Replacement Lantern

Chapter 05. Replacement Lantern

"What are you doing here?"

A man's baritone voice echoed throughout the room. Shocking Kenzo who still held tightly to Vanessa's hand, with a gaze continued to stare at the girl's pale face on top of the gurney. There was no chance for Kenzo to answer. Papa Kenzie grabbed Kenzo's collar and pulled him outside.

"Bah! Listen to me first—"

Bugh!

Kenzo slumped on the floor, Papa Kenzie had just hit him in the face without pity. The wound on Kenzo's lips appears to be bleeding again. Just a few minutes ago, Kenzo applied medicine to his lips, at the urging of his Assistant.

"I told you! Stay away from my daughter! Are you deaf?" snapped Papa Kenzie, angry.

Kenzo rubbed the fresh blood that came out at the corner of his lips. "Sorry, Pah! But Kenzo can't stay in Vanessa!" Kenzo stood up.

"Go from here!" drive Papa Kenzie away with great emphasis.

Looks like some men dressed in all black came to Kenzo's aid and stood behind him. It just adds to the fire of anger in Papa Kenzie. The middle-aged man felt, this was a resistance that Kenzo had put up.

"Are you sure you want to make a fuss here?" challenge Papa Kenzie. As with Kenzo, some of Papa Kenzie's men are ready to stand behind him.

"I didn't come to make a fuss, I just came to see Vanessa!" answer Kenzo.

"That's enough! All this time I've been quiet, letting my daughter change her nature and attitude only for men like you. But now, I will not remain silent anymore! Your presence here will only make my family even more ruined!" papa Kenzie said spicy.

"Never approach Vanessa again! If it is true that you love each other, then throw away the love in your heart. Because I'll never bless your relationship anytime!" continued.

The deg!

His heart rate seems to stop. Kenzo was glued to the spot, that sentence was what he feared the most. And right, that sounds really painful. Suddenly his chest felt so tight. Should he break up that relationship now? Kenzo knows very well how firmly established Papa Kenzie. If you say so, there will be no chance for Kenzo to fight back.

"Go! Before things get out of control!"

Again and again, Kenzo was only able to stare at Papa Kenzie's departure in helplessness. Along with that, Jeff came with a packet of food. He knows, a small piece of food has not had time to get into Kenzo's stomach since this morning.

"Are you all right, sir?" Jeff's confused. Again the wound on Kenzo's lips again bleed. The three bodyguards were only able to look down, noticing the questioning look in Jeff's eyes.

Kenzo waving his hands. Even to answer Jeff's question he was lazy. Papa Kenzie's words were still ringing in his head. Kenzo passed away, before his mind grew more and more out of whack.

Kenzo glanced at the clock that was coiled around his wrist. Time has shown after three in the afternoon. Usually Vanessa will be home from school in about half an hour. And by then, Kenzo must be on his way to pick up the girl.

"We're going to Vanes' school now!" Kenzo's Order.

For a moment Jeff turned his head, looking at Kenzo with questions. His steps were even held back for a moment because he felt strange. Kenzo used to come to that school, but it was just to pick Vanessa up. Then what else now? Vanessa is still in medical care.

"Why come there again, sir?"

"Give me a lesson! Do you think I'll just shut up, let the girl live freely. While my Vaness has to live under medical supervision!"

Kenzo's gaze sharpened, his hands clenched firmly. Given that Vanessa is surviving with the help of medical devices, Kenzo's anger intensifies. The girl should feel what Vanessa is feeling right now.

All righty! It's up to you, sir!

Jeff knows this isn't the girl's fault, but what can I do? He may have denied the orders of his superiors. Because for Jeff, every word Kenzo said was a command he had to do. Although sometimes he cheated a little, but all that he did was for the good of Kenzo.

As long as you do it makes you feel calmer, then I'll definitely do it.

Arriving in the car, Jeff directly gas to SMA Galaxy. On the way, Kenzo stared quietly out of the car. Same with Jeff who is still focused on his duties as a driver.

