28 Together (2/2)
This didn't sound good. It seemed like he wasn't really well liked by that family. Well except for his daughter who still sat on his knees while looking at her granduncle.
”Don't tell him for now. I'll do it later.”
”Ok. You said he is your student?”
”Yes. I had to go recruit some students and he was the only one I found at that shit school. So I had to take him in.”
”No surprise.”, she answered after thinking back to the school where she fetched that bastard.
”Well his talent is decent, so it is still alright. And creating training regiments is really fun.”
Lara remembered the training regiments her uncle loved to design and got a bit happier now that she knew that he had been tortured quite a bit.
”So he also is a member of the Slaver Alliance?”
”Of course, what else could he be?”
”Just asking. You know the family rules.”
”Um, to be honest I completely forgot about it, but now that you mention it it sure is a good thing he is a member. Anyway, what are you planning to do now?”
”Daddy is going to live with us.”, for the first time after greeting her granduncle Jane said something.
When he heard her, her granduncle who had just drank a mouthful of tea sprayed it all over the table.
”What are you saying?”, his voice had gone low and dark. It instilled a primal fear in Ivan and he hurriedly tried to stop Jane from repeating what she had said, but he was to late.
”Daddy is going to stay with us from now on. Isn't that great?”, she innocently repeated.
Like a erupting volcano Van Bergens anger broke out and he once again bellowed at Ivan, ”What? How dare you try to live with my nice and grandniece?”
After that there was some more berating which Ivan could only endure. Finally he calmed down and asked, ”Whose idea was it?”
”Mine, mine”, Jane seemed to have fun. It seemed like she was used to her granduncles fit of rages since she was able to ignore them.
Van Bergen shot a glare at Ivan before saying in a dark tone, ”Luckily it wasn't you.”
Ivan really didn't want to imagine what would have happened to him if he was the one who made the suggestion.
”So you agreed?”, he then asked Lara.
”How couldn't I? You know I can't resist my cute daughter.”
His mentor nodded. He too couldn't resist her begging eyes.
”Fine whatever. Just live together but if something happens make sure to call me and I'll make sure to give this rascal a good lesson.”
”I will. Then about father?”
He sights. ”I will talk to him, but make sure he doesn't find out you are living together. I think you can imagine what will happen if he does.”
”Yeah. Did you hear darling? Don't talk to grandpa about living together with daddy for now.”
”I won't, I won't”, Jane hurriedly assented, now that she got her wish of living together.