At the time he was Benjamin's assistant. He found the right time to catch Benjamin less busy in his office and knelt down before him— abandoning his pride and pleaded for his financial assistance.
It was a blow to his manhood, but he was about to hit rock bottom and had no other option.
Benjamin was quite stunned, he interlocked his fingers and crossed his legs, his lips curving up in amusement. Brooke have always been a man of pride even though he worked as an assistant for him, seeing him helpless was quite a sight to behold.
"I never expected this from you of all people, Brooke." Brooke said completely amused.
"Please! If you help me, I'll pledge my loyalty to you!" He shouted with his eyes tearing up and suddenly began to sob.
Benjamin was quiet for a moment tapping the armrest of his chair in a thoughtful way.
"I'll help you with the money, but also, I want your kids in my house tomorrow, I'll also offer them an opportunity to attend a prestigious school." He hummed with a smirk.
"Thank you so much! Thank you! I'm forever indebted to you sir!"
Brooke bowed down on all fours sobbing gratifyingly to Benjamin's feet.
— — — -
The next day, Brooke arrived with Willaims and his younger sister at their mansion, in front of a large high door. The two kids were fascinated by the large buildings, the large piece of land with waterfall and green scenery,
"Whatever you do, greet and be respectful." Brooke warned them and they nodded before stepping inside as some servants opened the large door signaling them to go in.
They made their way to sitting room where Benjamin sat holding a news paper with his wife and two of his young children, the boy had jet black hair and a light brown eyes while the girl had a bob cut with fringes.
Willaims and his little sister's eyes met Benjamin's sharp gaze as he put down the news paper.
They both bowed their head awkwardly conveying their greetings to him and his wife.
Willaims eyes trailed to the two kids who were grinning at them as though something was amusing. They looked to be around their age but didn't resemble each other even though they were siblings.
"What beauty you have there." Benjamin said smirking at willaim's sister and she shyed behind Willaims.
"Thank you Mr Benjamin." Brooke responded with gratitude.
"Let the kids go outside and play." Brooke's wife Margret said chummily.
"Okay mom!" Her daughter Lilian, said dropping her legs to the floor and scampered outside the sitting room to the yard, followed by the rest of them.
They made their way to the yard which consisted of beautiful trees, a waterfall, a picnic set under a shade and a mini playground for the kids. It was a beautiful sight.
"Who are you?My name is Henry." Henry interrupted Willaims with a grin on his face.
"W-Willaims." He responded awkwardly.
Henry's sister cut them off. "Well my name is Lilian. We have an older brother and we are from different mothers."
Not from the same mother? No wonder they all look different.
Henry noticed William's sister peeking from behind him and tilted his head to better look at her. "Why is your sister hiding behind you? What's her name?" He enquired.
"Aisha…"
"Anyways, I heard your father asked my father to help him pay off his debt." Henry said nonchalantly.
"What?" Willaims was quite shocked and more concerned about the fact that Henry was speaking so bluntly.
"My dad did what?" Williams enquired concerned.
"Wow, he didn't tell you guys? My dad even said you two would attend the same school with us from now on."
"What the?" Willaims muttered to himself in disbelief—feeling more repressed about their situation which led their father to an such extent.
— — — -
They arrived at their home and took of their shoes to enter their sitting room.
"Does mom know about this?"
William's words made his father come to a halt feeling ashamed of the level they have fainally stooped down to. He crinkled his brows agitatingly.
"Yes. Is it when we end up on the streets you'd understand how disastrous our situation has become?"
" I had no other option."
He took two steps and paused backing Willaims. "Starting tomorrow you and your sister will attend the same school with mr Benjamin's children." He said and walked into the sitting room to his bedroom not looking back even once.
Williams stood at their door step lividly staring at his feet.
- - -
Williams and his sister transferred schools into one of the most prestigious high school, attended by mostly rich students from around the country and even outside the country just as his father has mentioned.
