Chapter 13 Thirteen

The Next Day

Sebastian came back from a meeting at the conference room and met a white sealed envelope on his desk with the print 'Saunders and co' on it.

He called his Secretary via the intercom and requested her presence. Jessica came in immediately.

"When did this get here?" He asked, gesturing to the envelope on his desk.

"Maria said it was delivered this morning by an intern from Saunders and Co."

"Did the intern tell Maria the person that sent him or her to deliver this?" He asked curiously because he has never had anything to do with anybody from Saunders and Co.

"No sir, "

Sebastian sighed, "Okay, you can go."

Seb removed his suit jacket, rolled up both sides of his sleeves to his elbow, then settled down on the chair behind his desk.

He reached for the envelope and opened it. He came across some papers which were directly addressed to him. Sebastian took pains to go through the papers. He was shocked after figuring out what they were all about.

The papers required him to tender his signatures which automatically meant he has waived his parental rights, giving the Mother of the baby the full custody of the child.

And the last paper among the documents was a restraining orde

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e knew was that he needed a shoulder to cry on.

"After two knocks, his mother asked him to come in"

Vanessa was seated on the left-hand side of the king-size bed she shared with her husband. Her head was against the headboard and a laptop was settled on her lap.

Sebastian approached his mother, removed the laptop from her lap and placed it on the nightstand. He took a seat beside his mom, buried his face in her lap and sobbed.

All the tears he had been holding back throughout the day rolled down his cheeks with immediate effect, his sobs got louder when he remembered all that he said and put Jayda through and now he had lost her, his child and best friend. Never had he felt so lonely in his life.

He thought he was protecting himself from getting hurt again but he ended up destroying himself and his friendship with Caleb.

The last time Vanessa saw her son this way was when he discovered Susan's true colour. So she couldn't tell if Sebastian's reaction was a good or bad thing. She was a bit surprised that he came to her for comfort but that did not stop her from calming him down.

"Cry it all out my son, I'll always be here for you." She assured as she gently ran her fingers through his hair.