
Percy's family, who finally reunited after 13 years apart, enjoyed their lunch with joy. The smile on Daphne's face did not fade at all throughout their time together. Not even Daphne turned away from her son's face. The reality that was too sweet scared him if everything was just a dream.
Steven, who knew and understood how his mother felt, clasped his mother's hand, rubbed his fingers over the back of the hand. Declare by action that this is real. They were indeed reunited and he would not let anyone and anything separate them.
Just like his mother felt, Steve was trying to control his feelings. Refraining to not be too hot-swept evoked the longing that he had been craving all this time. The gentle sweep of his mother's hands on his head, the mouthful of his mother when he was busy learning with a makeshift meal but it felt good when a mother who cooked and fed him, he said, and he also missed the times they shared stories as he lay on his mother's lap. Such a moment that he had longed for, had been snatched from him. Now, wanting to repeat this, he is too old and he does not know how either.
"You're going home with us?"
"Mom and Daddy will be with me."
It sounds the same, but it has a different meaning. Darling, Daphne did not understand the meaning behind her son's words. Yes, Steve will take both his parents out of the country, put them in a safe place.
In a different place, the Willsons are in a fight. Pax's face looked grim as well as wrathful.
Bugh!
Pax kicked Austin in the stomach as soon as they reached the hotel room. Despite being 55 years old, the man's kick was still incredible. Austin bounced a few feet. The middle-aged man was truly wrathful. Because, he had to fly to Virginia because he heard his favorite son stumbled on a drug case and the police knew it.
If Darren hadn't moved quickly, maybe Austin would've been in jail. However, in the Austin rescue mission, many of their members had to be sacrificed. Austin is being chased like a big-time criminal. Dozens of sniffer dogs took part in his search. He was replaced by someone else in prison.
Willson was very hostile to the government. The government is always looking for their mistakes to destroy the Willson generation. And now, Austin's messed things up. The government found their weaknesses. How could Austin be so stupid. Carrying prohibited pills and marijuana in his car to be smuggled. When will the boy stop having fun?
"Dad."
Darren tries to break up, dampening his father's anger. However, the unsheathed gaze Pax cast made Darren stop in place. Nothing would have stopped his father's anger if it wasn't his mother. However, something like this should be hidden from his mother. No one would have thought that Austin had actually acted beyond their expectations. According to Darren, this is indeed a little outrageous. But, he believed that Austin was not that careless. Maybe his sister was just framed.
"Stand up!"
Pax stepped wide eroding the distance between himself and Austin. Then he pulled Austin's hand violently until he stood up.
Bugh!
One bogeman followed in Austin's face until his head turned to the side. Fresh blood poured out from the corner of his lips. Austin spat out, throwing the blood that went into his mouth.
"You hit me?" Austin chuckled cynically. The gaze he gave to Pax was also filled with hostility.
Darren has a bad feeling about this. His father's anger was also the cynicism Austin showed.
"When am I good in your eyes?" Austin laughed blandly. The question that pitched the protest made Darren also their father surprised.
"I survived the police chase. No one will know if the drugs are mine. So what makes you angry?"
Both Pax's hands were clenched tightly. Doesn't Austin realize what he's done? To save him, some of their members were forced to clash with some of the officers and had to be sacrificed in prison there and threatened with severe punishment.
"Is the life of your men more important than mine?" Again and again Austin floated a bland laugh.
"Ah, I forgot that I don't really mean much to you, Pax Willson."
"Austin, control yourself and watch what you say." Darren advised before this fight widened.
Austin looked towards Darren. That cynical look was still emanating from his eyes.
"The proud child is here."
What happened to Austin? The look in his eyes blatantly spread such deep hatred. "Don't you see the difference here, Dude? He beat me up too when I accidentally made a mistake. He protects you when you do the same. Until this moment. If the condition for your pride is to be born from the seed of another man, I must admit I lost because in my blood, your blood flowed, Willson's blood and somehow I was suddenly sick of admitting it..."
Bugh!
The Bogeman is from Darren. Pax himself just flinching in place. Didn't expect Austin to feel distinguished all this time. The gaze of the middle-aged man was nano and full of wounds. He wondered if he had made a mistake in educating his children?
Austin's laughter exploded instantly. The laughter inexplicably sounded pitiful.
"You hit me, too" Austin spit back. "Wind to show that you are the one in power. Willson's next successor?!"
"I don't know what I've considered all this time? Badung kid? Fucking kid? Don't you realize that you're the one who's been shaping me like this, Pax Willson? You only talked about your business with your stepson without involving me at all. And when I divert all my jealousy by having fun, you casually say that I am immature and only know how to have fun. When did you tell me you were proud of me? When did you tell the world that I was your son?"
Whatisthis? Was Austin rebelling because of the jealousy he had been feeling all along? Pax and Darren were completely dumbfounded. Without having to announce , the World also knows that Austin is his flesh and blood. Both are cut in two. Looks very similar. Looking at Austin, Pax seemed to see himself in a younger version. The attitude, the actions are almost similar.
All he did was let Austin have fun and find his own purpose. That's what his father did to him. Give full trust. Pax may be too big a head assume if his son is unlikely to act recklessly and get lost. No one would have thought that behind Austin's relaxed attitude, the young man harbored anger as well as jealousy. Austin hid his emotions all along.
"All this really makes me sick." Austin smiled obliquely, staring sarcastically at the two men.