Chapter 986 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“I don’t know what that was about. If he was yelling that means he must be upset. I should go find out what is wrong?” Celsie said as she excused herself and went to the Den.

She was surprised to find just Bryan seated inside, “Where is Benne?” She asked, and Bryan raised his head to look at her.

“He went upstairs to cool off. Can I have a moment with you?” Bryan asked hopefully.

“Sure,” Celsie said as she went to sit close to him.

“Harry told us about the DNA stuff. What he didn’t say is why my mom thinks you are to blame for something. What is that about?” Bryan asked and Celsie took a deep breath before going on to narrate what had transpired between her and their grandfather as well as her last phone call with Evelyn.

“When we spoke a short while ago she wasn’t mad at me, so I don’t understand why she might be mad enough to blame me for anything now,” Celsie said feeling exhausted.

Unless Evelyn was upset because she she felt justified that Lawrence Delgado had done what he did with Kimberly because of Celsie’s refusal to get married.

“I asked your grandfather to report himself to your parents and the rest of the family else I would do so myself,” Celsie said after a short pause.

“You did?” Bryan asked, surprised that Celsie had given their grandfather such a task.

“Yes, I did. He crossed a line by doing what he did, and that has to be corrected. Benne was very affected by this whole drama and I won’t let anyone get away with messing with him, whether or not they are his family. If Evelyn is upset because of my actions, I can’t say I’m sorry about that. She can look out for Benne how she deems fit as his mother, and I would do the same how I deem fit as his girlfriend. If you don’t mind, I need to go find Benne,” Celsie said as she rose and walked away, leaving Bryan who did not know whether to admire Celsie or be worried about the friction in the family.

Celsie was right. His grandfather had gone too far pranking Benne the way he did and Benne had every right to be upset.

“What is going on?” Sonia asked as she walked into the Den to join Bryan.

Candace had decided to go upstairs and change into more comfortable sleeping clothes, and since she didn’t want to stay alone at the dining when she was burning with curiosity she had decided to come find out what was going on.

“Are you done with dinner already?” Bryan asked as he rose when she sat beside him.

“It’s hard to have dinner when everyone seems upset. And I didn’t want to eat alone,” Sonia said and Bryan rose to lead her to the dining.

“Sorry about that. Let’s go have dinner now. We can’t keep our Ryso starving,” Bryan said we he took her hand.

“Why was Benne upset? Where is Celsie?” Sonia asked as they returned to the dining.

“She went to find Benne. He is very upset. Grandpa played a prank on Benne…”

“That is putting it mildly. That was no prank,” Sonia hissed, and Bryan paused to look at her.

“You knew about it?” He asked, and Sonia realized her slip.

She shrugged, “Yeah. Celsie told me about the stuff on Saturday and called to inform me of the DNA test result,” she said, seeing no need to keep it a secret anymore.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” Bryan asked with a frown.

“Your brother didn’t tell you about it why should I tell you something I heard from Celsie?” Sonia asked matter of factly.

Bryan opened his mouth to argue but Sonia raised a finger and shook her head, “Don’t you dare try to pick a fight with me over this. You kept Benne’s secret too when he was pretending to be someone else to Celsie. And what did you tell me? You are not Benne and I’m not Celsie…”

“How is that even the same thing?” Bryan asked with a scowl.

“So, what do you want right now? You would rather us to fight over this? Like we haven’t had enough fights already? Do you want more conflict?” Sonia asked, and Bryan glared at her.

“You shouldn’t have kept it from me,” Bryan insisted.

“You know this is probably one of the problems that comes with two best friends being involved with brothers. I see no reason why I should tell you something my best friend told me in confidence simply because he is your brother. I’m not arguing about this anymore with you. We can either discuss the situation logically or forget about it,” Sonia said before walking ahead of him to go sit at the dining leaving a sulky Bryan to follow her.

Outside the house, Jade was drilling Harry in the same manner Bryan had been questioning Sonia.

“How could you keep something as important as that from me?” Jade asked Harry, not happy that she had been in the dark about that.

“I told you already. It is Benne’s business not yours. If he wanted you to know about it, I’m sure he would have told you himself,” Harry said and she frowned.

“I don’t keep stuff about Candace from you,” she pointed out.

“That is your choice, esquire. That doesn’t mean I have to return the favor. I’m exhausted and want to go home now. So let’s talk tomorrow,” Harry said as he unlocked his car and Jade stood aside, watching him in annoyance.

Harry leaned over and planted a kiss on her lips which she didn’t respond to, before getting into his car, “I will call you when I get home. I love you,” Harry called out to her before driving away.

As he drove out, Matt who was coming in flashed his light at him in greeting and Harry flashed back his light as he continued on his way home.

Jade was about going inside when she saw Matt’s car coming so she waited for him to park and get out so they could go in together.

“Hey, Jadey!” Matt greeted as he walked up to her and placed his arm around her shoulder.

“Why the forlorn look on your face? Are you missing your boyfriend already?” Matt asked and she scowled.

“This is not a forlorn look. I’m just upset. Let’s go in. Did you decide to come over knowing Candace would be here?” She asked as they walked into the house, and Matt pulled on his best surprised look.

“Candace is here? I thought she had moved to Harry’s place?” Matt asked, and Jade eyed him suspiciously but said nothing.

“Why are you upset? Did Harry do something to make you angry? That guy annoys me too. He can be so full of himself,” Matt said, and Jade slapped his arm.

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