
Arthur has returned from Amsterdam after a 4-hour journey. Once he arrived at the Mansion he greeted Mommy Elleana first, as the middle-aged woman who was still very beautiful had already welcomed him. The handsome man then hugged Mommy Elleana who had spread her arms towards him.
"Mom misses you so much Ar." I don't know, lately Mommy Elleana always misses her sons who are currently growing up and have their own busy lives, so to be honest she feels lonely. His large mansion is only inhabited by himself with his beloved husband and the maids and guards only. Sometimes he misses his children who are still running around.
Arthur smiled, then rubbed Mommy's back. A gentle kiss landed on the top of Mommy Elleana's head. "Mom, I've only been gone two days." Arthur was made to wonder, what if he was gone for a week or so. Maybe her Mommy will catch up with her.
"Yes, Mommy knows, but Mommy misses you guys. You are always busy and forget Mommy and Daddy, too" complained Mommy Elleana after breaking their arms. "Elie wouldn't go home either if your non-calling Daddy asked her to come home" Mommy Elleana told her son.
Arthur smiled again, he could understand if his beloved Mommy was missing his sons who now could not spend time like before. "Ar would talk to Elie to go back to the mansion often. Recently Elie has been busy, she has become a brand ambassador at one of the big companies." And Arthur explains his twin brother's bustle.
"Hm, you're right. Daddy said that too. But there's no harm in you talking to her, Elie just listening to you. Though all this time he was always spoiled only to Mom but lately he only often complains with you Ar," he exclaimed with pursed lips annoyed. If in the past, Aurelie often came to him to complain, now his little daughter will only complain to Arthur alone.
Arthur chuckled at the outpouring of hearts of the woman he loved so much. "Is Mom jealous of me?" Tempting the Mommy who seems not to accept if his twin sister becomes closer to him.
"Of course, you took Elie away from me" she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
Arthur again chuckled, Mommy is always frank. "But Ar can't take Elie away from Mom, she's still your favorite daughter, Mom" she recalls rubbing Mommy Elleana's shoulder.
"True, she's Mom's favorite daughter. Because she's the most beautiful of you." Mommy Elleana gave a crisp laugh until her laughter was transmitted to Arthur. "Alright, meet your Daddy. He's in the study, he's been waiting for you since, '" he continued.
"Then I'll see Daddy." Arthur replied with a smile that still lingered at the corner of his lips.
Then Arthur swings his way to the study as Mommy Elleana agrees. His step paused for a moment because one of his hands had reached the door handle. Arthur immediately closed the door as soon as he was in the study. Inside, he was greeted by Daddy Xavier, who sat on his back.
"Dad.." he said calling.
Daddy Xavier turned his head, the middle-aged man who still looked handsome and handsome moved from his seat, then approached the son.
"You okay, Ar?" tanyanya while patting Arthur's shoulder. The rough strokes around his face showed how much he was really worried about his son after reports of Arthur's assault reached his ears.
"I'm fine Dad. They didn't manage to hurt me" he replied reassuringly so that Daddy Xavier would no longer pack himself.
Daddy Xavier nodded, he could examine the face and body of his eldest son who did not show any scars there. Before then the two buried each other's bodies on the sofa.
"Dad, I really don't know who Matthew's enemy really is" Daddy Xavier opened a conversation about his best friend Matthew. "He's been a good guy and he's never messed around out there, not even I don't know he has enemies." And Daddy Xavier looks up his past memories with Matthew.
"You're right Dad." Arthur agreed. As far as knowing Uncle Matthew until he grew up, Uncle Matthew is known as a very good personal figure, so it is impossible to have enemies.
"I'm sure Uncle Matthew's been hiding something from us all along. Someone was after his life long ago Dad," he added. Arthur begins to tell the information that he and his people could not correct.
"What do you mean?" Daddy Xavier's forehead covered in rough strokes was increasingly revealing deep wrinkles.
There was a moment's pause, Arthur let out a slow breath. Before then looking at Daddy Xavier with a hard-to-art look. "Daddy believe Uncle Matthew and his family are dead?"
Arthur's question took Daddy Xavier by surprise. Although it had crossed his mind like that, but he immediately dismissed it because he really did not want it to happen to his good friend and family.
