#FewWords
LIFE – is a four letter word that is complicated enough that no one will ever decode its true meaning. Whether you were born into a wealthy family or a poor one, your life will be full of ups and downs. The goal in life is to minimize the down’s & live a happy & inspiring existence.

Recap
"Are you alri..."

"Don't ask me, I want to sleep, if you can't allow me sleep, let me take my leave" Nasir flatly said

"No, sleep" Jackson said as he walked out of the room knowing too well it was the best thing to do at that moment Nasir needed space.

Nasir sighed as he climbed into the bed.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
JACKSON'S POV
I went downstairs and met my brother, he was sitting at the far end of the parlor while the girl he came with was working on some documents I think.

I must say, she's a beautiful one, she has shoulder length brown hair, it was so beautiful, it was like coffee brown and so full.

I know this lady, I've seen her a couple of times when I visited Alex during work hours.

"Ohh yeahhhhh, I am the handsome brother of your..." my fingers automatically went through my silky hair, she immediately started laughing.

"Heyy bro and what's..." He interrupted me before I completed what I'm saying, my brother used his hand to make a zip demonstration through his mouth.

I laughed and slumped down the chair which made her laugh lightly.

"To what do we owe the honors?" I asked

"Well, Alex was having a headache, he was tired and he asked me to come home with him so I'd finish some work, we have a conference tomorrow, it's very important" she immediately turned into a business mood

"Hmm, amazing, have you finished yet?" I asked

"Nahhh, just few things left though" she yawned and I looked at her

My brother sat at the other end and made a fake sneeze, he didn't even do it well, it was fake and too loud which made the lady and I look towards him in a surprising way, he scratched his head while smiling widely.

"Are you okay Mr Smith" the lady asked him

"Yeah, I'm okay, I just need a cup of water... no.., no...a cup of coffee" he stuttered, I know he's up to something

"Which way is the kitchen sir"

"That way" he pointed

She left immediately he said that, I'm sure she'd meet Stephanie inside, it's 7:00pm she must be preparing dinner now.

Alex walked up to me and playfully hit me and sat down close to me, I gave him a 10 seconds stare.

"Don't look at me" Alex complained

I continued looking at him

"She's just an employee, nothing more nothing less" he shrugged

"Really bro? she's a good one, you are getting older every day, just do something for yourself dude, what's all this? Get your ass into a relationship" I slightly hit him

He hasn't been in any type of relationship for the past 5 years, women are just something else. My brother was dating a girl in his third year in school, the year my mum died, her name's Kelly, she was an average beautiful girl but she wasn't a calm girl, met her once when I was about 11-12 years.

Their relationship was about 3 years old then, we were all mourning my mum's death and boom, my brother found out she was in the country for about 3 weeks but when he asked her where she was, she told him she wasn't in the country, he wanted to make himself believe it was important and she didn't want him to know, it was probably a family thing. I started to hate her at that moment, she didn't even attend my mum's funeral, she didn't come to see us. I can remember how the Hassan's helped us at that time, I've not seen a family like them to be sincere.

Well, back to Kelly, after another week, my brother went to a bar, based on what he told me later on, he decided to take alcohol that day, because people always say it was a medium of escaping from one's problems, he was 21 but never tried to take alcohol because we don't take alcohol in my house and we are Christians after all.

He ordered for his drink and to his dismay, he saw Kelly and some other guy kissing in public, she was cheating on him, for a person like my brother, he calmed down and called her line, if it was me at that moment I'd have done the impossible, I guess he didn't want to believe she was the one.

The phone rang but she didn't pick, he called for the third time and she picked, I think he didn't want to believe that she was actually the one. He asked her where she was and she said she'd be in the country in the next three days where as he was looking at her, he immediately hung up.

He didn't talk to either of them, he just walked out and told his friend, Blair to tell her not to talk to him or contact him, she should go have fun with her guy. It was childish to me, he should have gone to her at that moment and tell her exactly what was on his mind.

Blair being Blair told her exactly what he was told, Blair is just something else, I've not seen him for a couple of weeks now, maybe he travelled or is just busy. Blair is Alex's best friend.

Well, that's the reason he isn't dating till now, Kelly tried to get him back but he never answered her, he believed it was after she found out about our family that she wanted him back, some women are just amazing.

Growing up, I've seen women that care so much about money and status while the real women don't care about these things.

"Dude, forget about the past, just forget about Ke..."

"Don't you dare..." He interrupted me

I laughed and stretched my legs on the coffee table.

"Here is it sir" she gave him the cup

"What's your name please?" I asked her

"My name's Samantha Martins" she said

"Ohh, nice name beautiful lady" Alex immediately raised his head and looked at me

"Should I call you Sam, Sammy or..."

"Call her Sammy, it's a cute name for cute ladies" he said and immediately he realised what he said he dropped the cup of coffee and straightened up. I couldn't keep it in, I laughed, while Samantha just kept mute, she was smiling like a... OMG, she's a shy one too, my brother is super shy, I need a lady who isn't. Alex isn't shy when he gets to a certain level though in relationships though, guess we are safe here.

"Jackson, get the hell outta here" Alex stood up and went to the other side of the sitting room.

