Life is good

[A few days later…]

“I feel like something terrible is going to happen to me,” said Thad as he chose Raiden as his character.

“I think that you’re being ridiculous,” I said as I chose Sub Zero as my character.

“I don’t think I am. Literally, everyone is on your side, even Kent. The guy who doesn’t listen to anyone,” says Thad as he shocks me with Raiden.

“If you don’t concentrate on the game, then you’re going to lose,” I say as I perform a combo to wipe out the rest of his health. Round 1 goes to me.

“Don’t try to distract me. You just dodged the question.”

“What do you want me to say? That an alien came down from outer space, attacked me, left me for dead, and as a result gained the power to mind control people.”

“Don’t quote the synopsis of the new comic I’m reading. That’s not cool.”

“You know that if you were so concerned with me doing something to you, then we wouldn’t be out here playing Mortal Kombat together,” I say as I lose the second match with Thad.

“I’ve accepted my fate. If you have some mind-controlling powers, then hiding from you isn’t going to help my case if my comics taught me anything. Besides, the good guys always win.”

“You know that’s only in comics, and choose your own adventure stories.”

“I’m sure that’s the reason I just beat you in Mortal Kombat.”

“You beat me because you play it ten times more than me,” I said as I sighed and picked another character.

Rachel walked into the living room with a tray full of chocolate chip cookies.

“You only believe that he has some special powers because you could never hope to be as charming and caring as Devin.”

“Thanks, Rachel.”

I grab one of the fresh baked cookies and eat it as Thad grabs one as well.

“You can’t buy my silence only my gratitude,” says Thad as he stuffs his face with cookies.

Rachel cleans up my mouth with a napkin and leans in for a kiss. I indulge her and pull her closer to me. As I made out with her, my hands roamed all across her body. Eventually, we separated, and Rachel whispered, “I’m ready anytime” as she walked away. She puts an extra sway to her hips to entice me to come sooner, but I wasn’t taking the bait right now.

Thad watched the scene and said, “I need a girlfriend. No wait, even if I could you’d probably steal her away.”

“You think so little of me.”

“Shouldn’t you be fucking your super-hot maid right now instead of hanging out with me?”

“I already had plenty of fun before meeting up with you. I’m a little tired not to mention that I don’t want anything to change for my plans for tomorrow.”

“Are you going to ask for a raise from your boss who’ve you’ve magically become friends with?”

“You really do think little of me. I won’t lie that it hasn’t crossed my mind, but I have more important things to discuss with him.”

“Like what?”

“His daughter.”

…

[The next day in Krys POV]

I wonder why my dad asked me to come home all of a sudden. He’s lucky that I had some free time available. As I drove into the country club, I could see some of my old friends hard at work. Only one word comes to mind: pathetic. They could’ve had the fame, money, and power that I had if they only applied themselves. Instead, they’re content being workers at my father’s country club. Until there rich and famous, it would be a waste of time to even talk to them. Gina was working as the valet for the day and happily took my keys without a word. Usually, she would glare at me as she takes my key but not today. A little weird but doesn’t matter to me why she’s in a good mood. Without wasting any time, I get out of the car and walk to my father’s office to see him typing furiously away on his computer. It’s weird to see him not relaxing in his office drinking **** when I meet him, but I ignore that to talk about the problem at hand.

“Why did you call me here, dad? What was so important that I had to leave my mansion to fly all the way out here?”

“Krys, this is a big conversation, and we should talk about it while we eat.”

He gestured to the long rectangular table at the left of the room.

At that moment, Amber walked into the office with a cart full of food. Amber immediately began filling the table with my favorite food. She even poured each of us a glass of expensive wine. My father sat down and took a sip of wine as he waited for me to sit down. I look over to Amber hungrily staring at the food as she backed away from it. I sat down at the other end of the table and took a bite of the food as time stopped. Memories of the many iterations of my life flashed into my mind, and it wasn’t long afterward that I was faced to face with the man who’s made my life what it is now.

“It’s you. Please let me go.”

“Let you go, I’ve waited a long time for this. It would be a little anti-climatic if I just let you go.”

“I’m sure you can use whatever power you have to get any girl you want. Take Amber, for instance, she’s smart, hot, and great in bed. I’m positive that you won’t be disappointed.”

“That would be tempting if she wasn’t already my girlfriend.”

“Please, I have everything I’ve ever wanted. Money, fame, and the power to do whatever I want. I wasn’t tied down to you or anyone else. I was free.”

“That’s where you were wrong, Krys. You were never free. You just thought you were. At long last, I will finally get the chance to mold you to my liking.”