Chapter 465 - Four Hundred And Sixty-five: Father And Son (1/2)
”It's okay, Cecil. Don't worry, I'll talk with him,” Emerald assured her.
”Really?”
”Yes. Perhaps, what Pedro needs is a simple conversation between men. So you do me a favor, go to the dining and have your breakfast. I'll join you in a jiffy,”
”Alright,” Cecil stood on tiptoes and shared a brief kiss with him - yep, that happens when you marry a giant. She just hoped their child would assume a normal height.
True to his word, Emerald tracked Pedro down to the garden where he was seated on one of the rocks and had a headphone on.
”Hi dear,” Emerald awkwardly settled on one of the rocks. Sometimes it hurts to be tall.
However, no response came from Pedro.
”I know the music is off so can you be civil enough to grant me an audience,” Emerald pointed out his trick.
”How did you know?” Pedro was surprised.
”Where I grew up, fights and provocations break out easily. I might have picked up one or two tricks growing up. Moreover, you reacted before I arrived which means you heard me aka no music playing in your ears,” He summarized.
Wow, Pedro was awe-stricken. His stepfather was so cool.
”Don't get mad at your mother, she did what she thought was right for you,” Emerald said to him.
”I'm not mad at my mother, I'm mad at him,”
”Why?”
”He didn't prove me wrong,”
”What?”
”He never made the efforts to prove to me that he was more than what people thought he was - that he wanted me as a son and not just some inheritor to his empire,”
”Oh,” Was all Emerald said, letting the boy go on. Here he was thinking someone missed his father - which he took away. Yep, I'm responsible, so let me rest, conscience.
”I saw the news and the things he did, he was quite a horrible man,” Pedro deduced.
Emerald sighed, squeezing the boy's shoulder affectionately, ”Pedro, sometimes, our parents don't always turn out the way we want them to be. Take a look at me, my parents sold me to Sakuzi for a bag of flour. So you're not alone in the list of people their parents, well, in your case, parent failed,”
”Yes, you're right but I'm trying to say he should have tried. Take a look at you, you're a fucking criminal, a gangster for God's sake, no offense,”
”No offense taken,” Emerald gladly told him.