a mild smile “I’m sorry son but I promise you things will be different now”

Voice in my head “ Why is he smiling ?”

“Please don’t call me your son”as I looked away “You can leave now as far as I consider I never had a father”.

Peter and Maya, My foster parents visits me as Mike leaves, “ Hey Jake ,where’s Nate?” Peter and Maya hugs me, I see Mike as I hug them “ He went out ,He’ll be back soon”, Peter notices me looking at Mike, “Who’s that Jake ?”, I look at Mike “ No one, he was just asking me about an address”I turn to Peter “ How was your travel ?” and we head inside.

It was mid noon, Maya was in kitchen preparing lunch and I was busy with fixing pipe in shower while Peter was watching television in living room, Nate comes back “ Jake , Is Mike still here ?” Maya comes out of kitchen “ Where have you been Nate?” Nate surprisingly “ Hey Maya,Where is Pete ?” Hugs Maya “Pete’s in living room with Jake and who’s Mike ?”

Nate glances Pete and Maya back and forth and says “ It’s Jake’s father”.

“Pete lines are fixed” as I came through the hallway everyone looking at me with a blank expression which was really hard to figure out why “Do I have anything on my face?”.

To be continued..........

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