It's been 4 days since I met Andre. Actually the day we had dinner together, the next day he got a call from his father and that's why he went to 'Toulouse' his hometown

I don't know why he went there, he didn't tell me anything clearly and when I was trying to call him from past 3 days his phone was showing switched off. I was thinking all this, just when a ringing sound came from nearby and made me come out from my pondering thoughts

I moved my gaze towards my phone to see 'Andre' name displaying on my phone's screen. I quickly reached out to take my phone. "Hey bro !! How are you ? You didn't even called me..you know how tensed I was ? Atleast you should have called me?!! " I suddenly burst with tons of questions

For a meer seconds there was silence just then a faint sound of a boy 27 or something of age came out from my phone."Ethan ...I..I.." He hesitantly said as if his own voice is stopping him from speaking. "What happened Andre? Why are you sounding so sad? Is anything happened in 'Les Chalets'?" 'Les Chalets' is the hometown of Andre, it is in the Toulouse city of France

By now the sobbings of Andre were being heard from the other side of the phone. Now I'm becoming tensed. "You don't worry, I'm coming right way to you" saying this I disconnect the call and dial a number. "Yes Boss !" A man's voice in his 20's age came from the other side of the phone. "Mathieu, book the tickets of first flight to Toulouse as fast as you could" I ordered my assistant Mathieu. Then I cleared my desk and packed up my things ready to leave the office.

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It's 2:00 pm in afternoon, and I'm sitting in the airport hastily waiting for my flight. That's when the boarding announcement was audible. "May I have your attention please, I request all the passengers, who are travelling from Paris to Toulouse, come near gate no. 3, the flight will soon be taking leave, Thank you !" As soon as I hear the announcement, i take my luggages and board towards the gate.

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Ahh... After the journey of 1 hour 30 mins something.. I'm finally stepping in the smooth atmosphere of Toulouse. The cold breezes brought shivers running down my spine

I look here and there only to see, 'Samuel Martin' Andre's big brother leaning against the car making straight eye-contact with me. At first I got scared because he was not looking at me, he was glaring at me. I started moving towards him. 'Hello' I say trying to be polite because we both don't get along well. He just nodded in response and took my luggages and started putting it in the back side of the car and seeing this I also went there to help him. After putting the luggage, we moved towards the car gate, Samuel sat on the driver's seat and I sat on the passenger seat

After 15 mins of awkward silence, Samuel broke the silence and said in a stern voice "why did you came here?" who is he to ask why I came here, It's my friend's place I can come here anytime It's my wish

Anyways, i gulped all the anger and in the same voice as his I answered back "I didn't know that now I have to take permission to visit my friend" well it was a good answer, im proud of myself, he deserves this

Listening to my answer, he tightened his grip on the staring wheel and just focused on driving without any further questions. A smirk appeared on my lips. I looked outside the window, the refreshing winds were doing their work of making people feel thrilled

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Soon we reached the Martin's villa. It was damn gorgeous from outside. I took out my luggage, Samuel didn't even glance at me and go straight towards the door

I take my luggage and start moving towards the gate just when a melodious voice of a lady drags my attention, i look up to see 'Amelia Martin' standing on the door with one hand on her belly and the other swinging in the air

"Hello Mr. Francois" she smiled brightly. "Hello, Mrs. Martin" Amelia is the wife of that ruthless brat Samuel and right now she is 3 months pregnant. We never met each other face to face but Andre had shown me her photo so I know about her. And I think Andre must have told her about me

I was unable to come on the wedding of Samuel so, that's why I didn't got a chance to meet her. I was thinking all this just when some servants came and took my luggages. "Put the sir's luggage in the guest room, he will be staying with us for a couple of days" Amelia said to one of the servants

Just then Samuel spoke in a lovely voice "Amy, u don't need to do all this just sit on the sofa, you are pregnant you must take rest " he said to Amelia, his gaze softened at this time. I was astonished to see him speaking like this

Then I remembered that Andre had told me that his sister-in-law is the only one whoms orders Samuel follows patiently and politely. Amelia smiled and said "How can I rest when guests have came to our house" but Samuel didn't listen her one time and made her sit on the nearby sofa. Seeing so much love and care of Samuel towards his wife a lovely smile spread on my face

Just when I was seeing all this and smiling a broken voice of a man came by the stairs.I turned my eyes towards the stairs to see 'Andre' standing near the stairs

His eyes were red and swollen, he was not looking in good condition. "Ethan, how are you?" I was unable to speak anything, I saw him first time in this type of condition. It was like my mind was sending signals to speak anything or move forward but my body was not responding to the signals and remained statue in one position

Before I could sense what was happening a tight grip left me in one position and my body was almost crushed. Then after sometime I felt my body returning to senses and I was feeling a bit light and loose by now comparing to the sudden hard grip holding me a few minutes ago. I looked towards Andre and only a few words came from my mouth -"What happened to you?"

