Not my cousin

Type’s POV:

So finally … I’m here. This house is where my biggest enemy lives. Okay it may be rude…but I really hate him. I climbed out of the taxi took my luggage and stood there staring up at the house. Three stories of paned windows, brick with a shingled roof, a small covered porch with facing benches. It was huge and for me it looked as a horror house in my dreams.

I took a deep breath and walked up the steps of the house and rang the bell, the door opened and a tall mid aged man stood in front of me. “How can I help your sir.???” he asked with a smile on his face. Well, I have to admit this…this was not at all expected.

“Umm…I am Type and I’m here to meet.” I don’t know if I can call him grandfather or not. I spent my whole life calling him a cranky old man. The man nodded with a smile…and said “Understood. You are Mr. Will’s grandson right...?” “Yes, but how do you know...?” I asked in confusion. “He himself told me, that you will be coming to visit him. Let me help you with the luggage.” I handed him my bag and entered the house.

God it was grand…with an old vibe…a house which I only saw in movies. A bid hall with stairs leading to rooms upstairs. Huge paintings hung on the wall with pictures that felt like historic paintings. I started walking through the house let myself explore it that felt more like a museum to me.

There was a room in the corner that got my interest and I wasted no time in barging in there. It was a library. Its dark walls lined with shelves of books. It smelled like fireplace ashes. I liked it immediately. But I wasn’t sure I liked the man who sat in the couch in front of me. YES, it was that old man.

He looked at me as if I owed him something. “Hi, I’m Type” I greeted him. “Hmmm...” hmmm…is it all ...??? “You may sit down,” he said with a voice that was used to being obeyed. “I’d like to stand, if you don’t mind. I have been sitting all day.” There was a slight pause and then he nodded.

And again, his gaze observing every inch of me. it was so intense almost as if he was counting the threads in my clothes. I wasn’t scared … I also started staring back checking if he passed as a grandfather and yes, he did as a very strict one.

He had pale skin and a serious look. “How is you mother…???” “She is good”. So, he finally remembered that he has a daughter... “Is she still working as a volunteer ...??” “Yes, but how do you ….???” “And your brother” asked dogging the question “he is high school doing well with studies….and my father is honored by many museums for his work on animals ” There was no way I would leave my dad alone without being mentioned no matter how much he hated it.

“Answer only what you are asked.” He spoke. “Just filling in the details.”

“Sir the room is ready” a voice came from back “Type he will you’re your way to your room” okay I nodded and followed the worker.

“Type I want to inform you …. Your grandfather told me this…. He will respect your privacy hoping you will respect his” So someone tell me what does that mean because… I had been respecting his privacy from the past twenty years. and now I am here only because he called me. He bowed and left closing the door.

I unpacked my clothes and a small family photo frame. My mom is a volunteer at an animal shelter and dad is a vet. Our home is a small zoo and my brother presence made it a real chaotic one

Time skip… IT’S EVENING

I came out from shower and glanced out of window , there he was , my cousin… in his jeep . But he wasn’t alone ….. he was surrounded by three girls who came down said their goodbye and left.

Now he was coming inside, I was so excited Tharn was coming . I rushed downstairs. At last I had someone of my age to hangout with. When I reached downstairs I could hear his voice coming from the library, so I rushed there.

I was standing behind the door and “ He shouldn’t be here grandfather, I told you before it was a bad idea to invite him ” I waited there to here grandfather’s reply “ just a gut feeling” he said.

“It’s not that you know it” yelled Tharn. “He is your cousin” “he is not he is adopted”

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