You Of All People

"In the end, you never got to tell me your story Violet" Karen drank the juice in her hand as she sat herself beside Violet.

"Rain check?" Violet timidly asked, ashamed that she was not able to return the favor. 

"Sure" assuringly replied Karen then raised her left hand to pat Violet's shoulder. 

"Sorry about that. Next time, I will definitely tell you" Violet promised apologetically.

"Don't worry about it. I understand how your parents must have felt. If it was me, I would leave no stone unturned until I find my son" joked Karen when she stood up to clean the mess they made.

Violet followed suite to help Karen as she held the other end of the garbage bag. And together, they picked up all their garbage and empty bottles. 

Karen tied up the bags and took it outside to dispose of while Violet tidied up the benches, the stage, the counter and lastly, her prizes.

Karen got back from throwing out the garbage and happened to passed by the cart containing the remaining coins. 

"Hey Violet! There's still a lot more coins left! We used closely half of it! What are we going to do with this?!" Karen shouted as she entered the Arcade through the back entrance.

Approaching Violet who was sweeping the stage, Karen heard her say, "Oh that? It's alright. My godson shall have it all. Mrs. Chen already knows what to do with it"

"Since you're my son's godmother, then I'll willingly accept this gift on behalf of my son. Thank you so much godmother Violet" Karen climbed on the stage and gave Violet a bear hug. 

"Eh? I think that's yours?" wondered Karen as she separated from their hug when she heard a car slowing down in front of the shop. 

Violet took out her phone to check then saw the chauffeur's message of his arrival. 

"Well this is me Mami Karen" stated Violet as she hooked her right arm around Karen's left arm.

"Time really goes fast when you're having fun!" Karen said as both of them made their way to take a peek at the car. 

"Yeah. Ah! Right!" Violet exclaimed as she remembered something and made haste to go back inside the arcade. 

After a minute passed by, Violet came running back to Karen. Bringing along her phone with her. 

"Mami Karen! Let's add each other in our socials! It's April Karen Williams, right? I'll look you up!" Violet gleefully navigated her phone and enthusiastically waited for Karen's answer. 

"Sure!" Karen also took out her phone then proceeded to add each other in their social media.

After the two were done, Karen said, "Come on, I'll help you transfer your prizes to the car"

"Thank you Karen! Next time for sure I'll get to meet your son. I mean my godson mehehe" Violet giggled to herself.

"Next time? So you're going to be brokenhearted again?" teased Karen as she pinched Violet's cheeks.

"Hey! No way! Don't jinx me!" Violet immediately reacted to Karen's comment.

 In someplace else while Violet was preparing for her departure, King was sound asleep on top of the desk. His head comfortably leaning against his left hand while his right hand was still clutching a fountain pen.

Spread on top of the desk were the papers related to the company that he was working on earlier and his computer on sleep mode due to prolonged inactivity.

King was awaken by the ringing of his phone. He squinted his eyes as the sunlights coming through the windows were too glaring.

He let go of the pen, rubbed his eyes and yawned as he sat his body straight on the swivel chair then streched his arms upwards. He picked up his phone and answered the call right away.

"What is it Alfred?" groggily answered King as he stood up and made his way out of the study. He made a beeline towards the kitchen to make himself a coffee.

"I'm sorry for disturbing your sleep Young Master. The negotiations on one of the sites fell through. We need you in the company right now" Alfred hurriedly reported as he instructed all the employees in front of him.

"Ok" King hung up and finished his coffee. Without changing his clothes, he took with him a brown wool cashmere coat he randomly grabbed from his wardrobe then headed straight to the Villa's underground garage and took one of his car with him.

When he arrived at the floor, Alfred was the first one to notice then immediately approached to greet him. Everyone could hear a pin dropped when they finally took notice of their boss's arrival.

"Call" ordered King as he entered his office and sat down on his throne.

Alfred dialed someone on his phone at once. When he heard it ring, he passed it over to King.

King took the phone and held it against his ear. After a five minutes of waiting, someone answered from the other end.

"(No matter what you say Alfred I will never change my mind. You're just a butler, know your place. Tell your boss to be content in where he is right now. He doesn't have the power to enter my country that easily)" threatened the man from the other end of the phone call.

"You made me wait"

The man heard King's stone-cold voice and felt chills shooting up from his spine.

"(Who are you?)" edgily asked the man.

"I heard you got tired of living" King leisurely took a bite of the food that Alfred spread out on his desk while he waited on the phone.

"(He-he-hendrix?!)" stuttered scaredly by the man in fear.

"And here I thought, wisdom comes with old age" aloofly stated King as he patted his lips with a napkin.

"(You?! What do you want?!)" the man became even more agitated with King's remark.

"You already know. I also heard a rumor that you have a good head on your shoulders. Want me to remove that for you?" King leaned back on his chair.

"(You!!! Fine you win! Stop with your threats! It's done. I've completely backed off fromt he deal!)" declared the man who was scared shitless.

"I'm not threatening you, I thought we were having small talk. It's good that you remembered how to think properly despite your decrepit mind. I really don't like talking a lot but since you already got me talking and made me wait for five minutes. Your five minutes of hell starts now"

King tyrannically mandated before he hung up on the man and gave the phone back to Alfred who put some things in motion without delay.