But before I could speak further a voice diverted my attention "He is not in the condition to say anything" Samuel said but in a calm voice and started proceeding towards our direction

I was not able to process what he wants to say so I just simply ask "What ?" raising my one eyebrow, my eyes questioning to him."Actually.." he paused and looked down, a tear escaped through his eyes "Actually ....

Flashback starts (5 days ago)

Andre's POV:-

Me and Ethan come out of the restaurant chatting and giggling around . "It was a great time" Ethan smiled. "Yeah it was ...hey look there, its an ice-cream shop, let's go and eat one" i blurted out eagerly pointing towards a small shop which was on the other side of the road

As we were about to take our steps further a ringing voice came through my pocket. I slid my hand and take out my phone from pocket. 'Big bro' is showing on the phone's screen

'Why did he call that too at this hour of time' the only thing raoming in mind. I pick up the call and take it near my right ear and say "yes brother?" I blurted out. "Andre come home as fast as you could" my brother spoke from the other side of the phone, his voice trembling. "But why ? What happened?" I asked out of confusion. I don't understand what happened to him. "I will tell you but please come as fast as you could" he mumbled

The phone got disconnected. Now I'm being tensed, he never talks like this then what happened to him suddenly. I put my phone back in the pocket

"Dude, you okay ?? " Andre murmured. "I don't know what happened to my brother, anyways I'm in a bit of a hurry right now, i will talk to you later" i hurry up and run towards my car

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4:00 am in the morning, Les chalets, Toulouse

(In front of Martin's villa )

I take a deep breath and glide the door of the villa. But as soon as my gaze meets the view before me , my body freezes. I was not able to understand what was going on

In front of me, i can see many people crying and the thing that hurt me the most is to see my sister in law crying badly and my brother who is always there to take care of his wife, is now himself crying silently, tears were streaming down through his cheeks

And then his eyes meet mine and seeing me he wipes off his tears and come towards me. And before I could think anything, he hold me in his tight grip , sobbing. And stammers "His gone Andre.. his gone.. he left us alone and went away happily ...he left us Andre ...he is gone" i patted his back and tried to console him but it was of no use because by now his sobbing increased , i can feel him breathing very fastly. "Whom are you talking about?" I asked him

"Dad Andre ...Dad ..he is gone ...he left us alone" he started crying again. And that's it, these three words 'Dad Is Gone' made my life upside down. By now tears started streaming down through my cheeks, tracing every corner of the cheek. I fall on my knees and start crying badly. I am not in my senses right now, i don't know what is happening to me. Right now to me even death is better than this pain of losing my father

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"So this is what happened ..." Samuel murmured. I stood there equally shocked and sad. I know that he loves his father very much and that his mother died 10 years ago in an accident so ...it was a bit sad for him to lose his only parent whom he loved with his whole heart

I turn my head towards andre and just hug him tightly and whisper "Don't worry bro, I will always be with you" after a few seconds I loosened my grip from him and backed off

I kept my hands on both the sides of his shoulder and patted it "you are strong boy, man. Don't cry, he will always be among us I'm also sad, your father was a good person and I was also very inspired by him but please don't loose your hope" I console him, he also seems to relax a bit after hearing my words

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Hello Readers 🤗. I hope you all liked the next chapter. And I'm extremely excited for the upcoming chapter but ... Equally sad too , for Andre. Hope everything goes well with him🥺. He is the strongest one and seeing him broken like this is breaking my heart💔. But the only thing I can say is that he is not alone we are always with him, he is my favourite character in the whole story .. ofcourse im the writer so I know about the story and seeing by all this, i genuinely consider Andre my most favourite character. Ahh, why this fictional world is full of green flags and kind man, with heart touching past and traumas, you know everyone deserves better in real life too. Anyways, I wish best of luck for Andre and blessings for his coming future hope everything goes well with him in the future🫀. To get the spoilers of the story you can go to my account on Instagram @Autho_rscarlett . So that's it for today guys. And I'm extremely sorry for posting the next chapter late. As I have told earlier I have my personal life too .. so it becomes a bit hectic to me to complete the chapter fast. I'm really really very sorry for this 😞. I will try to post the next chapter soon if possible. Please try to understand my problem 😖. Have a good day ahead 💖💞