The next morning, Chance was out enjoying coffee with Aurora. As she was showing him pictures of their family.
"And this is our grandmother, but she allows us to call her Kathy instead of grandma. Says it makes her feel extra old."
"This is too much to take in all at once," Chance sighed.
"I know, sorry. I'm just excited."
Chance gave her hand a gentle pat. “It's fine. But I think we should let things flow. Now I want you to help me with something. I want to find the perfect gift for Kristoff."
Aurora's eyes gleamed. She clapped her hands together. "This I definitely can help with. Come on."
"I still haven't finished my coffee."
"Forget your coffee. We have a mission to get Kristoff the best gift ever."
Chance gave her a look.
"Or you can bring your coffee with you." Aurora suggested.
She sat waiting as her newly found brother finished his hot drink, swinging her foot and text her boyfriend.
"Done."
"I'm so glad you called me and decided to come meet the family today. But, what changed your mind?""There is no reason, just thought I might as well." Chance said, while looking himself over in the mirror, wondering if his brown turtle-neck sweater matched well with his black and white checked pants."You looking dashing, but if you want to change, you can. There is still plenty of time before everything is ready."Aurora came beside him, admiring herself as well."I'm so excited about this." She clapped her hands.Chance couldn't say he was feeling the same, he was only acting off impulse. All because Malcom was the one to answer Kristoff's phone.After sitting by himself, he called Aurora an hour after to tell her his decision, but left out the part with Kristoff and Malcom.Just then, his phone rings. Kristoff's name flashed across the screen and he rolled his eyes."Excuse me, this is important." Chance walked away from Au
When Chance and Aurora entered the study behind Mr Spence, he told Aurora to close the door behind him. Then he turned to Chance with a look."Is this result real?"Aurora looked at Chance, then explained to her father how she met Chance."I see. So, Chance, who is your mother?"Chance let out a breath, not knowing if he should tell Mr Spence who his mother was."I'm waiting." Mr Spence crossed his arms."I don't know if you remember her, since it had been so long ago. But her name Heather Gregory. She was a. A prostitute." Chance said rubbing his nose.Mr Spence let out a chuckle, "Heather Gregory, I do remember her but I never slept with her."Chance opened his mouth to speak, knowing that Mr Spence would say something like this."Heather Gregory was a part-time worker to your mother, who did not indulge in the same activities as Heather. Your name was Sarah Radcliffe, the owner of a club. Who thought she could help yo
Chance paused when he saw the club that Lindsay chose. He looked up at the flashing neon sign."You ok there, bro?" Justin asked, pushing Chance forward gently."Can we go to another club? I'm not too fond of this one." Chance said, fighting off the memories of him and Kristoff frequenting the place."This is the best club in town." Duncan piped up.But Chance couldn't argue with that. They did offer the best bottle service and entertainment. The only thing was, he wish he doesn't run into Kristoff."Yes. Shots, shots, shots." Duncan cheered, entering the club behind Justin and Lindsay, leaving Aurora and Chance behind.''I never got to ask, how are you doing? Now knowing that you have a family and all.''"It feels surreal, and now learning that my mother is someone else." Chance trailed off."Yeah, but you know I am here for you. We all are."Aurora pulled him into and hug and he hugged her back."And I never tha
"Man, that was something else." Duncan laughed, put his whistle to his lips, but Justin grabbed it from him."No it was not, they could have thrown us in jail.""Relax, that’s what our parents are for.""And that's your problem. You think that every time you do some dumb shit, someone will come and save you. But it won't always be like that."Duncan scoffed, "whatever."Even though Chance was hearing them, he wasn't listening. His mind was too much on Kristoff and why he was trying to speak with him even though he was there with Malcom."I'm going to head home." Chance said, walking towards his car without hearing their replies."Chance, wait. Are you sure you are ok to drive home alone?""I'll be fine.""No, I'm coming with you."Suddenly, Lindsay began to cry, then pulled Chance and Aurora in for a hug."Come here too Justin." She sobbed. "Look at us, yesterday dad only had three kids, now there are
Kristoff tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for the manager of the bank to get to him."Come on, I have things to do and places to be." He crossed his legs, still tapping his foot."Sorry to keep you waiting, Kristoff. I had a few other matters to tend to. Could I offer you anything to drink, some cookies maybe?""No, I'm here strictly on business. I want to freeze a bank account. Better yet, withdraw all the money and remove someone as my beneficiary."“May I ask the reason?""Did you ask for my reason when I created the account, or added the person to my book?""Uh, no, but just so you know, it could take a while. Maybe a day, or two.""It didn't take a day or two to create? Just a few hours. So please, don't piss me off.""Ok, just give me a minute. Also, can I have the account name and the beneficiary you wish to remove?"Kristoff gave him the information, deciding that today was the day he finally begin
As if the reporters were holding their breaths, they looked back and forth between Chance and Kristoff, waiting for their next move."Kristoff, you go on in the next minute." A technician told him, breaking his momentum."Yes, let's get this over with."Kristoff glanced back at Chance to see him taking a seat, almost getting lost in the crowd."Right this way."Kristoff took the steps two at a time before standing before the podium that had several microphones."Thank you all for coming, as you know. This time of year I make my annual announcement about my company. Normally it would be somewhere more formal, but the place has already been booked out.""As you all know, despite the shocking news of me being gay took the entire north and east coast by storm, my company. I would say flourished more than I thought it would. Some said I was brave, some saw me as a hero. Even when I didn't own up to it. But yes, I am gay, and you all know n
"Can we go back to your place?" Kristoff asked."Hmm. Sure.""So, are you sure that, that guy from the club won't come around and create mischief after seeing our little hoorah.""Oh, there will be mischief but not in that way.""Now I'm scared."Chance drew Kristoff closer to him in a warm embrace, glad he was back in his life."There is no need to be. Duncan was only being protective, though I didn't appreciate what you said to Aurora.""What's the deal with her, anyway? She is everywhere you are."Chance avoided the question by asking a question of his own."Do you really want to marry me?""Oh Chance, I do. I meant it when I said those things. You are the best person in my life and I'm grateful for you."Chance opened the door for Kristoff to climb into the driver's seat, then pressed a kiss to his cool lips."I missed you too, and I love you. It took our time apart for me to realize that. I foun
Kristoff was surprised to see that the media had no bad things to say about Chance the next morning, but instead was demonising Malcom, which he didn't care much about."So what is on the agenda for today?" Kristoff asked as he put his phone away, leaning on the counter, watching Chance cook."I don't know. First, I have to figure out how I mysteriously got a couple million dollars in an account I have no idea about and also have to sign a few papers for my new business.""Ooh, seems stressing." Kristoff said, popping a grape in his mouth.Chance placed a pancake on a plate that was already stacked with a few others.He then moved to the eggs, where he scrambled them and added cheese."Do you need any help?" Kristoff got up, touching a knob on the stove."No, go sit back down." Chance slapped him away."Let me help you, I think I know how to use the stove now.""That's not why I'm mad at you." Chance pushed him to the si