Chapter 101 - Useless Brother

"Mr. Morris, are you a full time actor or you are working somewhere else too?"

"I am a businessman, so I need to manage my company too." Jim honestly answered her question.

"This play is very important for me and I won't tolerate carelessness or procrastination on the actors' end when rehearsing, so tell me honestly will you be able to manage dedicating your time for the rehearsals?" Amanda is a straight forward person and prefers talking out things very clearly.

"Yes Ma'am, I can manage but I'll be able to come for rehearsals in the evening on weekdays but I can stay as long as you want, even till next day morning I can stay, also I can be here full time on weekends." Jimmy has an important project to work on, which he cracked earlier this week, the Tanaka project, he wanted to focus there too as he promised Danny, yesterday his family even threw a party to celebrate his success so he can't let them down, he needs to fulfill their dream too with his own, so he was very clear that he can't compromise on it for pursuing a career in acting.

"That's fine as most of the people acting in this play have two professions and therefore all the rehearsals have been scheduled in the evening but it can go on till late night"

"Not a problem"

"Okay, Mr. Morris, we have some other auditions too scheduled for the day for the same role so we can only let you know the result by the end of today" Amanda professionally informed him.

"Sure, thank you" Jimmy bowed to her and headed towards the exit. 

He paused for a second and turned to look at Megan, who went and sat next to Amanda, she too is attending all the rehearsals to see who would be the one who will be paired opposite her and also she was needed to check the chemistry with the actors who make it to the second round.

He wanted to apologize to her for his earlier behavior and thank her for not letting their previous encounter cloud her judgement when Amanda asked for her opinion.

"Ms. Megan, can I have a word with you?" Jimmy hesitantly asked after struggling for a few seconds as he wondered should he talk to her not but then he finally decided he should because if he doesn't get this role then he might never meet her again so it was better to apologize when he could.

Megan was still feeling embarrassed as she didn't push him earlier and was lost when they got intimate, but since he asked her in front of everyone she couldn't say no as it would be rude.

"Sure"

They then went out.

"First of all I am sorry for my behavior during that fight for the parking spot, I had this audition and I didn't want to be late, this audition was very important for me and coming late would not leave a good first impression on me, so I acted selfishly, sorry again. Second of all, thank you so much for not holding a grudge against me and to give an honest feedback"

Megan listened to him and finally spoke, "It's okay" 

Then she turned around to leave.

"That's it?" Jimmy was surprised as he said so much and she responded using only two words.

"What more do you want me to say?" 

"I thought you will yell at me for that parking spot thing"

"I am not petty to hold grudges and yell about it after it is already over and you apologized, it's okay, let bygones be bygones"

"Wow, I like your attitude"

"I don't care" Megan bluntly informed him.

"That's fine you don't have to" Jimmy bowed to her and left.

Megan too resumed her position next to Amanda to see other auditions.

Jimmy checked time and it was 12:30 pm, 'Great, I can meet my cousin and her fiance, mom won't be mad at me and I can be saved from her nagging' he sighed in relief and then headed to his home.

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Morris Mansion [12:30 pm]

The irritating sound of the alarm woke Daniel, he was used to it so he quickly woke up, he then smiled when he saw Rachel in his arms, "Please turn off the alarm" she was annoyed and ordered him with her eyes still closed. 

Daniel quickly turned off the phone alarm and kissed her on the forehead, "Sleep well" he whispered in her ears and she snuggled closer to him and continued sleeping.

He didn't have the heart to get out of bed so he kept looking at her sleeping face, 'Why are so adorable? You make me want to gobble you up' he thought and was surprised with his increasingly perverted thoughts and decided to head out before he loses control over himself and disrupts her peaceful sleep. 

He carefully removed his hand from below her head and went for a bath, then he headed downstairs.

There he saw a young woman sitting on the couch, she was a wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, her hair was tied in a ponytail and was smiling charmingly holding the arm of the guy sitting next to her, he looked very calm and composed unlike the woman next to him who is talking continuously, Daniel could see they were perfectly complementing each other and looked great together.

"Hey there comes my elder brother" the young woman smiled at Daniel and went to hug him, they met each other only a few times in their life but yet they had that good bond and comfort level around each other.

"Danny, this is my fiancee Nicholas and Nick that's Daniel my elder cousin brother" she happily introduced them, the two guys shook their hands and formally smiled at each other.

"I hope my mother has not been boring you two" Daniel joked with them.

"What nonsense? I have been entertaining them very well, right Kitty?"

"Of course" Kate agreed with her and supported her.

"I was talking to Nicholas" 

"Haha no your mom was indeed entertaining us, we weren't bored at all" Nick laughed and explained.

"By the way, where is my younger brother?" Kate asked, looking around the house.

"Your elder brother sent him away to run some errands for him," Catherine scoffed in anger.

"Daniel you are a bully" Kate angrily glared at him.

"Be grateful I never bullied you" 

"If you will bully me, my Nick will deal with you" Kate again held Nick's arms lovingly and stuck her tongue out to tease him.

"No, I won't deal with him" Nick out rightly denied her claim.

"Baby, do you want me to kill you?" she glared at him, Nick gulped in fear seeing her anger.

"Daniel, don't tease her or I will have to deal with you" Nick changed his stance 180 degrees as soon as she warned him.

Daniel and Catherine laughed at how controlling Kate was.

Harry then came to the living room too and wished the young couple congratulations as they were going to be married soon. 

Daniel realized he still didn't congratulate them and he followed the suite.

"I am so happy you are getting married Kate, look at this useless brother of yours, he doesn't even have a girlfriend" Catherine ridiculed her son.

"What? Why Danny?" Kate innocently asked.

"Never found the one" He lied.

"Should I set you up with one of my friends?" Kate offered him as she felt bad her handsome brother is still single.

"No thanks, so when are you two getting married?" Daniel wanted to change the topic.

"After two months, please save the dates, it is a five days event" Kate happily announced.

Daniel's eyes widened hearing her words, "What the hell are you going to do for five days?"

"It is properly planned, I'll share the itinerary with you all" Kate was not offended as almost everyone they invited reacted like this, especially all the men.

"So, you guys are getting married in London?" Catherine asked.

Kate looked at Nick and smiled, then she excitedly announced, "No, we are getting married in Paris"

"Nick, you are damn rich." Daniel declared.

"Anything for Kate, since her childhood she dreamt of a big fat wedding and always wanted to get married in Paris, so Paris it is" Nick declared.

Just then Jimmy entered the home and was happy to see his cousin.

Kate ran to him and gave him a tight hug, she really loved this younger brother of hers.

"Jim you are looking damn handsome in this suit" she praised him just like everyone did in the morning.

"Thank you so much. But it is a bit uncomfortable, give me 15 minutes I'll freshen up and come"

"Sure"

15 minutes later Jim came back and they all updated him about Kate's marriage plans.

"For how many years have you two been dating each other?" Jimmy was curious to know.