Chapter 48

CHAPTER 48 During breakfast, Benjamin apologized to Lisa and Roshan in front of everyone, except Jacob who was still out on his work.

“I’m sorry. I should have never directed my anger toward you two,” Benjamin lowered his head before Lisa and Roshan, and their egos were satisfied.

Nolan and Dorothy knew that the reason the kids caught cold was because they ate too many sweets the other night. It was Dorothy who bought the sweets, so they could only snicker, looking at the pathetic expression Benjamin was making. “Such a simple sorry isn’t enough,” Shawn said. “You will be driving my kids to school until Anous returns. Let this experience teach you your place.”

“T-That’s...” Benjamin looked at Rebecca, as though asking her to fight for him, but she just pursed her lips together. Lisa and Roshan giggled without any concern.

“How was the series?” Selena asked her daughter. Lost Love was a romantic comedy drama from over twenty years ago, in which she was one of the main leads.

“I finished season 1. Your acting was excellent, Mom,” Rebecca was all praises for her. Her eyes were still red because she didn’t sleep last night, not even for a minute. “It was a complex role, falling in love, breaking up, coming back together, and breaking up again, but you pulled it off pretty well.”

Selena laughed out loud. “I wish your dad was here. He would have felt so jealous! I asked him to co-produce that series, but he hated love stories, so he didn’t agree. However, he began regretting it after the series became a huge hit and had seven seasons.”

Her words made some other family members chuckle.

“You should keep watching,”Selena suggested, “because there’ll be a surprise for you in season 4.”

“Sure,” Rebecca nodded. She wasn’t eating breakfast but just drank fresh coconut water. After finishing the breakfast, Benjamin took the kids to the school. Though Roshan, Vlad, and Mercie went to their respective classes, Lisa got on her boyfriend’s bike and went somewhere.

Benjamin secretly followed them from a distance. Lisa and her boyfriend then went into a club. “Does Shawn know of this?”

Benjamin didn’t want to interfere in Lisa’s life, but he couldn’t act like he didn’t see her enter the club, either. He got out of the car and walked straight to the entrance.

“Whoa, there,” the black guy standing outside wasn’t not much taller than Benjamin but was definitely twice as heavier. “Only couples are allowed entrance.”

Benjamin wrapped his arm around that guy’s arm. “Let’s go in then.”

His mouth widely opened for a second. “Damn, bro!” he yanked his hand away from Benjamin.

ER 48 “I’m not into that kind of stuff.”

“Me, neither.” Benjamin said and was entering, but the guard grabbed his shoulder. “You can’t enter alone,” he reminded Benjamin. “Go and bring a girl with you, or get the hell out of here.”

Benjamin caught his finger and bent it backward so swiftly, it broke before the guard knew it. “AHH! Fuck!” as the guard cringed in pain, Benjamin kneed him in the face and knocked him out cold. He then entered the club.

Inside the club, the DJ played rap music, and everyone either drank or danced in the dazzling disco lights. Lisa was also dancing with her boyfriend, and he was touching her everywhere, but she didn’t seem to mind it.

Benjamin didn’t like what he was seeing, but he had enough when her friend began kissing her neck. He strode over and grabbed her boyfriend by his hair, shocking Lisa. Benjamin pulled him away from her and slapped him so hard he hugged the floor. Though some people stopped dancing, the rest of the club didn’t care. “Benjamin!” Lisa was furious at him. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” she tried to slap him, but Benjamin grabbed Lisa’s hand and dragged her out of the club. “Let go of me,” she still struggled to get out of grip. “Hmph,” he snorted and let go of her.

“You think you can get away with what you did?” Lisa barked at him. “I’ll tell my dad, and...”

“Yeah, what are you going to tell him?” Benjamin turned to face her and looked her straight in the eye. There was not an inkling of fear in those eyes. “That you didn’t go to school but went to a club instead, and that you let some random guy touch you and kiss you whenever he wants?”

Lisa’s heart skipped many beats. “H-He’s not some random guy. He’s my boyfriend.” “Someone who touches you inappropriately in public isn’t your boyfriend,” Benjamin yelled so loudly her heart trembled. “He’s just another guy who’s thinking with his dick.”

He shook his head. “You are so ignorant you don’t even know what you’re doing!” “I will do whatever I want,” Lisa shouted back.

“Who are you to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do?” she tried to walk back into the club, but he caught her and forcibly brought her to the car and shoved her inside. She began crying and asking for help. Most of the onlookers just watched, but a few called the police. Benjamin brought Lisa to the school. The outside gate was closed, but he pleaded to the gate guard to let her inside. Only after putting ten dollars in the hand, he let Lisa in. Lisa was openly cursing that Benjamin would get into an accident and die soon. Benjamin could only sigh as he drove away from the school.

As he was speeding, he noticed a church and stopped the car. He entered the church. There wasn’t anyone inside, except for an old man dressed in white sleeping in the front row. This place brought back Benjamin’s memories as well as tears. This was where Benjamin wed Rebecca 48 He gently fell to his knees and kowtowed before the cross. “Father... I’m not happy. But.. have it your way. Whether mending my marriage is in your plans or not, I won’t give up, but thy will be done over mine.” Tears leaked from the corners of his eyes as his mind and flesh hungered for his wife but his heart pressed toward God. He felt so lost.

The sound of footsteps made him lift his head. The old priest was standing before him, holding a binded black book in his hand.

“It’s rare to see young men surrender themselves to the Lord these days,” the old priest said.” Whatever worries your heart is burdened with, lay them all at His feet. He’ll free you in His time.”

“My wife doesn’t love me, Your Reverence,” Benjamin said in a sad voice as he got up to his feet. “Every night, I wonder if I’ll ever see love in her eyes.”

“Don’t give up, son,” he put his hand on Benjamin’s shoulder. “As long as you abide in Him, your labor won’t be in vain.”

Benjamin nodded with tearful eyes. “Thank you, Your Reverence.”