Chapter 6

Chuck pov

Life had started to fall into a routine in the past four months. He would wake up at around five, and then he and Hannah would go for a run inside the property. After that, they would have breakfast at the end of it. Hannah would go to her office, and Chuck would go to his lab. Even though he was confined to the property. He never felt freer, actually scratch that he was in heaven. He was doing what he enjoyed. He had created gadgets, Software, and games which had been hit with both the public and the government agencies. He was receiving contract after contract. Carmichael Industries was using all the resources of the Rogan Industries. Still, if they went at this rate, they would soon need to open a new campus. Today was an important day. Today, he was going to show something to Hannah on which he had been working for the last five years. It was on the verge of competence when Chuck got involved with the CIA and could not devote the time to it, but now, as he had all the time in the world. He had completed it. As Chuck leads Hannah to his base, Chuck is like a child who is waiting for his parents' reaction after they have done an excellent job all by themselves. After he had shown it to Hannah, he was looking at her face for her reaction. It should be good for the big smile on her face, Chuck thought.

Hannah jumped in Chuck's arms, hugging him for all she was worth as she said: "Chuck, this operating system is fabulous. It can replace Windows as the most common operating system. Come on, tell me more about it."

"Are you sure? I know it is good, but to replace windows, I do not think so," Chuck answered with uncertainty.

Hannah gave him a look which plainly said you got to be kidding me. Have some fate in yourself.

Chuck raised his arm above his shoulder as he said, " Okay …Okay, its features, not going in much technical, well it is twice fast as Windows it has an advanced firewall which only I can break, but that is because I designed it and know about it inside out, It can run in all type of computer, Smartphone, I pod etc., it can send unlimited data directly from one computer to another provided that they are connected to the internet no more compressing or stuff like that, It can transferee data directly between different devices like computer to Smartphone or visa verse without them been connected in any way provided that they both have this OP, It can support any type of game."

Hannah's smile got bigger and bigger as Chuck explained the features. "That's great, Chuck. What are you going to name the OP."

" Well, I was thinking of naming it 'Cerberus'. As you know, it is the guardian dog of Hades, but in this case, it was the Guardian of the computer as one of its features is to provide protection. So what do you think?" Chuck asked nervously.

"What I think, I think it is great. It is just what we require to move from a multimillion company to a multi-billion company. I will start getting paperwork for it and the patent license and other formalities. Have you any idea how you want to do its promotion?" Hannah asked

"I was thinking, as its name is Cerberus, we can invite many hackers and offer one million awards for whoever can get into the system with only its firewall on", Chuck suggested

"Woo, you have clearly put a lot of thought into it. We are definitely doing it as soon as I get the paperwork finished. Any more ideas? Mr. Genius, and you say I have wonderful ideas," Hannah asked playfully.

" No, but if I have, I will tell you on a serious note. I want to tell Ellie everything about how I started the company now that her debt has been gone for some time," Chuck asked.

"Of course, you can tell Ellie everything. It is your decision. If you feel like you should tell Ellie everything, then you should," Hannah replied

" It's just that this is my greatest creation to date, and I want Ellie to feel proud of me when she sees Cerberus and, more importantly, know that whatever I am today is because of her and the sacrifices she made", Chuck replied emotionally.

Hannah, seeing the state of Chuck, led him out of the base to the nearest couch she could find and said: " Chuck, you have never discussed your life after your parent left. You clearly are suppressing a lot of emotion. Let it all out, Chuck."

Chuck sat quietly for some time as Hannah put her arm on his shoulder to show that she was there for him. Chuck started speaking like a dam broke loose. He told her How he was only seven years old when his mother left… how before that, Chuck broke her favourite bracelet, but it was totally an accident. Chuck was picking it up to give it to his mother as she was to come home that day, but it fell and broke. How he tried to fix it… How his mother came, took one look at the bracelet, packed her bag, and left without saying one word. ….. How for a long time, Chuck thought that it was his fault that his mom left because he broke her favorite bracelet. She was right. Chuck would be mad too if someone broke his game CD….. he tried to find his mom and say he was sorry for hurting her by breaking the bracelet and asking her to come home and how he would be a good boy. Still, he could not find her. All his letters came back unanswered….How dad became distant…. How he was always working until he left ….How Ellie had to do two jobs, study and take care of him when all of her were going to dates and parties…. How she became just like a single mom at the age of fifteen … How they kept it a secret from authorities as Ellie was still not an adult and they didn't want to go to foster care. They had lost so much they didn't want to lose each other… How some neighbour helped them…. How he was bullied because his parent left ….. How he found at the age of fourteen that his mother was living with some Russian billionaire through the program he had created … How Chuck stopped searching after that and the anger Chuck felt for his mother and decided that Chuck would start his own company and become rich … How Chuck was happy when he got Stanford acceptance ….How he became friend Bryce and Jill. All the time he spends with them having fun … How betrayed he felt when he was expelled from Stanford…how he met Sarah, and how confusing it was whenever he thought that she loved him, she told him she didn't, but whenever he was with another girl she used to become jealous….. How he felt that there was something between them when he asked her to run away with her as Chuck knew how important the job was for her but not as she chose Bryce to go with her …..how foolish he was….. until he could not say anymore and fell asleep

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