CHAPTER 94

Jack stood up from his seat and stretched a little, he had been sitting down sketching a couple of images for the past few hours. He stared at his wall briefly and smiled widely, drawings of ayra with different poses was pinned in every available space in his room, his friends and mom complained it was too much and would develop into an obsession but he didn't care an iota . Having picture of her in his room made him feel her presence and her images calmed him down but he wasn't drawing her at the moment, he was drawing a gigantic volcano that was about to erupt he could see the image clearly in his mind but it was still taking form in paper.

He considered turning on his music but decided against it, music was his escapism from the chaos , hate and most especially from the fights that went on between his parents thankfully things have been a little bit peaceful but that only made him tense, it felt like this was peace before the storm and very soon they would engage in another bout maybe that's the reason I'm sketching a volcano he thought warily .

He still felt the bile of jealousy rising anytime ayra spoke with the opposite sex but he always manged to control his emotions for her sake and always tried to communicate properly with her it always helped immensely.

A knock sounded on his door and he looked up to the leveled gaze of his father. " Come down for dinner " He ordered closing the door behind him without waiting for his reply.

Sighing softly he slowly closed his sketch book and got ready to head downstairs, he didn't feel like eating till he finished his drawing but he didn't want to give his father a reason to yell at him or worse pick a fight with his mom.

" Hey mom " He greeted cheerfully sitting next to her in the already arranged dinning table.

" Hii son, have you greeted your dad "?she wishpered in his ears and he nodded though he hadn't ".

After saying a little prayer they began eating slowly in silence each their own thoughts . " How is your studies son? " His father questioned breaking the silence and making his forehead crease, he never cared so why is he suddenly asking about his studies? He wondered.

" I don't know why you have a girlfriend already " He continued not waiting for his replies.

" Ayra is not a distraction!! " Jack intoned trying to keep the hardness away from his voice . " She's more like a motivation and inspiration to me " .

" We are your parents, we should be able to motivate you son " He declared with a low tone.

" Unfortunately you guys don't " Jack muttered beneath his breath.

Nora cleared her throat and thought of what to say to diffuse the mounting tension " Uhm Jack you should ask her to come over " .

Jack choked on his food " Who? " .

" Ayra of course. All we ever hear from you it's her, it's always ayra this or ayra that I'm curious. We might as well meet her don't you think so? " .

" Speak for yourself " His father muttered.

" Mom I don't think ayra is ready to meet you yet and I'm not certain I even want her to ". He said remembering his previous conversation with muffin and how she had been against meeting his mom, he didn't know whether she still feels that way

" You never know until you try " She persisted .

" Mom I will think about it and if she doesn't fancy the idea I'm not gonna force her " He stated shoving his food down his throat hurriedly so he could go back to his room and avoid this awkward conversation with his parents.

" Son I don't approve of the relationship you have with that girl!. You have to focus on your studies and think about college, you have your whole world ahead of you " .

Jack tightened his hold on the cutlery thinking if he heard one more bad word about his muffin from his father he would explode. " She has her name, her name is ayra!! ".

" Well I don't care about her damn name " .

" If you don't care then stop fucking talking about her " Jack shouted right back.

" How dare you speak to me in that manner? All because of some teenager infatuation " He thundered.

" Stop it can't we just have dinner in peace like a normal family " Nora cried holding her head in her hands.

" There is nothing normal about this family and you know it mom "

" You are right Jack and I think it's high time you know the truth " .

Nora's eyes widened significantly and her heart thumped so loudly she feared it would stop beating entirely.

" What do you mean! Which truth? "

" I know you have been wondering why I always seem to yell at your mom, well you are about to find out the real reason."

" Because you're mean and aggressive dad " He suggested.

" Nah wrong son, ask your mom I was real sweetheart till she played with my emotions " .

" Get to the point dad " He drawled lazily though he knew he wouldn't like what he would find out.

" Philip please don't do this, I beg of you." Nora pleaded tears streaming down her checks.

" What's going on mom? Why are you crying " Jack was distraught on seeing the pained look on her face , whatever he was about to find out must be really bad for his mom to cry like this. What was his father about to tell him and why is she so against it? .

" Nora he's old enough to know and I'm sick and tired of looking like the villain in front of him " .

" Out with it already " He growled feeling out of sorts, sick and tired of the whole damn thing.

" I am not your biological father ".