"Ja-So Matthew and Aprille are already....." Really Daddy Xavier can't continue his sentence too hard to accept that sad reality. Moreover, he did not know, how to convey the news about the death of Aprille, a good friend of the wife so far.
"True Dad," he replied bowed. His memory still holds the facts given by an old grandfather named Mateo.
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"Dead?" Arthur tries to instill awareness in him hearing a shocking reality. "Didn't Uncle Matthew and his family go to Russia. I confirmed their last flight" he explained a series of events in the past few years.
Grandpa Mateo seemed stunned to hear Arthur's words. All this time only he remembered, at that time Matthew said goodbye to himself if he was going to go somewhere. He did not know that Matthew was going to Russia, the birthplace of the man's parents, who were also his best friends.
"Don't you feel weird about their deaths?" Arthur was very curious about the disappearance of the Jhonson family at that time. Since he and his men could not find any trace of them, Arthur concluded that something was not right.
Silent for a moment, Grandpa Mateo tightly clenched his lips that seemed to tremble. This time his view was centered on a nightstand located in the corner of the room. "Put something in the drawer there," he said without turning to Arthur and Darren who had been sitting quietly listening.
Arthur and Darren turn to Mateo's grandfather's centered gaze. The understanding Darren immediately rose to his feet towards the nightstand. The opening of the nightstand drawer, his forehead looks wrinkled because there is only a dusty old photo. Darren's hand reached for the photo, then returned to his original seat.
"Is this what you want?" Then give it to Mateo's grandfather.
But Grandpa Mateo did not intend to take the outdated photo from Darren's hands. "Give it to him" he said to Arthur.
Arthur snatched the photo, saw a photo of one family that of course he was very familiar with. Who else if not the Jhonson Family.
"What's this?" ask her with two eyebrows that are linked to each other confused. There was nothing strange about the photo. "What do you really want to tell me?" And Arthur asked with impatience.
"In the photo is Matthew when he was young along with his father and next to his father, a slightly long-haired young man is Todd, the half-sister of Matthew's father. He's been good at acting all along, pretending to be good in front of Tobbi and Matthew. It's been a long time since I suspected him of Matthew and his family's death because of him." Her lips seemed to shake as she told about her good friend's family past.
"You mean, he did murder his own brother?" Arthur's index finger touched a picture of a man named Todd.
"Yes, I'm sure it must be him. He wanted Tobbi's property to be passed down to Matthew because he didn't get a dime." Both of his wrinkled hands clasped firmly on his staff and incubated anger in his heart. "I'm very old, this information center has been closed for a long time because I can't continue it. It was Matthew who helped me but once he went missing and was pronounced dead with his family, this place was also destroyed by someone" he explained.
"Where can I find Todd?" Arthur's question made Grandpa Mateo's head move towards him.
Grandpa Mateo quickly shook his head. "Don't waste your life trying to find out about the Jhonson Family. The family keeps a lot of secrets, so far no one knows if Matthew is the son of a mobster." Telling about his friend, both eyes of Grandpa Mateo teary, he misses his friend very much but it is the sad news he received when he just returned from a trip to the Balkan mountains, Bulgaria.
Frankly Arthur was stunned to hear the fact that Uncle Matthew was part of the underworld. But he was good at hiding his expression.
"I can definitely find someone who killed Uncle Matthew and his family." Arthur's eyes flashed with anger. Now he has found a clue.
Grandpa Mateo seemed moved by the young man who looked like he was not from the ordinary. "Thank you son. But it would be nice if you didn't have to interfere, because Todd isn't alone. They're very dangerous people."
"Mike is my friend. I learned a lot from him, but he just disappeared without any news," he replied telling her he had a friendship with Uncle Matthew's son. "If Mike were killed by murder, I would have to avenge his death." There was no doubt in Arthur's eyes, he was very confident in his decision.
Grandpa Mateo was only able to sigh. He could not forbid the desire of the man before him. Therefore he could only pray that the two men in front of him were fine. "May God bless you" he said sincerely. "I won't live any longer, so I'll leave something to you. Give me an email address so I can send Matthew's valuables as soon as possible."
Arthur and Darren looked at each other. They understand that there are indeed possessions that cannot be shown in physical form. Arthur immediately gave her a personal email address. Grandpa Mateo seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, now he can fall asleep peacefully because there is someone to guard the last relic of Matthew after he was gone.
To be continue
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