Chapter 23: Attempt on Grandfather V (Athena)

"If you keep on spending your money for that useless grandson of yours then nothing would have been left for my son!" Secretary Choi exclaimed.

Huh? Is he crazy? Why would grandfather spend money on his son?

"What are you talking about Sam? You're not making any sense." Lieutenant Dang said, confused.

"I told you he must be drunk already. He's not thinking straight anymore." Stepmother exclaimed.

"Secretary Choi, what does grandfather have to do with your son? Does your son need money?" I asked curiously and earned Stepmother's glare.

"He is his grandson too! How can he be so partial to your family!" Secretary Choi exclaimed angrily as he pointed at me.

Huh? His son is grandfather's grandson too? Is he really just drunk? How can his son be grandfather's grandson?

"Is Secretary Choi your son, grandfather?" I asked curiously.

Grandfather looked at me shocked too.

"No. I'm sure he's not." Grandfather replied, confused too.

"Sam, speak clearly! What do you mean your son is Captain's grandson? Who is your son?" Lieutenant Dang asked, angrily.

It seemed like his patience was gone already.

"Arthur. Arthur is my son." Secretary Choi answered and all of our eyes widened and looked at Arthur before looking at stepmother.

"He's talking nonsense! He must be too drunk, he's spitting out nonsense! Arthur is my son and John's!" Stepmother claimed in panic.

I looked suspiciously at stepmother and remembered that she kept on trying to stop this conversation. Is it the truth? No, it can't possibly be a lie. Secretary Choi drank the truth serum.

I looked shocked at stepmother due to my realization.

"You! What are you looking at! It's not true!" Stepmother shouted at me.

"Sarah! What is the meaning of this?" Father hissed.

His face was already red and his body was shaking in anger. I'm scared that father's clenched fist will hit stepmother. She's mean but it doesn't mean I want to see her get beaten up.

I stood up and went to the children. I told Ashley to bring all her siblings back to the room and stay there. The children don't need to see this mess.

Ashley followed my instructions and all the children went to the bedroom reluctantly. I went back to my seat with stepmother still denying everything.

"Sam, don't talk nonsense. How can Arthur be your son?" Grandfather asked in a quiet but powerful voice.

I stared at him and I can picture the Army Captain that he once was.

"Captain, he's my son. Sarah and I are in love. It was your son that got in between us." Secretary Choi confessed.

Wow, this suddenly got really juicy. I can't believe stepmother would betray father.

"Secretary Choi, don't lie! I am not your son!" Arthur suddenly exclaimed.

He looked fearful. I looked at him and wondered if he knew that he's Secretary Choi's son.

"Sam Choi, explain yourself!" Grandfather ordered.

I looked worriedly at grandfather. He just got better. I hope this won't lead to his health declining. I'm regretting it a little bit now but we need to know the truth.

"When that son of yours left Sarah for that woman, I was the one who took care of her. I was the one that helped her take care of William, I took care of him even if he's not my son." Secretary Choi said as he glared at father.

"When he came back to her because his wife was already dying, do you know how angry I was? But Captain, you wouldn't accept her even when she already gave birth to your grandson, you still wouldn't let her in the house." Secretary continued.

I'm not sure if this is still the work of the truth serum or if this is all of Secretary Choi's complaint against father and grandfather.

"Stop talking! Stop lying! That's not true!" Stepmother shouted but no one listened to her.

"Did you know that Sarah gave your son medicine? It was for him not to have another child anymore. You see, Sarah is a smart girl since John has betrayed his wife for her, she figured he could do it to her too so she made him impotent but that fired back when you wouldn't accept her so she asked me for my help to get her pregnant." Secretary Choi explained.

My eyes widened from all the dirty secrets that are coming to light right now. Does this mean only William is father's son from Stepmother? So Margarette, Theresa, and Arthur are Secretary Choi's children?

I looked at father who's hand was already raised and was about to strike stepmother but stepmother ran to Secretary Choi.

