THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 45
“Grandpa, I’m so sorry… your unfilial granddaughter finally found the time to come see you.
Grandma, please forgive me, I’m the reason for the family’s downfall.
Mom… I was wrong for being such a weakling…” Jeslyn brushed her palm over the smooth glass, no dirt could be found on it.
Thinking the management cleaned it, Jeslyn’s heavy heart calmed a bit. Not everyone would care abou t the remains of a fallen family, so Jeslyn was earnestly grateful.
After a long while of crying and apologizing, Jeslyn started to play around. She believed that her family wouldn’t be happy seeing her like this, so she smiled.
“Grandpa, I married a bad man. Your son-in-law is not a normal person…” She picked up the Crimson Rose and added it to the apology Roses placed inside the small vase attached to her mother’s glass.
“I don’t know his full capability but he’s one of the devils in country M.” She picked up a yellow Rose and placed it inside her grandmother’s vase.
“Do you know…” she smiled. “He has a son. He is very cute and I love him a lot even though I hated him before…” she chuckled and continued to brief her family about how her life had been ever since.
Sometimes the sound of her laughter traveled through the place, other times, her cries and sniffs, while most times her voice could be heard as she talked to her family like they were there.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
Inside one of the higher-ups’ offices, the man had been deliberating if he should call Ray as promised or inform him when he comes tomorrow.
Every morning, Ray comes to the place to keep it clean with his own hands. He cleans the glasses and changes the flowers and pictures. He wasn’t doing it because he wanted to be forgiven. He was doing it because he knew that If Jeslyn was still alive, she would be the one doing everything now.
Ray was inside his car speeding to the company, lost in thought. He didn’t take anyone along, including his chauffeur. His phone rang which jolted him back to reality. He clicked on his earpod to answer the call.
His face changed when he heard what the other person said. “Screeeeech!!” He recklessly turned the car around without caring about the cars coming behind him.
“Keep them there and don’t let them leave!” He hurriedly said before he stepped on the accelerator and almost flew out off the road like a racing car about to overtake its competitors.
Ray got to the columbarium but he was a little too late.
“I’m sorry, CEO Ray, they left a while ago, we couldn’t keep them.” The manager reported with his head bowed. How could he stop them when a gun was pointed at his head? None of the girls looked friendly at all, so all he could do was to keep his life.
“What route did they leave from?”
“CEO Ray, I’m not sure –”
“Useless!” Ray hissed, got into his car, and drove off. Who else would that be? He had been coming here every day for the past three months and no one has ever come here to pay homage to the Lee family.
For some reason, Ray’s instinct was telling him it was Jelsyn but he didn’t dare to believe it because he saw Jeslyn’s ‘dead body’ from the video Emilee sent him.
While Ray was almost going crazy thinking of who that person was, Jeslyn’s car was speeding across the busy roads.
“Little bunny, where do you want to go after here?”
“I want to see everything my family once owned,” she replied.
Pink nodded and directed Blue on where to go.
The first place Jeslyn stopped at was the Lee mansion. She got down from the car and stood by the door to feed her eyes with the beauty of the mansion one more time.
On the black bar gates was a black placard with the words ‘Lee mansion’ written on it.
The two-story white mansion stood strong in the middle of the big compound with a swimming pool by its side. Memories of how she rushed to drive her car in and out of the bar gates every day flashed through her mind.
Jeslyn shut her eyes for a moment and when she opened them again, the emotions had disappeared. She got into the car and it started moving out of Lee street.
Unbeknownst to them, an almost invisible camera was fixed around the house and one was placed on the placard. Luckily Jeslyn’s face was always disguised and also covered by the veil, however, Pink and Blue were captured by the CCTV.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
Inside the car, Jeslyn voiced out her doubt. “Older sister, the house looked empty and there’s still the placard my grandfather placed on it. Why has it not been removed?”
“It seems the person who stole the property hasn’t touched anything yet.”
“Oh? I doubt that. The company should be doing well. I checked the progress of the company but found nothing. It’s like the new owner has taken the Lee cooperation off the internet.”
Pink slightly shook her head. She’ll just allow Jeslyn to see the state of the companies by herself.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
Getting to the headquarters of the company Jeslyn looked from her window but refused to get down. She slowly turned to look at Pink. “I– is th– this m– my family’s company?”
Pink nodded.
Jeslyn shook her head. “Lies. Th– this is the wrong address.” She refused to believe it even though the name, ‘Lee cooperation’ was written on the top of the fifty-story building.
Pink sighed. She got down from the front seat and entered the back seat. She pulled the shocked Jeslyn to herself and hugged her. “Little bunny… they are not your family’s property anymore. Forget about them.”
Jeslyn fervently shook her head on Pink’s bosom. “My grandpa suffered so much when he… when he started this company.” She choked on her tears. “My grandma died because of this company… older sister…” She looked up at Pink’s stoic face and slowly pointed a finger at the dilapidated building with broken windows and a dirty environment. “Th– that cannot be my– my…”
Pink pulled her into a hug again and started to slowly brush her back. “Chil… little bunny, we shall seek revenge.” She said quietly, enough to sit in Jeslyn’s mind.
