My Last Wedding Chance
Chapter 23 The Secret Document

Nami Florist

At 3pm

I was finally able to move again here after putting off some of my previous work. Anton drove me back to the store.

"Rumi, I might be late tonight. You can go there first" said Anton who was still sitting in his steering chair.

"Why ? Dinner will be at 7. Everyone is expecting your presence. Please just for today, come more ontime." I asked

Later tonight is my brother Ben's birthday party, the mother accidentally made a simple dinner event for the whole family to celebrate.

Ben was exactly 10 years old, the youngest who was the most spoiled and very close to me.

"I have to go to the office now, I'll call you back. Daniel called, there was a little problem. Please understand, dear"

"Hmmm.....All right, but I beg you to keep coming." Hearing Anton's answer I was very sad, because he always subordinated family to his work.

"I'll work it out"

My extended family always held dinner together when celebrating my birthday, Takeru or Ben, although Anton was absent more often. He still chose to focus on his work, his ambition for the company never changed.

Inside the Shop, Beatrix seemed busy decorating Valentine's ornaments on the walls and hanging some Heart-shaped Balloons. The atmosphere of Valentines Day began to feel, pink shades almost filled every Shop on the roadside.

Beatrix, standing on a folding staircase, installed Heart-shaped balloons on a display case. He seemed enthusiastic about welcoming Valentine, because he was waiting for a gift and also chocolate from Christian the idol of his heart.

"Hi Beatrix, I'm sorry I'm late" I rebuked as I raised my head to look at Beatrix who was on top of the balloon.

Beatrix was still facing upwards, trying to stretch out her hand so she could stick to the balloons and try to balance her body with the stairs as a buffer. He didn't even hear me reprimanding him.

"You'd better ask Jonah for help putting all this up" The volume of my voice was louder for him to hear. I pointed towards the balloons, plastic flowers, ribbons and greeting cards strewn across the shop floor. I can't see her finishing this Valentine's decoration by herself.

Beatrix finally looked at me who was underneath, she looked messy. Apparently he's been working on all this alone since.

" Noah, I'd rather do it myself than have Jonah help" chirped Beatrix who seemed furious at Jonah's name.

"Yeah, okay...I finished some orders first" I walked into the study, where I always spent time finishing bouquets.

***

At 7pm

Finally Beatrix finished the Valentine decorations in the Shop, not thinking she was working on it alone. Sometimes he serves the customer, then goes on again.

Beatrix had gone home first she looked very tired with the many tasks she was doing today, I was still finishing one more bouquet of flowers and could only go to my parents' house.

Towards Valentine's Day, I received quite a lot of flower bouquet orders. Even Me and Beatrix were already very overwhelmed serving their requests. So for a while I limited the booking, other than because we were just the two of us working, we also want to take a holiday on Valentine's Day later.

After completing my task, I started to turn off the lights and close the shop. Don't forget I always double-check to be safer.

I walked out of the Shop and waved my hands stopping one of the Taxis that passed me, I decided to go back home first to pick up a Gift for Ben.

I stared at the mobile screen, Anton until this hour, have not contacted me. I wish he remembered coming to my parents' house.

***

Arriving home, out of the taxi I ran in and rushed to the room to change clothes and pick up Ben's gift.

In a hurry I changed clothes that I had been wearing all day, initially wanted to all clean up but I was too late. I should have been there by 7.

Done all, I'm ready to wear casual clothes as usual. T Shirt Oversize Lilac with Daisy Flower pattern on the front, and do not forget the long Jeans are light gray. My hair doesn't forget to curl it by rolling it back.

When I picked up the Gift I had placed next to the TV this morning, I just remembered that I had forgotten something.

"Geez, I forgot to write the Greeting Card" It was actually just a trivial thing, but for Ben it would be more perfect if the Card was complete with his Birthday Greeting Card.

"If he finds out I forgot to write a greeting card for him, he'll definitely be upset" I murmured

I rushed down the stairs, looking for a piece of paper and a bolpoint. I ran to Anton's desk, which I had never touched, and he always spent his time staring at his laptop screen and finishing his work late into the night in this room, as I recall he must have kept the paper and the bolpoint there.

My face had started to look anxious, as it was chasing with time. The show wouldn't have started if I hadn't come.

At Anton's desk, I tried to open some drawers at the bottom. I haven't found any papers and bolpoints yet, but I've already broken through the contents, which are just a few company documents, paperclips, paper glue and everything but a bolpoint and blank paper.

Finally, my eyes were fixed on a bottom Drawer. I opened it quickly, my eyeballs moving in search of each part in the side of the drawer. Finally I found a black Bolpoint and a light green little Notes.

When I took the two things I had been looking for, my eyes moved again towards the drawer. I saw a Chocolate Map there, on the front of the map with the Secret Document.

I was curious about the contents of the map, a Chocolate Map that caught my attention. I slowly put Bolpoint and the note in my hand on the table.

I bowed and took the Map and I now have it, but I hesitated to open it. My heart was pounding a bit, feeling something in it was pulling me to vent.

I placed the Map that read the Secret Document on the table, I opened it carefully.

I saw the first sheet.

My eyes widened, my eyebrows began to frown, I did not blink at all to read every word on the first piece of paper. My heart began to beat uncontrollably, my chest felt very tight reading the 3 words written there.

The first sheet of paper reads "Letter of Birth"

Haven't read it in its entirety, my body starts to limp. My breath is getting faster. I kept pushing to continue reading every word on that paper.

"What is this ? Oh my God, what is this letter ? A Birth Certificate of a Child ? male Sex ?" muttered

Stupidly, I didn't have time to finish reading until the end on the first sheet. My hands are already shaking so much.

My mind was already floating, I tried to calm myself rubbing my face hoping I was wrong, I opened the second sheet there was a paper containing the Newspaper Account.

Some History of Transfer of Funds from Anton's Account to Someone's account, I never knew Anton had an Account in Another Bank.

I slowly read the history of the remittance, it turns out that almost every month Anton sends a sum of money to the Account of the same person in a fairly large amount.

"Oh my God, what secrets did you give me, Anton ?" my inner

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