Chapter 162 - The Music Box (1/2)
Finland quickly bought a ticket to France. Since this was for her personal business, she refused when Lauriel offered to buy her a plane ticket. Because she was trying to buy last minute tickets, the ticket price for economy class was almost as expensive as business class, so Finland was finally forced to buy a business class ticket and spend nearly 4000 dollars.
But the thought of seeing Jean, and the hope that his memory could be recovered, was worth all the money she had to spent.
”Please catch up with me as soon as possible...” pleaded Finland when Lauriel and Aleksis drove her to the airport the next morning.
”Don't worry. Next week everything will be OK. We will go to Singapore as soon as I finish my work here,” Lauriel said soothingly. Finland kissed Aleksis one last time before the girl entered the airport check security and rushed to board her flight.
Finland felt calm leaving Aleksis with Lauriel. When she boarded the plane she already missed them. She could not wait for the two to catch up with her in Singapore.
”All right, Princess, now we go to Belem and sail for a while... Uncle Rory has to meet with an old friend.” Lauriel said, leading Aleksis back to the car park.
As usual, they attracted the attention of so many people. In addition to their good-looking faces and unique eye colors, both of them were wearing matching khaki clothes today. They truly looked like a very cool dynamic duo adventurers.
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When Finland landed at the Charles De Gaulle airport, Finland suddenly felt her chest heavy. It had almost been three years since the shooting and she never returned to Paris after the incident. This city left so many bitter and sweet memories for her.
It was already October and the autumn was quite cold in Paris. Finland, who only brought thin clothing from Brazil, quickly reminded herself to go out and buy sweaters and coats after she checked in at the hotel.
She subconsciously gave the Nobel Hotel address to the taxi driver and she was only aware of what happened when she arrived at the lobby. She just remembered that she was at Caspar's hotel when the manager on duty recognized her.
”Good afternoon, Madam. Did you only carry one bag?” The manager on duty asked respectfully. Because Finland did not reply, he politely took her handbag and guided her towards the elevator. ”Master and Madam must be so busy that you both never came back.”
His words surprised Finland, but she still subconsciously followed the manager into the elevator. They went up to the top floor, to the penthouse. After placing Finland's bag on the table, the manager on duty excused himself out.
”As always, you can call down if you need anything,” he said before leaving.
Finland stood still for a few moments, then she realized that the penthouse had not changed at all. Even though they only stayed in this penthouse for a few days, this place held a lot of memories she shared with Caspar, and apparently Caspar had never been back since.