Chapter 21: Chapter 21

I was busy arranging files on his desk when my phone rang, it was Simon, I smiled slightly.

"I hear you!"

"Wife, why didn't you call me for a long time?  Don't you miss me?"  He sulked on the other end of the line.

“Yes, I miss you very much but time does not allow me to do that.  I am busy preparing contracts for partners.  I'm very busy, but why are you free to call me to buy melons and pears?"

"I'm not free, I have a meeting in ten minutes, so I'll take advantage of the time I'm waiting to call you.  How are you?  I miss it so much!”

"Fine, he's very healthy, he can talk, every day three or three.  I don't know if he loves his mother."  I said sulkily.  On the other hand, he smiled happily.  If this phone can put his hand in his throat, he will die right away with me.

"Okay, I'll go to the meeting, I'll visit you and your mother tonight!"  He hung up.  I put the phone down on the table.  Continuing with the useless files lying on the table.  After this, I have to do my homework.  Oh, since when have I been so busy.

“You're always on my mind, all day that all the times, you're every thing to me, brightest star to let me se, you touch me in my dream,…” My phone rang, where is it,  I lost my phone records.  Phone, baby, where are you?  I didn't dare to open it because I was afraid that those files would come out again, and it was difficult to sort and categorize them.  Here it is.

"I knew you were coming tonight, that's all, I'm doing my homework."

"Is it Brittany's number?"  On the other side was a deep voice.  Not Simon, I took the phone out of my ear and looked at the screen.  Strange number but very familiar.

"Yes, who is that?"  I replied softly.

"It's dad, daughter."  Three stars?  Why are you calling me at this time?  Hasn't my dad already given up on me?  He took me by surprise.

With a clack, the door to the room opened, and he stepped in to put the file down on the desk.  He looked at me, I pursed my lips and said that it was three, he also widened his eyes like me.

"Yes, what's wrong, Dad?"  I calmly asked again.  Honestly, talking to you makes me more nervous than talking to the kidnapper and blackmailer.

“Can I contact Baekhyun?”  Luckily, it was looking for you, not me.  I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes!"

"So this afternoon, can you go to the coffee shop that we used to go to see dad?"  Why do you stick with me again, why don't you just find him.  But what shop was it before?

"OK!"  So stupid, why suddenly accepted.  I want to beat my head to death.  The other end of the wire disconnects.  He looked at me, I looked at him.

"What did dad say?"  he asked.

“Dad said this afternoon you and I went to the coffee shop where we used to go to see him.  I accepted the offer!"  I sighed.  "And what shop was the restaurant before?"  I ask.

"Old shop" He just said that and then he went out to the office corridor to look down.  From here, falling down is a human ball.  Very high.  I went out and stood next to him.

"Why do you look pensive?"  I ask.

"I'm thinking about my father."  He paused for a moment and then continued.  “I don't believe he misses us, it must have been something he called and asked to see his brothers.  This afternoon it would be best to listen carefully to every word he said.”  You're right, he never changed his mind so easily.  There's definitely something wrong.

My brother and I went to the old shop.  The place where my father and I used to go.  Before, when I happened to pass by, I still had some emotions, but now it's different, I see that this shop is just like any other.  Dad was already sitting there, after more than a year of not seeing him he was still the same, not aging at all.

"Dad" me and him came over and called at the same time as greeting.  He nodded to me and he sat down on the opposite side.  When we sat down, a cup of hot cocoa and a cup of black coffee without sugar were brought out.  I called the waiter and also ordered a hot cocoa and another black coffee.

"Why don't you two drink this glass?"  Dad asked.

“I know that you have never had the habit of drinking or eating what others ordered.  What if there's medicine in there?"  I speak straight.

"You don't believe me until Dad, do you, Brittany?"

"I'm the thing I trust the most, the rest, I don't dare to put my trust in anyone."  I glanced at him smiling, a very mischievous smile.

The waiter brought two more glasses and served the other two.  After the waiter left, he spoke up.

"Why did you call us out here?"  Yes, this is the question I also wanted to ask just now.

“I think we are a family after all, we should live together anyway.  Two children are also father's children.  Due to his anger, his father sent them away, now he wants them to forgive and return home.  Brittany, please forgive me.  Please take your grandchild home to live.  I don't care whose son it is, I just need to know it's my grandchild.  That's all right."  He said it sounded very good, believe it or not.  Why do I keep seeing half-believing half-doubt.  Having lived together for so many years, I understand his character too well.  What you dare not do.

After the conversation, he and I asked for permission to think about it more, but now we don't dare to decide anything.  He also agreed but still expected us to accept.  He even gave us his phone number.  If yes, then give him a call.

“What do you think?”  I ask you.

“I don't know, he asked for forgiveness, but if I don't forgive him, it's really a serious sin.  I honestly can't believe what my father says."  You're the same as me, I can't believe it either.  Standing in front of Bach Dang River, the wind is cool but my heart is heavy.

That night, I sat on the sofa like a lost soul, my mind was only full of what my father said in the afternoon.  I don't know if I should go back or if it's best for me to stay at my aunt's house.

“Em!”  I turned, Simon was sitting on Leo's lap, father and son looking at me.  “What did I do to be so dissapointed?  He wanted to foam at the mouth, but he didn't listen.

