192: TOGETHER WE SEARCH
LUKE’S POV
“Of course, I heard. Your building was destroyed and burned down. I’m sorry for your loss, man.” Andre tapped me on the shoulder.
“Yeah, it’s not just that,” I said in hushed tones.
“What else? Did you lose someone close to you?”
I sighed. “Yes. We weren’t that close, but he was my blood.”
“And who’s that exactly?”
I looked Andre in the eyes. “My son.”
“Your son? Hold on a minute. Are you talking about Luke?”
“Of course,” I answered, nodding. “I am talking about Lukel.”
“Ariel finally told you everything.”
“Indeed, she did.”
“And wait right there. Are you trying to tell me that Luke is dead?” Andre continued with his questions.
“Yes, he’s dead. It’s really painful, I know.”
“How? And how come I wasn’t informed about this?”
“I don’t know. You’ve probably been busy. I can tell that your whole family knows this.”
“And how are you so sure about that?”
“I’m not too sure. But you can ask them right now.”
Andre shook his head, sighing. “You’re right. I did spend the night at a hotel yesterday. I got caught up with so much stuff. I’ve got a lot of projects at hand right now.”
don’t have to tell me
you’re right. I don’t have to tell you that. But what about Ariel? If
do not know,” I replied.
in Andre’s eyes. He stood still for a minute, his mind far from here.
don’t know where she
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you don’t know where she is?
know it’s not the perfect time to talk about this, but I believe you have an idea
Both of you got married again. She came back to you. You guys were supposed to fix things with
my shoes, you’d probably understand my whole part of the story. But I’m not here to talk about that. I’m not here to argue, either. I came to ask if
isn’t with me, and
tell he had to adjust his attitude. “Now, since you and I
I have a lot of projects at hand right now,
worth more than those projects?” I cut him
gave me a cold stare. “I wasn’t done talking. But if I’m going to have to ditch all these meetings
to get going now,” I told
to promise me
him. “And what’s that?”
treat her right. No heartbreaks or
turned around, not looking back at him. “We better get going. There’s no time to
a few minutes. I thought maybe he had already changed his mind about the search. But just when I was about to start my car, he opened the
entered.
quite a long time there, didn’t you?” I
make sure things would go smoothly at the company while I’m not around.
care about that. You got your seatbelt on?”
type of child who needs to be reminded to
wore a confused face. “Say what
as fast as lightning. Anyway, I began to
passed, and with me and Andre speeding through the streets of New Haven, the tension in
WE
My knuckles were white as I gripped the steering wheel, my eyes scanning everywhere for any
Andre
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