chapter 24:

*Carlos*

After I put Eithan in the bed I went to the living room, I took out a Whiskey and sat down at the spa. And started drinking. I did not think it would break him like that, I expected him to be happy that my father was leaving, I thought he would feel happy so why. Why he broke down? What broke him?

I glanced at my phone and received no message from Jason, although he is from Ty but at least he will send me something.

"Carlos!" Pine emerged from the hallway with a bottle of water.

"I see you're back to that bad habit!"

"You are not helping ..."

"How is he?" I asked and sipped more, Oran approached me and stopped me from drinking, "Okay, compared to you"

I did not answer him, nor did I fight I did not have the strength to preach his morals, so I put down the bottle.

"I broke him ..." I murmured, "I thought if I pushed him away he would be fine, but I was wrong"

Oran did not speak but waited for me to finish but I did not have the strength and I eliminated the whole bottle. After I finished it I said: "I am going to sleep"

"Very worthwhile," Oran suggested.

I smiled at him with a forced smile and went to sleep, on the way I passed Eithan's room and I expected him to sleep, he is all bent over, weak, pale, he was like a feather.

I approached him and touched his cheek to wipe off sweat, but he recoiled and his tears came down.

"No...No...Don't do this. Please" A shaking hand grabbed my hand, Eithan grabbed it tightly while he slept, and I sighed and sat down next to him. I sat down for a while until I could calm down, when he calmed down a bit I got up and went to take a shower. After the shower I felt fresh and although my head was not clean of thoughts but I could sleep and so it was.

I woke up in the morning to the sound of birds with a huge headache, my hand landed on my head, I made a mistake I drank a whole bottle yesterday but it was too late. I sat down carefully on the bed with my head down from a migraine but began to calm down as soon as I heard a sound playing. "Oran, I need ..." But my voice fell silent, someone played the piano for me, someone entered the room and played, but played well, the music notes sounded smooth and clean, without mistakes and also sad. I stood on my feet and walked towards the musician. As I stood in front of the piano I saw Eithan sitting next to him and playing his eyes were closed and he was focused, a smile was spread across his cheeks, his hands moved slowly and his legs moved according to the rhythm.

And his look melted me, he played perfectly, the melody was quiet, gentle leading and letting the imagination burst out and disperse, I leaned against the wall and just listened to the sad melody that was heard. But slowly his tune changed to the tune Beethoven created. He followed a character note, and did not miss. His feelings were so within the melody were sliced and smooth, he played sad, and I felt his heart and my heart shrinking together. I closed my eyes and let the tune carry me.For a long time I did not hear that I did not hear such exciting music that enters the heart even though his style sounds familiar from where it is this sound from where I heard it but I could not recognize.I do not know how long it has been but the music stops and I opened my eyes and saw in front of me Eithan staring at the piano, so I did not hold back and clapped my hand.