"Stop the car!"

Without asking, Jeff stopped his car on the side of the road. Kenzo's gaze was still fixed on the girl, the girl who was buying a peek not far from the school gate. The girl reminded him of Vanessa. But considering the girl's actions, it again made a fury in Kenzo's heart.

"So she can smile like that!" kenzo was angry.

"He is very similar to Miss Vanessa" Jeff said.

"Don't ever equate my Vaness with that obscure girl!" Kenzo Ancam.

Jeff shut his mouth. "Sorry Sir!"

Without hearing his assistant's words, Kenzo got out of the car. Walking up to the girl who is now eating a peek on the side of the road. While the cilok seller has gone somewhere. Now the girl just sat alone, while busy enjoying the peek.

The lantern? Obviously the girl was surprised and confused by the presence of the two men she met this morning. The girl's mouth stopped chewing, though it still kept a few spicy lizards in her mouth. As always, lanterns like to keep food in their mouths. It was like a squirrel holding grain in its mouth.

"Owm lwagwi? Kwenapwa Owm dwi swini?" The lantern asked with its mouth full of food, until it sounded unclear. His face looked grumpy, due to the spicy sensation that spread in his mouth cavity.

This time Kenzo just discovered the difference between the girl and Vanessa. During this time Vanessa always ate elegantly, even a little sauce would not allow Vanes to stick long on her lips. It was very different from the girl before him. However, seeing the girl's behavior, it reminded Kenzo of Vincie.

In the past Vincie was very fond of storing food in the mouth, he did not even care about the rest of the food that had been tossed everywhere in the mouth area. Anyone who feeds Vincie, will definitely not be patient with the girl's lethargy in terms of eating. Except for Kenzo and the late Mama Shena.

"Slow down first, just talk!" said Kenzo half-stomping.

Hearing the snapping, the lantern quickly chewed. Kenzo's sharp eye gaze made Lantern directly swallow the rest of the pegs in his mouth. In fact, there are still large-sized pegs that have not been chewed by him. Instantly it made the lantern choke. The girl almost coughed at it.

He quickly opened his water bottle, then drank it greedily. Hope the spicy taste also dissolves with water into his stomach. It takes how many gulps to make the peck successfully get into the stomach. The lanterns inhaled a lot of air, having almost died from choking on the lilok. Not funny, is it? Time does it have to die just because it chokes a peck?

"It's over?" ask Kenzo flat. "Then let's go!"

"Wait first! Where are you going? Didn't you see I almost died?" The lantern shook hands in front of the mouth with gasping breath. Apparently drinking water alone is not able to finish everything, because the spicy taste was still lodged in his mouth.

"Isn't it better if you let the cilok stifle your breathing?" kenzo asked.

"Huh?"

"Want to see me die in vain?" Kenzo's speech was even more spicy than the lizard he had just eaten. Lanterns to shock, the man could have joked about death.

"yes too! How could I have let you die in vain?" Kenzo grinned, staring in mystery at the lantern.

"What do you mean Om?" Seeing that grin instantly made the Lantern shudder in horror.

"You don't want to die in vain, do you? Then I will fulfill your wish!" Kenzo grabbed the lantern's right hand, then pulled it away towards the car.

"Deliver! Um what do you want?" The lanterns are not silent. Even though his whole body was still in pain, he still tried to rebel. This state was so fast, making Lanterns unable to think at all.

An evil idea flashed through Lantern's mind. When she got to the car, the girl bit Kenzo's arm mercilessly, until the grip slipped off. Kenzo screamed in pain, along with that, Lanterns immediately ran away leaving two men wanting to kidnap him.

Realizing that, Kenzo immediately ran after him. The condition of his legs that are still in the healing process makes Lanterns can not run quickly. Within a few meters, Kenzo was able to recapture the lantern. Carrying him like a sack of rice, and taking him into the car.

"TOLOOOONNNNGGGGG!"

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...See you in the next Substitute Lantern story...