Brian and Christian long refused to support their old father and only visited him during his funeral. Little could they've guessed that their father's demise would lead them to a heartbreaking secret.
Muffled voices from the crowd surrounded Brian as he entered the quaint cemetery. "Isn't that Mr. Gates' son—the boy who abandoned his father? Didn't he have a brother?" someone said.
Brian ignored the voices and the stares as he pressed forward to pay his last respects to his estranged father. Suddenly, he felt a sharp tap on his shoulder.
"Christian?" Brian turned around to see his younger brother and felt relieved. He was no longer alone now.
The two brothers stood at a distance from the rest of the crowd, watching the priest deliver the eulogy. There was no sorrow in their eyes because they didn't miss the man who had abandoned them for a younger woman.
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"She isn't here?" Christian leaned and whispered to Brian. "I'll never forget the night he came home with her and…the way they kissed in front of us. Worse, he introduced her as our 'New Mom!' Such bull."
"She must've dumped him for another rich man!" Christian huffed.
"Well, he deserved it, didn't he?" Brian scowled. "I want to get out of here the second this man is laid to rest. Although…I feel sorry for him. He gave up on us for her, and she's not even here!"
"Don't!" Christian retorted. "Have you forgotten? He was drunk, and he kicked us out just because we were against him marrying the random woman he'd met in the bar! He deserves hell for what he did! If only Gran Candice hadn't taken us in—"
Suddenly, a familiar face appeared in the crowd and approached them.
"Victor? Oh, man! We missed you!" Christian said as he and Brian hugged their father's old butler.
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Victor teared up to see his master's old children. "Oh, look at you two, all grown up. You were 13 and 16 when I last saw you. How Mr. Gates wished to see you both. He—"
"Stop it, Victor! We don't want to talk about him. You know what he did!" Christian hissed.