The next three days, Dante stayed at the Sterling residence. There he t Mr Simon’s son and daughter in law. His daughter in law was pregnant was her first child.
And during his stay, they loved him like their own. Simon also asked him to call him as ’Grandpa’, which he happily did. Those three days, the cops would visit the residence quite frequently, to interrogate about those people. Though, whatever those people did with him had a deep toll on his fragile ntal health, yet he told them everything. After all, they needed it for further interrogation and to connect to his family.
Those people who had kidnapped him were his father’s enemies, and had kidnapped him to backmail and use him against his father.
And on the forth day, his father ca to get him. Initially the Sterling family was a little worried that maybe, the young boy would bla his father for not coming earlier and he had to face so much. Sotis, children did react like that. But surprisingly, Dante did nothing like that. He was very understanding towards everything. After all, he could also see how his father as wounded and had bandage around his head. He knew that he had also gone sothing while he was facing pain. And he happily left with his father.
But that did not an that he had forgotten Simon. In fact, Simon was akin to a hero in his eyes. Soone who had saved him, when he thought that he had no one to save him. He had high place of regard in Dante’s head. And he truly respected it.
***
Dante sat in his room, while he rembered Grandpa Simon. It is not that, they hadn’t have contact all these years. In fact, they had been contacting all these years. Mr Simon knew him like how he had known his own son! It was only the last five years, ever since he had taken over the family business that he couldn’t co to et Senior Sterling.
This ti, he had co to the country, and here in the city to get so of his business done, as well as also et Senior Sterling. But who knew that before that, Dante would lose his first ti with Senior Sterling’s own granddaughter. And in that process also get crazy for her.
Dante rubbed his face with his palm and hissed, "Dante Lancaster... You are so fucked up!"
***
The next day, in a café, two girls sat opposite to one another and were laughing at sothing. Well, to be exact, it was Lisa who couldn’t stop her laugh. While, Dove had a smile on her face, as she had recounted whatever had happened.
Lisa finally caught her breath, and wiped a tear that had escaped her eyes, laughing so much. And then she asked, "So, he had nothing to say anymore, isn’t it? Did his face look like a mouse?" She said grinningly.
And hearing her ask that, Dove chuckled and said, "Yes, it did sowhat look like that."
"Hahaha!" Lisa laughed again.
Finally, after what seed forever, and after continuous odd stares from the people around them, did Lisa finally quieten down. And after a mont she asked, "Alright, moving on to the other important question, who is that guy, you like?" She asked with her eyes big, and blinking curiously.
Dove had also told her the sa story that she had told everyone back in the mansion yesterday. After all, that part would inevitably co if she shared the story. And even if she tried to omit that part, knowing this girl, she would find about it anyway. So Dove found it better to just say what she said to her grandfather and everyone else.
"Um, soone special." Dove just bluffed, not knowing what else to think or tell about it to her. But hearing that, Lisa got even more curious, and she said, "Wow! Wow! Wow! Who’s that? And how co I don’t know about him!"
"That..." Dove trailed thinking of sothing she would tell. But then she stopped and blinked, "Wait! You have been looking into all this ti?" And hearing that, Lisa froze. That smile on her lips went stiff, before it flattened and vanished.
Lisa’s eyes t with Dove’s squinted ones, and she laughed awkwardly, before shaking her head, "No... I an... Kind of.."
Dove pressed her lips in a straight line and she said, "Kind of, huh?" And she ntally hissed, ’This girl..’ It wasn’t that Dove had sothing going on in her life that she wated to keep very private. But now, she had to think very carefully about what excuse she would give about this ’imaginary man’ to her.
After a minute, Lisa huffed and said, "What?! I was just making sure that you are alright! And it is not like I would do a thorough investigation on you, alright! I would just peek a little to make sure everything is alright. Not like I invaded anything." Though, she would herself doubt her own last words. It was more like she did not find anything invading.
But this thing. Dove had soone she liked in her life, and she did not even get a hint. It wasn’t like Lisa thought about it anyway. But still it made her question her abilities now!
And then she huffed before resuming her curious look and said, "Yes! Yes! Who is that lucky guy, who owns your heart darling?"
Dove pressed her lower lips slightly between her teeth, and then cleared her throat, before shaking her head, "For now, I don’t want to disclose it. I haven’t even told Grandpa about it."
And hearing that, Lisa’s eyebrows raised up and she said, "Oh. Is it like that? Fine then. We will keep it for later." She said with a cheerful smile. If Dove was asking for privacy straight, and she would of course respect it. And she did not pry again.
Then, Lisa rubbed her palms together and asked, "So, Miss Dove, now will you accept being my friend?"
At her question, Dove blinked and then asked, "Weren’t we, all this ti?"
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