“Anyways you are welcome and I didn’t tell your mom about the guy,” he said and then winked at her.
Jessica smiled.
Just then Arianna walked towards them.
“Hey Humphery, you are here,” she said as she moved towards him and hugged hun.
“Hello ma”
“Hey. Welcome, come to the dining, I wonder why Jessica kept you at the door” Arianna said as she led him to the dining table.
“Hey,” Hannah muttered as she saw him.
“Hi,” he uttered as he waved at everyone including the octuplets. He had heard of the octuplets that looked so much like Brandon and they were right. The children were a copy of him.
He sat down on the chair beside Lucas. Lucas stared at him and looked away with an eye roll. He just doesn’t like the guy, he feels there is something weird about him.
Everyone was silent as no one said anything. Brandon on the other hand looks so invested in his phone.
“So, Humhery, how did you know about the Colbys mansion and then bring Jessica home?
Did you know Jessica from somewhere, maybe the both of you had hooked up in the past…”
“Lisa…..” Jessica called, cutting off her speech and Lisa shrugged.
“You don’t have to answer any of those questions, Humphery,” Jessica said, trying to contain her anger.
“No, it’s fine. I was actually in the club when I saw Jessica drunk and you know the club isn’t a place to be alone especially when drunk because people might take advantage of that” he paused and then stared at Jessica for some seconds before turning to Lisa and then continued.
“So, I decided to take her home. I had recognized she was Colby. It’s a small world, everyone knows the colby, every now and then you all appear in the media for one thing or another” he said and they all chuckled.
Lucas rolled his eyes.
“So, what do you do for a living, Humphery?” Lucas asked.
“Uhm, I’m a computer student, I still live with my mom, we recently moved into town,” he said with a smile on his face.
“Wow. Atalanta is a cool town, I’m sure you would enjoy your stay here” Hannah said and Humphery nodded.
Just then Arianna heard her phone ring, she checked the caller’s ID, it was a call from Micheal.
“Excuse me,” she said to everyone as she stood up and went upstairs to her room to answer the phone call.
Immediately, Arianna left, and Lucas turned to Humphery.
“I think we should get things straight here, Humphery or whatever your name is.
I don’t like you and I find it odd that you suddenly brought Jessica home, drunk. I don’t know who you are or who you are working for, or whatever you are planning, but this family isn’t the one you wanna mess with” Lucas said and Humphrey stared at him for a few seconds and then smiled:
“I mean no harm,” he said as Lucas gave him a deadly glare.
“Lucas, you should be happy Humphrey brought Jessica in the full piece last night, and stop being rude to him, what if she was kidnapped?” Lisa muttered and Lucas rolled his eyes.
Jessica, who was looking furious, gritted her teeth as she stared at Lucas.
“Hey, calm down, you don’t want this dining table to turn into something else” Hannah whispered as she placed her hands on Jessica’s and she became calm instantly and nodded.
“I hope you are enjoying the food, Humphery” Hannah asked.
“Yeah, this food tastes delicious, whoever cooks this food deserves to own a five-star restaurant,” Humphery said and Hannah smiled.
“I’m glad you are enjoying it-” Hannah said and then turned to Brandon who hadn’t said a word and hadn’t even touched his food. His eyes were on his phone.
She wondered what he was doing on the phone.
“Brandon…” Hannah called and he raised his head.
“You haven’t touched your food yet, is everything alright?” Hannah said and Brandon smiled.
“Of course sweetheart, everything is fine,” he said as he dropped his phone on the table and then placed his hands on Hannah’s hands.
Hannah smiled and nodded but then paused when she saw everyone staring at them, including the octuplets.
“Come on kids, finish your food,” Hannah said and the kids nodded in response. It wasn’t long before they were done eating and decided to go to their room with Mellisa, leaving the adults on the table.
Just then, they heard a knock on the front door:
They all wondered who was knocking and if they were expecting anyone.
“Alex, please get the door,” Brandon said and the butler nodded and went to open the door.
As the door opened, Mr Daniel, Hannah’s father, walked in.
“This way sir,” Alex said as he led him to the dining table.
Hannah raised her head and saw her father. The moment she saw him, she stood up at once.
“What are you doing here?” Hannah asked as the look on her face changed.
“I invited him,” Brandon said and Hannah turned to him.
“I need to get some water,” she said as She stared at Brandon and then walked inside the kitchen.
Brandon went after her.
“Hannah please” Brandon muttered as he walked inside the kitchen and Hannah turned to him.
“Why would you invite him without telling me? How did he even know here? He’s the one you’ve been talking with on the phone?”Hannah asked all at once and he nodded.
She stared at him not knowing what to say.
“Hannah, you said you were going to give him a chance and I felt this was the best time to talk to him.
“You don’t get to tell me when it’s the best time to talk to him. Ask him to leave, I’m not ready to speak with him”
” Hannah…”
“Brandon-”
Brandon paused and moved towards her.
“I understand how you feel Hannah, he abandoned you and your mother, I completely understand. But you should talk to him and hear him out please” he said as he held her hands while staring at her deep inside her eyes.
Hannah sighed softly and then nodded. He kissed her softly on the lips and then held her hands, leading her back to the dining room.
TBC