The Consortium's Heir

Chapter 7

confused right now. You must have been very perplexed at the phone call you received from Bruce and our current behavior, so I’ll explain what really happened to you.” Darius nodded. He really needed an explanation for all these. The old man sighed again before speaking. “You see, 16 years ago, when you were just four years old, my son Tristan Reid and his wife Diana Reid was making a trip to the family villa in Eastgreen Estate with you. We all thought that it would be a very smooth trip, but that was not the case.” Darius could see that the story the old man was about to tell him was a very painful one for him. But he needed to hear the story, no matter how painful it was for the old man, so he kept quiet. “There was a terrible car accident, and my son and his wife died in the crash.” The old man said, and Darius could make out tears in the corner of the old man’s eyes. Although it happened 16 years ago, it still seemed like yesterday to him. Darius had never cared about his parents before. He was too focused on his part time jobs to care about what he thought were trivial things, but when he heard the story of what happened to his parents, he felt a huge sense of loss overwhelm him. “We thought you died in the car crash with them, but

He is indeed young master Reid.” Bruce answered, bowing deeply to the old man. The old man eyes shone and as if he had finally been offered the item of his dream he stood from his chair and rushed over to Darius. “My God! Is it really young Darius?!” The man said, touching Darius all over his body. Darius felt uncomfortable at first, but decided not to move the old man away from him. He could tell that the old man was having a moment as tears fell continuously from his eyes. After a few minutes, the old man was finally satisfied with touching Darius. He held Darius hands, showing no regards for his poor clothes and undesirable outfit. Although Darius didn’t know the old man, he felt really warm in his heart at that treatment. It was nice to see someone not judging him because of his outfit. The old man led him to a chair in the study before sitting down in another chair opposite his. Bruce followed them and stood behind the old man he called his master. “After 16 years we’ve finally found you, Darius Reid.” Darius didn’t understand what they meant. He was never missing, so why would they say that they had found him? The old man noticed the confusion in Darius face and sighed. “I know that you are very confused right now. You must have been very perplexed at the phone call you received from Bruce and our current behavior, so I’ll explain what really happened to you.” Darius nodded. He really needed an explanation for all these. The old man sighed again before speaking. “You see, 16 years ago, when you were just four years old, my son Tristan Reid and his wife Diana Reid was making a trip to the family villa in Eastgreen Estate with you. We all thought that it would be a very smooth trip, but that was not the case.” Darius could