"W...W...What are you saying?" Rhehan gaped in horror, his hands clenched in a fist tightly. Do..you..you..mea...
"Yes! The old monk is indeed your old man!" Xio Lee pursed his lips, looking at Rhehan"s horrific reaction.
"How...I mean....why did he?" Rhehan was so shocked that he could not even complete a single scentence properly. Their was a pin- drop silence in the entire room and everbody was just looking at Rhehan. The three adults were scared to the core. They did not know how Rhehan would react, when he finds out his old man was alive. The person he a.s.sumed to be dead was alive. Will he feel bad? Or will he feel elated?
"Davis is a very strong man, as you already know. You could not in anyway stay with any of us. We did not want Davis to ever know that you were his own son and you did not die that day. Even today, your mother gets messages from that evil man, reminding her of how he killed you. So, that is why in the hospital, the old monk decided to take your responsibility. He opened the cafe for you and we arranged everything in his house for you to live. The old monk is not meant to live the city life, so when he was sure that you are capable enough to handle yourself, he had to make you believe of his death."
"What???!!!! Wait a second??? Do you mean my old man is alive???" Rhehan stood up in shock, looking at Xio Lee.
"Yes! He is! He still lives in the west woods monastry. You are the only one who ever could melt old monk"s heart abd made him live a city life for so many years. He still keeps a tab on your life!" Xio Lee stood up too, patting Rhehan"s shoulder.
Rhehan looked at everybody in horror. He looked like his whole world had fallen apart. He now did not know, what to believe and what not believe anymore.
Elizabeth quickly paced towards Rhehan and hugged him.
"Rhehan! Baby! Please don"t ever think, we don"t love you. We have always tried to support you in the best way. You remember the day when you opened your second cafe and you were excited to have your first customer. It was me and Lillian, who were the first ones to go there, including your every restaurant. We have tried our best to make things smoother for you. All your business deals, contracts, events, everything. That is because you are not an unwanted child. You are being loved my all of us! But till the time we don"t find a way to kill Davis, with the....!"
"Please! No more!!! No more!!!!" Rhehan shouted, startling Elizabeth. "I can not listen to anything else. I don"t know what to say! I don"t know who to believe anymore!!!! My old man is alive!! I can not forget how much, I cried when I thought he had died. I can"t forget those lonely times and those panic attacks, I have gone through alone!!! I need time. Maybe I will listen to the rest of the story some other day, when I am ready!! But for today, I need to be alone!!" Rhehan"s face was completely red and his hands were shaking.