For the rest of the day, Adrian couldn’t concentrate on anything. The meeting was done haphazardly. His mind kept drifting to the woman that visited him earlier. He would have gone to see her already but he has a few investors to meet that evening.
If he could make a wish in this life, is to have Ava Leon again. Just for an hour and he would kneel before her and ask her to pardon him. He just wants to make it up to her and get her forgiveness.
He was ready to acknowledge her as his wife and go to the ends of the world with her. If only he could see her again, if only…
He attended an important stakeholders meeting and was surprised when he met Patrick Connor with a man that seemed familiar to him.
Patrick Connor has become a distributor of technological materials, an upcoming company that has a great potential of becoming something big, if investors choose to partner with him.
Few years have passed, and he couldn’t reconcile with his friend again. He missed him very much. Then he remembered the man who was acting as his assistant, Oscar. Yes, the man’s first name is Oscar.
He was with that bitch Lola Carrero or Nelly, whichever she is, when Patrick brought Oscar to him. Shortly after that they fell apart and his friend probably chose to bring Oscar to his side.
Other business owners were happy to get together with Patrick Connor and make him their distributor. And they requested that Patrick Connor send in his proposals and they would see how they could partner with him.
Adrian Lester didn’t say anything until the meeting was over. Everyone expected the young master of the Lester family to get involved with bigger companies and the likes. Patrick’s little company cannot meet up with his expectations and demands.
When everyone left, Adrian crossed Patrick Connor and asked to have a brief discussion with him. Like a complete stranger, Patrick nodded, and went with him to his car.
“I see that you’re not doing bad, Patrick. And I must say I am impressed with you greatly. And I also observed that your growth would be rapid if you get a good investor…” Adrian trailed off.
He really wants to get back with his friend. He wants to be friends with him again and whatever he can do, to get him back, he will do it. He would give up everything he could to have his childhood friend back.
“Is that all?” Patrick asked. If he had called him to tell him his small business would grow rapidly with an investor, then it’s definitely nothing to him. He already knows that and anyone in business knows that too.
Thank goodness he fired him after hitting him so bad. Otherwise he wouldn’t have gotten this initiative to start doing something. Though he’s been doing this for a few years now, he hadn’t really grown because there was no enough capital nor investors to help out.
And banks couldn’t give him much because he has nothing for collateral. Hence he’d been struggling to find his feet. It’s been Oscar who has been helping out.
“No, Patrick” Adrian paused and sighed softly. He hopes he agrees “I want to be your investor. I am willing to help you with billions of dollars without an interest. Pay back when it’s convenient for you.
I want to see you grow and become big. It will be my joy that my friend is also making waves in the financial world. And if you need other assets to make you function well, I’ll gladly be willing to help out” Adrian proposed.
Patrick Connor chuckled aloud and said “I should receive help from you?” He demanded, turning to glare at Adrian with questions unasked on his face?
“Really, like seriously, I should take loans from you and if possible assets? No Adrian. I’d rather grow with the speed of a snail than take anything from you.
I’d rather remain stagnant than come to you for help. Have you forgotten what you did to me? You think you are my lifeline, my breath and that I can’t survive without you?
I have lived to please you in the past just because I need your help but what did you do? Without notice, you fired me and restrained me from getting even my personal belongings from the office.
How can I accept help from you again, so that when I look into your face and tell you that you murdered Ava Leon, you would again withdraw your investment and assets from me and leave me stranded again in the cold.
I’ll grow, it will be long but I will definitely grow. I may not have a father and grandfather who will build a world for me and let me walk into that world and possess it like you, I’ll work with my own fingers and watch it grow.
My life is different from yours Adrian Lester and my struggle has a different story from your luxurious life. We all cannot have our Palm kernels cracked for us by benevolent spirits. Good day Adrian Lester” Patrick Connor declared and wanted to unlock the door but Adrian used an automated lock.
Is he stupid, that he would receive help from him? He once told him that he was senseless and didn’t need him. He doesn’t want to hear truth and facts and his arrogance and hard heartedness was the reason Ava Leon was no more.
“Please Patrick. I’m a different person now, I swear. I am willing to help you, you didn’t come to me, I came to you. Please let me help you, as for my previous misbehaviour to you, I’m sorry. I apologise for everything…”
“Unlock this door this minute Adrian!” Patrick bellowed. He hissed between gritted teeth and added “You are sorry after you murdered Ava Leon? You apologise after your stupidity has cost the life of your wife? What use is your sorry to anyone?” He seethed.
“Patrick, please…”Adrian was still apologising when Patrick thundered “Unlock this door now before I get crossed with you again!”
When Patrick Connor got back to his car, he placed his head on the steering wheel and sobbed. Adrian Lester used to be his best friend for many years until things fell apart between them.
He missed him very much. He had grown up with Adrian like a brother. As an orphan, Adrian did a lot for him in the past and he didn’t expect that a day would come that he would go years without him.
But after what happened to Ava Leon, he couldn’t forget about it. He couldn’t forget the past, how he pleaded with him to listen to her, that Ava couldn’t do it but he wouldn’t listen.
Now, his grandfather is alive but Ava is dead. That sweet innocent woman just died without anyone to take justice for her, she died like a chicken.
And he couldn’t do anything to give her justice because he has no right to do it. And even if he decides to do it, can he fight with Adrian, his own childhood friend, and does he have the financial capability to withstand him?
And for many years, he’d lived with the pain of losing that innocent woman. She’s Adrian’s wife but he likes her a lot. He wished a wrong marriage hadn’t ended her life like it did.
He sniffled and muttered “I missed you Ava”
After his meeting with Patrick Connor, Adrian went sad again. He got home and took a bottle of alcohol and drank himself to stupor. He locked himself in his room and kept drinking “He still recalls my ugly past” he muttered and took the bottle of alcohol to his lips again.
He drank and sprawled out on the floor “Everyone, grandfather, Patrick, my own conscience still recalls my ugly past. Everyone thought and believed that I killed Ava Leon. Yes, I think I murdered her, my ugly past stinks….”he mumbled drunkenly.