Chapter 503 - Honesty Revealed
Since he was awakened from his stupor, Alan still didn't want to talk to Anne. He even blatantly tried to avoid her and it was felt by Anne.
"Does Grandpa know that I'm being treated?" Alan asked coldly when he was on the plane.
"No sir, the madam forbade us to tell him about your condition," replied a bodyguard with his head bowed.
"Ok, it's not your fault. Well then you can go back."
"Yes, sir."
Anne, who was sitting not far from her husband, could hear what they were talking about. She preferred to stay in her seat, looking at the clouds in the sky. Their journey still took another 30 minutes to arrive in Luxembourg, and during the flight, there was no conversation whatsoever between Anne and her husband. The bodyguards could only be silent when they realized the cold war between the master and their young mistress, unable to do anything about it.
Because there were still 30 minutes away, Anne finally fell asleep. She slept with her back to Jack, who looked at her without blinking.
After the plane almost landed, a flight attendant came to Jack to inform him that they would be landing soon. Jack got ready and put his seat belt back on.
"Do we need to wake up Madam to get ready, sir?" asked a bodyguard back to Jack who was sitting up straight.
"No need, let her sleep. She's already wearing her seat belt anyway, so she'll be fine."
"Yes sir."
Jack looked back at Anne coldly, but his eyes looked softer than before. The way he looked at Anne was also different from before, but still those who saw him would still be afraid. Their young master looked like a stranger at the moment. He looked even more terrifying than ever before.
When the plane landed, Jack got off first, while Anne, who had just woken up, was still tidying her messy hair, assisted by a flight attendant who helped her obediently.
"Jack... akh Alan, has he get down yet?" asked Anne quietly.
"Yes ma'am, the master is waiting for you in the car at the moment," replied the friendly flight attendant.
"Oh I see, I'll go down now."
"Okay Madam, let me carry your bag."
"No need, let me do it..."
"It's okay, Madam, this is my job."
Anne finally relented. She let the beautiful flight attendant named Julia help her carry the black handbag from the latest series of Chanel. When she was going down the stairs, Anne could see the car that took Jack away without waiting for her, who was still halfway down the stairs. She almost screamed actually, but because she saw Jack was closing the car window quickly, Anne finally canceled her intention to call her husband. Her chest felt even tighter now. She thought after he awoke, Jack would remember her. But in fact, no, her husband had not returned. Her missing Jack still hadn't returned and it was all made worse by the coldness of Jack's treatment to her. He didn't want to look at her or even talk to her.
Having managed to control herself, Anne then continued her steps down the stairs and towards the car that was ready to take her home.
"Thanks for the help, Julia," said Anne sincerely to Julia, who had helped her.
"With pleasure, Madam, see you on the next flight."
Anne smiled faintly at Julia's words. She then ordered the driver to go home immediately. There were many things she wanted to share with Alice. Along the way home, Anne continued to communicate with Doctor Kristen, who continued to encourage her. Anne's sadness was relieved a little because she received encouragement from people who understood her situation at the moment.
Meanwhile, in his car, Jack was busy with his smart phone. He continued to read the profiles about Alan Knight Clarke on the internet. In fact, he also read one by one all of the incoming messages in Alan's account, as well as messages that were neatly buried in emails without ever being opened. So the almost 50 minutes car ride seemed too fast for him.
"We will take the side road, sir," said the driver politely.
"Are you sure? But why are there so many cars around the house?" Jack asked in confusion when he saw lots of cars with news agency logos and magazines neatly lined up in front of the gates of his grandfather's mansion.
"Sorry sir, I don't have the right to explain. What is certain is that your presence has been awaited by the big master," replied the driver again without daring to look at the young master's face in the rearview mirror.
"Oh yeah, well, take me in. I already want to know what's really going on."
"Yes sir."
The black car immediately continued its way to the side door to enter the mansion, where the road was currently guarded by bodyguards who kept the news hunters from entering. When the car made it into the mansion, Jack immediately got off and was greeted by Nicholas and Erick, who were waiting for him.
"What's wrong? Why are there so many media?"
Nicholas and Erick looked at each other for a moment.
"The big master will explain everything, sir," Erick answered slowly.
"Ok, same answer. Earlier the driver who picked you up also said the same thing, you guys love playing guessing games like this. Even though you don't really know Erick that I really don't like this?"
Erick flinched at the question from his master, his eyes widened perfectly at Jack without blinking. While Jack could only smile slightly while shaking his head, because he was curious about what was going on, Jack then continued his steps into the house to find out what had actually happened. There were so many questions that he wanted to ask everyone for the past two days, including Anne, which finally annoyed him because Anne had not spoken to him. When in fact he had hoped that Anne would start explaining what had happened to him first without asking him, but in fact Anne remained silent which in the end made her angry with Anne.
"What exactly happened? Why are there so many..."
"Young Master, this way, please, we have something important to discuss first." Luis immediately cut off Jack's words as soon as he entered the house.
Again, Jack could only obey when Luis invited him into the family room, where there was already a team of doctors led by Doctor Leo, sat with his grandfather, who looked very tense. Not a single smile on their faces which made Jack was sure that he would soon get the answers to the questions that keep spinning in his head.
"First, I want to apologize to you. Forgive me for taking advantage of you. But please, don't hate me, because what you are doing is for the good of yourself and your twin brother," said Mr. David Clarke slowly starting to speak.
"Twin? What twin?" asked Jack quickly.
Mr. David Clarke took a deep breath. "Forgive me who have used you all this time, forgive me for being selfish and have turned you into Alan. Forgive me, Jack... please forgive this grandfather of yours."
To be continued
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