Chapter 170 : His Father


    “Young master, good morning!” The familiar security guard in Sky Corporation greeted Adam with a


    bow.


    Adam just nodded at him and strode inside the building. With the little boy’s sudden presence, the busy


    crowd in the building stopped and bowed at Adam. He nodded at them with a cold stern face like his


    father that made everyone wonder. When they first saw Adam, he looked like a sweet gentle boy too


    different from a cold aloof boy who was in the reception.


    “Good morning, young master!” The receptionist tried her best to please her boss’ son. She was fully


    aware that the kid in front of her was the only heir of thepany so there’s no room for mistake.


    “I want to see my…. Mr. Sky.” Adam uttered ufortably.


    The receptionist was quite stunned but she quickly recovered. Her smile was never leaving her face as


    she said, “Please follow me. I will bring you to your father.”


    “Please.” Adam raised his hand to stop her. “I can go there on my own.” He announced.


    The receptionist’s smile became stiff but still managed to please Adam. “Please take this pass then.”


    Adam quickly took the card, nodded politely at her then went in the elevator’s direction.


    The receptionist was left in awe. She could feel something different in the boy but she could not


    decipher it.


    “Good morning young master.” George was already waiting for Adam outside the elevator.


    Adam nodded politely acknowledging him. George led him to his dad’s office.


    Last night in Adam’s room, the two boys were silent. They could feel the intense tension outside.


    “Uncle Damien, do you still love my mom?” Adam asked.


    Damien was stunned by the kid’s sudden question. He turned to him and smiled. “Yes. I love your


    mom.” Damien answered. Adam kept quiet. He seemed to absorb and analyze things with his father’s


    sudden appearance.


    “Are you going with your father?” Damien asked sensing the little boy’s silence.


    “I still don’t know it yet,” Adam answered with a heavy tone. It was obvious that he’s problematic with


    his uncle Damien’s question. Admittedly, he had no answer to his question. He had many worries in his


    mind. One, the decision of her mother. Second, the fact that he wanted to abandon him when he was


    still a baby. Third, how he could protect his mother.


    After a while, a loud bang on the door was heard. Adam and Damien were both rmed so they


    quickly ran outside to check themotion.


    “Mommy?” Adam quickly ran towards Arabe who was sitting on the sofa cupping her face with her


    two hands.


    Seeing Adam running over, Arabe secretly wiped her tears. “Mom are you okay?” Adam asked


    worriedly.


    “Yes.” Arabe tried her best topose herself. She didn’t want Adam to get worried but she just


    couldn’t stand the arrogance of Adam’s father.


    “What did he do to you?” Damien asked with controlled anger.


    “Nothing. Nothing.” Arabe answered lowering her eyes. She didn’t want Damien to see her red eyes.


    Adam saw what her mom was hiding and he came up with a decision.


    Morning came, Adam went out from his room wearing his school uniform.


    Arabe was stunned. “Honey are you sure you wanna go to school?” She asked worriedly as she


    thought Adam was still under trauma after being kidnapped and witnessing such a heinous event.


    “I miss school mom,” Adam answered smiling to pacify her.


    “Are you sure?” She walked close to Adam knelt and held his tiny shoulders. Her fright was still fresh


    and if she would have to choose, she would not allow him to go anywhere anymore. She just wanted


    him to stay at home with her. She didn’t want him to be out of her sight anymore.


    “I’m okay mom. You don’t need to be worried about me, okay? You know, your son is the bravest.”


    Adam raised his arm and showed his muscle to her mom boasting his fat muscles.


    Arabeughed out loud and hugged her handsome humorous son.


    “Now yourughing mom.” Adamughed too hugging his loving mom. “Don’t worry mom. I can handle


    myself.” He said reassuring her.


    With his words, Arabe then realized that she could not lock Adam in the apartment forever. As a kid,


    he needed to mingle with his fellow kids and had to learn things at school. She should not stop him


    from getting his privilege just because of her fear of losing him again.


    “Okay. Have your breakfast and let’s go to school.” She kissed him on his chubby cheeks and messed


    up his soft shiny hair.


