The Rhyme of the Depositary

130 - SEASON 2

Since the arrival of Violin and James at Alice's house, Jasmine feels less responsibility in looking after Alice. He felt his free time was getting more and more. Violin and James are two people who are too protective of Alice, so they are like a second shadow for Alice. Jasmine even sometimes seemed to have no special place anymore like before. How not? Every day, every moment, day and night, what Violin and James do is always tail Alice wherever she goes. Violin vigilance is very high. She was a woman who paid close attention to the details around Alice and a woman who could act deftly whenever something happened without hesitation. Inevitably it makes Jasmine feel her function is getting reduced.

As a result, Jasmine felt that her time was wasted. Once he spent time with Alice, accompanied by Violin and James. What happened was, he would just argue with Violin without breaking up. There was always a sharp difference between them. James and Violin are forced to separate the two of them every time they are together. The aura of the room will turn hot and tense accompanying the debate of those who do not know the time.

Jasmine herself long wondered why she could have antipathy towards Violin, and vice versa. The two women were like mortal enemies. One invariably provokes the emotions and anger of the other. As powerful as Jasmine tried to be neutral to Violin, she still could not. There, they always fight or argue about all things that even include trivial things.

Therefore, in order to keep things conducive in this house, Jasmine decided not to get too close to Violin too often. Getting close to him would only create a small commotion. James could no longer even cope with the two when the two of them started arguing with each other.

As a result, Jasmine is now often alone in her room and watches over Alice on her own terms. This solitude long ago made his mind drift everywhere. Including about the baby and what kind of future he wants.

Jasmine's age had already reached a mature age. He should have started taking definite steps in his life. A normal, Mapanese life that he should be able to give to his son later. He did not want his son to experience the same things that he had experienced in the past, had a chaotic family, had to be at home alone, not taken care of by anyone, he said, even abandoned by his parents.

Jasmine must learn to be a good parent to her child. But he has a problem. Could he be the perfect parent for his son? After all the things she went through, she was just a cheap and lowly woman whose life had always intersected with immoral and inappropriate things.

Jasmine is losing her way. What does being a good parent really look like? Is always in every condition of the child is one of the main factors? Or should he be holy and moral first? Or maybe he should leave the life he is now living? Or maybe he should start all over again?

Jasmine doesn't understand any of that. He also felt unable to do much for his son later. She's a woman who has learned too much in solitude. So, he could only feel all the circumstances with his eyes closed. He needs someone who can teach him. Could he learn from Alice?

Yep. It seems like a good thing. Perhaps, if Alice had time to spare, she could talk heart to Alice about what would be good for her child. He needs someone better than himself. He wanted his steps forward to be clearer for his son. He also did not want his son to feel sorry for having parents like him. Just as he had felt the same way about his parents.

Jasmine pondered for a long time. Long ago, after he had a sufficient age, he started asking about who his father was. He recalled that he used to whine to his mother to get an honest answer from her. But again, he always gets disappointed. Her mother remained silent in a thousand languages and could not answer every question Jasmine asked. When Jasmine finally turned fourteen, her over-excited mother answered Jasmine's question. She says that Jasmine's mother doesn't know who Jasmine's father is.

That fact struck Jasmine in heart. He did not expect, even his own mother did not know who the father of his son. Jasmine's mother is a woman who has too often received payment from foreign men. Thus, he could not have a single clue as to who Jasmine's father really was. Too many people used his services, too many suspects he could target, and too many garbage clues he could not detect. Finally, Jasmine inevitably had to admit that she did not have strong roots wherever she was.

Even when she was a child and lived with her mother, she felt like a stranger to her surroundings. His mother who rarely paid attention to him and the environment that always made him feel like trash. He didn't know why his mother always chose this environment for her life. This environment is an environment that can not make a person can develop properly. Therefore, when Jasmine could finally have a lot of money, as she tried to raise her mother's life again, she found out the news of her mother's death.

Actually, Jasmine was not too surprised. The environment inhabited by his mother is a dilapidated environment, with habits and activities that are too dirty, and many other things that do not support normal life. So, even though his mother had never complained about his life, maybe his heart was saturated in such an environment in the slums of London. Jasmine's mother had chosen to die in the most miserable manner.

Jasmine's life was no different from her mother's. She is also a woman who peddles and becomes a pimper whose name has spread in various regions. In fact, he is famous as an intermediary for corrupt officials as well as political people, businessmen, other great people, for dirty transactions such as prostitution. They all came to Jasmine when in need of the pleasures of the world and the lure of heavenly pleasures. Because of that, Jasmine had a dark business about prostitution and many other things surrounding it.

But, even though he had become an immoral person, at least the environment he was in, was not the same as his mother's environment just yet. Like a business, his mother used every art she got for pseudo-pleasure. While Jasmine, she used every money she earned to buy many things that could support her life later. He is good at investing money, making his business run smoothly, and multiplying the wealth he has to be able to guarantee his life for many years to come.

