As for Stefan and Wirata, in fact, they were not going anywhere. Right now they were sitting and eating late night porridge in the kitchen waiting for Ben and James to call. The two brave soldiers were down there somewhere in the building as the plan had not finished yet, still had a couple of steps to do.
Stefan"s phone was ringing. He hurried to pick it up and was surprised to see who it was.
"What"s up, Sam?"
Stefan greeted his younger brother.
"Hi, bro. I am here in the lobby with Sophia right now. And I"m going up to your penthouse."
Sam said. His voice sounded moody. Stefan raised his eyebrow when hearing that.
Sam had to call to let Stefan know first before he went up to his brother"s private place.
As the private elevator required a keycard to get up there. Sam had one so it was easy for him to go up to his brother"s penthouse when he came here. But he had to ring to tell Stefan just for manner"s sake.
"Okay." Stefan acknowledged in short and pressed the b.u.t.ton to cut off the phone line.
"Sam and Sophia are coming up."
Stefan told Wirata.
"What?! Now? I thought they were not coming."
Wirata said with surprise. But she smiled gladly to know that her best friends are here.
Five minutes later, the door was knocked. Stefan and Wirata went to open it. Sam and Sophia were standing there with their suitcases near their feet.
Sam looked a little irritated. His hair was a mess. Wirata knew well, Sam was like Stefan when they were thinking and having something pondering about in their heads, they liked shoving hands in their hair!
"Sam! Sophia! Wow! I am so happy to see you two made it! I have missed you guys so so much!"
Wirata greeted, so delighted to see her best friends unexpectedly like this. She flung her arms and hugged Sophia. They both hugged each other tightly.
"Miss you, too, sweetie!"
Sophia said and they squeezed one another tightly for a moment. Then they parted, Sophia went to hug and greet Stefan.
Wirata darted to Sam and she was going to give him a big hug, the same as giving to Sophia. But Stefan grabbed her arm to stop her.
Wirata turned to look at the man. Sam saw the gestures of his elder brother, he gasped.
"What"s the matter, bro?!"
Sam did not understand.
"No need to hug ... Just say h.e.l.lo, that"s enough."
The harsh voice said and put his arm on Wirata"s shoulder. Giving Sam the gesture... She was mine.
"It"s crazy, bro. I came first. I have found her before you. Come here, Wine, my darling. Give me a big hug and a kiss as we usually do, come to me, my love. "
Sam said and pretended to pull the other arm of Wirata. Stefan quickly swept his brother"s hand off her.
"Don"t touch her. Now, things between you and Wine have changed. Don"t touch. Understood?"
Sam almost could not believe how possessive Stefan was with Wirata. So Sam stepped close to them and hugged them both.
"Alright, bro. You don"t even hug your brother, huh? I am giving you one as I am a good little brother."
Sam said and it made Sophia smiled in amus.e.m.e.nt to see the two brothers agued unseriously over Wirata. Stefan hugged Sam but pushed Sam"s arm off Wirata still.
They walked inside to the living room.
"Why are you here? What happened? The last time we talked, you said you couldn"t make it."
Stefan asked Sam.
Sophia saw the view through the big gla.s.s windows so she darted outside to the front balcony.
Sam"s gaze followed her.
"Somebody messed about and I had to take charge."
The irritated voice replied to his brother. Glancing at the balcony where Sofia was. Wirata then knew these two currently were having some disagreement. She was going to go to Sophia to find out but Sam turned to her and asked.
"Please open a room for me, Wine."
"All the rooms are fully booked until Chinese New year. And your room is occupied by your mother. But you can stay here with us. There are enough rooms in the penthouse. Let"s be together here for this special time of the year. "
Wirata said with delightfulness in her voice. Stefan looked at Sam and he put his head in a thinking mode for a minute and his face lit up with a wily smile.
"It"s good you have come. Now I have a new idea. "
Stefan said to his brother. Sam raised his eyebrow up into a question.