    Adam quickly sat on the dining chair and start eating like he was in a hurry.


    She brought Adam to school and she had to do a lot of exining for Adam’s absences. When Adam


    was finally settled, she had to go away as to follow the school’s regtions. So, she decided to check


    on Jaime in the hospital.


    Seeing his mother was gone, Adam got his quick escapade.


    Bill was standing looking outside with his 360-degree ss wall. Adam was standing behind him. Even


    a drop of a pin could be heard as immense silence filled the air. They met again as father and son, not


    the stranger friends they used to be.


    “You said before that only men who were brave enough are capable to father a child.” Adam was the


    one to break the silence. He said in a cold voice as he clearly remembered their conversation in a


    restaurant before.


    After his words, Bill turned around to face his son. His expression was as usual. He pointed to the


    couch signaling him to sit on it.


    Adam quickly followed but his aloofness was screaming.


    “Talk,” Bill ordered while he sat on the other couch in front of Adam.


    “Don’t hurt my mom,” Adam said directly with a brave tone.


    Bill looked at him seriously folding his arms in front. Adam was also folding his tiny arms in front while


    looking bravely at Bill.


    “I don’t,” Bill replied crossing his long legs. Adam crossed his short legs too unnoticing that he was


    doing exactly what his father did.


    “My mom cries a lot because of you.” Adam talked like an adult who was in a meeting with a


    professional.


    “I don’t know about that,” Bill answered briefly with a serious tone.


    “You wanted to abandon me,” Adam added coldly pointing out something.


    Bill was startled by the boy’s maturity, “Who told you that? Your mom?” He asked with controlled


    irritation.


    “No, and it doesn’t matter where I heard it from.” Adam was the straightforward type rather than acting


    stubborn and rebel because of what he had known about his father, he chose to face him and settled


    the matter manly.


    “I didn’t abandon you,” Bill replied briefly.


    “You weren’t there on all my birthdays.” Adam had no n to lower his guard but his tone started to


    be gloomy.


    Bill was lost with Adam’s words. He felt a sudden pain in his chest.


    “I didn’t know where to find your mother.” He answered.


    Adam looked at Bill liked he was studying him. Bill looked at him the same. He still couldn’t believe that


    he had a son and likewise, Adam still couldn’t believe that he had a father. Adam was smart studious


    and frank. He could easily win in a chess game and debate. Bill felt amazed with his son.


    “Do you love my mom?” Adam suddenly asked.


    Bill didn’t know how to reply to the question. It was the second time he was lost for words. All he knew


    was he wanted Arabe badly in his bed.


    “Yes.” He said just to give him a reply.


    “Do you love me?” Adam''s eyes suddenly showed fear. He was afraid that his father’s answer would be


    different.


    “Yes,” Bill replied that made Adam heave a sigh of relief. Admittedly, he realized that he was longing for


    a father. Now that he had one, he could feel satisfying happiness in his heart.


    “Then, are you brave enough to father a child?” Adam asked him with imploring eyes. He wanted to


    make sure that Bill was ready to be a father for him.


    “I am your father Adam and I will do my best to be a good father to you.” Those were the longest words


    Bill uttered. He looked at Adam seriously while he spoke.


    Adam felt it and absorbed everything he said. He finally felt good.


    After a moment of silence,


    “Then buddy, do you want to have aplete family?” Bill got the opportunity and asked his son.


    Adam nodded eagerly but his eyes were still contemting.


    Meanwhile, Arabe went to the hospital to visit her mother, Jaime. Before she went there, she


    dropped by a supermarket to buy some fruits for her mother when she coincidentally met another


    familiar person.


    Margaret.


    “Arabe?” Margaret was shocked. She was still wearing her usual clothes. Seductive but elegant.


    “Margaret,” Arabe uttered her name.


    “Oh! Where have you been? Did Jayson know that you’re here?” Margaret bombarded her with


    questions.


    Arabe didn’t know how to answer knowing the old jealous Margaret.


    “No.” Arabe quickly answered. She didn’t want to have the same problem with her before.


