Travis locked the door and walked to the kitchen to eat something. Something sweet to distract himself from what Uncle Warren told him.When he returned to the sitting room, he saw ten missed calls from CEO Douglass, and another call came from him, but Travis ignored it like a wrong number and then switched off his phone.The thought that his parents and his sister had died because of his grandfather kept repeating itself in his head. He focused on the news showing on his TV to distract himself from those thoughts finally so that he wouldn’t shed tears again. At the Hernandez family mansion, Uncle Warren stood reporting what Travis said to the old Mr. Hernandez. “I made a mistake. If I had known this is how it’s going to be, I wouldn’t have made you guys go through the hardship. But anyway, it is for the best. Travis didn’t know that many of my bodyguards were always monitoring him to keep him safe from all our enemies. This is the time to let him know the news about his parents an

Travis showered and wore his old clothes before moving out. As he opened the gate, he saw many bodyguards standing at his gate. “Young master,” one said. And everyone bowed down to him.Travis looked around. CEO Douglass and Uncle Warren weren’t there. Then why are they here? It baffled him because he doesn’t hire a security guard. So he asked them, “Why are you here?”“It is a command from the old Mr. Hernandez, sir. He wants you to be under excellent protection,” one said.“I want you all to leave here. I don’t need any protection.”The bodyguard knelt, and the rest did the same. “It is a command we cannot disobey. Please, we need to follow you anywhere you are going, too.”Travis became worried. What sort of nonsense is this? If they followed him, Stella would know who he was. He stepped back in and closed the gate, heading towards the room. He sat in the sitting room, praying that the old Mr. Morrison to catch Stella before she sneaked out. After thirty minutes, he received a c

Can ghosts laugh, too? Travis stared at them and could read disappointment on Donna’s face.Donna faced Charles and Melissa. “Why is he running away from us?”“Can you please excuse me for some time? I want to explain everything to Travis alone,” the old Mr. Hernandez said. He then gave Charles a I-don’t-want this-little-girl-know-about-this sort of look.Melissa grabbed Donna’s hand. “Let’s go.”“Again?” Donna asked. “Are we leaving Travis alone again? I’m not going anywhere.”“Travis would join you soon. Trust me,” the old Mr. Hernandez said. He then winked at Donna.“I don’t trust you, but I will stay at the door.” She pointed to her eyes with two fingers and then to Granny’s. “My eyes are watching you.”Charles and Melissa held themselves from laughing in that serious moment and followed Donna out.Once the door was closed, the old Mr. Hernandez looked at Travis and didn’t know where to start. Confusion was lingering on Travis’s face. “Please sit down,” he said.“With a ghost?” T

Stella’s phone rang on the stool as she returned from the washroom. She didn’t bother to check the caller, for she knew it was Travis calling. What Travis did that night angered her, and the worst was when a guy who called himself Larry approached her and asked for her number. She ignored Larry, but he kept annoying her. “I have a boyfriend,” she had said.He pointed to his car. “I’ve been observing you from there. Are you waiting for your disrespectful boyfriend, who has been keeping you waiting for an hour? Well, I don’t want to be your boyfriend. I just want to be your friend. Please give me your number. We should know ourselves better.”“Please leave me alone.”“I am rich. You can’t afford to lose me.”“Did I need your money? Get out of my sight.” Stella walked away before dialing Travis’s number. She shouted at him and hung the call. But when Larry was still walking towards her, she entered the cab and left.She wasn’t aware Larry was following her with his car until she got h