Adventure In The Dark
Tragedy 394 - Theodore and Caroline
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"I thought you moved to America to join the CIA and make your dreams of being a spy agency, ' he said, because I remember very well that since childhood you dreamed of becoming an agent like the cartoon you used to watch. What's the name of the movie?"
"Totally Spies!" said Lucy.
"Yes, that's it! But seeing you like this, isn't bad either. You still look pretty."
"Then what about you? I thought you too would be like Arsene Lupin, stealing and returning your stolen property to the poor."
"You remember hahaha." Leon chuckles. He did not think that Lucy still remembered the name of his favorite fictional character.
"But by the way seeing you like that, daring to report me to the police, it seems like you've really turned into a man."
"What do you mean, I was a man before."
"Yes. But you used to be a crybaby and could only hide behind my back. I remember a long time ago, you were bullied by kids who lived around the park near Grandma's house in Paris. You're crying because they're bothering you."
"Hahaha, you remember."
"Of course I remember, because I came and helped you. I fought them and pushed them until my knee was hurt."
"From the time you were like a man, you could always fight against the children who bullied me, even you always made them cry in fear while yelling to call his mother. Turns out you're still the same as you used to be, you almost broke my bones."
"Haha. Oh yeah, by the way how's uncle Theodore and aunty Caroline? Are they healthy? We haven't celebrated Noel and La Saint-Sylvestre together for a long time."
Lucy was speechless with a face that instantly turned moody. In a very slow voice he said, "mama, and papa is dead."
"What?!" Leon rounded his eyes.
"A few years ago, mom and dad had an accident when they were about to celebrate their wedding anniversary. But on the way, they realized that someone had put a bomb in the car they were riding in. They died in the explosion. Their car fell into the lake, and they drowned." Lucy tried to hold back her crying. To tell a truth like this really felt hard for him. Moreover, this story makes him have to recall his worst memories. Memories that he had been trying to bury deeply.
Leon sniffles. He did not expect that his uncle and aunt would experience such a terrible event.
"I'm sorry I never called you, and just told you this. After papa and mama died for years" Lucy said.
Leon's crying couldn't be held back. Her uncle and aunt were good people, who were always considerate of her and were gentle with her. In fact, they never get angry when he always makes a mess around the house when he and his family still live in Paris.
Lucy looked up and saw Leon who was crying bitterly. Lucy knows Leon also feels the loss of both parents.
Lucy got up from her seat, she hugged Leon who was now crying.
Lucy tries to calm Leon down.
Seeing Leon cry like this, and I tried to calm him down, it all felt like I was going back in time. He tightened his embrace.
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