THE KEPT ONE

“That f*cking idiot!"

Amy was quite enraged. The matriarch of the Salvador’s became enraged as she remembered how Ethan disregarded her advice. She was ashamed, furious that he dared make fun of her, and annoyed that he disregarded her wishes.

How could he?

The commotion above and her raging fury roused Gregory Salvador from his bed.

“Amy!” Ethan’s father coughed, but other than the illness that was gradually sapping his vitality, he showed no signs of frailty.

Gregory has cancer for a long time. It is on stage two. There is a chance, but the medication and treatment had practically rendered him feeble, preventing him from visiting his own business and forcing him to commit it to Ethan and Amy.

He is aware that the two were incompatible people, though.

Ethan still has a bitterness that is deeply ingrained in him, and Amy is still blinded by her anger. His child. Oh, his sole child, who inherits his father’s error.

Gregory’s error.

“Go fuck talking to your bastard, then!” When she tu