That was when Chloe shortly transferred from her former school just because of williams.
He was quite suprised that Chloe's parents just let her choose to do whatever she wants and they always try their best to get things fulfilled for her.
He arrived at school one morning and the whole students were whispering and staring at him as he walked inside the school yard. He kept his head straight up trying to ignore the stares and attention that were on him.
Some group of students suddenly blocked his path snickering.
"I heard you transferred here because your father got on his knees to plead for Henry's father's assistance." One of them said tauntingly.
They all chuckled contemptuously.
Williams honey brown eyes widened baffled. He never expected his outcome of attending a prestigious school to be an utter mockery to him. His eyes wandered off to Henry who stood at a distance with his friends smiling derisively at his ridicule.
He knew Henry was really blunt from the first time they talked, but he never expected that he'd tell his family problems to the whole school. It was something between their father and his father.
Willaims felt really ashamed about the whole situation—but he didn't want to tell his father or ask to quit the school.
Most of all, he didn't want to look like a total ingrate after all the humiliation his father went through to get them to where they were. He just endured it all.
After that day, he became ostracized by the whole school. But he never for once cared, not until the same group of boys who blocked his path the other day resorted to bullying.
Unfortunately for them, Williams was never a weakling and had never allowed anyone to trample upon him.
He fought back injuring two of the boys, when his father found out he scolded him intensely calling him an ingrate for causing problems for him. He was so furious about his dad's despearacy and ignorant to the situation he had to face.
He returned to school the next day and the school demeanor became extremely calm.
Everyone treated him like he never existed anymore. It was better than to give him their ridiculing attention.
He promised himself he would put up with whatever was to come until he was done with this nonsense of a school and would work hard to get into college by himself.
He didn't want to be too involved with the Craig family as he already was. They really were bad news.
Benjamin Craig wasn't quite pleased.
He vowed to never have anything to say or do with Henry especially—but he ended up reaching out first after years.
He pulled Henry by his wrist into the library in between two shelves.
Henry thwacked his hands out of willaim's hands. "Why are you being so impatient?" He enquired cocking his brows quite pissed.
Meanwhile, Glen was unexpectedly searching for books in the library when he heard familiar voices across the shelf that he was scavenging for books. He paused and realized that the voices were William's and Henry's voices, it immediately piqued his curiosity and he leaned more closer to listen to what they were saying.
Willaims crossed his arms crinkling his brows solemnly, staring at Henry dead in the eyes. "I want to get straight to the point. Have you ever considered fucking a man or to have anything to do with a man?" He enquired.
Glen was quite surprised that Willaims talked the way he did, it was quite unexpected.
"What the fuck? Did you suddenly find me sexually attractive?" Henry enquired utterly humoured, cooed with a wide smile.
"This isn't a fucking joke. Do you ever consider laying with a man?" Willaims asked again with a stern expression.
Henry probably thought he was playing, which he wasn't doing.
He narrowed his eyes in a thoughtful way. "No. Think about it, why would anyone want to even look at another man in the way which they look at a woman? That's fucking gross." He chortled out a cynical laugh.
"I just wanted to confirm cause I heard rich people have weird kinks and fetishes…it seems at least you're not one of them"
Williams said and uncrossed his arms. A Grin of content subconsciously emerged on his face like he needn't worry about Glen ending up with Henry.
"But seriously, is this the reason why you called me out here?" Henry enquired dubiously, cocking a brow.
"Why else do you think I would call you? Let's not run into each from today hence forth." Willaims responded flippantly and walked away from Henry with a content expression.
Glen realized they were about to pass by, he immediately crouched down backing their direction like he was picking up his books as Williams walked passed the shelf space.
Henry followed behind him, but halted in between the shelves space crinkling his brows extremely ticked. "Giving me such scumbag arrogance after all my father did for your family…fucking ingrate." He muttered to himself and walked away.