Only 200 days Mr. Mafia
O200DMM – CHAPTER 24
HALF THE STORY OF MAXI LITTLE
Who was initially busy talking, now the two old men turned to look at Maxi who had no wind or lightning, smiling faintly looking at the ground.
“Is there anything funny Mr Maxi?” the question from Huang Zhong spread out Maxi's smile in an instant. Ericsson was suspicious of Maxi's behavior just now, but he tried to rule it out.
“I hope your ship does not cheat us.” Maxi said giving a hardline warning to the fat Chinese man.
“Of course not. Believe me, we both need it! Right so hahahaha!” Ericsson chuckled along, even in the presence of Maxi and Ericsson, Huang Zhong shamelessly gave a kiss on the neck of his paid lady. It is common for people like them.
“Oh, are you guys coming to Glory company party tonight?”
“Yes. My niece Maxi is coming.” There was no reprimand from Maxi.
“Wah, I hope you brought a couple!” huang Zhong laughed, then left with some of the men he had brought.
Ericsson and Maxi were still looking towards the departure of the Chinese man. The wind was still blowing hard, some sand dust was also scattered with mixed sunlight.
“Do you want to come tonight?” Although he always ruled Maxi, still. Ericsson also wanted to hear an answer from the man.
“I'll go.”
“Together Nadine?” Maxi turned to his uncle and then looked back.
“Hm.”
After a light conversation. Ericsson decided to go take care of the company, while Maxi remained in the criminal department.
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Ered Mansion
A pair of feet walk through one of the big houses in the EREd. His pair of eyes also unceasingly looked in awe at some of the decorations there, all of them completely filled. Nadine's left hand gently rubbed the edge of the nightstand which did not feel any dust attached to it. Very clean.
Service and care there are very detailed in taking care of the smallest thing in the house. How not, their boss is so creepy.
Nadine hopes there are photos of Maxi or his family first. But he did not find any picture frames on every table, even on the wall there was only a decoration. The mansion looked very quiet, even though there were people inside, but still - To Nadine it was very unlikely to look like home.
(‘If only a 9-year-old boy could kill him, I wouldn't be like this.’)
(‘Kakak will always call you. Take good care of yourself there! I'll wait for you back!’)
Nadine closed her eyes, she wanted to cry when she missed the people in the home so much. Indeed, after becoming a writer, Nadine was able to buy her own house for both her and Yunita's sister. But because he was on holiday abroad, Nadine left her brother Yunita in the orphanage for a while until he returned.
This time he was very confused. Doray's aunt's words made her between believe it or not. Maxi himself said that he was bait? Who for? And if he can't come back alive from that foreign country, then Nadine wants to talk just once with her brother and best friend.
“Nadine!” the girl opened her eyes again, wiped her tears then started to turn around and look at the figure of the old woman with a long thin cloth that she made a kind of veil.
“Aibi Doray.” Seeing a face full of thought, Doray immediately approached Nadine with worry.
“You okay?” Nadine nodded with a smile.
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The two women were sitting in a lounge. A long dark gray sofa facing the glass wall leads to Ericsson's house. Nadine is more comfortable chatting with aunt Doray than the rest of the Maxi family.
So is aunt Doray who is very happy if she is with Nadine. As if to know, that Nadine is not an arbitrary woman.
“I miss my sister.” For a moment Doray turned to Nadine, taking a deep breath.
“Excuse sir Maxi-- ”
“Why is Aunt apologizing? Let him apologize.” Nadine was so upset that she interrupted Doray's speech. Not annoyed at Doray's aunt, it's just that the woman was innocent, Nadine just wanted to hear an apology from the mouth of the man who had kept her in the house.
Aunt Doray knew an apology would never come out of Maxi's lips. All his life, the man never apologized to anyone. Not once.
“What since birth is he like?” tanya Nadine ngasal occasionally brews tea.
“No. Mr Maxi was quite cheerful when he played with me and Miss Ina! He was so happy when he told her something new. Even he's an understanding sister even though Miss Ina is not a real sister, but that man loves her.” Nadine put down her glass, looking at Doray's aunt who smiled broadly as she recounted Maxi's past.
“But..” The smile on Doray's lips was gone, throwing off his rough breath.
“Every mister Ericsson or lady Miia came. Mr. Maxi's smile turned into a trend. He was forced to be a tough kid, training and learning! Whatever learning it was, all Mr. Ericsson gave to Mr. Maxi.”
Nadine looked down trying to digest Aunt Doray's whole story.
“Since childhood, he was also taught how to hold a gun properly, as well as how to aim at opponents.” It feels so hard to believe. Nadine was completely at a loss for words when she heard that.
What a surprise. How not, a child who is supposed to play fun games should do activities that he should not learn or see. But this...
Even Nadine started to dislike the story. Not dislike Maxi, nor Doray's aunt, but the way parents teach children is not right. Aunt Doray who told the story had shed her tears because she was also a witness when Maxi was studying hard at the age of 10 years.
“Why do they do it? Are they crazy? If they don't love him, why not throw Maxi away. It was better than torturing him.” Nadine is upset by herself. Although she hated her husband so much, no one could act arbitrarily just because they were children.
“I don't know.”
“What are you guys talking about?” Aunt Doray gasped in shock when she heard a hoarse and heavy voice from behind.
Quickly aunt Doray stood up, after Nadine who also stood staring at the presence of someone there.
“Sorry. I came because--”
“I asked for it.” Nadine is lying.
Maxi was still staring haughtily at Nadine, lalo bead her eyes moved to aunt Doray.
“Aibi can return. Before they scold you.” Doray nodded obediently, moving quickly after parting ways with Nadine.
Unbeknownst to Nadine because it was too washed away in the conversation with aunt Doray, the sky was orange.
Maxi placed a bag of groceries on the table that was in the middle of them standing. “What is it?” nadine asked equally haughtily.
“You see for yourself.”