OF STUBBORN AND SCHEMING BROTHERS

CHAPTER TEN

“You are back.” Elizabeth said to her brother. He had been gone for two days since he claimed he was going for practice and although she had tried calling him, his number never went through. He nodded once and walked straight to him room and although it was at the tip of Elizabeth’s tongue to call him back and ask him where he had been, she didn’t.

She and Darren were exactly five years apart in age and she had always been his big sister, she had always been there to defend him against bullies until he could properly take care of himself and then their father had died, leaving their mother to cater for them and now she was sick. Elizabeth could understand why he just wanted to do away with this life and his family forever.

She contemplated going to talk to him about the whole surrogacy thing but decided against it,

He wouldn’t understand, she thought sadly.

“Aren’t you going to work?” Darren asked some hours later when his sister had not made any move to go out.

“I have to