Novel Square
Chapter 1278
Chapter 1278
Chapter 1278
Scott nodded, assuring her to stay home and wait for Bernard’s return. Nina, always understanding, said, “I’ll wait here for Uncle Bernard. He promised to see me grow up.”
Children are easy to lie to, but Scott couldn’t lie to himself. He raised his eyes to the setting sun, hoping that like the sun, Mr. Law would rise again after his disappearance.
As he sat with the child, waiting for the person inside the house to emerge, a car pulled up. Bryson, the gatekeeper, startled from his reverie at the sound of the horn. Propping up his aging body, he peered at the person in the car. Recognizing who it was, Bryson, with trembling hands, pressed the button to open the gate.
Today was a special day. Eleanor had given the staff the day off, but Bryson, having been with Bernard for so long, was considered more family than employee and had taken over the gatekeeper’s duties.
Like Scott, Bryson had guessed that Bernard was gone, but he clung to Bernard’s final words, to care for Eleanor at all costs, not to let her come to any harm.
So, even though his heart was filled with grief, enough to affect his aging body, Bryson stayed at Fiord Roundabout, silently accompanying the remaining lady of
the house.
The car sped through the garden and stopped abruptly outside the castle. The passenger door swung open and Aidyn, clad in black, quickly got out of the car.
“Scott!” Aidyn, his face pale with anger, stormed over to Scott, grabbed his collar, and hauled him up from his seat.
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier that Mr. Laurence was going to the Area Opaca?!”
Aidyn had been in B City dealing with the Howell family and had received no news of Bernard’s trip to Area Opaca. He only knew that Bernard was going on a business trip to North Funland, so he assumed it was a regular trip, given his usual absences of three months to half a year. Who could have guessed that Bernard was actually headed for Area Opaca!
“He’s taking such a risk, and you kept it from me for three months?!”
If he had known earlier, he would have gone with Bernard to Area Opaca!
Scott, his eyes red with rage, stared back at Aidyn, “What good would it do if you went, you’d end up dead like Caleb!”
“At least there would be one more person to protect Mr. Laurencel®
Scott smirked, a cold laugh escaping his lips,”If Caleb couldn’t escape, what makes you think you could?”
Aidyn was not a member of the Siren Organization, just Bernard’s assistant. Did he think he could change anything by going?
Aidyn clenched his fists, landing a punch square on Scott’s face.
“I may not be as good as Caleb, but I wouldn’t hide here like you!”
Scott, his fury ignited by these words, swung back, and a fight broke out.
Nina, sitting nearby, watched as the two men throwing punches at each other. Gathering her courage, she shouted, “Stop fighting!”
The piercing scream of a child brought the two brawling men to a halt. Both, exhausted and defeated, released each other.
Two bruised men sat on the grass, their backs to the setting sun, heads hanging low, staring blankly at their swollen hands…
When the silence had settled, Scott finally spoke, “Your wife is pregnant, so he didn’t want to involve you. And Caleb, he followed Mr. Laurence secretly.”
Aidyn’s body stiffened, and a wave of grief washed over him, “Mr. Laurence left us behind to protect us.”
But in doing so, Mr. Laurence could never come back….
Scott, now calm, turned to look at Aidyn, whose mouth was stained with blood.
“Bernard, Mr. Law, the leader of the Siren Organization, was not all talk.”
He might have been cold as ice on the outside, but he was a man of deep loyalty and honor, a beacon in a sea of people.
Aidyn remained silent, struggling with his grief. After a long while, he finally spoke.
“I grew up with him, don’t you think I understand him?”
He just couldn’t accept that such a towering figure had been gone so tragically.
Seeing Aidyn’s grief-stricken face, Scott suddenly felt that they were all they had left of each other.
After a long while, Aidyn gathered himself, rose from the grass, and declared, “I’m going to take down Area Opaca!”
He turned, pulling a gun from his waist, and briskly walked away.
Scott watched Aidyn’s retreating figure for a few seconds before he sighed, rose, and sprinted after him. Reaching him, Scott swung a hand towards Aidyn’s neck.
“I’m sorry, but I promised Mr. Law I wouldn’t let anyone he cared about take any risks.”
After knocking Aidyn out, Scott carried the imposing man to the car…Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.