"He did say that he was working temporarily for Rolfe, and as for the rest, he didn"t say anything," Aaron answered Claire"s question. For some reason, he senses that there is some connection between Claire and the man that he faced earlier.
Aaron wouldn"t dare to ask because he got a feeling that it"s a personal matter.
"Working with Rolfe, you say? Heh. It"s obvious what is Johan"s reason for working alongside Rolfe." Leonardo spoke. Everyone in the room except for the three young teenagers can tell what is Johan"s ultimate goal.
Working side by side with Rolfe who has a powerful backer is the best choice of action to achieve his goal. And since Rolfe has the ambition to take the Coleman family and make Mary be with him, Johan knows how to play his cards dealing with Rolfe.
"I"m sorry Claire. I wasn"t able to take down Rolfe." Arion feels really bad when he could not bring Johan to her.
He promised to bring that traitor in front of her so that Johan will tell Claire his real reason for betrayal. His son was in trouble at that time and bloodstain was on his s.h.i.+rt. He chose to make sure his son was fine first before facing Johan.
However, by the time he"s done making sure that his son is alright, Johan already left. And there is no use searching for Johan when time is their ultimate enemy at that time.
"It"s alright, Arion. And I don"t want you to trouble yourself to bring that traitor to me. All I want you to do is that the next time you see him, kill him." Claire appreciates Arion"s efforts. however, she wouldn"t want that to happen because she doesn"t know whether she is enough to hear everything that Johan will say to her.
"Claire..." Harrison called out Claire"s name with full of worry and sadness. He is also heartbroken from Johan"s betrayal, but unlike Claire, he would like to know the real reason why Johan did it.
The last time they confronted each other, Harrison was not able to ask a single question to Johan. At the time, he was busy defending himself from all of Johan"s attacks.
"Shut it, old man. I told you, I don"t want to hear your voice. The only times you are allowed to speak to me is when I say so."
Comparing the situation between Harrison and Arion, Harrison committed a huge crime to them, he actually pretended to be dead for a long time while Arion, he left without a word but did not pretend to be dead and it"s only for a decade.
What they did is wrong, but in Claire"s point of view, she thinks that what Arion did is not worse what Harrison did to them.
Hearing that, Harrison"s heart is immediately filled with sadness. Ever since his wife scolded him and curse at him, his wife did not take a glance at him and did not even say a word to him unless he says something which ends up with her cursing at him again.
"What are you gonna do about your parents, Mary?" Marcus who has been silent for quite a while suddenly spoke in a serious manner.
Since the truth is now revealed, Mary and the others should work out a plan to take down the Ricci family. It might take years for them to be able to eliminate the Ricci family, but for the sake of their family, they have to try and do it.
"First of all, father, they are not my parents, they never been one to me. And secondly, I"m sure you already know the answer to that question of yours." Everyone in the room knows what needs to be done, and it should be started right away. Planning and getting intel is their priority at the moment. Also wasting time is not one of their options.
"The answer is quite obvious, Marcus," Claire said in a matter-of-fact tone.
Dinner is done and almost everyone has gone to their homes. The only ones that are left are the Colemans and Leon.
"Boss, I"m going now. I need my beauty sleep, so bye!"
Leon bid his farewell to everyone, and when he took his first step going outside, Claire stopped him. "Young man, take this old man with you. I"m afraid that I might kill him during his sleep, so let him stay with you for a while."
Leon made an expression that describes that he is not liking that idea, but does he have a choice? No. He does not have one. So in the end, he unwillingly agreed, "Roger that, ma"am!"
"W-wife! You can"t do this!" It has been years since he has slept next to his wife, and yet his wife is doing this to him. Kicking him out right away.
Claire looks at her husband coldly and said, "Harrison, when you step inside this house, I decide on what should be and what should not be. So when I say that you are not allowed to stay here, I meant it."
Without giving Harrison the chance to speak, Claire turned around and started to walk away from him.
"Poor you. Don"t worry, everything will be fine in the end. Hopefully." The way Leon says his words are not convincing Harrison and attempt for comforting him failed, literally.
"Leon, you"re not being helpful. Just, just take me to your place." With that Leon helped Harrison get in the car and then off they go.
At the same time, there was also another car went into the opposite direction. Inside that car was Mary and Arion.
"Brother, let"s go. It"s not good for grandfather to stay up late." Anna called out her brother who is staring in the same direction where his mother and father went.
"Anna, do you think it"s a good idea to let mom be with that man all alone?"
Anna was about to say something, but her grandfather interrupted her. "Aaron, no matter how angry you are towards your father, he is still your father. Don"t call him "that man", call him the way it supposed to be. And let your mother and father talk alone, they need it."
Marcus is upset, that he can"t deny. No matter how upset he is, he understands why son did that, and he would probably do the same thing.
He wants to knock some sense to his son, but he has to let Mary and his son talk things out. More than him, they need to fix the problem between them for the sake of the twins because it"s affecting them greatly.