"What about? And I don"t trust you when you put on this smile, bro."
Sam knew his brother too well.
"Okay, you still don"t know this story. Let me tell you first and don"t disturb until I have finished."
The big brother told the little brother and then he started to tell Sam about their parents getting divorced. And Stefan also told Sam all about the plans they had for tonight. Sam was listening intently.
"Oh, wow...."
That was all Sam said after Stefan finished talking.
"Yeah. And we will have to help dad to keep his Queen forever. I don"t want them to separate anymore. And you too, right?"
"Of course, bro. So, let"s do it!"
Sam agreed easily and completely then the two brothers hugged tight this time.
Sam went down to the VIP floor where his parents stayed. He knocked on the room he usually stayed but now it was his mother staying here. But n.o.body answered. So Sam went to knock on the next door which was his father"s room. The door swung open and his mother was there.
"Oh, my G.o.d. Sam, my darling."
She exclaimed with excitement and joy to see him standing there. Sam stepped in to gather her in his arms and kissed on her cheeks.
"I miss you, mother."
Sam said and smiled. He kissed on her cheeks again, so happy to see her look well. healthy and elegant as always.
Sam saw his father sitting on the sofa, with the little puppy on his lap. He raised his hand to say Hi! to his dad.
"I thought you couldn"t make it till Christmas. But I am so glad and so happy you are here, honey."
Jacqueline said to her youngest son who she only met him a couple of times a year but he video called her when he had time so it helped a little. But nothing could beat seeing each other face to face like this.
"It"s a quick decision, mom but I will tell you about it later. Now I have to run because the taxi is waiting downstairs. I have to go to stay at another hotel. Our hotel is fully booked, with no spare room for me and Sophia. Stefan isn"t here so I can"t enter the penthouse."
Sam followed the plan. Jacqueline frowned immediately.
"Oh, Sophia is here as well? That"s good but how come you can"t stay at your own hotel. Oh, no, no. I won"t let you go to stay at another place we have to stay here together."
"You can stay in my room, Queen. And give your room to Sam and Sophia. This is very late already and you two just arrived from England. It"s a long journey. You must be tired, son."
The father proposed quickly as Stefan and Sam had predicted. Sam looked at his father with admiration that he was quick to think of the way to sort the problem. If he could not think of it, then he was not the father of Stefan and Sam.
"Yes, father. I feel half-dead right now, very tired. The flight delayed and took so long. I feel like to just lie down on the couch in your room but I don"t want Sophia to be uncomfortable. She is here as my guest to spend time with us."
Sam said and make himself look more tired than he felt. Jacqueline patted her baby"s face, feeling pity for him, her angel. His angelic face looked so weary as he said.
But staying in the same room as the sons" father made her think for a long moment. But finally, she sighed and nodded.
"Alright. Sam and Sophia can stay in that room. Call to cancel the taxi. Don"t make him wait."
She spoke and still concerned about the taxi which Sam already forgot!
Sam smiled happily that he could move their plan forward as Stefan had planned. His brother was very good at predicting their parents" reactions.
Now Sam looked at his father. Seeing his handsome face lighted up with the sparkle in his eyes. Sam sent a smile to his dad. He smiled back. And when his mother turned to look his father quickly put on his still face.
"Thanks very much, mom. I will go to tell Sophia and bring our suitcases up here. See you in a bit."
Sam said gladly and kissed his mother on the cheek then walk out of the room.
Jacqueline turned to look at the man who was having the puppy on his lap. She was thinking about how they were going to manage to get through the night.
"Don"t worry, Queen. I will sleep here, on the couch with Summer. You can have the bed."
The deep voice said gently. Jacqueline felt a little embarra.s.sed that he could read her mind.
She nodded.
"Okay. I will bring my stuff here."
"I will help you with it."
Michael said and gently put Summer on his soft bed on the floor. Then they walk to her room together.