The next morning, Nic awake at 7 am.
He looked at his handphone, there was an incoming message.
It’s from Sam, Sam message: “Nic, I am unable to meet you today and tomorrow as my parents are going back the day after tomorrow.”
Nic’s reply is ‘okay’.
Nic walks to the bathroom and baths.
After that, he walks towards the dining hall.
Joe was awake at 7:30 am; he walks to the living hall.
The Mansion phone rings, Joe picks up and it’s the company secretary asking Joe to come to the office to sign the documents on behalf of Zen, and there’s a company meeting at 3 pm.
Joe says “he will reach the office at 9 am and put down the call.”
Joe walks to the dining hall; he sees Nic.
“Good morning Nic, I will need to go office today and I will take you to school after breakfast. I have a meeting in the afternoon and might not be able to bring you back to the Mansion; can you take a cab back? This is the money including lunch; dinner will be prepared in the Mansion.”
Nic says, “Okay, thanks to you.”
Joe orders the maidservant to prepare dinner around 8 pm.
After breakfast, Joe drives Nic to school.
Joe rushes to the office to sign all the documents and prepare for the meeting in the afternoon.
Nic at school was busy in studying and his friends asked him why he was absent.
Nic says something happens at home and he needs to be absent.
Nic didn’t see Sam, and he felt like a pair of eyes was away.
Something he didn’t feel before.
Nic ponder about what’s the difference and he felt off not normal, was it too long not coming to school; he feels like something not right but doesn’t know what it was.
At 2 pm, Nic after class goes to a Mew Mall where Ken brings him there during the weekends to hang out.
Nic misses his brother and he thinks of going to see him, but Doc.
Leon mentions that only after 5 to 7 day period he can meet his brother, so he decided not to visit there.
Nic walks into the Western restaurant, he sits.
“Sir, may I take your order?”
“Let me see the menu first.” Nic looked through the menu and ordered Salmon steak with lemon sauce with baked potatoes and strawberry fizzy drink.
The food arrived in 20 minutes, he ate them.
It took 30 minutes to eat.
He wanted to enjoy the atmosphere while drinking the strawberry fizzy drink, it took another 15 minutes.
After that, he left the restaurant and went for shopping.
He passed by a salon shop and remembered, he and his brother had a haircut the 2 weeks ago but now it seems like time flies and he is left alone in the mall.
He asks, “Is there a fitting room.” He tried to wear the T-shirt in the fitting room and it fit him.
He quickly goes to the cashier and swaps the card.
He walks past a Cafe and he is thirsty.
He sees a 3-layer coffee drink; curiously, Nic orders the coffee and drinks it.
“Hmm…. This tastes good.”
Nic is tired; he walks to the taxi stand and waits for a taxi.
Nic flagged the taxi.
The driver asks Nic the address of the Mansion little that he know he doesn’t have the Mansion address since it’s always Joe driving him to the Mansion.
Nic tells the taxi driver, “Sorry, I don’t have the address.” Nic steps out of the taxi.
Nic wanted to call Joe, but he knew Joe had a meeting in the afternoon and he doesn’t want to disturb Joe.
Nic sends Joe a text message: “Joe I am Nic, I just sit in the taxi but I realize I don’t have the Mansion address and I am unable to return to the Mansion. I am at Mew Mall now, will wait for your reply.”
Joe didn’t see the text message from Nic as he was having a meeting.
Nic waited for Joe, but no reply and he was hungry.
He goes to the Chinese restaurant; order Chicken Rice, spinach with egg, and Chinese Tea.
Nic, see the time while ordering food; it’s at 7:30 pm.
Joe sees the text message from Nic at 8 pm.
Joe quickly calls Nic.
“Hello, Nic are you still at New Mall now?”
Nic says, “Yes, I am. I just finished dinner.”
Joe says, “Okay, I will come and fetch you in 45 minutes.”
Nic’s reply is ‘okay.’
Nic after dinner walks around the mall, at 8:45 pm he walks to the waiting area.
Joe arrived, he horned the car so that Nic knows.
“Nic over here,” Joe shouts!
Nic gets in the car.
Joe says, “Sorry, you must have been tired while waiting.”
Nic nodded.
Joe smiles, “Later I will ask the maidservant to prepare for you a warm bath.”
Nic looks at Joe, Joe smiles.
When they arrived at the Mansion, Joe asks the maidservant to prepare a warm bath for Nic.
Nic took out the red T-shirt.
Joe was looking and says, “Did you just buy this?”
Nic says, “Yes.”
Joe asks, “You like red, is it?”
Nic says, “Yes, I love red.”
Joe’s message to Sam: “Hey there Sam your beloved Nic seems to like Red! You might have known it, but just in case you didn’t know.”
Sam replies to Joe, “Oh! How did you know he likes Red?”
Joe says “He just bought a new T-shirt which is bright red.”
Sam replies, “Oh… I must see it soon.”
Nic after bathe, walks to Joe’s room and knocks on the door.
Joe asks, “What is it?”
Nic says, “I need to talk to you.”
Joe frowns and smiles, “alright, have a seat”.
Nic says, “I need to talk to you regarding my brother and I want you to promise me not to let Zen knows about this matter.”
Joe frowns, “May I know how serious it is that you don’t want Zen to know? Don’t tell me that Ken doesn’t love Zen anymore?”
Nic says, “No, it’s not that.”
“I also realized recently that my brother Ken is like behaving with a split personality and I don’t know how to say hmm… My brother, I realized that when I ask him about his favourite food, he seems to say he never likes them and he likes the food which he seldom eats usually.”
Joe after listening, “Maybe it’s just a change of taste? You know Nic sometimes a person can change their usual likeness of food.”
Nic says, “I understand that but a person’s likeness to colours will not change; he suddenly doesn’t like black and he likes white.”
“Recently, my brother buys me a T-shirt, its black.”
Joe says, “So what’s up with the T-shirt?”
Nic says, “Not the T-shirt, it’s the colour, my brother knows I love red. Usually, he buys red for me. But the recent T-shirt he bought for me is black. My brother never behaves like this.”
Joe shakes his head, “Maybe Ken buys the black T-shirt because there’s no red colour. Nic maybe Ken recently had a lot of stress and anxiety because Zen wasn’t well. This could be the cause.”
Nic says, “Why don’t you believe me?”
Joe says, “It’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s hard for me to believe. Do you know why? I have been driving Zen and Ken around, they are a loving couple. Ken didn’t have any split personality. If what you say is true, then why Zen and I don’t see this happened?”
Nic shakes his head; “If only I had solid evidence, then this could be a good backup that’s what I say is true.”
Joe shakes his head; “Nic listen, your brother Ken is a good person and he loves you; don’t be ungrateful to his love for you.”
Nic says, “I know he loves me. That’s why I am afraid to lose such a good brother. I see the change and I have no one to discuss to since you know Ken.”
Joe says, “Hmm… How about this I will monitor Ken and see if what you mentioned happens. Because if Ken has a split personality that isn’t good because the other side of him may not know Zen or us even. Since you mentioned this I will take note and see how it goes.” Joe tells Nic to go and sleep.
Nic says, “Okay.”
Joe eats dinner and he rests for a while, thinking about what Nic told him.
Joe in his head thinks does this even make sense for Ken having a split personality?
Sigh…
So many things had happened.
I need to sleep now.
This isn’t good for my mind and physical health.