"Bonjour my dear!" Giving her a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek, Jean-Jacques Dumont entered as she held the door out wider for him. Closing the door behind him, Chang took his navy jacket and hung it up in the coat closet for him."How come you"re here, not to say that I do not appreciate the surprise." Smiling widely Chang followed him as he headed further into her home.
"Can I not come just to visit my beautiful grande-fille? Where would be those troublesome men in your life be? Ah, question answered."
Entering the dining area Jean-Jacques Dumont saw Liang Jian Amal first, seated at the table, as his eyes were on him already. Across from him, Justin Che sat with a very confused look on his face, as if he could not understand what he was saying. Smiling slightly at the two of them, his eyes went back to Liang Jian Amal"s cold ones that were trained on him.
"h.e.l.lo again, Monsieur Che and you Monsieur Liang."
"Come, sit grand-père, would you like a cup of coffee or perhaps some tea?" Coming from behind Chang pulled out the chair next to Justin for her grandfather.
Seeing her glowing smiling face which he had only seen in pictures, Jean-Jacques Dumont felt an easier smile come to his own.
"This is how it should be."
"No need for you to trouble yourself my dear with that. I am only going to be here for a moment. I brought with me some things that I believe that Mr. Che may have mistakenly left at my estate on Friday. I also wanted to ensure that Mr. Liang has not been causing you any further trouble." Even though his words were directed to Chang, his eyes stayed on Liang JianAmal, wondering why the man was exuding so much contained hostility.
"Oh, grand-père, thank you so much! We were actually just talking about that, and what to do about it. And with Jian you really dont need to worry, if anything, it is I who causes more trouble around this house."
Jian who had been silent the whole time, snorted out a short laugh to her after she spoke while taking a sip from his coffee.
"Now what would you be finding hilarious, Mr Liang?" Thinking that he was mocking his grand-fille, Jean-Jacques Dumont spoke with derision to the younger man.
Seeing the undisguised coldness her grand-père had towards Jian, and the silent hostile looks Jian returned, Chang gave a long deep sigh.
Looking at her Jean-Jacques Dumont smiled at her rea.s.suringly and patted on her hand on the table.
"You should not sigh so deeply, my dear." Patting her hand on the table gently. "If you are too stressed, you just tell grand-père."
"Yet if this was truly the case, why would she have had to deal with what she has had to." Clenching his fist under the table Liang JianAmal continued to restrain his temper and tongue.
"Thank you grand-père I will, did you say you brought Justin"s stuff that we left at your place the other day?" Trying to ease the tension, Chang steered the topic back to Justin"s stuff.
"Indeed I did, his items are in the vehicle I came in with Mr. Poitier. I just wanted to come up to visit with you for a while, and make sure that everything was right with you dear."
"Yes everything these past few days has actually been wonderful, besides a few uninvited appearances from Robert." Rolling her eyes to the side, Chang pursed her lips saying his hateful name with venom."
"Ah this matter.I also came today to speak with you about this. I told Mr. Liang my stance in this, but I do not know if he had told you of what I said. In this fight, I will support you. He has gone too far, for too long, and it is time as a family that we addressed this. I would prefer to keep this clean and our family out of gossip columns as well during this time. "
"Yes grand-père, Jian did tell me. Thank you, I appreciate that, with your help this should be cleaned up shortly. I have been building upon things myself in the business world, to cut off his financial support. Personally I have been building a couple of civil cases against him as well yet I feel like I may still need support in the civil aspect. I"ve been studying and researching but I know I"m no lawyer, and wouldn"t know who to go to have represent my interests."
"Did you hang up my coat my dear?" Searching his hands along his front, Jean-Jacques Dumont was obviously unable to find what he was searching for.
"Yes, right after you entered."
"Check the inner breast pocket on the left side, I believe I put it there. Inside my coat is a card for a private legal branch. I have already informed them some of the details, and paid some of their fees up front so they will represent you. Contact them, present what you have for them, and they will take care of the rest. You have enough on your plate already." Turning Jean-Jacques Dumont pointed towards the entrance and where his coat was.
Hearing his words, Chang immediately went and found the small black card with gold lettering embossed on it. Holding onto it like a lifeline, Chang felt like her heart would burst as she stared in wordless appreciation.
"There is no need to thank me, think nothing of it my dear. It truly is among the least I can do for you." As she opened her mouth to thank him Jean-Jacques Dumont held up a hand stopping her before she could begin.
As he would not allow her to say it Chang rushed forward and gave him a tight hug. Chuckling a little with pleasant surprise he patted her back.
"I"ll be on my way now so that you may enjoy your day. Come with me gentlemen, if you would." After collecting his coat from Chang, Jean-Jacques Dumont motioned for the two men to follow him as it was clear Justin Che did not understand.
"I will return these two to you in just a moment, but I will be taking my leave now. I shall contact you in a few days to check on you. Let me know if you run into any issues in this matter with Robert."
"I will, again, thank you grand-père." Smiling at her with a doting look, Jean-Jacques Dumont closed the door behind him, leaving her alone in the room.