After dinner, Justin returned to his penthouse. Aaron, in the Imperial City, was impatient to know what happened when Justin went to the Riverdale estate.
He had been in contact with Noah all along. And the mont he got to know Justin had returned, Aaron made a call.
"There is no word called patience in your dictionary, is there?" Justin comnted as he put the cellphone on speaker and started to change clothes.
"If I was not patient, I would have been there at this mont instead of calling you from here," ca Aaron’s displeased voice.
"Stop sulking already," Justin comnted and explained whatever had happened.
There was a silence on Aaron’s side before he calmly asked about their mother, "Is she alright?"
"Not entirely, but she at least recognised ... as Alex..." Justin replied. "I will arrange so specialists for her soon to start her better treatnt."
Aaron humd and asked, "And that asshole won’t let you see our sister?"
"I have to wait to see what he asks of in exchange for letting see her," Justin said. "I’m sure it won’t be anything ordinary."
Both brothers could only be silent for a while, as the ga was in Aeldric’s hands at the mont.
Just then, Noah knocked on the door and entered the room. "Mr. Harper, call for you. Mr. Riverdale."
Aaron had heard it as well. "See what he called for."
"You don’t have to tell that," Justin said and got the cellphone from Noah. He received the call and replied with a simple, "Hum?"
Justin heard what he said and then replied, "I’ll think about it," and hung up the call.
Aaron, still on the speaker, asked, "What did he say?"
"He asked to attend one gathering he has with the people he knows and attend it as his grandson. After that, he might show our sister," Justin inford.
"That man can’t be trusted." Aaron added.
"I am the sa, just like him," Justin said. "But we have to take chances, even if the girl he shows might not be our real sister."
"It might lead to at least sowhere."
Both brothers agreed on it.
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The next day, Justin received a call from Aeldric again. The old man was truly desperate to get him back ho.
"Your sister is back here in the Riverdale estate. You can see her one last ti before I send her to the Asteriens," Aeldric’s voice ca through. "Think before denying again. You might regret it later," he said, even before Justin could reply.
"What if I want sothing else in exchange for making my presence there?" Justin asked.
"What do you want?" Aeldric asked.
"All the information about the incident in the past," Justin answered. "I know you’ve destroyed everything related to it just to save yourself from the sha that your enemy succeeded in hurting your family, but I do believe you still have everything that I need."
"Why do you need it? Planning revenge?"
"Maybe."
"I have already taken care of it," Aeldric said. "Do you think I would let them go without doing anything?"
"I don’t trust you with it," Justin replied firmly. "If you can’t provide it, I’m sure there are ways to get it."
"Seven in the evening the guests will start to arrive. I expect you to be here before that. What you want will be there," Aeldric said and hung up the call.
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In the evening, Justin went to the Riverdale estate with Noah tagging along. It had a huge event hall, which was prepared for the gathering. Various luxury cars had already started to arrive by the ti Justin reached.
"Mr Harper, this old man’s intentions doesn’t seem right today," Noah said.
"His intentions were never the right ones to begin with," Justin replied, "Let’s just play along for a while."
Noah could only agree.
Kavin directly took Justin to Aeldric’s study. Noah was asked to wait outside.
The old man was sitting in his lavish chair when he signalled toward the file placed on the table. "What you asked for is there."
Justin looked at the file, but he was sure this old man was going to state his conditions. As Justin had decided to play along for his own plan, he asked straightforwardly, "And, what cos with it?"
"Today I will announce to all the guests that my grandson is back and he is going to take my place in the future. I want you to follow through it obediently and be a good grandson," Aeldric said.
Well, that was not a bad idea. It was, in fact, a good opportunity for him to get to know the people here, which could co in handy later on.
It was going to be the perfect start for what he was planning.
"Sure," Justin said, but didn’t ask about his sister. If he showed desperation, the more this old man would try to use it against him.
"Now you agreed to it like a good boy, let reward you with sothing," Aeldric said, and the television screen in the study lit up.
It showed a young girl sitting in a chair quietly. There were a few flowers in her hands, and she was plucking out their petals as if she were bored and had nothing else to do. The sides of her face were covered by loose hair strands, so a clear view of her face was difficult to gauge.
"That’s your sister. She is here at the Riverdale estate," Aeldric said. "Want to et her?"
"Didn’t you plan to let et her when you were desperately asking to be here?" Justin asked indifferently.
"Sure, I will let you et her, but after..." Aeldric stopped. "There is sothing for you as well. First, let’s go and et our guests."
The old man stood up, ready to leave.
How much you hide, Aiden. I know you care for your sister, Aeldric thought. There was a triumphant look on his face, as if he was already a winner against his grandson.
If his grandson were an ordinary person, he would have forced his way out, but Aeldric knew well—Aiden was not one to be taken lightly. Making him do things willingly was the only way, in exchange for sothing in return.
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