DOUBLE LIFE: chapter 1 "a forgotten promise"

"aagh..please stop…." "why" he looked at him with newfound worry and a bit of frustration "well!?" the other let out a shaky breath before replying

5 YEARS EARLIER

Lee Rock was always a modest and respectful boy. almost all his life he talked up most properly and behaved up most properly. Thanks to his grandmother he was raised to be the perfect little gentleman. Because his parent was old and frail he barely had the time to play with the other kids his age, he was not as strong as them at all and was barely athletic. His grandmother pitied him and let him join track after school, and there he trained hard and long with his new favorite couch. then the day came when his grandmother became very ill and couldn't leave her bed. Lee took the daily matters of his grandmother in his own hands,cooking,cleaning, even paying bills and making the same quilts and baskets that his grandmother made to sell.

"mamma, it is late you should not be up at this hour" Lee said warily as he yawned flicking on the lights and heading towards the side of the old womans bed.

she laughed lightly setting down her book "oh dear..i must have been caught again..you know how much i like this novel so" she said as she smiled fondly.

"you sure do keep a good job looking out for me" she whispered as she patted the other side of the bed waiting for her foster child to join her on the bed. Lee came to the other side of the bed and laid beside her "of course mamma i love very much, i will always take care of you"

the woman gave a sad smile "i wish i could say the same...but i will not last long and you do know that...it is only a matter of time...and i want to make sure i tell you all you need to hear before i go"

Lee shut out the bad news and only reacted to the last part of her sentence "And what is that mamma?" he tilted his head slightly letting his jet black hair sway along with his movements.

"do not waste your talents boy...i wasted mine and now i lost one of the greatest opportunities in my life...though i have you that makes up for it but i am afraid you will not have that chance to take...i have seen you in your track you run so fast i could not believe my eyes...you and that strange couch of yours are always working hard...do not waste that..even for money..you hear?"

her voice hardened at the last word as she stared straight into Lee's eyes.

Lee looked back with the same intensity giving a nod and grabbed his grandmother's hand, then intertwined his pinky over hers "i promise mamma".

~prologue~