Author's POV

*In China*

Mel was watching his dad being busy with tons of phone calls and paper works. He was just sitting on a chair watching his dad doing all the work.

He could not even ask his dad to let him help. Because that would make his dad even angrier. What if Mel messes something up? He can not let that happen.

The work was very important yet risky for Mel to overcome with.
Thats why, his dad aka Arther Steel did not let his son work that day at all.

Since the day Mel landed in China, he always has been working with his dad helping him out a little bit. But, today was different.
Mel was just sitting there watching his dad being all waorkd up. Since the partner company's bankruptcy, his dad has been very worried about it.

200 million. It is a huge amount. No company can give that amount of money in a day even if it is one of the biggest companies in the world.

They needed time obviously. The bank gave them a deadline.

And if they are unable to give the money back before the deadline, both of the companies will be closed. Damn..that is you know.....a tough situation.

They have to solve this problem no matter how big this issue is.

Suddenly, Mel's phone buzzed signalling that he got messege. It was from his mother Mary Steel.

(Mom=Mary)

Mom: Mel, come to my room.

Mel: ok mom. I am coming.

Mel told his dad that he is going to his mom's room. His dad just nodded and went back to work. Mel just sighed and came out of the office. He went straight to his mom's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" His mom said on the other side of the door.

Mel went in the room where he found his beloved mother sitting on the edge of the bed looking at some papers. Well, she works for the company too.

She was doing her job and then looked at her son.

"Come and sit!" His mom said pointing at a chair near the bed.

Mel grabbed the chair to sit and brought it closer to his mom.

"Why did you call me,mom?" Mel asked.

"Do you remember something?" His mom asked him back.

He tried to remember if there are any important events coming or not. But he couldnt think anything. Nothing came to his mind.

"No, mom. Is there something special?" Mel asked defeated by his own thoughts.

His mom smiled and said,"Next week is your beloved sister's birthday."

Thats when Mel remembered. His sister's 18th birthday is in the following week. How could he forget? He was blaming himself for not remembering.

"Oh..i am sorry. I....i....um......" Mel could not finish when his mom finished what he wanted to admit saying,"you forgot...did you not?"

In reply, Mel just nodded while looking down. His mom chuckled and said,"haha...it is ok,dear...it is totally fine" She smiled at him.(^-^)

"I just wanted to know if you remembered or not." His mom said.

"I obviously forgot about it. What is happening to my head?" Mel said rubbing his temples with his fingers.

"Haha....it must be because you are working hard these days with your dad on many works." His mom said.

"Umm...mom?"

"Hmm?"

"Can we really do it? I mean can we really solve this problem?"

"Of course, we can. We have to. For your Grandpa." His mom said.

"Have you heard that your Aunt Ruth was sick? She was hospitalised." His mom asked his son.

"Yes, mom. I heard but i could not call. Sorry."

"Wait...you talk to Amy often, right? You did not tell her about her mother's sickness, did you?" His mom asked.

"No, mom. I did not. I can not. She will feel bad. Very bad."

"Hm...you are right. But she has to know anyways. She is her mom. But atleast not now. After her birthday. Ok?" His mom said.

In reply, Mel just nodded. They talked for a bit more and Mel went out of the room.

He went to the hotel that they were staying. He entered his room and went straight to his bed. He layed down and started to think about every possible way to solve this problem. He was worried.

What if, they seal their company away? What if, they break our family apart...What if.....

*mobile vibrating sound*
(A/N: I dont know what to call this sound)

Mel took out his phone from his pocket and saw a messege from Amelia.

Amy: Yo..bro. whazzup?

Mel: What happen to your language? Did it break? Ok...there is a glue for your broken language.

Amy: Geez...calm thyself. There is no need to be savage, dude.

Mel: *rolling eyes emoji*

Amy: How is everything going there??

Mel then remembered about the problem that has been bugging their entire family. But he can not let Amy know about it.

Of course, Amy can know from the media and the news. But she is not really interested in those.

So he can lie for now and will not get caught by his sister. Also about her mom's health issue.

Mel: Everything is going well. I just came back from work. Dad and mom are still working though.

Amy: Oh...thats great. What about Mom and dad?

Mel hesitated to lie but he kept replying saying....

Mel: There are also doing great, sis. Just busy, thats all. *smiley emoji*

Amy: Oh...ok. then. Its already night there,right? You should get some sleep. Bye. Talk to you later! Sayonara!!

Mel: *bored face emoji* Thats japanese.

Amy: Oh...opps. Sorry!

Mel: lol...its ok. Take care! Bye!

With that reply, Mel switched his phone off and put it on the night stand beside his bed.

He went to his bathroom to freshen up. He then came out of the bathroom after freshing up. He wore his night dress and layed on his bed.

He picked up his phone again which was flooding with tons of notifications. He opened one of them and saw the news about their company's deal and the bankruptcy.

He saw all the news and started to worry again about the whole situation. He got tired of thinking so much and then sighed.

He put the phone on the night stand again and drifted to sleep.

*somewhere in the world*

A man in black lethar jacket with gangster type pants (lol) entered a dark room which was a little bit visible only because a dim light hanging on the center of the ceiling.

There was a big table and some chairs to sit on. It was a oval shaped table. On the both sides, there were plenty of men sitting on each chair.

They were looking at one person who was sitting on the edge of the table. On one side of the table, there was a man sitting on the chair.

He looked really young. He was looking very handsome. He was wearing a blue jeans grey-ish coloured shirt and a black jacket. He had white skin with dark ocean blue coloured eyes. His expression had coldness and dominance. It was totally clear that he was the leader.

The man in black (Will Smith, is that you?) entered the room and all of their attention was on him now. The young leader looked up to the man. All the other men were also looking at him now.

"Are you keeping an eye on her?" The leader asked the man in black.

"Yes, boss" The man replied politely.

"Is she ok?"

"She is safe and sound, boss"

The leader sighed and signalled the man in black to go away.
The man in black nodded and left the room.

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Words count: 1319 (without the author's note)

Date: 27 december, 2017

Hey, everyone.
Hope you liked it so far.
Thank you for reading it!

I promised that i will update everyday but...
I broke it..oppsy duppsy.....haha *awkward laugh*
I am so sorry!

Have a great day!
Peace out!