"You bitch! How could you do this to me? After everything I've done for you!" John exclaimed angrily.

Father was shaking in anger but William was stopping him from running after stepmother.

"So what! You and your family deserve it! You always kept on looking down on me! How does it feel to bring up the children of another man!" Stepmother exclaimed as she laughed maniacally.

I saw grandfather's face was also very red and he was pointing at stepmother shakily. I went near to grandfather and tried to tell him to calm down. I've also asked Doctor Le to help me.

"What? You deserve it! Even if I gave you so many children, grandfather still gave all the best to that woman's child!" Stepmother shouted.

"Sam, this has to be a prank, right? It's a lie, right? You didn't try to kill the Captain because of this, right?" Lieutenant Dang asked in disbelief.

"Why not? My son deserves more than what he was offering him." Secretary Choi replied.

"What are you talking about? How can he deserve to get Captain's assets if he's not his grandson!" Lieutenant Dang exclaimed angrily.

"He never treated him as his grandson even before! He only cared for Diana's child!" Secretary Choi accused.

"Is this about me giving Seth the shops? Those are what his mother has left for him! Those would never be given to Arthur or to any children of that woman!" Grandfather exclaimed.

"Were you plotting on getting the things that Diana left for Seth? I told you before, right? I will do my best and give you everything so you need to stop thinking of getting your hands on them." Father said defeatedly.

"Why can't those be ours? She married you so those things are yours too and it makes it mine now too. Why can't my children receive those things?" Stepmother exclaimed angrily.

Is she delusional? There must be something wrong in her head.

"Lieutenant Dang, haven't you heard enough? Why aren't you capturing Secretary Choi and that woman!" Father said.

"Capture me? Why? What did I do wrong?" Stepmother asked boldly.

"She's right John. I can send Sam to jail but not Sarah." Lieutenant Dang explained awkwardly.

Sadly, Adultery wasn't exactly a crime. It's morally wrong but not a crime. I looked at father that was still being held by William. It seems like he would attack stepmother if William let go of him.

Lieutenant Dang went to Secretary Choi and started to interrogate him. Secretary Choi answered everything truthfully. I wish Lieutenant Dang would just cuff and send him to jail now. I'm worried about what will happen once the truth serum time is up. It's not written in the description what will happen after.

"Nothing will happen. The person would only think that they wanted to tell the truth." The system suddenly said.

Are you sure?

"Affirmative." The system replied.

I sighed in relief when I heard that.

I looked at Lieutenant Dang who finally cuffed Secretary Choi and brought him away.

"You! Get out of my sight! I'm filing divorce! You can bring all your children with you!" Father shouted at stepmother.

Stepmother was just crying with Arthur holding her.

"Father, you couldn't just throw mother away like that! She has been your wife for a long time already." Arthur tried to convince father but father looked murderously at him.

"How dare you speak to me! I want you to get out of my house!" Father shouted angrily.

I have to applaud William for holding onto father like his life depended on it because if he loosen his grip just a little bit, I'm sure father will lunge at stepmother and choke her.

"William! Let go of me! Or do you want to go with your mother?! Let go of me!" Father continued shouting.

"You want to divorce me?! Let's see what will happen to you! You wouldn't achieve anything if it wasn't for me!" Stepmother shouted back.

Arthur was holding her and trying to convince her to calm down and straighten this misunderstanding with father.

I feel a little sad for Arthur since it seems like he has no idea that father is not really his father. He looks so confused and lost. It seems like it's still not sinking in that his father was Secretary Choi.

I looked at Seth, who looks like a third party in all of this. He seemed so uninterested you would wonder if he was really father's son.

"Are you alright?" I whispered to him as I touched his hand.

"Yeah. This has nothing to do with me." He whispered back.

"John! Now's not the time for that! We need to bring Grandfather Zhang to the hospital!" Doctor Le shouted urgently.