C2 Unveiling

Cade didn’t feel settled, what he got to know of the previous day was quite a disturbance to his night's rest. He was restless all through the night and no matter how much he told himself that he would just ask his parents the next day so that he could stop thinking about it, he just couldn’t relax and wait for the day to dawn.

His graduation was a little over a week and a half and was to start his training in his dad’s company so that he could take over it when the time is near but he is thinking of skipping his training to think over what was revealed to him.

They possibly couldn’t have hidden something that huge from him, something he should be hearing from them first and not from someone he least expected from.

He parked his car close to one of his dad’s cars in the garage, came out of his car, locked it, and made his way to the front of the house with the hope that they were home and not having one of their many dates.

Normally, when he or his brother were to come and visit, they make sure to call before coming no matter how seriously they want to meet with their parents, they call to avoid all sorts of inconveniences.

For instance, when Dimitri wanted so badly to ask his dad for something and when he arrived at their residence, what he saw made him take a forever oath to always call before coming in. He was glad that they weren’t fully undressed when he walked in on them about getting to their business.

Cade so wish that wasn’t the case and that they both were home else he might just have to pretend not knowing what he knows which would be impossible seeing that he was desperate to know more of it.

He knocked on the door severally when no one answered after he rang the bell numerous times.

“Please be home, please” he pleaded and was going to bang the door again when it opened to his dad who had his shirt rumpled, smeared pink lipstick on the side of his cheek and lips, and his slightly gray hair looked like fingers ran through them numerous times.

Donald just stood there looking at his son who was interrupting his alone time with his wife and wondered why he didn’t just call to know if he could come at this time now.

“Hi dad” he greets with a wave and Donald nods then looked behind him and back to Cade before coming closer to whisper something to him”

“Do you maybe mind coming some other time? I and your mum are kind of busy and we need serious focus on our business” Cade raised a brow at him with a look on his face.

“Aren't you guys like too old for whatever you’re doing?” Cade asked seeming uncomfortable but didn’t have any intention of returning back home.

“You are never old for anything when you are with the right person” was Donald’s reply “You’ll understand when the right time comes”

“I can't come back some other time, I need you guys to answer something to me,” he said with a serious face.

“It can't wa-”

“Babe, who is at th- oh, Cade” Patricia interrupted him and stopped herself when she saw Cade standing by the door “You’re here,” she said in a small voice.

“Yeah, I was telling him that he can come some other time” Donald put his arm around his wife’s shoulder.

“No way, he hardly ever comes here to ask something from us, this might be so urgent,” she said then made way for him to enter the house.

The house was still the same vintage theme as it was when he moved into his apartment during his college years. There was just a new framed picture of his parents when they went for their just concluded vacation.

“Yeah, whatever” Donald muttered and went to bring them something to eat or drink as they delve into the important matter that Cade wanted to urgently discuss.

“How are you, Cade? Hope all is well?” Patricia asked when they settle on the couch that was in the middle of the large living room.

He nods “Yeah, I am good. I just need you both to answer something to me,” he told her and she seem tensed and at the same time confused and worried about what he was talking about.

“Is it serious?” she touched his hand and he didn’t reply but just shrugged.

Soon Donald came with the snack, placed them on the stool in front of them, sat beside his wife, and put his arm around her shoulder as he waits for what his son wanted to say to them.

Cade noticed that he had wiped the smeared lipstick from the side of his lips and adjusted his shirt properly but his hair remained the way it was when he came in.

“Does it have to do with your training that are coming up? If it does, I am not changing my mind on letting you leave for that vacation” he spoke then took a can of coconut drink, opened it, and handed it to his wife then threw one to Cade which he caught.

“You can go anywhere you want so far it doesn’t mean that you will be leaving New York anytime soon, you have a lot of work pending for you to take over so there is no running away this time,” he told him and took a can himself.

“Thanks” he gestured to the can of juice and then state his real reason for coming. “I am trying to set a good example to Dimitri so running from what I am not excited about doing will not be a good thing to teach my little brother,” he says “If I wanted to leave, I would have done that a long time ago” he muttered the last part and earned a glare from his dad and a scolding look from his mum.

“I came here because I heard something and a little part of me is hoping that it's false,” he said then took out a small envelope from inside his jacket and handed it over to them.

Donald, confused about what he was saying, took the envelope and opened it then unfolded the paper inside before reading the content of the paper. The look on his face gradually turned sad, and sorry from confusion.

Patricia who saw how his countenance changed when he read it, took the paper and read what was inside and her eyes widened then looked at Cade who looked rather worried and sad.

“Cade darling, we can explain” she began and he shook his head.

“Why didn’t you just tell me from start? You could have just told me instead of letting me hear it from an outside source” he accused.

“Son, let me tell you this. We never saw you as some kid we adopted, you are our son and that’s how we have been with you when we took you in, we never wanted you to feel like you are left out so that even when you come to know of it, you wouldn’t feel like you don’t belong” Donald explained.

“You all are very much aware of how much I like to stay away from all these socialite parties and billionaire hangouts, now I understand why,” he said to them.

“Cade, I am so sorry, we are so sorry that we didn’t let you know of this” Patricia stood up to come to sit beside him with her hand resting on his. “We have wanted to tell you in the past but there was no chance given to and we just thought it might not really matter for you to know it yet”

“So, it was best if someone else told me?” he asked and stood up from the sofa he sat on. “Mum, dad, I really appreciate all that you have done for me, everything, I really appreciate all your kindness and how you made me feel like am a part of this family but don’t you think that I needed to know my real root and where I came from? Who my real parents were and why they decided to give me to you?” he asked.

