10 Chapter 10. The Past
"I don't know who you are?" replied the man while grimacing in pain.
"It doesn't matter who I am, just answer my question before I'm losing my temper," said Gerald as he choked the man's neck. The man finally spoke after he could not endure the torture.
"Someone brought him here when he was a toddler about, 3 years old, I do not know his name. " Gerald let go of the choke. The man tried to take as much as air because of the chocking.
"Find the file!" Gerald ordered and Steven began randomly scrambling the documents in the office.
"Take James's also" Steven nodded and after finding the two documents he handed it over to Gerald. Gerald who accepted immediately checked and began to interrogated again.
"Who is James?" The man was still gasping before answering.
"He is like a big brother to Joona, Dastan James Harristian, I give them the same last name." Gerald looked at the owner of the orphanage with an inexplicable expression.
"Arjoona and James Harristian, they are not blood-related?" The owner of the orphanage shook his head.
"Then where is he now?" asked Gerald again.
" He's there, huh? Someone already took him as foster."
" Who? "
" All the data is in the drawer," said the owner of the orphanage again. Steven also took the document in question and gave it to his boss.
"Clean this place up, give all the kids to social services, and him... get rid of it neatly," Gerald ordered in a whisper. Gerald came out with a document in his hand along with a small scream from the mouth gag and the rope around his neck which Steven Juliandra did coldly. A bodyguard covered his mouth while Steven, who was wearing leather gloves, caught the owner of the orphanage's neck so that he could not breathe and died. After confirming that he was no longer breathing, Steven threw the end of the long rope that caught the owner of the orphanage at one of the bodyguards who then greeted him and threw the rope again onto the wooden ceiling above their heads.
Two more people pulled the whole weight of the man hanging as if he had committed suicide. After looking neat, Steven put the chair under his feet and pushed it until it
fell.
"Clean it up. no evidence!" Steven ordered the bodyguards. They nodded to him.
"Yes, Sir."
Steven came out after his boss in the car. After everythings were sorted out by Steven, they went back to the hospital. Before entering Arjoona's ward, Gerald gave Steven new orders.
"Find out about James Harristian's foster parents, report to me in two hours. And please look for a stable house and a female nanny who capable to care for a 10-year-old boy."
"Yes, Sir."
Gerald opened door and entered the ward to meet the unknown boy with a bright smile. The boy who was already sitting on the bed was eating his lunch heartily. Gerald smiled sweetly when he saw Arjoona who suddenly stopped eating when he saw Gerald. Gerald sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the boy, still smiling.
"How are you doing?" asked Gerald in a soft voice. Arjoona nodded and smiled.
"I am fine, Sir." Gerald nodded.
"What's your name?"
"Arjoona Harristian." Gerald nodded again. Even though he already knows Arjoona's,
he still asks.
"Why did you run away from the orphanage?" asked Gerald and Arjoona looking down.
"I want to see James," answered Arjoona innocently
"Who is James?"
"My brother."
"So you have a brother?" Arjoona shook his head.
"Not a real sibling, but he's my brother, a very close one I call to be my big brother." Gerald nodded again and still smiled.
"I understand. But from now on, you will live under my supervision, do you go to
school?" Arjoona shook his head.
"Then after leaving the hospital I will enroll you in a school, it looks like you are
a smart kid." Arjoona just looked down.
"My name is Gerald Winthrop, nice to meet you Arjoona Harristian." Arjoona smiled.
"I owe you a debt sir, what should I do to pay it?" Gerald raised his eyebrows and
smiled. Arjoona looked like a very polite kid.
"I'll think about it later, now finish your lunch, after this, we will see if you can get out of the hospital, I have a surprise for you" Arjoona nodded. Gerald stroked Arjoona's hair several times before letting her continue eating her lunch. Out of Arjoona's resting room, Steven returned to his boss.
"Sir, I've got information about James." Gerald leaned on his side to face Steven.
"James was raised by the Subrata's husband and wife but they sold the child to one of the Italian mafia networks, now we don't know where he is, most likely he is no longer in Indonesia." Gerald sighed and nodded.
"Hide this from Arjoona, let's just say James is gone, and for the husband and wife, put them in jail for a very long time." Steven nodded understandingly before finally following his boss out of the hospital.
Arjoona was only able to be discharged from the hospital the next day after passing a series of tests that confirmed there were no internal injuries. He was brought by Gerald Winthrop to a simple but very comfortable house with new clothes that Gerald had bought for him. Going down and standing in front of the terrace of the house, Arjoona looked right and left until a middle-aged woman approached them.
"Arjoona, this is your Nanny, her name is Miss Marina." Arjoona greeted her by bowing his head. The woman smiled and liked Joona immediately. Gerald then knelt and held Joona's arms.
"From now on, this is your home, you will live and go to school like any other boys, please, grow well and be a smart kid, I will visit you once a month," said Gerald with a smile.
"Thank you, Sir." Gerald still smiled and rubbed Arjoona's head. He then stood up and faced Joona's nanny.
"Please, take care of him, whatever his needs just say them." Marina just nodded with a smile. Gerald finally said goodbye and left with his car. Little Arjoona also gave a hand wave to his lifesaver Gerald Winthrop before he left.
