Chapter 14: The man who hates everything
As the car approached Riley's house he started getting this unsettling feeling. "This is the one Mr Nux." Riley motioned for Nux to stop the car. They got out the car and walked towards house. From the gate they could see a man sitting on a chair drinking beer.
Diogo saw his son with some people enter the gate. He waited for them to get closer. "Father, umm this is Mr Nux and he would like to talk to you." Riley quickly said with his head down. Diogo shifted his gaze to the old man Riley just introduced. "Mr Santos I must say, you have one hell of a…" Nux was interrupted by a hand raised by Diogo. "Are you a social worker? Because if you are, me and my son are fine we don't need anything aside from each other." Diogo said firmly. Nux was stunned 'Do I look like a social worker?' Nux thought and gave his outfit a quick evaluation.
"No Mr Santos. I'm not a social worker but I am a football scout from Germany and I like what I see from your son which is why I would like your permission to take him to Germany." Nux quickly got to the point. Diogo's flashed with a very dangerous glint, 'Football again. This brat really doesn't listen.' Diogo thought as he glanced at Riley. "Football? Germany? Really?Im sorry old man but no. This boy is not going anywhere." Nux expected this after Riley gave him a brief summary of his father. Jaco the little German boy took out his phone and went to Diogo. Everyone was dumbfounded as to what this little boy is doing. "Hello, my name is Jaco Bender. Im the future top scout of Borussia Dortmund and big brother Riley is my first find. Please…" Jaco gestured for Diogo to watch the video on his phone. Diogo looked at the young boy who obviously didn't know that much Portuguese.
This was a video of Riley's trial match where Riley decimated his opponents. Diogo watching this was a little taken back, he has never seen his son play football and he never wanted to. 'Is this brat really that good' Diogo thought and threw a quick glance at Riley. The video played for a couple of minutes before it ended and Diogo stared at Riley for some time.
"So you want to play football huh?" Diogo asked Riley with a smirk on his face. Diogo didn't wait for Riley to answer and shifted his gaze to Nux. "Hey old man. Look, I get it now. My son might know a little bit of ball. He can go to Germany but he also can't because Im not willing to up and leave my country for a new one. My life is here so sorry, he is staying." Diogo said with a smug look on his face. "And you brat. Now that this old man from Germany has seen you play and you have little skill. Just wait for local teams to scout you. Sporting Lisbon is a good team don't you think?"
Riley, Nux and Jaco were flabbergasted at this man's shameless behaviour. "Dad, mom has already agreed for me to go to Dortmund." Diogo's smirk was instantly wiped of his face. 'That bitch…' Diogo didn't like what he heard. He looked at his son and the other 3 people in the room, a sigh of defeat from Diogo. "Okay. Since you really want to leave you can go boy." Riley heard this and was shocked, Diogo sure wasn't as overbearing as he expected him to be but this too was okay. "Yes, go on then. Be a footballer or whatever but don't you dare forget where you come from."