20

CHAPTER 20.

Alexander is a distant cousin to Dane. Dane is two years Alexander's senior. They've never really been close. But, when Dane wanted to go and live in Africa, Alexander had asked him if he and his newly wedded wife, Mila, can come and leave in his house because their own house was mortgaged and Dane had accepted wholeheartedly. 

Alexander had been very surprised when he saw his big cousin arrive a month ago at the house, looking like a man burdened with the weight of the world in his broad shoulders. 

He grimaced, remembering the first month after Dane’s return from Nigeria. It was…bad. He’d never seen his ever-so-composed cousin in such a state. Dane didn’t shave, barely ate and drank way too much. 

It continued until Alexander finally threw away all the booze in the house, shoved Dane into a cold shower, and told him to get a grip and