Chapter 182 - Stolen away (1/2)
Andy looked at Gary. He lowered his gun and blink, to make sure he was not staring at a ghost. ”You're alive?”
”Surprise!” Gary sarcastically replied. ”Shot three times by my own mother and still alive after that. Fate must really not want me to die.” Gary walked close to Andy. ”We need to talk... about our mother.”
”What about Eva?”
”Gary turned around and look at the woman on the floor. ”Like I said, someone else called dibs on her. They'll be here soon to pick up the body. Let's go.”
Gary went first, leading Andy to a different area of the building. They took the worker's elevator to go up to the top floor. This was not a very big building.
”Why up here?” Andy asked.
”So you can see. The world has changed after you opened your eyes again.”
They were both on the rooftop. Gary turned around and look at Andy. ”Our mother will have to pay for the crimes she committed.”
Andy was still holding the gun with him. ”You're going to kill her?”
Gary smiled. ”I wish... but I know very well that I can't kill my own mother, even with all the horrible things she had done to me. She's not even a mother. And you... you won't be able to kill her too.”
”...”
”Tomorrow, there will be an arrest warrant for Mayor Bai. He will be tried for corruption, stealing from the government and an accomplice for murder. You should know fairly well that your mother has a strong connection with the Bai family. The evidence will point to Madam Yang as the person who snitched on Mayor Bai.”
”Why are you telling me all of this?”
”Lena wanted to save you, so do her one last favor and stay out of it and live your life normally. I am doing you a free favor, removing that crazy mother of yours. Remember, she tried to kill your father and turned your lover against you.”
”You will be the one killing her?”
”No. She's not worth my bullet, just like Eva was not worthy of yours. Mayor Bai has an influential family, he'll probably get out of the charges and just pay some fine. But... he won't let Madam Yang go free. Madam Yang knows everything and he will silence her. Why get my hands dirty when you can have others do it for you?”
Gary turned around and went to the railings. He looked out to the worn-out area. ”And besides, I am not the only person who wants her dead. Madam Yang has wrong the Li family and they will watch this whole battle until her life is dead. A life for a life, that is how it's done up here. Isn't that right Andy? You're not so clean too.”
Andy has already accepted the fate of his mother a long time ago. He knew that her past will catch up to her. And considering all the information he had learned today, it was time to let his mother go.
”And what about you?” Andy walked up to Gary and looked out too.
”Me?” Gary glanced at Andy then back out to the open space. ”I would love to stay out of your family after this is all done, however, the Yang family is the quickest way for me to build up my own life.”
Andy laughed. ”So you crave for the Yang family power too?”
”I am your brother, that means as long as I am alive, your position as the next heir is stable.”
Andy turned to Gary. Lena must have told Gary about that. Throughout today's situation, he had not even considered about Gary being his brother and securing his position as the next Yang heir.
Gary continued. ”Even if I was born out of an affair, as long as your father accepts me, the elders would too. Considering your father is no different from your mother, he would choose a stable heir. And likewise, I am no threat to the Yang family. My power is not matched for yours. Your family can take me out whenever I go rogue.”
”There must be something you want from this though. You wouldn't be putting up with my family just to be helping me.”