Chapter 369 - Family reunion (1/2)
”Are you sure?” His mind racing with a million other explanations
”His name is Shadow.” she offered with a small wince
”Are you serious?” Lei Zhao bit out, extremely out. He remembers that mysterious guy that was following his wife back in New York
He insisted on it, on account of....” Yan Mei trailed off with an incredulous look on her face, ”because he said that was all that was left of his past, he never talked about his past too”
”Oh my God” the words followed by a choked sob from his mother
”Yan Mei” he didn't know who to turn to
”I promise you, Lei Zhao , I know him”
”It's alright, she is just, we can't even begin to even imagine it.” He explained, unmanned by the tears in his mother's eyes
”Let me arrange a meeting” Yan Mei pleaded
”Yes, please. Tell me how you met him.” His mother responded softly
”I think it's better you have this talk with him, but I met him on the road side, severely bruised. I saved him and once he regained consciousness he had no idea who he was. He decided to protect me with his life as a form of payment. My father needed someone to keep an eye on me at that time,so he became my bodyguard in the shadows, earning the name shadow.”
”Just like him” the voice was filled with equal parts hope and disbelief
”He was very good at it”
”He had a brief stint in the Marines” he offered
”That's it! I saw a tattoo on his left shoulder.” Yan Mei pointed out triumphantly
”Could this be true,” Lei Xiao Tong asked absently,
”I swear to you mom, I'll bring your son home to you,” Yan Mei promised but she recognized the look in her eyes, a look of hope that had already died a thousand times.
”I promise you,Lei Zhao , I'll bring him to see you, I'll bring him home” she promised humans he believed.
Lei Xiao Tong gasped after taking one look at the person they had come to meet and turned into her husband and burst into tears.
Mr. Lei stroked his wife's back as he looked at the man now standing in front of him with a look of pure confusion with tears in his own eyes. Three years was a lot of time to be desolate and love with despair, a happy reunion was almost as painful as a loss.
”Lei Zhang?!” Lei Zhao couldn't help exclaiming, he couldn't believe it.
”Hello, is that my name?” Those innocent words spoken had the effect of a bomb on the company of four, Lei Xiao Tong sobbed harder, Mr. Lei closed his eyes as if he was in pain and Lei Zhao tried to get everyone seated.
It was a good few minutes before everyone settled enough to have a conversation.
”You don't know what your name is?” Lei Zhao queried softly
”I don't remember anything except the crash so, yeah I called myself Shadow” Lei Zhang replied with a self-deprecating smile that was so familiar it drew his mother into another gale of tears
”Because that was what was left of your past... How are you, big bro?” Lei Zhao finished softly
”I'm good, I just.... This is all so surprising for me, I never knew, I mean are you sure?” Lei Zhang questioned, cautious hope shining in his eyes
”You have three birthmarks on your back, I held you on the day you were born and you gave me the oddest look” Mr. Lei replied easily
”I believe you, my default look makes people confused, I get that all the time. I believe you about the birthmarks too, it's both insignificant and important at the same time.”Lei Zhang replied before softly adding ”this is unnerving”
”For us too, we held a funeral for you” his father softly chimed in, ”and here you are alive and well with us”
”I still don't know who you guys are, or who I am for that matter”
”My son,” Lei Xiao Tong pronounced emphatically before wiping off fresh tears
”Calm yourself, honey, he's not going anywhere
”It's been three years, I've cried many times, I don't know why I still have tears left”
”Please don't cry, it makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong” Lei chimed in with a look of anguish