26 Father (2/2)

The gateway consisted of two tall marble pillars at both sides of the road. The pillars where unadorned but still had a dominant air around them. After the gateway the road lead through a two rows of tall trees which emitted an old aura he could feel even in the car. These old trees where in sharp contrast to the villa at the end which was build with glass and steel and which did appear modern. Even though there was such an contrast it just highlighted the luxury of this estate and didn't seem jarring at all which came as a surprise to him since he never expected that one could use such strong contrasts in such a way.

The car parked in front of the villa and the woman alighted from the car before opening the door for her daughter whom she helped to climb out of the car. Ivan too opened his door and left the car. When he then inhaled the fresh air he was surprised at how much better it was then the one at the campus, not to mention at school.

* I really didn't see much.*, he mocked himself. After all besides going to school and training he had only spend time with his friends and that was always in the slums.

”Come on in.”, said the woman who had walked towards the door while holding her daughters hand.

After they entered the villa they stood in a huge two stories living room which was decorated in a modern style. The only colorful thing where a few pillows on the couch while the rest where in plain white with just a bit of black. Luckily there was quite some glass and shiny metal which helped to avoid a boring look and instead made it look modern and elegant.

There was a maid waiting for them which offered them some slipper which he gladly wore. It would have been a disaster if he got dirt on the white carpet.

”Welcome home madam, little miss.”, the maid greeted the two while looking at him with curiosity.

The woman had seen the look of the maid and said in a plain voice, ”This is my husband.”

A sliver of shock flashed through the maids eyes but she had excellent control over herself so she managed to suppress it instantly and greeted him, ”Welcome Sir.”

It was the first time that he was called sir so he felt a bit weird but he could only choose to accept this form of address. Concerning what the woman had called him he wasn't to surprised because if the girl was his daughter than he should definitely have some relation to her, he just hadn't been sure what kind of relation it was.

”Sit down.”, the woman ordered and then went upstairs with her daughter presumably to clean up.

”Sir, can I get you something to drink?”, the maid asked him with a friendly smile. In her heart she was really surprised since the madam had never mentioned her husband in front of her and she had served her ever since she was little. It wasn't that she was surprised that her madam had a husband, after all she was clear on the family rules but that he suddenly appeared and even more that he looked so ordinary. She had always thought that the man who was able to get her madam to bear his child would be a peerless expert.

”Thank you, but lets wait for them to come down.”, Ivan answered since he felt that it would be impolite to get a drink while waiting for them.