At first, Nicolas couldn't recognize him at all, however, seeing how the man looked at him sharply and slyly made Nicolas immediately guess that of course, the man was his older brother, Henry. "Unlucky! Why did Henry also come? Isn't it enough for Papa to come with a wound?” inside Nicolas grumbled. His grumbling stopped immediately when Carlloz was now standing in front of him, in the doorway. The man came awkwardly at first, but he finally forced a smile. "Nicolas." Nicolas did not answer the greeting. Finally, he heard his father's voice after dozens of years. A voice he couldn't even hear on the phone. "How are you, son?" Carloz stretched out his hands while holding Nicolas’ss shoulders. His face looked up slightly as he was amazed to see Nicolas now taller than him. "Oh, God. Look… you are already this high, boy.” Carlloz cheered wildly in his savory tone. Even though it had been so many years, he imagined, Nicolas would still be as tall as his waist, but now his son was alr
Carlloz could only remain silent and locked his mouth tightly. His pride as a father had fallen since he appeared before his son."Answer me, Papa! Or… is it because I'm the child of a concubine!?”DEG!Carloz's heart seemed to stop beating for a fraction of a second. He was shocked and very surprised to hear that sentence from Nicolas.“Nicolas? What did you… say?” Carloz stammered.“Mistress! The biological mother who gave birth to me was Papa's mistress, right? I was born from a whore, right!!” shouted Nicolas.PLAAKK!!!The hard slap flew from Carloz's palm to Nicolas’s left cheek. It flashed red and sent Nicolas reeling onto the arm of the sofa."Papa?" Nicolas held his cheek, surprised that his father had slapped him after he had looked so guilty and begged for forgiveness."Where did you hear that line, Nicolas?" Carloz accused turns angry. “The one you said just now was your mother! Why are you saying it with such lowly words!”Nicolas chuckled sadly, but his eyes bulged. “But
“What did Grandpa Anthony say? Don't tell me he wants to rule my life when he gets reports from Alicia that I don't want to go to college?” Nicolas guessed it was too easy for him to guess the ambition of his grandpa even though he had never met face to face with his grandfather for 12 years.Carlloz became even more surprised, as did Henry who raised an eyebrow. The two of them became more and more convinced that Nicolas had probably been following the development of the Trallington family's image from social media or news reports, especially since the times had progressed far with gadgets."Your Papa and Grandpa just want you to go to college, Nicolas," said Carloz straight to the point. So he doesn't need to be tired of giving introductions first because his son can already guess."Ha ha ha! So it turns out I was right?” Nicolas chuckled in exasperation. “You guys are really going to rule my life?”"Not going to college is not the standard of living for our family, Nicolas," said C
"Yes. Our brother and sister relationship is not like people in general. You're nothing more than a parasitic creature in the Trallington family. That's why they left you, made you live far away from Canada." Henry shrugged as if to add to the pain that Nicolas had been carrying and suppressing all this time."You don't need to tell me because even without that I already know." Nicolas tried to relax. To him, Henry was nothing more than a loser brother who from childhood until now only dared to brag.“And, yes, it did, Nicolas. You were left behind because of your status as an illegitimate child.” Henry folded his legs, the 23-year-old man was ready to give another blow at the start of their meeting again. “You are indeed the son of a concubine.”Nicolas’ss breath a little choked, and restrained. He knew that fact had just been denied by Carloz, his father. Even so, he believed that the claim was definitely true. However... is it necessary for Henry to mention things that are actually
Dr. Smith and Dr. Longdon simply nodded. For them, Carloz's response also includes an assessment, namely how other people respond and respond to their current patients.“Maybe Nicolas has a childhood trauma that doesn't allow him to open up. But… as the first stage of consultation, this is completely reasonable. In fact, I think Nicolas is very flexible when invited to discuss other topics," said Dr. Smith."Yes ... of course, Nicolas is very smart, he is a genius child than his age." Carloz nodded again. “I want to leave everything to you two Dr. Smith and Dr. Longdon. I ask for your help so that I can make my child think normally like other children."Dr. Longdon only raised his eyebrows and exchanged glances with Carloz. “I think Mr. Carloz is worrying too much unnecessarily. Nicolas is completely normal.”“Yes, maybe he had trauma in his childhood which we don't know yet because of course at this very young meeting it's impossible to open him up right away. But ... other than that
"When you're a bit free, come downstairs," said Miss Alicia. "At least say hello to your father." After all, Miss Alicia was like a surrogate mother for Nicolas, even though her status was only a nanny since the child was six years old."Alicia, shut up, I can't concentrate," Nicolas snapped, without looking up from the screen of his tablet.Miss Alicia's forehead creased, what was Nicolas doing? Come to think of it, it's been a week since this man was busy with his tablet, even spending all day from morning till midnight in his room. Leave the room only to eat or exercise. Even then, Nicolas only often used the treadmill which was in the partition of another room in his room.Out of curiosity, Miss Alicia entered and walked over to Nicolas who was sitting at his study table. Slowly but surely, Miss Alicia looked behind Nicolas’ss body to see what work he was so busy doing on the tablet."Why, Nicolas?" Miss Alicia finally couldn't hold back her surprise at what was on the tablet's sc
Nicolas doesn't seem to want to stop. He kept on babbling.“I was the one who tolerated you. Allowing you guys to come to show up again after twelve years, ah… no, it's been thirteen years of seclusion now.” Nicolas took a deep breath, trying to keep control of himself even though at this point he was doing his best.“Last year, you guys shamelessly came and asked me to go to college, pretending to know which future would be better for me. But… since you guys are self-conscious, Papa made an excuse to step down for a bit on the grounds of my mental health!” Nicolas clenched his fists beside his thighs."You don't remember what Papa said last year?" Carlloz cut in, he didn't want to lose power to his son even though what Nicolas said was completely true. But Carloz always lies to himself. “You should go to college, Nicolas! Because that's what Grandpa Anthony wanted, and so did Papa. We will guarantee your future.”"Guarantee?" Nicolas chuckled again.“All you have to do is one, Nicola
“It was easy for Papa and Grandpa Anthony,” said Carloz. "Papa just needs to find a relationship to get in there and all you have to do is write a motivation letter so Stanford University can actually apply," explained Carloz.Nicolas’s shock finally ended. In the end, it all really depends on himself, he wants to keep applying and making various essays and motivation letters so that his data can be processed and selected.It turned out that no matter how great the Trallington family's relations were, a world-renowned university would not be able to accept new students just because of money. Surely the selection system to enter there will be very strict.Nicolas chuckled lightly. "So you mean Papa, I, who don't intend to go to college, have to write an essay and a motivation letter to go to university at Stanford too?" he laughed.“Of course, you deserve to go in there, Nicolas. Or maybe you are more interested in studying at another university, other than in the United States for exa