She bowed her head as she felt sad about how he felt. He sat back on the sofa and side hug her so that her head rested on his shoulder.

“I am so sorry Cade, please forgive us. We didn’t want or mean to hurt you this way, please forgive us” she cried and he kissed her hair and rubbed her arm.

“It’s fine mum, I would have just appreciated it if I learned of this information from you both, that’s all I am saying”

“We are sorry about that, no keeping secrets anymore,” Donald said.

“It’s okay, I just need to ask some other things too. Who are my parents why did they leave me? Didn’t they want me? Are they still alive? How can I locate them?” he asked too many questions and his parents looked at each other.

“You are the son of my best friend Lexi, she gave you to us some months after our wedding. I didn’t know that she was pregnant or had even given birth not until the night she brought you to us” Patricia said and he frowned.

“Did she state her reasons?” he asked.

“She didn’t tell us anything, she just said ‘He is your child and you didn’t see me’ and she left after saying such. It was strange, the manner that she came, it looked like she was running away from something or someone but we didn’t know who due to how surprised we were by your arrival” Donald explained further and Cade paused in thought.

“So, she just left me with you both without giving any form of explanation and she looked scared when she dropped me?” he asked for clarity.

“Correct, we haven't seen her since then,” Donald said.

“She didn’t try to reach out to at least check on me?” he looked at both parents and they both stared at each other before looking back at him.

“There were very rare times where she would call to know how you are faring and when I asked to put you on the call, she’ll feign bad network and would hang up the phone,” Patricia said.

He felt a bit of a tinge in his chest that his real mother didn’t want to see him or have any contact with him.

“When last did you speak with her and how can I contact her? You should have her contact, right?” he asked and Donald shook his head.

“The last time she did call was when you were twelve and since then we heard nothing of her and she would call using private numbers so we never actually got the chance to get a number to call,” Donald said and he nods his head.

Although along with the information about his real mother, he didn’t get anything solid aside from the location of her place of work and a really young photo of her riding a horse he guessed that he could at least be something he could use to locate her.

“You aren’t sure if she’s dead or not?” he asked for confirmation.

“No, we aren’t sure about that but we do hope that she is still alive. She cares so much about you Cade, she just told me every time she called that she had her reasons for letting go of you, she would say that it’s for your own good and thing would seem clear when it’s the right time and that she loves you a lot” Patricia said to him and he scoffed.

“Loved me enough to give me up and cut off any form of connection with me? She wouldn’t even talk or see me and she talks about loving me” he said with a shake of his head.

“Cade, I don’t want you to take all these in the wrong way. I know Lexi to be a really good and sweet lady and for her to have made such a decision, I do believe she has her reasons and if she said that it would get clearer with time then let time make things clearer for us. Just please don’t harbor any hateful feelings for your mum, please” she said.

“You are very much aware that I am not capable of hating anyone, I am just hurt by this information and trying to process it all but I will be good,” he tells them and Patricia hugged him which he returned.

Donald felt bad for what Cade was going through, he loves Cade as much as he loves his own son Dimitri that was why he wanted to leave most of their properties in his care but he and Dimitri seem not to have any care for the wealth, just so far, they are okay, they don’t need all the flashy things.

Dimitri sometimes would like to be spoilt but it's in rare cases. Cade on the other side wanted something simple, a life simple and free of all these attention his family gets but he didn’t want Cade to feel left out at the same time that was why he involved him in most things and released some major deep family things to him. His sons are his pride.

He just watched his wife and son hug each other and after a moment, they leaned away so he stood up to bring his wife back to where they were sitting down.

“I know that I don’t do this much often but I would like to ask for something” he looked at his dad and then at his mum.

“What could that be?” Donald inquired.

“I need to leave the country in search of my mum,” he said and Donald was about to say something but he beats him to it. “I want to see her and hear from her why she left me and who my real dad was, I want to know of my root and just everything about me and that thing she said time would reveal, I want it to be revealed now,” he told them.

“What if it's something dangerous?” she asked and he shook his head.

“I doubt there is something sketchy about her reasons for leaving me, I just want to know, I need to know about this” he looked at both of them and Patricia rested her head on her husband’s shoulder.

“It's fine, we understand. You deserve to know about this and you can leave but for how long will you be gone?” Donald asked.

“I am not sure, I can’t say but I will try to keep in touch with you guys so that you don’t get worried about me,” he told them and they nod.

“Where exactly are you going to live and what’s the name of the country or state you are going to meet your mum from how you are speaking, I can tell that you know where to find her so where exactly are you going to?” Donald asked when he stood up to leave.

“You don’t have to worry about that, I will keep you guys updated on how I am faring so you will have nothing to worry about, and please don’t try to send someone to locate where I am, I will be fine out there” he directed his last few sentences to his dad who just rolled his eyes.

“Yeah, whatever just keep us updated or I will send some agent to come after you” Donald warned.

“Yes sir,” he salutes then walked to the door, opened it, and stepped out “Thank you guys for everything and I am sorry if I caused you any heartache” he apologized.

“It's okay, but just one question,” Patricia said and Cade knew what she was going to ask. “I think I have an idea of who let this out to you but can you at least let me know who told you this?”

“That shouldn’t be important now mum, I will call you guys later” he hugged her and shook hands with his dad then walked to his car so that he could prepare to leave.