
"Dad!"
DEG ....
Robert's father who had just headed for the stairs was immediately shocked by the arrival of the beloved princess, behind there was Zane who just walked casually while holding Alex's arm that looked no less relaxed. Robert's father felt his eyes begin to heat up, rushed down the stairs and welcomed the arrival of Chelsea.
"Chelsea Princess!" calling Robert's father made the confused Chelsea, looking straight back.
"DAD!"
Robert's father welcomed the princess's warm embrace, which he hadn't held for nearly two months. Zane just smiled faintly and glanced at Alex who was just silent. Chelsea clenched her arms and wept softly in his arms.
"Chelsea misses Dad!" chelsea's great-grandson in a soft tone. Robert's father no less tightly hugged the princess' body and kissed the top of her head.
"Dad misses you too, son." replied Robert's father making Chelsea's cry even more so. Arthur, Calvin, and the twins who have just arrived at the mansion, are shocked by the arrival of Chelsea and Zane.
"SISTER!" call Ashton and Ashley at the same time. Robert's father let go and made Chelsea look straight. His eyes were wide when he saw his two twin sisters who were completely different. Ashton and Ashley immediately hugged their older sister's body tightly.
Calvin stood beside Zane after bowing respectfully to the man. Arthur just kept silent, when he saw the scenery is really rare and only once he saw Chelsea embrace with his two younger brothers.
"So why don't you ever go to the village? We miss Brother!" lirih Ashley made Chelsea chuckle amused and rubbed the jet black hair of the twins.
"Have you forgotten us?" ashton asked Chelsea to shake her head in response.
"Where might you forget. Big Brother always misses you every day" Chelsea responded by hugging Ashton and Ashley tightly.
Zane snorted in annoyance and folded his hands together. His heart rumbled when he saw Chelsea repeatedly hugged his two sisters tightly, but something made him more unsettled, namely Arthur. The man's gaze looked very different when to Chelsea, Zane squinted his eyes suspiciously when every time Arthur blinked.
"Honey," call Zane who's getting closer. Ashton and Ashley turned and smiled at Zane. The man looked extremely dashing with his formal attire and hairstyle that was truly like a youngster.
"Sister Zane!" greet Ashley cheerfully and hugged the burly man for a moment. Zane replied to him without hesitation, Chelsea smiled and rubbed the tip of his eye. Robert's father approached, stroking the princess's hair.
Chelsea was shocked when Papa Owen said that his father was in town and Zane immediately took his wife to the mansion. Zane was originally no stranger to a mansion that was no less magnificent than the mansion owned by the Lincoln family. Zane feels he's been here, but he doesn't know when.
"Dad why don't you call me when you're in town? And what is this?" chelsea asked by staring at every corner of the magnificent building with an uncertain feeling. Although Chelsea already know about the real identity of the father, but Chelsea want to hear it directly.
Robert's father seemed silent for a moment, "This Mansion is the residence of your Father and Mother, son." replied Robert's father made Chelsea's breath as if stuck in the throat.
"That means, where did I grow up for seven years with Brother Arthur?" ask Chelsea to make sure. Arthur approaches and immediately embraces the younger brother's shoulder, and Zane sees that.
"Right, it's just that Dad has changed some parts in the mansion, including your room as well." replied Arthur by not forgetting to poke the Sister's nose.
What the fuck is this guy! How dare I take my start! inner Zane with clenched hands.
Ashley nudged Ashton's arm standing next to her. The twins seemed to realize something. "What's wrong?" ask Ashton.
"Look," Ashley pointed at Zane with her chin. Ashton grimaced looking at the flat face and also felt that the air around him had already turned strange.
"It looks like Brother Zane is jealous of Brother Arthur," whispered Ashley, just as Ashton looked at Arthur who seemed to embrace Chelsea there.
"Ah, it's worth the atmosphere here to change" Ashton murmured with a scratch on his nape.
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Now, in Robert's Dad's office, there's Zane, Calvin and Arthur, including Robert's father. The four different men of that generation just kept silent by staring at the middle-aged man who was tapping on his desk with a flat-faced look.
"Chelsea?"
"My wife was in the park with her cat, Dad" Zane replied, making Robert's father smile. The look on the man's face looked sour, because Chelsea preferred to be with the cat given Arthur, rather than with him.
"Twist and Alex?" asked Robert's father with a glance at Calvin who had put on a flat face.
"They're in the side garden, feeding Loca." said Arthur by glancing at Zane with erratic thoughts.
