Dear Enemy
Chapter 6 - Mummy & Daddy

“Carlota, I managed to track him down. From what I managed to track, that kid is not far from where you are!”

“What? I understand.”

“DIA THERE!” One of Carlota's men shouted while pointing at Elios who was now running in the other direction. The boy had just jumped from one building to another, and was now running towards the back of the building. Carlota who saw it then rushed to chase after the boy along with his men. They had to catch the boy to take back the tools he had stolen from them.

“We have managed to find it!” carlota said to Rieko who was across the street. They ran after Elios. The boy fled towards the back of the hotel building, and cleverly ran towards a dark, narrow alley not far from there. The alley was so dirty and decorated with trash. Carlota and his men did not want to give up so easily. At any rate, they had to capture the boy and bring him back to the base.

Elios kept moving with his hands and feet. His instincts could tell that Carlota and his men were running towards him, and he had to hide as quickly as possible to avoid them. But his escape ended when he was stuck in a dead end.

“HERE!” Elios had not yet escaped from there, and Carlota and his men were already there to encircle him. They stood in the way of the only way for him to get out. “You won't be able to run anywhere anymore!”

Sensing the threat of danger, the boy immediately took a position. He looked at Carlota ferociously and attempted to attack him. Elios jumps up and bites them with all his might, causing Carlota to be in pain. Carlota jerked his hand and made the boy fall on the ground. “Fucking child! This bastard I must teach you a lesson!”

Carlota took out a small lipstick-like device from his pocket. He then presses the button that makes it light up and Elios can detect the electric current flowing there with a high enough power. The boy could tell right away because it was the same tool they used to cripple him and his friends. Without waiting any longer, the woman immediately attacked Elios and shocked the boy into fainting. “GOO!”

Bruk!

The boy fell on the floor unconscious. “Truly troublesome. Now pick him up and we go back to headquarters.”

“Good!”

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“HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO VISITORS IN THE VIP ROOM! YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING COULD MAKE OUR HOTEL'S REPUTATION FALL. MOREOVER WHAT YOU ACCUSE THEM OF IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TRUE!”

“A-I'm sorry, head sir.”

“NOT ME YOU SHOULD APOLOGIZE, BUT TO THEM!” yell at the security pad. The man pointed towards Ella and James who had been standing there since. Soon the security man approached Ella and James and apologized before he became more and more silent by his boss. After which, he was immediately expelled from there by the security chief. Now in there are only James, Ella and Skipper who have since disguised themselves as security chiefs to help them.

“One more time I'm sorry, now you can go back to your room.”

“Thank you. James, let's go back.” Ella led James away. James had been silent from now on with a puzzled face, he had absolutely no idea what had just happened. Because instead of her and Ella being scolded, the opposite happened. Before exiting, Ella had a glance at Skipper and showed her thumbs towards the woman. Skipper smiled then blinked her eyes as if understanding that Ella had just praised her inwardly.

Ella and James walked down the hallway, intending to return to the room. “You okay James?”

“Ya..” muttered James in a slow voice. The boy was actually thinking about the fate of Elios who is now lost somewhere. He had just seen Elios jump off the other balcony and run somewhere.

“JAMES!”

The boy regained his senses from his daydream and immediately turned to the direction the voice came from. There, he saw Sheilla and Grayson walking towards him. “Mummy! Daddy!”

James smiled and ran towards them with a happy face. The boy jumped up and hugged them. Sheilla and Grayson raised their bodies and hugged them tightly. It had been since last night that he had left their son with his nanny, and this afternoon they had only met him again. “Ah. Do you miss us?”

“Yes! Sure oes. I miss mum and dad so much! Where have you guys been? Did you guys just have fun without me?”

“Cheat! Why don't you guys take me?” James had a pouty face. He folded his hands in front of his chest.

“No, daddy lied. We just go shopping for our needs back tomorrow.” Sheilla showed me some of her luggage. James could see the woman carrying several bags of groceries and other ingredients for their return.

“Daddy lied to me! Shitty!” James hit Grayson in the chest with his tiny hand. Grayson chuckled while begging for mercy. He apologized for lying to her.

“Okay-okay, daddy apologized for lying to you. And as an apology, daddy bought you something.”

“Really? What is it?” James's face immediately changed upon hearing the words from his father.

“You will know once we arrive at the room.”

“Don't tell me you bought him another toy!” Sheilla stared at the man who was her husband.

“Toys? Hooray!” James exclaimed in excitement, meanwhile, Grayson lowered his son from the sling.

“I just want to make him happy.”

“But darling, she already has a lot of toys at home, and even a gift from sister yesterday also still she has not opened everything.”

“What's wrong?”

“Grayson!”

“I know you're angry, but listen to me first.”

“Kau—“

“Woah! It's cool!” James exclaimed with excitement as he approached the grocery bag Grayson was carrying. Inside he pulled out the toy that the man who became his father meant. It contained a robot toy assembled with a one million pound banderol label which if awarded reached nineteen billion. The size was huge, even the box was level with James' current height. Sheilla gawked as soon as she saw the contents of the box that her husband had brought. It was fitting that the wrapper was so big, it turned out that it contained a toy that was as tall as their son. The woman glanced at her husband, Sheilla clearly remembered how much the toys cost when they crossed the toy area in the supermarket.

“Grayson!”

“What? Stop calling my name like that, because I know you're mad.”

“One million pounds just for toys?” Sheilla looked at her husband with an annoyed face. How not? The man had really made him shocked because he dared to buy toys at such a high price. Moreover even the man knew that at home, their son's toys were still so much.

“Why? The price is not even comparable to all your belongings.”

“What?!” Sheilla clenched her hands tightly, in just a matter of seconds, they had already started arguing as usual. Make people around turn toward the arrival of sound. On the other hand, Ella could only sigh looking at them.

They started again, this family has never escaped a fight, Ella said. It was no wonder for him, ever since he worked with the Sheilla and Grayson families, he had always watched them fight big because of little things. Ella sometimes wondered if they could get married while they had different traits from each other. James, who was busy looking at his new toy, then turned to focus on a large black bag brought by his father. He looked silently at the bag.

James looked at her for a moment before twitching his shoulders and refocusing on his toys. He tried not to care about the bag. Because he already knew the contents of the bag contained belongings belonging to both parents. It's evidence or something. And he can also immediately guess that his parents did lie about going to the supermarket. They had just returned from a mission. James knew both his parents were actually taking him to the Rosary not for the purpose of vacationing as they say, but to carry out the mission given by Bean or perhaps Nico. It's commonplace.

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