Lia stared at Ruby and saw her looking at her like a kitten."I have to go. I'm busy.""Yes, yes, sister. When do you get off?"She asked running after Lia."I don't know. If my team leader gives me more work, I have to stay late.""Why? It would help if you only worked during work hours. Do they give you overtime pay? If not, I will fight for you."She said moving her hands."They pay me well. Otherwise thus won't be the most sought company here. You should go do your job."Lia hoped frantically that she left her here.Because Lia had a terrible first impression of Ruby. Maybe the third impression. But that sire sealed the deal. She didn't want to stay with her for one more second."Hey, sister, what's your name?"Lia walked faster."Sister, I'm Ruby. What's your name?"She kept yelling.Lia could see people looking at them weirdly.She was embarrassed."Don't shout. Listen, you have to stop following me. You should have some work to do here, right?"Ruby kept following Lia again.L
Lia was very much in a dilemma now.She told Aster about her meeting with Ruby. "By this incident, we can rule out the possibility that she recognized you. And we can also infer that she is definitely not like the person she showed herself at the party. She doesn't like to hurt others but she still framed you. Why?"Yes. why would someone act in a totally different way?Unless they were coerced to do that."What if? I mean, what if the person behind the scenes asked her? There's no other reason, right?"Aster pondered. "You may be right. We have to confirm this. Otherwise, we can go the wrong way."Lia nodded but she felt that her hypothesis was right. She liked the person Ruby was when she asked her to be her friend. But she didn't like when Ruby hurt her earlier. But she saw her as two different people, not one person.It was totally different.How could she treat her nicely when she got flashes of her framing? It was a contradictory situation."I will see if I get any informatio
Lia finally liked Ruby's post. She couldn't stop herself. She had completely changed her impression of Ruby from the posts on her Wowee wall.Lia didn't think for a second if those were really drawn by Ruby. What if? What if she was impersonating someone else?This was what Aster had thought. He couldn't believe the good in everyone like Lia. He was deeply suspicious. And the way Ruby seemed to change her colors also made him hesitate.He knew that she didn't know Lia's real identity. So her actions couldn't be doubted. But what if?Sometimes coincidences happening are not coincidences. Lia acted her feelings. Aster waited till he could decode something.Both of them made different choices but they were United against the whole world.Marvin also decided to check Ruby Simmons. He had targeted her the moment he saw her targeting Lia. He was very concerned about Lia's safety. He was already suspicious when his uncle concealed their existence before his death. They knew nothing about
When Lia told Aster about her confirmation, he didn't react the way she thought."I don't think you should believe her. Maybe she is acting. We can't say.""She is a good person."Aster shook his head."You are basing this on the fact that her drawings are soulful. What if she didn't draw that? And in the case she drew that, you can't think that she is alright. Some villains are pretty normal. But they are still villains."Lia was speechless."It's hard to talk with you. Anyway, I will prove that she is a good person, you see."Lia huffed and ran away.Aster didn't take notice of this because he was very much on guard against Ruby. Even if she was his savior, he didn't know her motives for saving him.Moreover, in retrospection, his kidnapping incident seemed totally flawed to him.How could he be kidnapped when he was totally protected? That means it was an inside job. So a human intervention was found here and now he feels that the whole incident will blow open if he investigated.M
"Hello, Grandpa. How are you?""Aster, I have to come back to check some land matters. Can you clean up my old house? I have some stuff related to your grandma's property to sort out."Aster's grandma was a rich second generation. And she had only one adoptive brother. She was pampered by her parents and uncles and then by his grandfather.She had only one son and she died very early. He had never seen her. She died when his father was twenty.Grandfather also passed away after one year. And his father got married later. Aster only knew his grandparents through pictures. He had no other memories or anything related to them.But his father talked to them about his memories.That's why this call was very suspicious.It was Grandma's adoptive brother.He was adopted after his father died in the war and his mother committed suicide. His great-grandfather adopted him because he was the son of his comrade.Aster had never met this grandfather.He had a son, that's all he knew.Aster prompt
Marvin waited till they all went out and knocked on the door.Lia's mother didn't expect it to be Marvin."Hello, aunt. I'm here to talk to you about Uncle."She didn't look surprised."Ask.""Aunt, did you know that uncle was friends with Aster's father, Arden Brooks?"She shook her head."Also, there is a chance that he was killed."As expected, she looked in pain.Marvin gave her time to calm down. He went to make coffee and came back with two cups."Thabk you."She sipped the coffee. "Actually, there were some things that made me worried. Like the fact that he always went away without telling me. I thought he was cheating on me. But then he died. I didnt know what to do then. I also found that our old house, it was the residence of some other family. Coincidentally, it was a single mother. I didnt want to think bad of your uncle but I had no other way to think, right? I hoped that someone told me that he was never cheating on me. That he liked me."Marvin didnt know what to say.
Aster finally met the grandfather from his grandmother's side. He was dressed normal. No brand clothes and if you see him in a crowded place, you wouldn't even notice this old man.He was normal in every way so no one would notice that he walked with extra spring in his step like he had a happy news that he couldn't wait to share with anyone.Aster felt very conflicted but he didn't think anything else. "Grandfather, here!"Aster moved towards him and saluted."Ah, Aster. Hood boy. You grew so tall. Taller than me. The last time I saw you, you were just born. How fast the time goes!"Aster didn't know what to say to that. He barely knew about this grandfather so he couldn't say anything."Ah, let's go. I have gifts for you."Aster drove him to the old house. The old house was well, old. The architecture was definitely not modern and the building looked rather old despite the maintenance and painting done again."Ah, time changes everything. You know there was a jasmine plant here. A
The old man talked about his childhood and he seemed sad. But he still kept talking. Lia had to listen to him with rapt attention because she wanted to seize flaws. Otherwise, it would mean that he was a good person. Lia watched the old man and guessed some things. If he acted till now, he was a very awesome actor. Because he seemed pretty pitiful. But that also raised many questions.Like why he didn't come to meet Aster when his brother was dead. Or when his parents died. It wasn't like he didn't know about this. Then why?Seems pretty confusing, right?"Grandpa, why haven't you come earlier? We were so alone when mom and dad left us."Aster also asked the question that plagued Lia.It seemed that doubting every person was a wrong thing. But they had no other choice. How can you trust someone you just met? Even if that person was supposed to be your relative, you have to be careful. In this age and world, true feelings were seen rarely. It would be better if we could find some