Dark Princess
The Long Day
I got a call from Jade.
"Hallo darling. What was? I'm sorry I left because there's something urgent to deal with..." But he didn't touch my greeting.
"Daddy. What am I supposed to do with Andrew and Fred? Can we have breakfast together? I meani. We've done it a lot with Drey. I can't just let them see me eat, can I? They should eat too..." He grumbles. I chuckle. He's that funny.
"But have they been invited?"
"Yes, already. But they insisted, saying that they were not allowed. Really so? How can you be so mean to daddy? Cook they're not allowed to eat?" I can't help but feel that's building up in my heart, she can make me happy, amused and moved at the same time.
"Put this phone on the table, put the speakers on, get them close now..."
"OKAY. Just sec... Here's Andrew, Fred..." I make sure they're there.
"Andrew..."
"Ready boss."
"When the boss asks you to do something natural, do it. Eating is a natural thing to do. Isn't that so Andrew?"
"True boss."
"Jade... It's okay now, right?" I said persuaded. He giggles on the phone.
"Good daddy. We want to eat now. Yea..." I still hear him laughing.
"Bye honey..." As soon as he hung up, I called Andrew's phone.
"Hallo boss..."
"Andrews... We need to talk in secret. Move to the living room for a second..."
"Ready boss... I am now in the living room. What's the matter boss?"
"Listen Andrew... This lady of your boss is a person of good and pure heart. Follow his orders as long as it is within reasonable limits. If it's not normal, ask me. But don't try to take advantage of this opportunity. Like staring at her lingering when she talks or smiles or laughs. Understood?"
"Ready, understand boss. We will try our best to always look down or the other way."
"good. Please do it right. Please support me Andrew. You have to help by showing my good image in front of him. When did I say that eating is a ban? Because of this my plus points are reduced, right because of you? What kind of boss am I in his eyes? Don't do that again. You have to be wise in deciding which things are good to do and not, you understand?"
"I'm sorry for my stupidity boss. Ready. We will try to take prudent steps in every action to show Earnest Lee's good image."
"Drey, next time, be sure to give them a good briefing before putting them in the main house. How could this kind and helpful man forbid his men to eat breakfast? That's bullshit..." I kept nagging, taking out my uneg-uneg. And finally we laughed out loud.
"Okay boss, I'll make sure to give them a good briefing."
"good. You have to help me keep looking perfect in her eyes. At least until we get married. I worked so hard to win her heart. Andwhat? You are tarnishing my reputation just for breakfast! Holy jeez!" Drey just laughed in response to my chatty attitude. And it seems we can relax more.
I don't know who we're meeting. And what will happen. But I do believe that good people meet good people. I don't think God is so cruel as to leave Jade in the dark forever. And what I'm doing right now is helping him. Being calm is the only option. And that's what I need right now.
"How many cars are there behind us, Drey?"
"3 audi black with 10 men we're boss."
"good. Ask them to keep moving casually, just plain, not to attract attention. Until they get their cues from us."
"Ready boss."
Not for an hour, we entered the magnificent area, reaching the villa belonging to the Kim family. As soon as the nose of the car approached, the gate of the villa automatically opened. We walked around the super-wide courtyard before reaching the terrace.
"Command our people to comb this area quickly and in an elegant manner. We wait for the report in seconds. Report immediately if something strange is found." I gave the order.
"Ready boss." The car stopped right in front of the entrance. A graceful and beautiful woman stood inside, the door opened wide and she seemed to purposely show herself in a hidden way, not welcoming us on the porch, but inside the house.
I gasp. Denise Kim's! She's alone. There was no sign of guards anywhere. Maybe I need to make sure again after receiving reports from our people who are monitoring the situation around. But if it's Denise Kim, then I suspect, we're not in any danger. There's no way that graceful and elegant woman would do anything, right? From her track record during being Kim's mistress, she was a kind-hearted woman. In contrast to her daughter, Gaia Kim.
This meeting will have no harmful effect. I signaled Drey to stop the inspection by my men. I got out of the car and climbed the stairs to the terrace. The closer to the door, the more clearly visible it was, the beautiful woman smiled gracefully. There was only an aura of warmth.
"Welcome to Earnest..." He greeted and thrust his right hand, to shake hands.
"Hello aunt..." I welcome you warmly.
Then he moved his hand as a sign to let me in. I followed him step inside. Door left open. I spread my eyes around the room, very wide. Not too crowded with furniture. Just what is necessary. Like a giant sofa set with 10 seater in the middle of the room. A display cabinet filled with various artistic and aesthetic decorations. Several giant-sized photos were posted on the wall, photos of her with her husband. And it looks like the other one just went on display, a picture of the four of them, at Gaia's wedding. With Gaia and her husband. The rest are family photos. Then there are some typical decorations of luxury homes, some paintings, carvings and ceramics. However, no one was visible. Is it just the two of us?
It wasn't the first time I met him. Every now and then, in the good old days, when my friendship with Gaia was still bad, I would often visit their home for important moments like birthdays or other occasions. So the atmosphere didn't make me too tense.
"Please sit..." I sat down and he followed, sitting on the nearby sofa facing me.
"Want to have tea or coffee? Or should we have breakfast first? Have you had breakfast yet? It's gonna be a long day..." He looked at me meaningfully. I also tried to interpret. I guess that I will listen to a very long explanation.
