I Borrowed Him
New Face
"Julius hoped that great master Jester Gates would give his generosity to release Julius" Julius asked Jester
In the morning at Gates' large residence, Jester and Julius were seen standing opposite each other in one of the corridors of the house in front of Jester's room. Jester's face looks shocked when he heard Julius' request that felt Jester too sudden, Jester also scrunched his forehead showing astonishment. After hearing the story of who Julius really is, in the mind of Jester was now raging about the possibility of Julius wanted to escape from the shackles of the Gates family who had been haunting him all along.
"You want to leave the Gates family?" jester asked, pressing Julius, Julius' little smile was on his lips.
"Maybe it could be said that, with the retirement of this old Julius, the existence of Julius was no longer needed in the Gates mansion. Julius will give some recommendations that are very likely to replace Julius to become the butler and right hand of the great master of Jester" Julius replied gently and politely, but Jester stared at Julius with a frowning forehead.
"You want to run from your past mistakes while killing Arielle and Scott's entire family?" jester's question pressed Julius, Julius' smile disappeared from his smile line and looked at Jester so deeply.
Julius's assumption that Naomi will tell about the confession of the perpetrators of the murder committed against the family of Arielle and Scott to Jester really happened, Julius had prepared everything before the Jester.
"Young Miss Scott told you everything?" julius asked, Jester sighed for a moment before answering Julius' question.
"I can't draw any conclusions about the truth, whether I should thank you or be angry with you. In fact you saved me even before I was born in this world, nor did I intend to judge about what your actions were right or wrong. But please give me the answer, how have you lived all this time? aren't you haunted by your guilt, Julius?" ask Jester in a pressing tone
A tough decision Jester had to face after becoming the leader of the Gates family, Julius who is the right hand and best friend of Arthur makes Jester confused when confronted by Julius' resignation from the position he currently occupies. Not to mention by knowing the truth about Julius' actions in the past that made Jester increasingly difficult to make a decision. Julius' role was so great in helping him win the challenge from his grandfather, even making Julius to betray from Arthur so that Jester was able to take over the leadership of Gates Corp.
"Whatever has happened will certainly cause regret for anyone but how we look at our lives in the future is the most important thing rather than continue to lament the fate that has happened. Julius never lives in regret because for Julius what has happened to date is the truth" Julius asserts to Jester's question, hearing Julius' words made Naomi walk closer and stand behind Jester while looking into Julius' eyes.
"But for me there's one thing I really regret. I shouldn't have over-acted to Scott's family because they just wanted to get out of their fear of the Gates family, I apologize for that young lady Scott" in a soft voice Julius said, Julius and Naomi's eyes met.
"I've forgiven you, I want you to no longer regret that" Naomi said in a soft-sounding tone
For Naomi holding a grudge is meaningless because it will not restore the situation as before, but the current circumstances make Naomi very grateful and happy because the series of events that Julius did make him able to find his true love, Jester, impressed always selfish indeed for Naomi but she was so enjoying the story of her life journey at this time. Even at the Gates residence with Arthur and Julius Naomi got her own happiness.
"Like that man, after regretting, he easily apologized and seemed like there was nothing else he needed to think about. Sorry will not change anything, just as self-forgiveness to the person he hurts, while the person who is hurt can only recapitulate the crime of the person who hurts" Julius said, julius' words this time made Jester and Naomi stunned at Julius' old face.
Slowly Julius' left hand reached into the back of his tuxedo, when Julius again pulled out his hand from the back of the tuxedo as Julius pulled out a beretta-type pistol. Seeing Julius who pulled out the gun made Jester, Naomi, and the two female servants who were still standing while bowing their eyes were shocked. Even the two maids slightly retreated from where he stood, yet the look in his eyes still did not dare to look at Julius' face.
"This is the gun I used to kill Arielle's family and some of Scott's surviving family in an accident on the toll I had planned" Julius said, Julius thrusts the gun at Naomi with the muzzle of the gun pointed at Julius.
As she prepared for whatever Naomi would do, Julius could only resign when committing the act of penance to the Scott family through Naomi, even if his life ends in Naomi's hands, it makes Julius feel like he will die peacefully without any regrets.
"Make proper revenge for Scott's family and leave it all to me, I will gladly accept it as a form of appropriate retaliation" Julius said firmly, Naomi and Jester were shocked by Julius' words. With a hard hand Jester pulled Julius hand that thrust the gun to Naomi, the gun was thrown away.
"Stop saying such useless things!" snapped Jester so angry, Julius just fell silent looking at Jester's face which was very angry.
"It is true that the word sorry will not fix anything and it is true that if we have apologized and forgiven then we no longer need to think about our crimes on that person. That is how people live, where there are many mistakes and no matter how we live there will be others who will feel hurt" Jester said firmly, Jester pointed at Julius' face with his index finger.
