Chapter 2: Abuelo's Wish

IT'S already an hour after I arrived here in my parent's house. But instead of discussing about my Abuelo, my mother spent most of her time staring at me and my father is just doing nothing about it.

"Did you just summoned me here for you to stare at me for hours? I thought, this is all about Abuelo?" I can't stop myself to get irritated because aside of staring at me, my mother kept on giving me sweets, by force.

"I am sorry son, we just missed you. You're gone for two years and that makes me miss you, my baby boy." My mother cried.

I sighed and hugged my mother, she may be tough especially to my father, she is still sweet and vulnerable. And all I can do for now is to let her spend time with me, but for sure, I will be stucked in here for hours. And the worst part will be, if I'll be stucked in here for weeks.

There's nothing wrong if I will take a rest here in my parent's house. I can relax here like in my own house. I can also bond with them and build more connection like we used to be before I decided to live by myself five years ago. It's just that, I want privacy.

"Sandra, enough. Let us stop treating our son a baby. He is a well-grown man who knew what is right and wrong. He even have his own girlfriend, Yvonne." My father hissed.

"But--"

My father cut her off because we both knew that she will get more emotional. And we aren't good dealing with a crying woman.

Richard Cross, a tough and strict man with lots of achievements in life and the eldest son of my Abuelo-- Charleston Rey Cross. But my mother is his weakness, she is his wife after all. While my mother, Sandra Saavedra is a tough woman in outside but vulnerable and emotional inside, she may be fragile but she's still a Saavedra who is known with their fierce atittude.

"--No buts Sandra, we still need to tell him the truth why we summoned him here." My father said with finality in his voice. And all she can do is to accept her defeat toward my father.

My mother is my father's weakness, and my father only listens to my mother and Abuelo only. He is the kind of a man that will show you that he is still weak and can accept defeat. My mother is his boss, Abuelo is his big boss but still, he is our boss inside this four walls and if you heared finality in his voice, you must accept your defeat and shut your mouth because no one can subdue his power and wit.

"What reason?" I asked him seriously.

My father sighed. Mother and father look at each other like asking for each other's help. 'Is it too hard for them to tell me the reason?' I thought while watching the two who are like talking by their eyes. 'Those telepathy exists?' I asked myself while watching them.

My father faced me and sighed again before he started to speak. "Your Abuelo wishes that you must be the one who'll manage our businesses and continue the legacy of this family."

I held my breath for a second. Abuelo have lots of businesses in the world, so what business he wants me to manage? "What business?" I asked.

He sighed again that is now building up suspense feeling and it is getting into my nerves. "Uhmm." I can feel his second thoughts. 'Why do they need to torture me with this kind of stuff?'

"If you are not that willing to tell me what it is, then let me go because I am exhausted, I need to rest. Just call my butler if you're ready to spill the beans." I stand up and slightly bowed at them to bid my farewell.

Making an exhausted soldier irritated is the worst idea they made.

I walked out the living room to the main door. I am exhausted, really exhausted. I feel like I am going to fal anytime.

"Son!" I turned and faced my mother, she almost jumped again just to hug me.

"Mother, what is it?"

"Your Abuelo wants you to manage the Cross Enterprise."

"Cross Enterprise?"

"I am sorry, my son but your Abuelo wants you to continue his legacy. I am sorry that we haven't able to stop it especially when your Abuelo almost rejected your Uncle's candidates. They have no more candidate because your Abuelo is focusing unto you. I am sorry if you need to follow what you hate."

My Abuelo - Charleston Rey Cross, he is now on his way to his eightieth. He is my idol and he raised me as his perfect resemblance, as the new generation Charleston. Firm, strong and wise. But even though he built me up like this and even though everyone thought me as his favorite, no one knows that I am the only one who saw and learned what his weaknesses are and that is his family. He is well-known with his legacy, his success story and for the name of The King of the Business Tycoons.

This responsibility is way too big for me to handle. But something tells me that I must and I need to do what my Abuelo wished. Maybe it is my heart that loves the old man so much.

I patted my mother's head before I hugged her tight. I can feel that she is worried about me. "Don't worry mother, trust me that I can do it."

"You must pay your Abuelo a visit because there is something he wants to discuss with you." My father said.

I nod at him and let my mother go. I smiled at her to tell her that everything will be okay and she just nod and smiled at me. I slightly bowed down to them before I turn and enter my car. I drive it down the road, returning to my house where I will spend my nights thinking for my plans if I decided to be the Cross Enterprise's CEO.

On my way home, I saw an immobilized car at the sideroad. But instead of stopping by to check on the driver, I kept myself driving when I realized that, the car at the sideroad is the car I saw at my parent's house earlier.

I grin as I watch the driver seat open by my side mirror, "Serves you right." I mumbled but I stunned and almost stepped on the brake when I saw that the driver I assume as a he, is a she.