Chapter 42 - The Power Of Love (1/2)

Alvin would have let Linus run around on the lawn and return as he was going without asking him. Anyway, he needed a detail so he called Linus, ”Linus…” His voice was sharp and commanding.

Linus paused and turned around.

Alvin lifted his hand and was about to beckon Linus but paused by recalling Anya's reactions. He was mulling over his actions when Linus reached him. ”What happened?” He asked.

Alvin realized Anya's reactions were affecting him and probing him to change. Shaking off his thoughts, he questioned as he walked towards Linus's bedroom in the mansion, ”Did you use your laptop or mobile to check the content?”

Linus didn't understand the reason behind the question. He answered promptly, ”First I connected to my mobile, when I couldn't see anything meaningful, I connected to my laptop.”

Alvin extended his hand to his brother without a word. Linus knew his brother so it was a piece of cake for him to understand that action. Linus handed his mobile to Alvin.

”Oh yeah, let me unlock…” Linus was about to take his mobile back, Alvin effortlessly unlocked it.

Linus: ”...”

If Alvin was somebody else, he would have shouted at Alvin by now. He patted his heart that skipped a beat in shock. 'I should never unlock my mobile in front of my bro again.' He knew Alvin stays very attentive.

Having no idea, Linus watched Alvin open some applications and close. ”What are you checking?”

Alvin tossed the mobile to Linus. He lifted the hard disk and added, ”A trap.”

Anya was an intelligent woman. It was easier to misunderstand her as simple-minded due to her innocence and ignorance of unwanted things. Though he was half the reason to change her, her smartness takes the upper hand.

Linus shook his head, ”I checked the device ID, it's the same as Dad said…” His words trailed at last. ”She doubted Dad?”

Alvin didn't feel the same. Though she was intelligent, once she trusts somebody, it takes time for her to believe she trusted the wrong person. So he thought about the events from the previous night.

When he asked Anya about the hard disk, she smiled... Alvin's eyes glinted, discerning her reaction. She smiled because she erased the information and set the trap. He asked where the hard disk was and she said tree. If he asked where the information was, probably the response would have changed.

He was truly impressed.

Linus saw Alvin smiling and cold ran down his spine. Nothing good was happening, so 'what is he happy about?' Linus stayed mute.

Both entered Linus's bedroom. Alvin's eyes straight fell on the bed where the laptop was present, picking it, he again connected the hard disk and checked the content.

Linus sat next to Alvin and watched him. There were three files with junk data. His brother did something and a black window popped up. His brother used some alien language and clicked on the enter button at the last.

Linus gasped looking at five new files appearing out of nowhere. He was itching to ask Alvin what was happening but the latter was busy checking something very seriously.

In the end, Alvin threw the laptop to his lap, ”Destroy your mobile and laptop.” Alvin commanded. He didn't look angry or surprised. He was too calm to believe.

Linus felt like breaking the man's head. It was his new laptop, ”Bro…” He whined. He should know the reason before destroying the laptop. Shouldn't he?

Alvin glanced at Linus. He had thought Linus had understood when he said Anya was a hacker, the best one at that. He sighed internally and made his brother understand. ”As soon as you interact with the hard disk after connecting it to any device, it will send the details of the device to somebody.” Alvin hoped that somebody was Anya only.

”What!?” Linus stood up in a jerk. ”Did all the pictures transfer to somebody's device? Dad will roast me alive if those pictures leak and ruin his name.”

Alvin looked at his brother with a taunting gaze. He expected Linus to be worried about the information of Harper Johnsons. Looks like something else was more important to him than that.

Linus wanted to bite his tongue off. He grinned at Alvin and sat down. To provoke him, Alvin shifted away, making Linus justify, ”Bro, I don't record anything as such… It's the girls who take pictures and send them to me.”

'If any pictures leak, I am going to choke the Young Mommy,' He grumpily thought.

He looked at mocking the smile on Alvin's face and let out a frustrated sigh. He changed the topic back, ”What about the information?” If the situation with Harper escalates, they need to give the information to Harper to save those people.

Alvin stood up and shoved his hands to his pockets, ”She will keep it safe.” It was the protection she was holding on to survive in the danger.