Adrain
Olive Martin (fl)
{stilled} What do you want?
Olive Martin (fl)
What do you want, Adrain
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
There are things … Look, I know you don’t like me much, but this is important. Can I come in?
Olive Martin (fl)
"I didn’t trust him as far as I could throw him"
Olive Martin (fl)
But we can take a walk
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
All right.
he came to a sudden stop and turned to face Olive
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
I know you like Alex a lot
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
I could see it clear as day at the gala. But you don’t know him. Not really
Olive Martin (fl)
I don’t?
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
No, you don’t. I’m an asshole. I know that. But so is Alex—he’s just a different kind of asshole. He’s not all bad, no. But he always puts himself first. Always. Our father was the same.
Olive Martin (fl)
{brows flew up} Essentially, you’re saying Alex’s selfish?
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
Among many other things. He wasn’t always like that. But Alex … our father messed up each of us, but Alex worst of all. Dane’s death only made it worse. Alex turned cold and self-centered. And either his sense of right and wrong is warped, or it has ceased to matter to him if he goes against it
Olive Martin (fl)
He’s ruthless when it comes to business, sure—
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
And when it comes to every other aspect of his life
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
Alex never does anything for anyone unless there's something in it for him
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
If he sees something he wants, he takes it, even if others will be hurt
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
Take Miles, for example
Olive Martin (fl)
{brow furrow} Adam’s wife?
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
She’s been part of our lives since we were kids. Adam’s always adored her. Alex knew that, but he tricked her anyway. It was years ago, before she got married. And then he walked away.
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
He never intend to keep her
Olive Martin (fl)
{stomach twisted}
Olive Martin (fl)
Why are you telling me all this?
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
Because Miles looked at him the same way you do,
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
Maybe it’s different for him this time; maybe you truly do mean something to him. But you’ll never be everything to him—no woman will be.
Olive Martin (fl)
{folded her arms} And you think I should break up with him?
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
I think you should just be wary. I didn’t warn Miles, and I wish I had. Just like I wish I’d warned Senator Whitman’s daughter. Like Miles we’d known her for years—our uncle was friends with her father. Lorraine was a mess after she miscarried Alex’s baby
Olive Martin (fl)
{chest tighten} Miscarried?
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
Yes. When she told him she was pregnant, he said the baby wasn’t his; he wouldn’t take responsiblity for it
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
She was only nineteen, Olive. Can you imagine going through that at nineteen? At any age? Can you imagine going to the father of your kid, afraid and pregnant, only to have him send you on your way?
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
If I’d warned her that he wasn’t the good man she thought he was, maybe she’d have turned him down, and then maybe she’d never have had to lose a baby. But I didn’t warn her. That was a mistake. And so I’m warning you. Do what you will with that warning.
Adrain Blackford (ml younger brother)
{left from here}
Alex Blackford (ml)
Did you take care of the travel and logistics for our trip to Paris?
Olive Martin (fl)
{lost in her thoughts}
Alex Blackford (ml)
{looked at her} Olive
Olive Martin (fl)
Yes, I emailed you a copy of your travel itinerary an hour ago
Alex Blackford (ml)
Good. I’ll read through it once I get a spare moment. Did you remember to book us in for an extra night?
Alex Blackford (ml)
How many rooms did you book at the hotel?
Olive Martin (fl)
Two, as usual
Alex Blackford (ml)
You’ll need to cancel your room; you’ll be staying in my suite. We’re allegedly a couple now, remember? Don’t worry, there’s more than one bedroom.
Alex Blackford (ml)
On another note, you said you’d arrange for me to meet your family
Alex Blackford (ml)
Did you do it?
Olive Martin (fl)
My foster parents have invited you to the barbecue they’re having at their house on Sunday
Olive Martin (fl)
My dad will be there
Olive Martin (fl)
" I need to explain few thing to Alex about dad"
Alex Blackford (ml)
What’s wrong?
Olive Martin (fl)
Adrain was waiting for me outside my apartment building last night
Alex Blackford (ml)
{expression went hard} What did he want?
Olive Martin (fl)
To warn me that you might hurt me
Alex Blackford (ml)
{dark eyes} I should have guessed he might try to convince you to break up with me. I’m sure he came across as very concerned about you.
Olive Martin (fl)
oh , he did
Olive Martin (fl)
He said you’re not all bad, but that you’re selfish. Selfish enough to trick the woman your other brother has always loved.
Olive Martin (fl)
It’s true?
Alex Blackford (ml)
Yes, It was a long time ago
Olive Martin (fl)
It didn’t bother you that Adam cared for her?
Alex Blackford (ml)
Adam was engaged to someone else at the time. Travis didn’t tell you that?
Alex Blackford (ml)
And Miles just use me to get Adam attention
Alex Blackford (ml)
Unsurprising. What else did he say?
Olive Martin (fl)
He told me about the Senator’s daughter. He told me she miscarried your baby
Alex Blackford (ml)
She didn’t miscarry. She had an abortion
Olive Martin (fl)
An abortion?
Alex Blackford (ml)
Yes. She was pissed when I insisted it wasn’t my baby. She thought I’d marry her. She was wrong. I don’t know who fathered that baby, but it was not me
Olive Martin (fl)
You’re sure?
Alex Blackford (ml)
I’m very sure
Alex Blackford (ml)
Because I know who was the father
Alex Blackford (ml)
and I never even touched her
Alex Blackford (ml)
But, out of respect for Lorraine’s father, I said I’d have a DNA test done on the child after it was born; that if it was mine, I’d be a part of its life. The next thing I knew, she was gatecrashing Joy’s mother’s birthday party, drunk off her ***, where she then announced that she’d aborted my unborn child
Alex Blackford (ml)
She wanted me to slide a ring on her finger
Olive Martin (fl)
He also made it sound like you and Miles had a fling
Alex Blackford (ml)
Well we didn’t.
Alex Blackford (ml)
She’s now happily married to Adam
Olive Martin (fl)
Yet, she was weird to me at the gala. Why?
Alex Blackford (ml)
She told me she had a moment of petty jealousy
Olive Martin (fl)
{stilled} She ‘told’ you that? When?
Alex Blackford (ml)
She called me the morning after the gala and apologized
Alex Blackford (ml)
Next time Adrain bothers you, call me straight away,
Alex Blackford (ml)
I wish I could tell you he’ll leave you alone after we’re married, but I can’t guarantee that. If you and I were to divorce before the year was up, I’d be denied access to my assets—he knows that
Olive Martin (fl)
He said something else
Olive Martin (fl)
He said your father messed all of you up, and that the death of someone called Dane made it worse.
Alex Blackford (ml)
Adrain will no doubt say a lot of things to you {neutral tone}
Olive Martin (fl)
Truths or lies?
Alex Blackford (ml)
Probably a little of both.
Olive Martin (fl)
And you’re not going to tell me more about your father or who Dane is?
Alex Blackford (ml)
You don’t need to know {sharp tone}
Olive Martin (fl)
{flinched}
Olive Martin (fl)
" That's true, this wasn’t a relationship. He didn’t owe me explanation"
Olive Martin (fl)
{she stood from chair} You have a conference call in fifteen minutes, so I’ll head back to my desk. Buzz me if you need anything.
Olive Martin (fl)
{about to leave office}
Alex Blackford (ml)
{eyes turn soft} Olive
Alex Blackford (ml)
We'll talk later
He left from the company after call
Comments
cara
and i hate the fact she's obliged to answer every damn questions and he's gonna act all cold 🙃well i guess it's alright maybe
2023-05-01
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R✳️
what???? 😵
2022-09-27
1
R✳️
who is dane?
2022-09-27
1