"Really dad? Sharing my room? Me? With an Evans?" Troy frowned, lazily bounce and catch his basketball to and off of the wall.
He remember visiting Ryan at the hospital that Friday night. The school found out what happened to the Evans and everyone wasn't that surprise. They all know that Evans is filthy rich, impossible to not be the thieves target. But that was an unfortunate or fortunate of Ryan to be the only one survive in that robbery. Living him all alone in the world with no family or extended family at all, but still, alive.
But then, nobody knows that Vance Evans company has gone bankrupt, and they lost all their money. His house will be sealed, he'll lost all his wealth. Which had lead him to an extreme anger and disappointment, and he went too far that night on Ryan.
Jack Bolton knows almost everything, minus for the part where his bestfriend was an abusive parent. Other than that, he believe everything Ryan told him about the cause of death of Vance and Sharpay. Because they were murdered during a robbery in their house. And Jack sigh upon this. If the robber knows about their bankruptcy, nobody will get hurt or even die.
For that, he assigned himself to take care of Ryan, the only property of Vance left. Besides, there are no custody case will be charge, considering Ryan has no family and he'll turn 18 in a few months.
"Come on, Troy. We're not going through this againnn. Vance and Sharpay were dead. And Ryan is all alone. Vance is my bestfriend. I have to look after his son. Plus, Ryan is your friend too right. It wouldn't be that hard" Jack said, persuading his son.
Troy rolled his eyes before sitting up straight. Catching his ball and put it on his lap, looking directly at his father. "I know, and he is my friend, but we're not that close. And why do we have to share a room, and a bed? We have another spare room. You can buy him a cheap mattress and whatever else if you really want to adopt him or something. But sharing? Ughhhhhhhhhhh" Troy groan again, dramatically, making Jack wonder if Ryan already rubbed off on him even before living together.
"You know Troy, Ryan has been through a lot. He lost his mom when he's 4 years old. 13 years later, he lost his dad, his twin sister, his wealthiness, for god sake, at the exact same time. Nothing left for him. It is possible for him to try and kill himself, Troy. And we don't want that. He's worth it. We must let him know that we love him, that there are people who look out for him. And we will be that person. So I need you, to look after him, you know, like he's your own little brother. You always want a sibling right?"
When Troy grimace at the words but didn't say anything, Jack give him a small smile. He sit beside him on the bed and put his arm around Troy's shoulder.
"I know how good of person the Evans' are. And I can't let my bestfriend's son all alone out there. Being homeless, family-less or any other -less word you can think of" Jack added.
Troy remained silent for another minute before he finally give up. "Fine. I'll do this for you" he said and sigh deeply.
"You're almost 18. I know you will understand" the oldest Bolton said before patting his back and left Troy's room.
Sighing again, Troy crash himself on the bed and mumble to himself, "This is not going to be a promising senior year".