Her

Chapter 1

"Quintin,mom called for you. She's in the living room." My older brother,William,said.

"Why?" I asked.

"I don't know,but she said it's important." He shrugged.

"Alright." I said then went downstairs to the living room.

Mom was sitting on the couch waiting for me when suddenly somebody rang the doorbell.

"I'll g--"

"I'll get it." Mom said,cutting me off.

So she went to the door while I waited in the living room as I sat down on the couch.

Nobody told me that we were going to have visitors.

Normally we only had visitors when there's an occasion since Mom is a workaholic and she'd only invite her coworkers only to discuss business with them. And she always gives us a heads up whenever she has so that we wouldn't bother them.

We aren't rich,but we are certainly not poor. We're just a normal middle class family.

If you're wondering,my Dad died when I was just a baby and my brother was only 1. At least that's what my mom said when I asked her.

"Come in, come in." Mom said invitingly to her guest.

When they entered the room,I stood up and respectfully bowed to him,greeting them and welcoming him to our 'humble abode'.

"I want you to meet Quintin and William." She introduced us to a man in a suit in front of us.

We smiled to him,well...we tried to. The man was very intimidating to say the least.

I didn't even notice that my brother was already beside me until my mother introduced him as well.

"I thought you were upstairs?" I whispered to William.

"I forgot my phone on the table." He responded, whispering as he gestured towards the living room's table which is beside me.

I sneakily took it and gave it to William. He thanked me then left,not forgetting to bid goodbye to the visitor in front of us.

"Wait Will!" Mom said.

"Yes Mom? Do you need anything?" He asked.

"No,I want you here as well." She replied.

William complied and sat beside me.

She introduced him to us. His name is David Saturno. He's a big time businessman.

We chatted for a while. Until Mom started to fiddle with her fingers. That's what she usually does when she's nervous about something.

"Mom." I said breaking the conversation.

"Yes Darling?" She asked.

Darling? Okay this is getting weird. Mom never called me that before. She never calls me anything besides my name.

"You seem to have something to say." I was getting tired so I just went straight to the point.

"Okay fine,you got me." She surrendered.

"I was going to lead this to dinner but since I was too obvious," she paused, holding both of me and my brother's hand then looking straight into our eyes,then she let go and held Mr.Saturno's hand,"I'm going to get married." She finished.

"What?" Both me and William asked at the same time.