Chapter 3
AlexPOV
Summer vacation had ended and school was going to start again. Around my birthday my mom would always get a bit depressed. She thought I wouldn't know but I caught her onetime holding a picture of a guy while falling asleep. Figured it must be my dad and I was determined to find out who he was. Clearly she loved him still but would never admit it for some reason. Tried asking uncle Chris once what happened but he would always give some vague answer that it wasn't the right time.
Thank god for the internet right? Cause turned out was very easy to find the person I was looking for. CEO Dimitri Alexander Belikov owner of hotels and casinos. I could see the resemblance between us easily we both have brown shoulder length hair , I was 6 foot 6 almost as tall as him and same facial features only difference is that I have the same color eyes as my mom. Was interested in Martial Arts specifically Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu had a high ranking belt and even owned a duster looking at the picture ,sounds like an adult version of me. Didn't know where this fascination came from until my mom told me about him. But never once she told me to change my style even if though I could see the hurt in her eyes.
She was strong and did everything she could to earn money so I could go to school and wear what I wanted. When I finish school I am going to do everything I can to make sure to pay her back for everything she did for me. But for now I had a plan that was going to allow me to get close to my dad. Only thing was that my mom had to agree to the exchange program for 2 months with a school called St Basil in Russia.
And I have been secretly learning Russian so I can talk to the locals over there. Another thing to be thankful for that is easily found on the internet. I read about his family and were they lived so I could pretend to bump into them. His sister was teacher at St Basil so that would be my first contact. This is going to be great I thought rubbing my hands together. And maybe I could convince that asshole to make up with my mom. If not I will kick his ass for hurting my mother the way he did. But for now I have to go to the auditorium to listen to business owners brag about their wealth. Well they can talk I am just going to read my book and listen to my music. Wasn't much of a people person and reading was a great escape from having to interact with people.
IvanPOV
Today me and Dimitri were going to St. Clementine's to talk to a bunch of teenagers and there career choices. Could see he didn't feel like it but some other company had cancelled and they almost begged if he could come and speak.
He changed a lot since the day he lost Rose back in Montana, almost don't recognize him. His job has become his wife and I am now his personal assistant/advisor. It happened al so fast when Randall his dad passed away and he had to fill his shoes. In the beginning he had me look for her but after 5 years he had "given up" not that he accepted it though. One night I found him crying with a bottle of vodka and bloody knuckles. He completely trashed his house and slammed a hole in the wall.
His mother tried to talk to him about it but he would never open up and tell what happened that night. Only thing I knew is it had something to with that bitch Natasha. Would have thought she given up but she still sometimes tries to get close to him disgusting really. Where I come in and try to keep her away from him as much as possible. She even applied once to be his receptionist at the head office in New York 10 years ago which was hilarious.
But now we were waiting for our turn to stand on the stage and tell the youth of today not too spoil any opportunity in the coming future. Yea right like I was a saint when I went to high school, rolled my eyes just thinking about it. Dimitri was talking to some investor when my eyes all of a sudden saw something. Blinked my eyes to make sure my eyes weren't deceiving me. Young men walking through the hall that I swear looked like a mini version of him.
But when I tried to find him it was like he poofed into thin air and decided it must have been a mistake. Maybe I should keep this information to myself for now and do some more digging into Rosemarie Mazur if that is still her name too bad I can't go digging into the school records.
DPOV
Every day I feel like I am on auto pilot, eat, drink and go to bed. You would think that after 15 years you moved on and forget about a former girlfriend. Technically we never broke up but having your number blocked clearly sends a message. Hasn't been a day that went by I wished things would have been different. Would be lying to myself that if she was standing right in front of me right now I would turn her down.
When she left she took my heart with her and I will always be aching to hold her again in my arms. I am the new CEO of the family business since the day my dad passed away. He wasn't a good man but my mother never divorced saying it was better this way. He stopped beating her when I was old enough to threaten him. Instead he neglected his family which I saw as a positive development.
Ivan dragged me out here so I could send a positive message to the future generation. Message should do whatever you want cause before you know it you have to grow up. But that wouldn't be a good speech and not good for my image. But I took comfort that in a few weeks I would visit my family who decided to move back to Baia. Couldn't blame my Mama cause she felt bad for leaving Babushka behind. And would give me a good excuse to see my younger sister Victoria who I was always really close with.
Ivan became my personal assistant/advisor and helped me a lot in the beginning. I could always count on him to kick me in the butt when things went south. He suggested to take a short break to visit my family, felt a bit apprehensive to take a vacation but apparently even CEO's need one.
I was talking to one of the potential investors while waiting when I noticed that Ivan was distracted. Probably some student or teacher that caught his eye. Made me laugh that he was still such a ladies man at times. And as I predicted he still hasn't been in a serious relationship with a woman. As for me I am married to my job and when I needed a release I would have a one night stand. But even that wouldn't do it for me anymore so I turned to my good old friend vodka. Or just buy something I didn't really need just to get bored with it after a week and sell it.
