Back to normal (2)

"Finally you're back. It's been way too long man." Brandon said, his arms making their way around me again, before pulling me into another welcome hug.

"It's been too long," my fathers bass filled voice sounded off, catching my attention.

"Almost eight years long."

Adams Gilbert still looked the same as he did when I left. He still had the same thick muscle build, biceps and chest exposed in the black tank top he wore which was a rarity to see him in since he mostly sported more semi-formal looks, but I guess in this summer heat even he couldn't withstand the blazing rays. He walked up to me slowly and pulled me closer to him wrapping his arm around me. His embrace was warm, and his big, strong arms seemed very protective when wrapped around my body.

"I missed you so much." He said

"I missed you too. I thought about you guys everyday."

I could hear Brandon kiss his teeth from beside us "A simple phone call every once in a while would've been nice to let us know that."

"Hey, I was in a different continent in a completely different time zone. Calling you guys whenever I wanted wasn't one of the easiest thing to do."

My father let out a deep chuckle, before wrapping his arms around Brandon and I shoulder bringing us together. "I'm just glad to have all my kids back together under the same roof. Things are finally starting to feel normal again." He hummed and I felt myself shifting under his weight, my eyes darting elsewhere.

Yeah. Normal again. Those words made my face grimace and my palms sweaty.

In the middle of my dad rambling about me being back home, his phone started to ring in his pocket. He immediately cut his sentence short, and exhaled a sigh before reaching into his pockets. His brows furrowed as he looked at the phone, his welcoming grin replaced with something more serious.

"Conference call." He said to us before answering and walking off by the pool to talk in private.

I raised a brow at him, my arms folded over my chest. "Conference call huh? Is that what he calls them now?"

Brandon chuckled. "Yep. You missed it when we graduated from "small chitchat" to "confrence calls"." Shaking his head Brandon placed a hand on my shoulder and exhaled a low sigh. "Finally you're back maybe you could outshine the Claremont once and for all with all you have learnt from business school"

"Yep, everything is normal again." I whispered to myself