Chapter 288

Nicole's POV

"What do you mean?" My father was asking.

I looked at the man still standing next to me, repeating my question so that it could be heard more clearly: "You've known Mr. Thompson, Matthew's father, since when?"

"Oh, that." He seemed to mumble. "I've known Benny since we were teenagers. Roughly, when we were seventeen?”

I was silent momentarily, not expecting the answer about how long they had been friends to go back further than he had told me. They started their friendship when the first business cooperation between their companies began.

"That was a long time ago, Father." I finally said, staring at the street in front of us that was still filled with a few passers-by. "The friendship between you has been almost fifty years...."

My father nodded. "We met your mother at the academy and have been friends ever since. Ah, the three of us were in the same batch."

The old man told me that despite being in the same academy, he and Benny never actually said hello to each other.