Lex Talionist

06. Godfather's Advice

07:36 AM. Penthouses.

The bright morning came. The sun is already out to illuminate some parts of the world. But that doesn't make Xavier want to wake up from his sleep. The man was still sleeping curled up on the bed in a disheveled condition. It wasn't just Xavier who was a mess. However, the condition of the room is also.

The last bottle of booze, pillows, blankets, and shirts Xavier wore yesterday were also scattered on the floor. The large, luxurious room that is usually clean is not good to look at.

"No, Laurine. Don't do it" muttered Xavier, moving agitatedly if he was having a nightmare.

DOR!!!

"NO!!!"

Xavier's loud screams sounded. Simultaneously, his eyes instantly opened with breaths of gasping.

Xavier rubbed his face in a huff as he growled loudly.

"Damn!" Xavier's Overestimated.

The dream came again. It's been haunting Xavier lately. Where the mortal illusion shows the figure of Laurine who is killing the heart of the woman herself through a gunshot.

"You must not die at the hands of others or yourself! You can only die in my hands!"

Flashes of the sleeping flower were again clearly depicted in Xavier's brain. Whether it was bad or good, Xavier certainly did not like it.

"Yes yes. Whatever you say. After all, in the end you'll die for her"

Another voice suddenly sounded. Marcus appeared and walked closer to Xavier, who had now switched to sitting on the bed.

Xavier said nothing more. Because actually Marcus' insinuations had a point.

Where did Xavier kill Laurine?

There is a saying that love turned into hate is very dangerous. When a human has already sensed the two flavors that become one, it will be difficult to stop it. Even though he himself has tried hard to switch to forgetting and forgiving.

The thing that describes both Xavier and Laurina right now.

"Your love story is complicated. And it seems like the advice of the expert love you need right now"

Xavier's daydreams are back. "you mean? Who's the expert on love?" tanyanya did not understand Marcus's words earlier.

"Your father. You should be advised by him. Incidentally, he was indeed calling you to meet him there. All the security of your journey there I've prepared, young master"

Xavier squealed as he stood up to the bathroom.

"What expert on love? If he really understood the meaning of love, he shouldn't have the heart to separate me from my mother. None of this would have happened if I had grown up with my mother. I will not thirst for affection and look for a replacement for my mother. Unfortunately when I found out, not long after that she turned into a witch. My dad and Laurine are the same. They're fucking" Xavier said slowly letting out his heart grievances all along.

BRAK!!!

The bathroom door was closed and Xavier's body was gone from sight.

Marcus breathed slowly. As a person who has a fairly close relationship with Xavier and knows what has been through in the friend's life, it is worth admitting that the path of Xavier's life is not easy.

Xavier's demonic figure like this was formed due to his dark past. Xavier lives without his mother and only lives with his father, who is a mafia leader.

It is compounded again with Laurine hurting Xavier. It was a painful event that made Xavier angry and hate Laurine as much as she does today.

"Living with such a grudge is very difficult, isn't it?" muttered Marcus.

...***...

07:56 AM. Seoul City Street's.

The white luxury car drove at an average speed splitting the city streets. Inside was Edmund, a driver and Laurine sitting in the back seat.

Edmund glanced through the reflection of the glass at Laurine. The woman just daydreamed out of the glass with a blank look.

"President, are you okay?" ask Edmund to worry.

Because since returning home from the TJ Group party yesterday, Laurine became more quiet when she was thinking about many problems.

"Yes, Mr. Lee. I'm fine" Laurine replied forcing her lips to smile thinly.

"What do you mean by fine, President? I've known you for twenty years and I know very well that you're not in good shape. I'm right, aren't I?"

Lauren breathed a rough sigh. It was a waste if he wanted to lie to Edmund. The man whom Laurine had considered her own biological father was indeed very close to her.

"alright. I'm confessing. I'm not okay" Laurine said slowly.

Edmund turned his back to look at Laurine more seriously this time.

"Why? What did Xavier tell you yesterday? Is he threatening you?"

Then Laurine shook her head. "Not because of that. I'm thinking of something else"

"Something else? What's?"

"I thought about Lucien. Xavier's return signifies that a war between me and him is about to start. Rather than being afraid of something bad happening to me, I was more afraid of Xavier doing something bad to my twin brother"

"I can assure you that nothing bad will happen to you and Mr. Lucien. Calm down, President"

Laurine shakes. "No. You also know very well who I am fighting right now. It's Xavier Kim. A weak ordinary woman like me would easily be destroyed"

"Yes my. You don't talk like that. You are an amazingly strong woman. I'm sure you'll come out victorious from this war"

"Is that so?"

Edmund nodded while smiling to encourage Laurine.

"But what if I actually want to be the loser? Sometimes losing is better than having to lift the sword back because the opponent does not accept the defeat he can. A cycle of vengeance that will not end. I'm tired"

Edmund's face turned into confusion. "What do you mean?"

Then Laurine sighed softly as she turned her head to stare at the street through the car glass. "Forget over. Mr. Lee, please cancel all my schedules today. I just want to rest at home"

Without answering Edmund's question, Laurine switched the conversation and Edmund was only able to agree. Although actually a thousand questions in Edmund's mind about what Laurine said earlier.

"Good, President"

The driver also changed the direction of the car that was originally going to go to the office of TJ Group to turn back to the previous place after getting a direction from Edmund.

...***...

01:10 PM. The Black Clan Mansion.

It is in the middle of the forest. It can be ascertained if ordinary people will find it difficult to find this house.