"The cycle of life will always be like that, what we need to think about is how we do not repeat the mistakes we have done before then after and forever! keep it good - good!" with Jester's pressure when he said it, but Julius just fell silent and continued to look at Jester.
"At first I found it hard to forgive you, but honestly I was worried because like you said, I would never have met Jester if you hadn't committed the murder" chirping Naomi in a sad tone, almost simultaneously Jester and Julius turned their eyes to look at Naomi.
"From my deepest side I say I'm grateful you saved the Gates family, maybe I sound like a selfish, selfless person... but Jester tells me if it's okay to be selfish for once, so what I want to tell you is..." Naomi hung up her sentence and smiled sweetly at Julius
"Thank you for saving Jester and for taking such a heavy burden so far, as one of Scott's remaining family I represent my father to thank you. For me Jester will never be replaced, I love him too much" said Naomi continued her sentence that she had hung, Julius returned Naomi's smile and sighed for a moment.
"I'll keep this gun if any time young Miss Scott changes her mind, don't hesitate to ask her from me" while picking up the gun on the floor when Julius says it, Julius again walked away from Jester and Naomi after him.
Julius's steps were firm and light, leaving Jester and Naomi, his smile on his lips as he realized there would be a new wind in the Gates family tradition. The warmth given by Jester and Naomi was so felt to make Julius calm because Arielle who was left would no longer be in such a heavy state.
For a while Jester and Naomi seemed glued to Julius' back who kept walking away from the two, the two were alike thinking about how Julius was feeling now that he had been bearing the brunt of the murderous sin he had committed. Both Jester and Naomi understand that at any time and however, Julius will never forget the day he closed the family history of Arielle and Scott.
"Is there any way to help Julius forget his mistake?" naomi's question solves Jester's daydream, hearing Naomi's question makes Jester turn her eyes to look at Naomi's sad face.
"There will be none, all of it will be the burden of Julius as a whole.Human error will only be borne by each individual and there will be no way for others to bear his burden, that's why we have to think deeply before doing any action" Jester said, answering Naomi's question, slowly staring at Jester's face.
"Is that really what I said? did I hurt her heart?" asked Naomi again in a sad tone, Jester smiled and gently stroked Naomi's head.
"What you're doing is right and maybe you're overreacting" Jester replied with a slight sound of laughter, and Naomi changed her expression to become annoyed.
"You mean I love you too much?" asked Naomi in a annoyed tone
"No, that's not what I said. I mean.." Jester didn't finish answering, Naomi immediately pinched Jester's stomach.
"You don't like me loving you too much like this?!!" snapped Naomi
"YYYYYYYYY!!! Oh, naomi!! duuh is not that!!!" jester screams while whimpering in pain, Jester manages to escape from Naomi's pinch and then runs away from Naomi who wants to pinch her again.
The chase between Jester and Naomi was also seen by the workers there, some of them were unable to hold back their laughter but desperately tried to hide their faces and smiles in order to keep looking professional.
On the other hand, in a city park that is quite crowded with visitors, some of them are exercising, jogging, and just sitting - just sitting in a park chair. Among the men, a man was seen leaning against one of the trees wearing a jacket while covering his head with a hoodie and also wearing pants and sports shoes. A man is seen waiting for someone, his head several times staring right left and looking a little restless.
"Sorry to be late, he asked me to come to him before meeting you" Daniel said from behind a tree where a mysterious man was leaning
"I've been tracking a lot of things and now I'm hesitant to help you" a mysterious man told Daniel
"That's why I asked him to prepare something for you" Daniel said as he handed the mysterious man a brown envelope, quickly receiving the brown envelope and opening and examining the contents.
"Six months in italy huh? can't it be longer?" ask the mysterious man with a bit of insinuation
"Come on, if I'm still in my prime maybe I can give you a ten-year allowance. But now that I've lost my job, in cyberspace all blasphemy me" Daniel sounded annoyed to answer the man's insinuation, he said, with a little laugh the man re-entered the files back into the map.
"What's all this for? until that's your revenge on Naomi?" asked the man, Danile sighed for a moment before answering the question.
"I just want Naomi to realize that she's mine and straighten out the netizen's misunderstanding of me, what the Werner Group media reported has ruined my life so at least I can still take back what should have been mine" Daniel replied in a sad-sounding tone
"As your best friend I want to remind you that although you certainly do not want to accept my input" the man chirped and then wanted to leave the place, Daniel slightly turned to look at his friend's face from behind the tree.
"This plan of yours will destroy Naomi and put her into the darkness without the slightest light, if you are already that calm then make sure your heart is ready to see Naomi in a state of depression" the man said and left Daniel, and Daniel slowly turned his gaze to the sky.
"I know that but what Camilla said has a point.I can't hesitate, you have to be strong Daniel" murmured Daniel.
