The evening sky darkened over China as she strolled back home. It wasn't something she enjoyed doing anymore since she was always returning to a lonely building. A dreadful sigh escaped her mouth. "Oh I know!" Her face lit up ecstatically like a light bulb suddenly turned on.She dipped her hand into the pocket of her jeans and fetched out her phone. Dialing a number, she placed it on her ear and waited for who she was calling to answer. "Oh hey!" Her face lit up. "What's up? Where are you?" She asked. "Do you think you can make time for me tonight? I know it's late but I--" the smile on her face suddenly disappeared. "Oh... I didn't... It's cool, talk to you later."She hung up with a sigh and returned the phone to her pocket. As she took a step forward, she felt a sudden vibration against her body from her back pocket and she immediately took out her phone with the hope that he changed his mind. Instead, it was an unknown caller and she stared confusedly at the number for a seco
The distance from Vienna's home to China's was quite a long one. Ivan arrived at her place at exactly seven minutes after eleven and as he got there, he took out his phone to confirm the address."Right, this is the place." He confirmed as he returned his phone to his pocket. He climbed up to the porch and began knocking on the door. "China? China please just hear me out... I know you're home alone."He continued knocking on the door but got no reply. A sigh escaped his mouth as he remained by the door. He took out his phone and dialed China's number. "Please pick up..." He muttered.[The number you've dialed is unavailable at the moment--]"Ugh..." He groaned as he hung up. "Where could she possibly be now? Should I ask Alfred to track her for me?" He was about to dial Alfred's number when he suddenly became hesitant. He thought to himself, maybe he should wait for a few minutes before making any rushed decisions.He relaxed on the door but soon found himself sitting on the ground
China's eyes glistened as she stared at Ivan. "What is it? Did something happen?" "The reason I had to turn you down tonight was because--"The sudden vibration of Ivan's phone cut him off. "Hold on a second." He took out his phone from his pocket to answer his call."Let me quickly plug my phone to a charger." She said as she rose to her feet."Oh okay, it's Mia!""Oh! One minute." "Hey, Mia, how's it going?" Ivan said into the phone."Have you been able to contact her? I've been calling her number nonstop for over twenty minutes now but I still can't reach her!" Mia exclaimed worriedly."Relax, I am with her right now. Her phone died a while ago, that's why we couldn't contact her." Ivan explained."Ohh thank goodness." A weary sigh escaped her mouth. "Can I talk to her?" China asked.Ivan nodded and handed her the phone.China received the phone and placed it on speaker. "So you can be worried about me when you left with such a huge smile on your face." China said."That's not w
"Hey!!!" China exclaimed as she threw her arms Mia."If it isn't my two favorite people in the entire world! Get in here hotshot!" Mia said with a smile on her face.She opened her arms for Ivan to join in to the hug and he did with a gentle smile on his face. "Wow! This place is amazing!" China said as she walked into the living room with her eyes scanning the entire environment."Why thank you." She turned around to the voice of Berlin and her lips curved into a smile. "Hey.""Hi." He smiled back as he went to give her a gentle hug."Um honey, this is my good good friend, Ivan." Mia introduced him to her husband to be."Pleasure meeting you, Ivan." Berlin said as he stretched out his hand to shake him."The pleasure is all mine." Ivan responded, accepting the nice gesture."I think this place will be a great environment to raise children, or don't you think so?" China suggested."Oh it definitely will be but we are not staying here." Mia responded."You're not?" China questioned c
A cool evening breeze swept through Mia's hair as she walked down the road in the bustling city. A week ago to that very day where Ivan was being confronted by China, she had decided to see him about the latest news she just heard."So you know already that Mr Andrews is trying to find you through the cops?" Mia asked as she raised her cup of tea from the table."Of course I do! If anything then I'm surprised that you didn't. Alfred told me about this when we were still at the hospital so I already knew before it was plastered all over the news." Ivan said."Ah..." She took a sip from her tea and returned it to the table. "I guess I was the only one in the dark then." Her lips curved into a smile."Weren't you there? That day Alfred told me, I could have sworn you were there with us, that's why I never mentioned it afterwards cause I thought you knew." A confused look played on Ivan's face as he leaned forward to the table to grab his coffee."It's fine, I wasn't in the dark for too l
A sigh escaped Alfred's mouth as he stared at Ivan who laid on the bed with his eyes closed. Even in his sleep, he didn't find peace."Why would she do something as big as that?" Alfred asked Mia as he poured her a cup of coffee from the kitchen."I don't know, she just became a new person all of a sudden... It was actually pretty scary seeing her like that." She explained as she accepted the cup from his hand. "Thank you.""It's actually very strange, isn't it? What do you think that Charlie could have promised her? Could it be money? She is in a financially unstable position after all." Alfred suggested."I don't know if she can be bought with money though. But... Charlie is her childhood friend.""He is?" Alfred's eyes widened as he exclaimed.Mia responded to his question with a nod of her head. "You know I'm getting married soon right?" "Yes, I do. What about it?""My fiancé was having some spiritual problem with his dead wife so I took him to see a shaman. I also took China to
Ivan brushed his fingers through his hair and exhaled. "I don't understand! Why does he think that I am the guy he is looking for? Even though I am, why is he so suspicious of me?" "I was thinking the same thing too so I decided to do some homework. At first, Mr Andrews was just curious to know about your real background, he didn't think for once that you are the missing heir--""So why won't he lay off my case after finding out where I was adopted from?" Ivan cut Alfred off. "You gave me a little homework to do, if you remember about this professor that you called professor Marcus, do you still remember him?" Alfred asked."Yeah I remember, what of it?" Ivan took to folding his arms."While doing some research about him, I found a link between him and Mr Andrews which also made me find out the main reason he is not letting your case go so easily." "What is it then?" "This professor Marcus reported to him about what happened that day, the security guards and all." Alfred explained
They didn't have food to eat three square meals per day, they barely got through a day with one square meal. Education was something they valued more than gold so sending him to school was their number one priority, even though they didn't have money to give him for food.He barely had any other clothes except for his school uniforms and sport wears. One shoe, one socks, one slippers for home. About two white T-shirts and one black trousers. Ever since he was little, he had been a watch freak, he loved the fact that those little bracelet things could tell the time and even do more than telling the time. He found them fascinating. Of course all his parents could afford was a toy watch but at least it could tell the time correctly. But the funny thing was, Ivan was happy. Nothing was going well for them, at times they'd starve, but he was happy.One couldn't say his life was stress free, he suffered a lot as a young kid especially when his parents were diagnosed with cancer. He wa