    “Taaadahhh!” Margaret excitedly showed her wedding ring to Arabe. It was a big shining diamond.


    “I and Jason got married!” Margaret was boasting.


    Arabe smiled sweetly. “Congrattions!” She said with a happy tone.


    “Thanks, dear!” Margaret closely walked to her and hugged her. Arabe was stunned by Margaret’s


    action but she remained her cool.


    “I will tell Jayson that you are here. He would be surely surprised.” Margaret then said. “Nice to see you


    again and wee back!” Margaret hugged her again then strode away waving.


    Arabe was left rooted on her spot for a while.


    ‘What was that?’ It was a big question for her.


    Herst memory with Margaret was, she was angrily screaming. Her envious angry face plus her


    mother who wanted to kill her with a sharp knife in the hospital.


    “Huh!” Thinking about that traumatizing memory, she released a deep breath in the air shaking off


    some bad vibes.


    On a side note, maybe some people do change.


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    Maybe Margaret was one of them.


    Maybe her experienced in life had taught her to bepassionate and considerate to others.


    Maybe.


    Though Arabe suffered a lot from this kind of people, she still had high hopes for them.


    Arabe walked smiling with the good thought of Margaret but suddenly her smile faded away.


    Standing at the opening of her mom’s room, she froze.


    Her mom was not inside and the room waspletely left abandoned.


    Trying hard to recover her senses, she ran back to the reception. “Where’s my mom?” She asked


    hysterically.


    The receptionist was nervous and Arabe saw it. “Tell me the truth!” Arabe demanded shouting. She


    didn’t care if she was already making a scene. It was her mother for god’s sake.


    “Your… your mother is in the stock room.” The receptionist answered nervously.


    “What?” Arabe was shocked. “Where is it?” She could sense something bad had happened.


    “Just go straight to the left side. Thest room is the stock room.” Seeing Arabe’s panic, the


    receptionist quickly instructed her. She pitied Arabe but she was just an employee of the hospital and


    she loved her job.


    Rather than wasting her time asking questions with the receptionist, Arabe quickly ran towards the


    stock room.


    There, she saw Kelly outside the stock room. She seemed to have known that Arabe would quickly


    run to her to find her mother.


    “Aunt Kelly, where’s my mother?” Arabe asked in a panic.


    “She’s inside this room” Kelly answered arrogantly.


    “Aunt Kelly, my mother is very sick, Please spare her with your anger at me.” At this time, all she could


    do was to plead.


    “How dare you use my son to get what you want?” Kelly shouted pissed. “Don’t you think I will not know


    that my son arranged everything for your mother?” When Kelly saw them yesterday, she had a gut


    feeling that they visited someone inside so she investigated it. After knowing, her anger on Arabe


    had heightened.


    “Aunt Kelly, I don’t have any choice. Only this hospital had ….” Arabe wanted to exin her side and


    wanted to prove that she was not using her son but Kelly deliberately cut her off.


    “Listen to me. I don’t want to hear any words from you. Just take your mom out from my hospital


    because I don’t have any intentions to treat the mother of my husband’s murderer.” Kelly arrogantly


    said. “Too bad for you, you are the murderer!” She added with a provoking tone.


    Arabe froze and could not say a single word. She didn’t pity herself but her worries were on her


    mom. Now that her Aunt Kelly was chasing them away, what''s gonna happen to her mom? Where are


    they going to go? Arabe''s shoulders dropped and her tears were assembled in her eyes. She felt


    helpless and hopeless all of a sudden.


    “Mom, that’s enough!” Suddenly, Bill’s voice resonated the area. Arabe and Kelly were shocked to


    hear his voice. Arabe quickly turned around and was more shocked seeing Adam with Bill.


    They strode forward.


    “Mom, this isn’t you,” Bill said in a deep tone.


    “What is this Bill, my son, are you choosing them over me?” Kelly said angrily and insulted. She was


    trying to prove to Arabe that Bill would choose his mom over her no matter what.


    Bill looked at Kelly seriously.


    “Yes. I will choose her and my son.” Bill answered her with a firm tone.