Jasmine is a realistic thinker. He prepared his future very well. So that the business he went through, despite being involved in the forbidden and pimping business, he was not an ignorant businessman. He interceded with great men such as politicians, businessmen, and other great men to facilitate them in their search for worldly pleasures and momentary pleasures. For this effort, Jasmine had produced a lot of sweet fruit for herself.

But, sometimes all of that once made Jasmine feel judged. He was still trapped by the circumstances. For an immoral woman like herself, there was no good place in society even though the treasures she possessed equaled those of other conglomerates. He was isolated in a horrible way. The wealth he had accumulated during this time only allowed Jasmine to enter the upper social ladder, but not be part of the real upper social. He was just a temporary visitor with a VIP card. After the validity period runs out, however, the woman will still be wasted and come back again worthless.

Jasmine thought of it all with a tightness in the chest. He wanted to give his son a sense of security and moral kindness. But it looks like it will be difficult. Perhaps, Jasmine could only provide comfort. It's still better to do nothing at all for the sake of the baby. At the very least, Jasmine wanted her son to be happy despite the absence of a father. Jasmine hopes that her son will not be too demanding to know his own biological father.

Jasmine stared at the darkness of the night with a sense of anxiety. His life path was as dark as the sky. There is no clue at all as to where the future will take him. It was as if life was a puzzle for Jasmine to solve and make her often fail in every attempt. She's tired. But there's no turning back. It's been like this. It is driven by circumstances.

Where will life take him? Where will fate lead him? It was a big puzzle that he could not solve.

As Jasmine was busy with her contemplation, suddenly the room door was knocked by someone.

"Yes. Just go in, Alice!" Jasmine said lightly. Jasmine is getting ready for bed tonight. The soft silver pajamas he had been wearing from an hour ago.

"Ehm. There's Daniel downstairs. By the way, you want to meet him?" Alice asked hesitantly as she entered the room space that Jasmine had occupied during her time in Manhattan.

One of Jasmine's eyes was raised upwards, feeling clueless as to what Alice was asking.

"Daniel? What did you tell me for?" jasmine asked a little confused.

What if Daniel visits these nights? It's too awkward for him to visit at this late hour, but Daniel is a friend of Alice's. Naturally for him to come at will as long as there are certain needs. It basically had nothing to do with Jasmine at all. Why would Alice tell him this?

"I mean, you don't want to see him?"

"Meet? What business is it? Of course not." This time Jasmine looked at Alice with a clueless look.

"I mean," Alice walked over towards Jasmine. "He has a relationship with it." Alice pointed at Jasmine's still flat stomach.

"You don't want to create a good relationship with him? You haven't told her about your pregnancy yet, but who knows if things will change someday? Wouldn't it be better for you to form a communication from now on?" Alice tried to persuade gently.

Alice was once a single parent. Everything was not as easy as he had imagined before. There are many factors that inevitably affect a child's psychic development, including the presence of a biological father.

Alice tried not to interfere with Jasmine's problems and her pregnancy.she was just trying to give her advice which she thought was good for Jasmine to do. She hopes Jasmine can create a healthy communication so that if Daniel one day finds out about Jasmine's pregnancy, they all have a midpoint to talk about together.

If from the beginning Jasmine and Daniel did not have strong communication, then he was worried that one day if this pregnancy was known by Daniel, it would cause certain problems that they did not expect in the future.

Isn't good communication the key to all this? Alice had experienced something similar. He had poor communication with Anson Mallory, Axel's father. Finally, Alice at that time experienced many problems that troubled herself and troubled Anson. That problem they could actually overcome if Alice could establish good communication with Anson first.

"No, Alice. Pregnancy is my business. Daniel is an outsider to me and to my son. You can't persuade me to do things I don't want to." Jasmine said firmly.

Although Daniel was the biggest contributor to this pregnancy, they all did not have a strong enough bond to talk about this pregnancy together. Jasmine and Daniel are two individuals who have a lot of differences. There is no middle ground between them.

"You sure? Jasmine, you don't know sometimes life has its own surprises. Maybe someday you and Daniel can have a deal together. I think he's a pretty good guy. Rest assured me. I've known him a long time."

Jasmine shook her head weakly. She felt Alice was too naive. There is no man in the world who deserves to be labeled with the words "good". They are just a group of people full of masks and living with falsehoods. Alice has a narrow world.

"If you manage to get a Klayver who sincerely loves you, that doesn't mean all the men out there can have the same love for them to give to women as well. This is Daniel's case. Such a concept was clearly unknown to him. I am Daniel, Daniel is Daniel. We're two guys who have different characters and can't find the midpoint as a barometer of the equation." Jasmine explained seriously. He did not want to argue with Alice, but the woman could sometimes be on her own when the soul of the romance appeared. It was as if the events in this world were destined to have a connection with destiny and love forever.

"Don't you think your opinion is too frontal?" Alice looked at Jasmine with judgment.

"No. You're the one who's too sensitive."

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