Jeslyn broke into hot tears while nodding to Pink’s words. “Those people are wicked…” she said amidst tears. “They should have just killed me and left my family alone. I– I– I… sniff…”
“Do you know who your enemies are?” Pink shut her up.
“Christine, her sister… ”
Pink shook her head. “They are only puppets. Your family is also your enemy but they aren’t the mastermind.”
Jeslyn’s cries abruptly stopped and she raised her head to look at Pink in silence. Pink sighed and turned to look at Blue, “Start the car.” She ordered.
“Yes, boss.”
“What do you know, please tell me!” Jeslyn grabbed her hand tightly.
Pink patted her hand. “What I know…” she swallowed and stayed silent for a while. She slowly raised her hand and wiped Jeslyns while saying: “… Will be the end of you if you know. You are still too weak to know why all these are happening to you right now…”
“I can bear anything, please tell me, big sister, please!” She sobbed.
“Your health is your number one weakness. Secondly, you are not rich and powerful enough to fight them…” Pink stopped talking and sighed.
She had thought the Lee family could protect her till the end, unfortunately, they lost their lives because of her. ‘Alice, Old Man Lee, Grandma Lee, I’m sorry for coming late.’ She closed her eyes and rested her head on the seat, ignoring Jeslyn who was still waiting to hear everything.
Still not getting an answer after so long, she understood Pink didn’t want to say anything, so she balled her hands as she made a daring decision in her mind.
Power? Her husband has it. Health? She might not have it but her husband does. If she is too weak to find out who those people are, then her husband isn’t. He had asked her to use his power before and she refused, now she would shamelessly accept the offer and repay him with her body.
Jeslyn turned to look at the company that was moving away from her sight, with strong determination.
“Ma’am, where are we heading?” Blue asked.
“To the house.” Jeslyn intended to go to other places to see how Ray and Christine were doing but as it stands now, there was no need since they were only pawns.
Throughout the drive, the car was silent. Pink glances at Jeslyn from time to time. Jeslyn on the other hand was on her phone reading the entertainment news.
“Interesting,” she murmured.
Pink turned to look at her, “what has gotten your attention? Need to buy something?”
“No…” Jeslyn replied, still scrolling through her phone. “Christine just bagged an ambassador deal with the perfume company I told her about. M&G fragrance is the biggest perfume company in Country A. The deal was supposed to fly me to a B-ranked artist, however, I couldn’t because of what happened. Now that Christine has gotten the deal, she will fly from D-ranked artist to C-ranked even though she hasn’t made an official debut.”
Pink was just staring at her, afraid Jeslyn would feel hurt or maybe cry but she had a distant look on her face. Pink patted her on the shoulder and replied: “All you need to do is whisper to your husband if you need anything.”
Jeslyn shook her head. “A fight like this, there won’t be satisfaction if I use any help. I can allow him to do other things for me, but you see Christine, Ray, and the entertainment industry, I’ll handle them myself. I don’t mind starting from the beginning. It doesn’t scare me.”
Pink smiled and gently patted Jeslyn on her head. “You are doing just great. Your mother is proud of you.”
Jeslyn raised her gaze from the phone and looked at Pink. “My mother… She never wanted me to show myself to the public. She hated attention and had always been protecting me from it. How is she proud of me? She must have been feeling disgusted, just like how she felt when I told her about my dreams of becoming a singer.”
“Shhhhh…” Pink placed a finger on Jeslyn’s black and sexy lips, not afraid that the black lipstick would stick to her finger.
“Your mother is not like that. She loved you with all her heart and her heart hurts more than yours whenever she sees your struggles. She wanted to shoulder all of life’s difficulties for you just so you’ll remain carefree and live that happy life forever. She didn’t want you to taste sorrow for even a second, which was why she left you.” Pink immediately blinked back the tears that were gathering in her eyes.
Jeslyn stayed silent for a long time. She saw those sparkling liquid gathering in her eyes, she heard how her voice almost broke a few times, and she saw the awkwardness when she mentioned ‘leave you’. A weird feeling suddenly wrapped around Jeslyn and she immediately pulled Pink’s hand towards herself and unbuttoned the right sleeve. She raised the sleeve to reveal Pink’s fair skin.
Pink didn’t try to struggle. She allowed Jeslyn to do whatever she wanted. It was about time Jeslyn found out her identity anyway.
Jeslyn stared at the half-heart tattoo on Pink’s forearm and her mind flashed back to the day she saw her mother’s back. Her mother, Alice, had never revealed her back to anyone before, except maybe her husband. All her dresses always covered her back.
On that fateful day, Alice called Jeslyn into her room and locked the door. She undressed in front of her daughter with her back turned to her. Jeslyn was alarmed at the large half-heart that was on her mother’s back. It was tattooed red on her back.
“At a point in your life, you’ll see this mark on someone other than me. You might be misfortuned to see it on a larger group of people. Stay away from them, they are your enemy.”
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 41 – 50
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