Chapter 24: A Little Favor

SEV'S POV “Do you know about it?”, I poured another glassful of whiskey. The glass and the bottled clinked at each other making a noise in the middle of the soundless room. My ear became more sensitive on the tiniest sound since the whole place was quiet. Especially this room. This was the only room that I couldn’t let anyone in. This was where Seth’s ashes was kept. I remembered my high school teacher told us that sound travels louder when it’s cold. I could even hear the clock’s hands move every second. It was so loud. And then I heard myself sniffed. I was crying. There was heaviness inside of me. It exhausted me to no end. I wanted to beat someone until I was satisfied. Until th demons inside of me calmed down. “Men do not cry, Sev”, I could hear my father strictly told me that one wisdom. It was so clear that I could have swear he was standing beside me. That man raised us as we were. Fearless leaders. Men who would do anything to get what he wanted in life. We don’t break ru