Stephanie came in to clean the place and asked what happened, before I could explain, Alex told her I was misbehaving and deliberately broke the cup.

"So, you are Jackson" Samantha said, she has such a sweet voice, it's Melody, I didn't notice this earlier.

My phone rang and I immediately picked the call

"Nas...ok, dude"

I excused myself and went upstairs.

"Hi" Nas said

"Hmm, you are awake"

Nasir nodded and told me to help him buy a new set with his credit card.

"Well, let me buy from a boutique nearby, don't you think I should just help you collect from your house?" I asked him, what's the use of buying a new pair.

"I don't want to go home, I don't want them to know where I am even though I know they already know I'm in your house" He rambled

His phone started ringing and Mrs Fatimah appeared on the screen, who saves his mum's number with her name?

He ignored the call and left it to continue ringing, it rang again and he did the same thing.

"Won't you pick the call, pick the call dude" I told him

I was actually getting pissed off, I'd do anything to talk to my mum and he's here ignoring his mother's call.

"Don't you dare get pissed off, do you know what they did?" he shouted, stood up and walked close to where I was

"Calm down, chill" I started laughing, Nasir is impossible, he gets angry faster than I do. I used to be like this but I'm working on my anger issues and thank God, it's not like before.

Nasir smiled and sat down.

He removed his wallet to give me his credit card

"Ohhh come on, there's no need for the credit card, I'll get what you want" I walked backwards and jammed the door on my way out.

I went downstairs and told Alex where I was going.

"Excuse me sir, I'll be leaving since I'm done with everything here" Samantha said

"Yeah, you can leave but it's not safe to go alone, Jack please help me call Mr David to take her home please" Alex looked at me

"Mr David isn't available" I mumbled

Mr David is Stephanie's husband, he helps Alex with a lotta things, escorts him to business events, out of the country and stuff like that. Alex just stared at me.

"Well, as you are..."

"Why don't you just take her home" I suggested

"No sir, it's alright, not as if I don't go home alone before" she said.

"Alex" I got his attention and threw his car keys to him, he caught them with ease and stood up, there was no backing out now.

We all went out together, I drove to a nearby boutique and Alex took Samantha home in his car.

"Here's it" I dropped the bag of two sets of clothes on the couch.

"Ok, thank you" Nasir said

I picked a small pillow and threw it at him.

"Hmm, Madam Steph" I called out to Stephanie, she smiled as I used the name I specifically call her with.
I dragged out a chair and sat down in the dining area, picked a spoon and fork and started hitting them together which gave me a good sound.

"What did you cook today?" Alex stood at the door and asked her.

"Well..."

"I hope you didn't cook any unislamic food, my Muslim Friend is at home today" I cut her mid sentence

"Yeahh, that's true" Alex walked in

"No, I used Chicken"

"How was it...?"

"Noo, it's frozen chicken" she answered without letting me complete my question, she knew I'd ask her about how the chicken was slaughtered.

My stay with the Hassan's taught me that Muslim don't eat meat that's not slaughtered in their own way, I understand the reasons, Islam cares about the health of individuals, eating any type of meat is prohibited. Anytime I have Muslims come over, I don't allow Stephanie buy unfrozen chicken.

"You always tell me about the food the Hassan's eat soo..." Stephanie

"Heyyyyyyy" Nasir said nervously

He was probably nervous because he knows Alex will surely ask him why he was in that state earlier on and why he's still at my house.

Stephanie dished out our dinner, we ate in silence.

"That was a delicious meal Ma'am" Nasir said to Stephanie

"Thank you Nasuur" she mispronounced his name and Nasir couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I'll be on my way, I have to..."

"Yeah, you can leave, you can come a little later in the day, Alex and I will make our breakfast" I said

"Thank you" She said

"Spend some quality time with Mr David" I shouted as she was leaving.

"Hmm, Nasir, it's past 9pm now, won't you go home?" Alex asked

"No" Nasir looked down

"Hmm, what happened?" I asked, I didn't want to but I just asked anyway, I know he doesn't look like a person that'd open up easily but I just tried my luck, no harm in that.

"Can't talk about it" he said

"It's alright Nasir, you are like a brother to me, just like Hammad and Jackson even though I've not known you for long, know that I'll always listen to you if you need a listening ear" Alex said, that's one thing about Alex, he always knows the right words to say

"Thank you"Nasir smiled

"Goodnight, I've got a conference tomorrow" Alex walked upstairs to his room.

"Let me tell you something about my brother and I, I'm sure it's family problems you are dealing with. Well, my mum had an accident, we were on our back from the airport after picking Alex, my mum died after few hours because she hit her head, it was terrible, I was 12 and Alex was 21 years. My dad left us after that, we've dealt with a lot to be sincere" I talked to him about my mum and it brought back a lotta memories.

"I loved my mum, I still love her but God loves her more" I looked down

Nasir just kept quiet, he clearly didn't know what to say.

"It's alright if you don't know what to say u know" I raised my head

"Well, I understand your loss, I can't compare my loss to yours though, each of the losses is heavy in its own way, thank you for telling me but I can't talk about my own problem to be sincere and I want to sleep" he made a fake yawn which made me laugh lightly.

"Goodnight" I said to him after showing the guests room downstairs.

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