Eugene approached Blake and asked, “Can we talk?” Blake looked at him and gave it some thought before replying, “I’ll be late for school if I don’t get going now.”
Eugene glanced at his wristwatch and said softly, “It won’t take too much of your time.” Blake glanced at his wristwatch as well and replied coolly, “You only have ten minutes.”
Eugene put on a helpless smile. It was the first time anyone told him he could only talk to them for a certain amount of time. Alright, then! I badly want to find out the truth, after all. “Can you come to my car?” he asked.
Blake replied, “Get into mine.” Then, he told the bodyguards to wait for him outside the vehicle. The bodyguards examined Eugene and nodded.
Since Blake had entered the car, Eugene did the same. He had decided to be more patient with his son. As soon as Eugene closed the door, Blake asked, “Is the paternity report ready?”
Eugene dipped his head. “Yes.” Hearing that, Blake put on a smug expression. “Do you believe we’re your sons now?” Eugene replied, “Yes. Can you tell me who your mother is?”
With a solemn expression, Blake said, “Why would I tell you the truth when we don’t even want to acknowledge you as our father?”
Eugene frowned. “Why?”
“You didn’t believe us!” Eugene was torn between tears and laughter. “If someone came up to you one day and claimed you were his father, would you believe him?”
“I have my judgment.”
“How are you going to make a judgment?”
“I’ll tell him to do a paternity test with me.” “That’s what I did, and that’s how I found out you guys are my sons. We deal with the issue in the same way.”
Blake was startled while racking his brain. “That’s different. You were harsh to us and even threatened to let the sharks eat us.”
Eugene explained gently, “I thought you guys were making a scene, so I decided to scare you off. I’ll apologize to you.”
Blake said, “You have to apologize to all of us. If Terry and Carter forgive you, I’ll do the same.” Eugene replied, “Sure. However, can you answer some questions I have now?”
Blake nodded. “Go ahead.”
Eugene asked again, “Who’s your mother?” He was probably the most miserable father in the world, for he did not even know who his children’s mother was.
Blake replied, “We’ve never seen her before. Grandpa said she’s dead.” Eugene furrowed his brows. “She’s dead? What’s her name?”
Blake explained, “We don’t know her name either. Grandpa said our father is dead as well, so we’re not sure if our mother passed away. Terry heard Grandpa talking about you one day, and that’s how we found out you’re still alive.”
Eugene was already startled, to begin with, and he was more puzzled now. “What did your grandfather say?”
Blake pouted and pondered for a moment. “I traded the secret with Terry. He insisted that he wanted to be the older one. Grandpa said we’re clever because we’ve inherited our intelligence from you. Then, he said if you weren’t intelligent enough, you wouldn’t have acquired Promise Island. We started looking into Promise Island and your background. It took us a long time to find you, but you didn’t believe us.” He appeared displeased while speaking.
Eugene was bewildered. Who is that person? Why did he claim that we’re all dead? Moreover, he even mentioned Promise Island. He then asked, “What’s your grandfather’s name?”
