Eldest Son

Making Important Decisions

The first text message contained only a short message that read :

"How did you decide?"

While thinking he digested the contents of the first message because he did not understand what it meant and then assume that the message happened because of misdelivering, then he goes on to open a second message that also comes from the same number and already saved Ray by a name as a mysterious nickname.

"I'm sure you must be confused as to where I got your number, just know we can get whatever we want about you, but we can't force you to join, because only with the willingness of a Shadow Squad will be free to work on completing its mission, I am still waiting for you or at least contact me to get more explanation about our Shadow Squad family!, greetings 'Free For Freedom' sender : \=Shadow Zero\="

Seeing the word Shadow Zero, Ray recalled the mysterious figure who intercepted him while returning to the Mansion and gave him a letter that he ignored and only placed in the desk drawer in his study, which he had just left, he then went straight to his study which had also been fused with the room and only a disguised door contacted the two different rooms of the function.

In his study he began to read the contents of the letter given by Shadow Zero, at the top there is the name of the organization is Shadow Squad with the abbreviation $$ or 2 times the State currency symbol without writing the address of the organization. The contents of the letter are an introduction from a secret organization directly under the Secretary of Defense that conducts rescue and release missions for every State citizen, the, from the situation as a prisoner or because of economic coercion (extortion) from the parties who become the Enemy of the State or the Underground Organization or the Forbidden Organization which has been officially determined by the government and more specifically again people who experience it is one of the state assets so that it can endanger or leak state secrets.

With the motto Free for Freedom this limited organization moves in secret and all operational costs are borne by the government, he said, advanced equipment and weaponry facilities and supported by high-level technology for the operation of every member of Shadow Squad. Each member is recruited specifically starting with a look at his life history, education and social life interactions and all the history was recorded and stored in a secret data base by this organization.

Each candidate member is recruited based on the expertise that is being needed by the organization and also the prospective member is entitled to refuse to join unconditionally, and they are only asked to keep secret the recruitment process as well as squad members who have contacted them. It's just that there are conditions that are never told to prospective members if they deliberately publish this secret organization, that they will remain monitored 1 x 24 hours by a squad member for 5 consecutive years.

After reading the letter Ray saved the number listed there and saved it under the name '$$' and renamed the 'mysterious call' to '$$0', which he named after him', he then exited the room and headed towards the mini dojo that was at the back of the 2nd floor of the Mansion. Finished practicing physical Ray continued by meditating but his mind was still filled with the contents of the text message and the contents of the letter given by the mysterious figure, and finally his spiritual meditation turned into a mind-processing meditation with the contents of text messages and letters from the mysterious figure.

There Ray begins to think of the fate of many innocent people in danger, being pressured by economic pressures or threatened by the risk of their lives being caused by irresponsible people or organizations, he felt a necessity to provide assistance as a fellow human being who was more capable and had less martial skills and knowledge in the field of economics.

Ray completes his meditation process and returns to his room to cleanse himself, in his mind still circling with his confidence filled with doubts whether to accept or reject with an offer from the secret organization. Finished from the bathroom with just wearing a bathrobe Ray directly re-entered his work space and took the decision to contact the number '$$' via text message with his mobile phone, he said, he started typing a few words and continued to flow as his heart wished.

"I am interested, and want to know more deeply but not for now until the next month, because in that span of time I need a lot of personal time and full of calm, he said, so give me some more time after that time has passed and thank you for the time you have been watching me all along!. Greetings \=Ray\="

After typing the text, Ray pressed the send button to send the message to the number he had set, then got a notification stating that the text message was sent successfully. There was a feeling of relief in his heart that had thrown away the little burden that he felt like he had an unpaid debt, he is still in his study while calming down and refocusing his plans for Monday when he will take the semester exam for the next 12 days during his wedding.

Without her noticing Lily and Mellisa were looking for breakfast, the two fiancees had gone around to the courtyard and flower garden of the Mansion but had not found Ray. Lily and Mellisa do not know the work room of the lover and they just assume that a desk on the other side in their bedroom is Ray's workplace, this is because the entrance of the work room Ray does not look like usual but is disguised with the color of the wall so that there is no visible door.

Finally Lily decided to contact the lover by phone call and asked where he was, in his office Ray heard the sound of the vibration of his cell phone on his desk.

Ray grabs the phone and sees Lily's phone call, and she answers it,

"Yes baby...?"

"Hon...!, where are you?, we've been looking for you everywhere, now we're waiting for you at the dinner table for breakfast!"

"Oh yeah.., I'll be there soon!"

Ray then rushed out and changed his clothes then immediately went down to the 1st floor and headed to the dining room where Grandpa Albert, Lily and Mellisa had been waiting for him,

"I'm sorry I was looking around the mini dojo and mini theater!" she said after she got to the table to eat and sit between Lily and Mellisa.

"Umm.., I've been looking for you up to the flower garden" said Mellisa.

"I've even been looking for you in almost all the rooms and rooms and even the mini-dojo room, but why didn't I find you there?" said Lily.

"Maybe by the time you get there I'm already at the mini theater or have gone back into the room to change clothes!" answer Ray.

"Yes, come on breakfast!, which one do you want Hon...?" ask Lily while offering dishes that are on the table to be taken for the lover.

"Please, sandwich plus omelet, Hon...!" said Ray.

"Wanna drink what Beb?" ask Mellisa.

"Chocolate is hot, Beb...!" answer Ray.

In front of them Albert's grandfather witnessed the romance and attention that Lily and Mellisa gave to Ray, and he recalled the time with his late wife who had lived together for 3 years then miscarried and died. Because of his trauma Albert no longer thought of finding a new life partner, he only thought of helping his brother Frank Debeur's business until the end of his life.