"RECEIVING THE FINE FROM SEBASTIAN."

**Back To Manchester**

Mother kept her words about returning back to Birmingham permanently, once our home gets returned to us by the Kurtz.

She and father successful relocated back into our house and it was so unfortunate that the former tenant that lived there, kept it in a mess.

Jasmine's home returned back to normal and I really missed mum's presence a lot. I and Zoey returned back to my bedroom and it was obvious that Jasmine has been yearning for her privacy back, ever since mum joined us under the roof.

.....

I headed over to Sebastian's apartment with the escort of Zoey. She wanted to use that as an excuse to also visit him.

"Knock, knock." Zoey knocked on the door, while I stood behind her watching.

Liam opened the door for us, surprised to see us at Sebastian's place. The fact that he knows the truth now, made him to see me in another light. I entered inside the house with Zoey, searching for Sebastian with my eyes.

"I heard about your family's victory." Liam sidely talked to me.

"That must really be a slap on your face."I replied him back rudely.

He grinned at my words, heading over to the living room. I and Zoey sat down on a couch at the living room, waiting for Sebastian to appear.

"I wonder how Uncle might be feeling now." Zoey said.

"It's not a coincidence for you to really care about him, because you ought to." Liam made his suspicious statement yet again.

He was really behaving strange these days, and it was difficult for me to place out of reach. He was just acting like he knows too much already.

While we were still waiting, Sebastian made his way into the living room. He was holding an envelope with some money inside, and also a cheque of money.

"Uncle!!." Zoey screamed out his name happily, standing up for a hug.

Sebastian widened his arms, while she wrapped hers round his waist. It was really obvious that she missed him so much. Both of them had their moment's before us, before getting back to the reason we were here.

"A stranger might mistake the both of you as a father and a daughter." Liam exposed.

His reply caught me off the hook, and I couldn't help but give him a long dead stare. He exchanged glances with me smiling, while I wondered why he said that.

"I really hope that was a side talk?". I questioned him immediately.

"Don't mind my jokes." He said smiling at me.

"I'm here with your money." Sebastian interruptedly said to me.

I redirected my attention to Sebastian, looking at his face now. I felt this strange feeling, when I focused my eyes on him. He brought forth his hand before me, while I reached out for the envelope and the cheque.

"I hope it's complete?". I asked him, collecting the materials from his hand.

While waiting for his response, I mistakenly grabbed his hand in the process of taking the envelope and the cheque from him. I looked at our hands now, and we were obviously holding onto each other now. Both of us looked at each other, lost in each other's gaze.

Liam noticed the lost moments between us, and he decided to call us back to reality. He was really helping us not to get back together.

"Humph..hmm..hmm." He coughed out cunningly.

Zoey noticed his intentions, and decided to interfere immediately. She rushed towards him, covering his mouth with her palm. I and Sebastian acted deaf in the whole noise happening round us. I have been staring into his eyes for a while now, as well as him.

He got himself first, pulling out his hand from mine. I shook my head, coughing out.

"You better not say a word." Zoey whisphered into Liam's ears.

"You're playing a wrong game." Liam whisphered back to her.

Sebastian sat down next to Liam, looking at his hand now. I cross checked the money inside the envelope, including the cheque and both of them summed up to the total amount the judge gave in his final judgement.

"We'll take our leave now." I said.

"Not yet mum. We just got here." Zoey said to me.

"Congratulations to you, for finally winning the case over I and my family." Sebastian congratulated me mockingly.

I chuckled at his words, rolling my eyes at him. The longer I stay in his house, would make me fight with him. He still haven't had manners at all.

"I would rather appreciate you don't say a word for the remaining minutes I would be here." I said to him harshly.

"You didn't inform us that you're now the recent assistant manager of the Georgian company." Liam said to me.

It was Sebastian's first time of hearing that. He really had no clue about it. He wasn't happy with the news at all, but pretended like he didn't care. I was surprised too. I didn't know that Liam was already aware of that. He sure has spies in this city, even though he just arrived few months ago.

"Thank you Liam." I said to him with a warm smile.

"George would finally make you his then." Liam purposely said, to get Sebastian irritated.

"It's obvious that he has no taste in women." Sebastian chipped in, getting me disgusted by his reply.

Zoey have been listening to our discussions all these while, and she clearly saw what Liam was trying to do. She had to join in the discussions, or Liam would end up destroying things for her.

"Uncle Liam instead of purposely initiating fights between them, why don't you get us something chilled and yummy?". Liam asked him.

"You're not a guest anymore. You know your way to the fridge. Go get something for yourself." Liam said to her.

Zoey gnashed her teeth, waiting for Sebastian to support her like always. Sebastian won't do that now, more especially because I was around. He didn't want to look like a simp before me.

"Liam is right. Zoey go in and grab a bite for yourself." Sebastian supported Liam after a while.

"Wow...nice man." Liam was surprised that Sebastian actually took sides with him this time.

★★Few minutes later...

I and Zoey were done with the snacks she got for the both of us from Sebastian's refrigerator at the dinning room. We had stayed for a long while, and I wanted to leave already. I ordered Zoey to follow me behind.

"Good bye uncle." Zoey said to him with a smile.

"We'll visit some nice places during weekend." Sebastian suggested to her.

"Let's get going already." I ordered Zoey again.

Zoey went out of the entrance door before me. I followed her from behind. I was being cold towards him intentionally, because he did the exact thing to me in the past. It was time for him to taste a bite of his own medicine.

I was glad I got the fine from Sebastian, and the money came at the right time. I would use it to pay off my debts and some other things I had under my sleeve.