Chapter 155 - Making Plans (2/2)

However, Caspar still didn't pick up the call after ten rings.

Finland could only sigh in disappointment when Lauriel put down his phone.

”Maybe he's in Asia, it's past midnight there now,” Lauriel said curtly. ”I'll text him to ask for his whereabouts.”

They then ate without discussing Caspar again. Finland actually felt very uneasy. She could not imagine what her life would be like if Caspar still wouldn't meet her. Should she tell him everything via email or SMS?

”I need two months to find all the ingredients to recover Jean's memory,” Lauriel said after they finished their lunch and were enjoying cold tea. ”I have to go to Brazil to look for some of the herbs as they can only be found in the depths of the Amazon.”

”So far away...” Finland felt uncomfortable bothering Lauriel in such a way. ”Can't you just send someone to look for them?”

”I can't. A stranger can be killed by the primitive tribe there. I've been there several times and I know generations of the tribal chiefs.”

Finland pressed her lips with a muffled sigh. ”Sounds very dangerous...”

”I am used to living in danger...” Lauriel chuckled. ”But you don't have to worry about me, the tribe is very kind to me. I lived for a long time in their place.”

”Uhm... okay.” Finland nodded doubtfully. ”Thank you...”

”I want you and Aleksis to come with me, by the way,” Lauriel said again. ”I'm afraid that the next time you see Caspar, I'll lose you both from my life. Let me have these two months with you, before I hand you guys back...”

”Eh...?” Finland gasped. She was very scared at the thought of going to the Amazon jungle to meet with primitive tribes. But what surprised her even more was the possibility that she and Aleksis would never see Lauriel again if she went back to living with Caspar.

During these two years, Aleksis had been very dependent on Lauriel's presence. It would definitely be difficult to separate them just like that. ”Why do you say that? You will always be Uncle Rory to Aleksis... We can still see each other at any time.”

Lauriel shrugged, ignoring Finland's question. He had lived long enough in this world to know that although Finland intended to maintain Lauriel's relationship with Aleksis, he knew that Caspar would never let other men be near his wife and child.

As a grown man he knew better, and he would not bother them after handing them both back to Caspar. He just wanted to make sure that Finland and Aleksis were okay, and after that he could continue with his plan to take Death.

As he told Finland two years ago, he had no purpose in life anymore. Now he lived for Aleksis, but if his goddaughter was taken away from him, there was nothing for him to live for anymore.

”Can you apply for a long leave from your office?” Lauriel asked. ”Since this concerns Jean, I suspect you want to be involved.”

”Two months...?” Finland tried to imagine various plausible reasons for asking Tony to allow her to take such a long time off work. All this while, Tony had already given her too many special treatments, and she did not want to disappoint her boss. ”I've taken one month off, but never two months... I don't know if it will be approved.”

”I can buy your company and replace the top management if they don't allow you to take two months off,” Lauriel said jokingly. Finland remembered that Caspar once also offered to do the same thing. Somehow these rich people always thought money could solve all problems. She could only shake her head and sighed.