The Traps of the Black Swan (Book 2)

340

Hearing the lively voice halt at the question, Lisa and Ruby Jane looked at each other. They didn't know what to consider for the silence. Ruby Jane might be pulling down Seungri, she was also helping the Harmons hence the couple felt they had the right to know about the truth. They didn't want to be in trouble due to Harmons. They didn't want to have another battle due to helping them. They had their own life to live instead of attacking and protecting themselves daily.

However, the couple stayed quiet, giving silence as a pressure on the old man. The latter took time, he loudly breathed out the held breath with a long sigh. "How did you guys know?" Then he self mockingly chuckled, "I couldn't keep it a secret."

Ruby Jane and Lisa looked at each other hearing the old man's words. That meant one of the Harmon is adopted and Elder Harmon was hiding it from everyone.

Lisa chose to lighten the burden from the old man, "Seungri gave out the clue.." It wasn't something they uncovered. They couldn't have gotten to know either so Elder Harmon had well hidden it.

Then Elder Harmon's regretful voice sounded over the call, briefing everything the couple might want to know. "My second son and his wife were facing difficulties conceiving for many years, so my first son and his wife delayed having their second child so that they don't get emotionally hurt. Hence my wife suggested adopting... Seungri was probably six then, Dylan was 2 years. We thought he was just a kid, probably he knew from the beginning."

Ruby Jane and Lisa looked at each other. For the whole six years, Seungri had undivided attention and love of all six members of the family. As soon as the two-year-old came out of nowhere and everyone focused on him, Seungri would naturally get jealous.

The question is how did it grow so huge?

Elder Harmon's voice continued after he drank some water, "Seungri always troubled, hit Dylan. We always scolded Seungri because he was in the wrong. After a few years, he had left Dylan in the market and came home. When we asked, he had told us, 'I left Dylan where he came from.' He was a smart kid, he knew Dylan wasn't born like Aeon or Sean."

Elder Harmon deeply sighed recalling the past. He hadn't thought of it before. Now he got the idea why Seungri turned so obedient in their eyes but evil by heart, "In anger, my first son said Seungri was the one who we brought from out and Dylan wasn't. From that day on Seungri behaved but..." He deeply sighed.

Ruby Jane gently slapped her forehead after knowing how a moment of anger made Seungri into a monster. Who should they blame? The old man or the dead? Or the choices Seungri made. Scolding the old man or dead parents won't change anything.

"I am sorry for bringing the past, Elder Harmon. Do you perhaps have any idea if Dylan is aware of these?" Ruby Jane questioned. There was no mirth but a plain voice.

She was thinking how small things could grow huge due to the parents. She hoped she and Lisa would be calm-headed and take care of their future babies well.

"I am not sure, Ruby Jane." Elder Harmon responded. That was the reason he always asked Ruby Jane to beware of Dylan Harmon. They loved Dylan like their own child but when he became one with Seungri, he had no choice but to choose Aeon.

The call ended soon. Lisa turned to Ruby Jane who was puffing her cheeks in and out while in deep thought. "Couldn't you free your brain for a moment?"

Ruby Jane turned to him. She had stopped thinking of Harmon by the end of the call. At first thought she wanted to counter Dylan tonight, then she thought to meet him later.

"I was thinking, what if I face complications for pregnancy? I had been through many operations, medicines, and whatnot. And... We should be good parents if not best. Our babies shouldn't feel ignored or jealous of their siblings or cousins." She let him know what was on her mind.