In front of the main door, several maids had already stood up welcoming Xavier's arrival and bowed respectfully.

"It's good to see you again, sir" greet the butler who is often greeted with Aunt Choi and Xavier reply no less friendly greeting middle-aged women who have been witnesses to the journey of his life until now.

"It's good to see you again, Aunt Choi" Xavier replied with a faint smile.

Then Xavier again continued his steps towards a room where there was a father who called him here.

Parents become a very big role for their children. Mothers are expected to be able to provide warmth and nurturing affection and father gives direction and encouragement so that children are brave in facing life.

But as for the options against Mother, it seems Xavier disagrees. Because there is no mother in her life.

All this time Xavier only knew the figure of Father. As bad as Hans Kim is, Xavier will still love his father.

Xavier opened a large door that would lead him to meet his father in a room there. Then Hans turned his gaze when he realized the door of his room was open.

"You're alive, son?" Hans asked to look at Xavier who was taller than him and then resumed his activities, which was to play a deadly weapon of the type HK416.

"Dad can see for himself. I'm still alive" Xavier replied, occupying himself.

"Goodoo. I thought you were dead at Dominic's hands. Because considering that he hates you so much and is unceasingly trying to kill you"

"That's right!" Xavier exclaimed with excitement not to accept. "Dad knows for himself that I wouldn't die so easily! Remind me again, I am your son! The famous Hans Kim was so cruel and cruel! Didn't you?"

Hans chuckled slightly hearing it. In his brain turned clear how hard he taught Xavier first.

Poor little xavier. Xavier always refused if Hans told him to train physically, shoot, wrestle and many others.

However, Hans always had a way for Xavier to obey his orders, including using threats and violence. Hans's aim was to make Xavier's adult figure what he is today.

"I want to immediately fondle my grandchildren and pass on all the great abilities that I have. So, when did you get married?" hans asked suddenly.

Xavier always felt uncomfortable being asked about it. Of course this wasn't the first time she had gotten questions from Hans about marriage.

"Eitherway. I'm not interested in getting married"

Hans turned to look fixedly at Xavier who was sitting on a chair with his head leaning and his gaze facing towards the sky roofs.

"wait. Are men more attractive to you?"

Not just a joke, but Hans was asking seriously.

"I'm still normal. I like women" argued Xavier in a calm tone.

"Want me to match up with one of my acquaintance's daughters?"

Xavier quickly looked back at Hans as he shook his head. "No. Thank ye. The average woman you introduce me to makes me sick. They were fakes with faces and bodies in that plastic surgery. Behaved badly and some even asked me to make love at the first meeting. Not my type at all"

"Then how's your type?"

For a moment Xavier was silent as if he was thinking about something.

"A woman who is like my mother"

Hans was stunned for a moment. "You haven't even met your mother"

"But it was my father who once told me that Laurine looked a lot like Mom"

Unknowingly, Xavier brings the past back into the conversation.

"That was a long time before he showed his true self. Don't you remember the sins he committed on you?"

Xavier nodded. "certain. I still remember. That incident will never escape my mind"

"Then? Do you still wish you could go back with her?"

"I went back to his life to get revenge"

The next instant Hans' loud laughter sounded which made Xavier slightly offended from feeling ridiculed.

"Revenge you say? Ha ha ha ha's. Very funny"

"I'm serious, Dad" said Xavier.

Hans' laughter slowly started to be inaudible. "I know you very well. You're not a vengeful man. If it's true that you're vengeful, maybe I've also died by you who were vengeful for being educated too hard by me as a child"

Xavier. It is true that he was angry with Hans because his childhood was spent more on playing than most other children. But, actually Xavier is not really angry to want revenge.

"Not much to beat. Leave Laurine to Dominic right away. You've protected enough of the perpetrator of Helena's murder. You've been hurt a lot all along. Dominic always thought that you killed his cousin and ended up disrupting our group. It's fitting that Lauren should take care of what she did"

"Govering Laurine to Dominic is tantamount to sharing prey. I'll give up my hunt when I'm content to torture him"

"Ck! You won't be able to do it. He is the one you love. Even just pointing a gun at him you won't have the heart. If you really hate him, then why did you stop me from killing him?"

"I hate him!" xavier's toilet had gone up black while standing with his feet stomping hard.

"Why does he, Marcus, even Dad always say that I still love him?" xavier's voice went back.

"Because that's the reality" Hans replied calmly.

"Maybe no one will believe me if I say it. But I really hate him"

"Also love her at the same time"

In a moment Hans was silent. Staring softly at the eyes but the nyalang Xavier. Implying so full of disappointment and anger that melded into one.

"It doesn't matter if it's me or anyone else he hurts and kills though. However, I will not accept it if innocent people are victims. Laurine aborted a small fetus that was in her stomach. A little girl who should have been maybe now I was playing cheerfully with laughter. I haven't even seen her yet, but Laurine has already eliminated her. My heart aches every time I think about it. Do you think I don't have a grudge against Laurine, Dad?"

Hans walked over and patted Xavier on the shoulder as if trying to give strength to the child.

"alright. I understand your feelings. Youre right. Get your revenge on Laurine for your son. However, somehow I'm sure if everything that happened there must be a reason behind it. No exception to what Laurine did to you. How nice of you to find that excuse before you take your revenge"

Xavier. His father's words have a point. Even during this time Xavier also thought of something that was enigmatic until now. Because Xavier was curious about the exact reason Laurine committed a series of cruel betrayals on him.

...TO BE CONTINUED...