26.

Gavin Price

It was just like him, to not spend a dime unless it was necessary, but then he met my mother and he changed, now I wonder if he was still the same man after losing her in that accident, it shouldn't have been her, he always says it, our mother should've survived.

So I sighed walking up the pristine steps of the porch which led to the front door, so many beautiful memories flood my mind as I trace my fingers on the door to my childhood home.

"Gavin you're here!" Her voice suddenly cuts through my nostalgia and I smile toward her. "Grace, how are you?" I received her in my arms almost immediately and she hums in content, so do I. "Look at you little brother, you're huge." She praises caressing my cheeks and patting my biceps.

"Everyone is gonna flip when they they see you." She laughs happily leading me inside, I wasn't so cheerful, I wasn't so happy though, ever since I broke away from my family, from the family business things had taken a turn, we had drifted, even more so with our father.

"How is the franchise going?" Grace asks as we find ourselves in the kitchen where my two nephews immediately engulf me in an embrace. "Uncle Gav, you're —whoa, how are you so huge." Noah the oldest gawks whilst his brother just clings to me.

Honestly I didn't see how I'd grown, sure I was taller but the way everyone described it, it was as if I was a mountain now, though I wasn't self conscious about it, Ceres kind of loved it so points for me I guess, aslong as he was good with it, I didn't mind at all.

"Stop your exaggeration." I chide Noah who chuckles stepping away with his brother. "I did tell you, everyone remembers you looking small, barely filled out, without any muscle, and now;" Grace pauses. "You're a freaking giant, Gavvy boy!" That would be the oldest Price son. "Glenn, hey." I chuckled giving him a half sided hug.

"Look at you, you look great, must be that friend of yours taking care of you, he was always doting on you." Glenn mentions and I find his description of Ceres somehow disarming, telling them what we were now wouldn't be so bad.

"How is Ceres Beau, heard he's now a big shot CEO." Ah, that would be Gina, my other sister and Grace's twin, she was never fond of Ceres ever since we were kids, she always claimed Ceres was pretentious but her scorn literally fueled my need to get closer to Ceres, in a way I was thankful about her weird aversion of him, I wouldn't be so happy.

"He's doing good for himself and our kids, that's nothing bad." I defended which had the kitchen noise coming to a standstill. "Our kids?" My father, accompanied by Gianni the second born son of our family questions and I knew it was now or never.

"Dad, well everyone its why I asked all of you to come over for breakfast before I left for St Maine, I wanted to tell that Ceres and I are together, together." I announced and Grace was the first one to make any action which was squealing accompanied by her sons. "I knew it, I knew it, I told you lot so many times, I can't believe it, I'm so happy!" She squealed even more coming to hug me.

I relished in the warmth of her acceptance of this coming out of sorts and I was grateful for it. "So you're gay now." Gianni mumbled with a hint of disgust on his  face. "Does it matter, just look at him, he looks happy and well taken care of, I don't care who he loves, as long as he's happy, congratulations little brother!" Glenn argued whilst wrapping me in his arms and I felt relief.

I wasn't looking for acceptance but I felt as family they needed to know, whether they accepted it or not I didn't care, but because I loved them and wanted them as part of my life, I told them, besides I needed family at the wedding at some point.

My father scoffed cutting off my sister and brother's happiness. "Is this why your wife left you, because she found out that you're just some raging homo!" He spat and it felt like a kick to the gut. "Dad, that's Gavin you're talking about, he's done nothing but make all of us proud." Glenn argued in my defense.

"Of course you support him, you're no better, you abandoned the business and married that prostitute!" He sneered and Glenn moved to strike our father but I was quick enough to hold him back. "I didn't raise some cock loving boy, I raised you better, your mother must be turning in her grave seeing how all of you are disappointments!" He vehemently spat and I tried hard to control myself.

"Fuck you dad!" Grace finally lost it. "Grace." Gina tried to stop her but Grace held up her hand toward her twin and faced our father.

"We have done nothing but try our best to live up to your wretched expectations, Glenn almost lost his life trying to resurrect the dead horse that was the family business and when he did, you gifted everything to Gianni, Gina is an attorney at one of the leading firms in the city, she's had breakfast with the most prominent figures in the business world, but you still scorn her for not choosing marriage over career!" Grace hissed slamming her fist on the kitchen island.

"I did what you wanted, I married a good, rich man who turned out to be an abusive prick who almost killed my son and its stayed with me all this time, and yet I am the disappointment for not taking the beatings, how dare you dad!" She screamed shocking not only me but the rest of our siblings.

I had known about everything since it was Ceres who actually found Grace with bruises and cuts, he immediately intervened and we saved the boys from their father, it was one of the reasons I fell even deeper in love with Ceres, his care.

"And as for little Gav, he's one of the most prominent businessmen in the whole east and south sides of North City, he's franchised his brand to a whole other city, he's building a family with one of the most beautiful people I've ever met and you know what;" She paused pointing at me.

"He can have coffee on any day with Tyrel Striker because out of all of us he's done extraordinarily well for himself, so fuck you dad and your disappointment." Grace stormed out pushing Gianni out of the way.

"Come on boys." Glenn spoke up leading our nephews out of the kitchen and following their mother. "This is your fault, like before when you abandoned us!" My father accused and I glared at him, I walked forward towering over him just a little.

"I knew I had potential, potential to do more, be more, I wasn't going to squander it because you needed to prove a point." I say and his nostrils flare up in anger. "I don't care if you don't approve of who I am or who I love, but I will never let you make me doubt myself ever, you're my family and that is why I wanted to let you know about what was going on in my life, clearly I was stupid for assuming you would be happy for me." I exclaim before bypassing my father and walking out.

I had high hopes for my family, hope that they would accept who I was, who I loved, a yearning I couldn't stifle because growing up, my joy had been theirs too, now I wonder where I went wrong.

So I sigh walking out of my childhood home knowing I wouldn't be back in a long while but that was okay, I had a home with the love of my life, where my children were, where love was.

"I'm not letting you leave without eating breakfast, its been so long little brother." Glenn asserts leaning on the black Mercedes Ceres had allowed me to take since he wanted my Lexus for unknown reasons. "I think that can be arranged." I chuckle leaning on the car next to him. "Nice ride, can I drive uncle Gav, please." Noah pleads walking out of the house, his brother and mother in tow.

"We're coming with you, nothing for us here, besides, I'm really hungry and I'm dying to try breakfast at that Bisto you own." She says with a happy smile. "Hop in, and technically Lolita owns it, we had a friendly match of hopscotch and guess the animal sound, she bet a piece of her shares in Beau cosmetics and I bet the bisto, I lost dismally." I laughed making my family laugh aswell.

"Its so good to see you this happy Gav and Lola has a great dad, you cannot stop raving about her and posting her pictures, I wish I could meet her." Glenn mutters and an idea comes to mind. "Well I am leaving the car at the airport, why don't you drive it back to our house and meet them." I suggested.

"Wait you mean it, wouldn't it be awkward without you there?" Stan, Grace's second son argues. "Not at all, Ceres would love to meet you and your mom already met him, plus you can keep them company while I'm away." I explained with a beaming smile. "Sold!" Both Glenn and Grace yell at the same time causing laughter to erupt in the car.

"Step on it little brother." Glenn asserts and I do as told driving away from my childhood home and its familiar streets, I might not have achieved everything I wanted or had breakfast with my father but I was glad that I wasn't leaving alone, it wasn't my full family but these ones with me, were the ones that mattered and that's all I cared about, I was happy with that.

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