"Nothing!  I'm just thinking about something."  I answer.  Leaning back on the sofa.

“Dad…ba…ba.” Leo grabbed the necklace he was wearing around his neck and called out to his father.  He took off the necklace and put it around his son's neck.

“Why did you let me wear it all?  These ropes will strangle him when he sleeps at night!"  I was about to take it off but he stopped my hand.

"Don't worry, this rope is very short, you can't strangle Leo.  I'll stay here tonight."  He skillfully jumps from one thing to another.  So skilled that I couldn't understand what he was saying.

"Star?"  I asked again.

“I will stay here tonight, without arguing, without commenting.  Luu Ly, you take Leo to the bedroom, he's sleepy."  He handed Leo over to Luu Ly, then dragged me up to the room.

"You sleep in my room!  I went to my aunt's room."  I tried to stand up but was caught by him.  Press my shoulder on the bed.

"Don't worry, I won't touch you."  He whispered into the crook of my shoulder.  Only heaven believe is not touching.  Hands on my waist, what is it called?  Accidentally bumped?  I lay there, motionless to avoid stimulating his tenth nerve.

At eleven o'clock at night, he was fast asleep, but I was still awake.  I gently put his hand aside, crept out onto the balcony.  The cold wind rushed into my skin.  Freezing.  It's already summer, but it's still a bit cold at night.

"Why have not you sleep yet?"  An arm wrapped around my waist, the warmth from his body transferred to me.  At this moment, my heart feels really warm.

"I can not sleep.  In the afternoon, my father had an appointment with me and Huy."  I answer.

"What did dad say?"  He asked me.  The voice is still very snoring.

“Dad asked me and Huy to forgive my father's mistakes and return home.  Dad told me to bring Leo back too.”

"That's great, why do you even think about it."

“You do not understand my father, he is very scheming, everything he does must benefit himself.  He can risk anything to get what he wants.  What he wants most is fame and money.”  I sighed softly.

"But didn't your father have enough of that?"  he asked.

“My father had enough but for him that was not enough, he has stormed the Swiss stock market all this time but for him that is still not enough.  He wanted more than that.”

"But maybe your father has changed."

"But…"

“Listen to me, give your father a chance.  Like you gave me a chance.  A chance to love you again.  Trust me.  Now go to sleep."  He led me in, locking the parapet door.  He and I shared the same bed, but there was still something unsatisfactory in me.  I want to be officially Simon's wife, I want to be recognized as the daughter-in-law of the Hua family on the main road.  But in reality, I don't dare to ask because I don't know, tomorrow, me and him will still be together.

Early in the morning, Simon left because his mother called.  I really want to keep him, but my orders can't be equal to yours.  He's more afraid of his mother than he is of a ghost.

“How did you decide?”  I called to ask him.

"Try it, bro!"

"I think so too, you call dad!"  With that, I hung up the phone and packed my and Leo's clothes into the suitcase.  My aunt is currently on vacation abroad.  About four years to go.  The corporation assigned me and him to manage.  This time I left without telling my aunt because if I did, she would immediately return.

A luxury car parked right in front of me.  The man in the car got out, it was three.  He looked at me with a gentle smile.  There's something fake about this smile.  I held Leo, but he snuggled up against me.  Now he knows it's strange, seeing someone strange makes him cry.

"Oh, is this my granddaughter, so cute, let me hold the baby!"  Dad raised his hand at the boy but he tried to dodge.

“Ba…ba…ba…oa…oa…oa” She cried while asking for her father.  I coaxed him to stop, his hand clutching the chain around his neck.  Perhaps, wearing this rope around it will always feel like having three of them.

“The boy must have known it strange.  When I was a child, I was like a little boy, everyone who asked to hold me cried loudly for my father."  He chuckled and led me to the car.  The car rolls quickly on the asphalt.

The surroundings are strange to me, this is not the way home.

“Dad?  This is not the way home.”  I say.

"We're moving, girl."  He replied.  The car was parked in front of the gate of a magnificent mansion, my aunt's house was big, but now this house is even bigger.  I got out of the car and stood looking up at this lavish house.  In the yard, there was a Camry parked in front, it was his car.  A maid came out carrying my two suitcases into the house.  I followed three steps in.

Is my house here?  So strange.  As soon as I walked to the door, I saw my mother standing there, reaching out to greet me.  Her eyes filled with tears.  I walked over, slightly bent over and called out "Mother".

She led me inside, the living room was too lavish.  Bright golden color.  You can tell by looking at the plating.  He was sitting on the sofa, still the same carefree figure.  Seeing me, he smiled, reaching out to take Leo in his arms.  The boy saw him and immediately jumped over, holding the chain in his hand, meaning to show it to him.

"Who gave you that?"  he asked.

“Dad…ba…ba,” the boy replied.  Now, the mother who gave it to him also says it's dad.  It doesn't know what else to say.

A figure came down from upstairs.  Curly brown hair is loose.  The tight-fitting dress accentuates the figure.  After looking at that person, I asked:

"Do we hire someone to sing boi at home?"  He laughed, his mother laughed, and his father laughed too.

"That's Kristen!"  My mother says.

"What?"  He and I shouted at the same time.  Grandma, can you believe your eyes?  Is that my sister, I haven't seen her in a year, but she's dressed up like that.  Long hair and bare face that day.