Chapter 260 - Two Hundred And Sixty: Find Father (1/2)

Reina's point of view

The past few days have been a war. It seems it wasn't only Niklaus I had to look out for, but his cousin too. I wonder what Maya must have done in her past life to attract such douchebags and now Reina has to clean up the mess. This is why today I would be having a meeting with Eden, the disturber.

That man was quite persistent and sly, I had refused meeting with him - Niklaus was enough trouble- but he just had a way of cornering me and now I had no choice but to agree to a meeting.

Since the meeting was scheduled in the afternoon, I decided to enjoy my morning or so I thought.

The doorbell rang.

I was on alert, I wasn't expecting anybody neither was it any of my people - they would have alerted me beforehand. So I carefully made my way to the door and looked through the peephole, there was nobody.

Maybe, it was just a prank.

A family was living in the opposite apartment on the same floor that had these children that does that.

However, I hardly took a step forward when the bell rang again. I shut my eyes tight, someone was getting on my nerves. Was this an expensive joke or what?

But then, just to be sure, I picked up my gun from the table where I had kept it and hid in the waistband of my pants before going to answer the door.

I opened the door cautiously with one hand while the other was readily accessible to the gun from behind in case push comes to shove. Peering out from the door left and right, the hallway was empty.

”Hi mom,” Someone jumped into my view out of nowhere.

”Christ, Jesus!” I almost aimed the gun at Ailee, my daughter, ”What were you thinking scaring me like that?”

”Hi mom,” Allen made his own appearance.

”Oh,” I should have known. Ailee without Allen was an incomplete equation.

”Who sent you both here?” I kept the gun away and folded my arms across my chest, knowing their grandfather wouldn't send them out to me after knowing they were in danger of being discovered by Niklaus.

”We sneaked out,” Ailee was quick to add, ”But we came with a guard,”

Oh, Ailee, always the master planner. She knew I would chew them alive if they didn't come with protection.

”Why are you here?” I asked them.

I know, yeah, what an odd question for a mother to ask her kids but if you've lived with them for seven years, you'd understand why the caution sign is placed in a dangerous area.

”Because I missed you, even if Allen didn't,” Ailee went ahead to pout her lips, wrapping her arms around my waist playfully.

And yes, she's always the first to diss Allen - after supporting him.

My gaze rested on Allen, our eyes met, he looked away yet muttered, ”I'm sorry for my behavior the past days,”

I was surprised hearing that from Allen, the boy had an ego as huge as an elephant. That must have been hard for him to say.

”Well, I'm sorry too. You have the right to know who your father is, son. But just give me a little time and soon you both would meet him,”

I watched his gaze move to his sister, they communicated something through their eyes - I just hope that was positive information.

”Sure,” they answered at the same time.

”So can we spend time with you, mommy?” Ailee pressed.

My sixth sense told me something was not right yet I waved it off. How could I resist my wonderful kids?

So I let them into my apartment with a grin. I had been so harsh on them lately, it wouldn't be bad to spoil them rotten this morning.

I couldn't go out with them and even if we did, they had almost everything they could ever want from a store.

We ended up playing video games for two hours before moving over to baking. We competed with each other on who was going to make the best cake.

It was quite fun because we wasted flour - I included - turns out the kitchen was not meant for me. Allen had the best cake - but not to a professional level- yet we had enjoyed eating it.

After that, we were so exhausted that we sprawled undignified on the couch until Ailee suggested I braid her hair.

I was so glad by her warm request, I had always wanted to do that for my kid when she's of age. I was engrossed with that joy that it took me five minutes to realize Allen was no longer with us.

”Where's Allen?” I asked, reality dawning on me. Allen, being left to roam around unsupervised was not a good thing especially if he had a motive in mind.

”Don't worry about him, he's probably somewhere doing what he always does best,”

Exactly, that was the problem. Whenever Allen does something he likes best, it is always something big.

I glanced down, scrutinizing Ailee who gave me her super-duper innocent face - she definitely inherited my acting skills- this was a distraction. Why would she request me to braid her hair if it wasn't an avenue to draw me away while Allen does whatever he came for?

Realization dawned on me and I sprang up to my feet with quick reflexes. I headed in the direction of my study with Ailee after me. Allen probably went there to get into getting information from my laptop about his father - his current obsession.