"Observe the three children. Loca was still unfamiliar with their arrival," Robert's father's decree made Calvin nod immediately. Zane stared at his father-in-law's study carefully. There are several photo frames and photo displays covered by white cloth behind there. Zane tilted his head, without even opening Zane already knew who the photo behind the white cloth was.
"Dad's wife is so beautiful" Zane praised without taking her eyes off the photo display there. Robert's father turned his head and smiled faintly at the daughter-in-law's praise.
"Kimberly was very beautiful, and her beauty declined to my daughter" replied Robert's father by glancing at the picture frame containing a photo of Chelsea while still in junior high school at the time. Long hair with a smile that really looks like Kimberly, makes Father Robert immediately misses the woman who is still residing in his heart.
"Dad not want to remarry?" arthur's question made Zane, Calvin, and Robert's father look surprised. Arthur only wants his father to be happy with the woman he loves, although it is impossible because it looks very clear and real when the man who became his adoptive father, so loved his wife.
"Until now, I won't betray your mother's love, Arthur. Kimberly was alive despite being gray here," Robert's father touched her rumbling chest. Zane just took a deep breath.
"Dad, what about the accident?" zane asked trying to shift the topic initially. The atmosphere of the room became tense again, the gazes of the four men became sharp instantly.
"He'll be here soon, some-"
TOK ... TOK ....
The door opened after a few taps. Seen a man who was quite young 5 years from Robert's father, entered by entering something.
"Welcome, Mr. Arjun!" father Robert greeted the formally dressed man with a faint smile and bowed, Arjuna Bhagawanta. The man who works as a personal lawyer from the Lemos family, as well as the man whose father Robert considers as his own brother.
"Thank you, Mr. Robert." Mr. Arjun approached and greeted the four foreign men. Zane looked at the appearance of the man before her, the man she had met for the first time.
"Include me, this is Arjuna Bhagawanta. The Lemos family's personal lawyer," Robert's father told Arthur, Calvin, and Zane to shake the man's hand in front of him.
"They are my family, Zane is my son-in-law, Arthur is my eldest son, and the man next to him is his assistant." obviously Robert's father introduced the three men before him to Robert's father.
"It's nice to meet you guys" said Mr. Arjun who immediately sat himself next to Calvin. Back with a tense and quiet atmosphere.
"You got anything, Arjun?" ask Robert's father in a non-formal tone. Mr. Arjun turned his head and nodded.
"Many irregularities in the case of the accident 17 years ago, sir. The accident should so culminate over the next few months, but ..." Mr. Arjun gave a white paper and a flash, "There was a vaporized television station and some police to close the case." said Mr. Arjun made Robert's father immediately take the paper and flash.
"That means this flash contains video?" arthur asked pointing at the flash in his father's grasp.
Mr. Arjun shook his head, "There were only 2 votes in less than 30 seconds, and 1 video when the single accident occurred, Mr. Arthur."
Zane fell silent with a sharp look, the man as if silenced by the accident case that befell the Lemos family 17 years ago. "This case is a bribe to the police who handled the accident case, Dad. Isn't that included in the criminal case?" zane asked making Mr. Arjun nod.
"Yes, Sir. I've been investigating who the cops were bribed into, and who bribed. Here's the data," Mr. Arjun again gave me a red map, Zane picked it up and read the sheet.
"Bagas Widyonindito, Vishnu Pratama, and Juan Manuel." murmured Zane. Arthur took over the map and fell silent for a moment.
"Right, they're the police officers who investigated Mr. Robert's accident 17 years ago" Mr. Robert's reply led the middle-aged man to clench his hands.
"That means it's not just one party being bribed. I really won't forgive you, and that woman." - Robert's father made Zane instantly remember something.
"Dad, I have something to ask you!"
Robert's father averted his eyes and frowned, "What is that, Zane?"
"Is it true that Anggun's mother was the mastermind in the accident?" zane's question made Robert's father and the other three men shocked. Zane looked seriously at his father-in-law, hoping for a question to get an answer.
"Dad doesn't know" replied Robert's father. Zane smiled slantingly, the man knew that Robert's father was hiding something from him, not even Arthur knew knowing.
"Dad really is that?!" It was Arthur's turn to ask. Robert's father rubbed his pulsing face.
"Why are you asking like that, Zane?" Instead of answering, the man asked back with an indecipherable look.
"Chelsea said it, and Anggun's mother looked terrified at my wife's original words." Zane said, leaving Robert's father speechless.