MAFIA BOY and MASK MAN: Live to Love

CHAPTER #14

Mr. Crane came home and saw the twins with their sister. "Take your masks off in the house!"

The twins obeyed, only to keep the peace for their sister.

"You've taken your sweet time to come home." Mr. Crane scolded his daughter.

"A nice to see you dear or I'm glad you're back, would've been nice Dad." Li Na said dismissively.

"Sit down all of you." Mr. Crane waited for them to do so. "Your mother and I are getting a divorce.  I'll be marring my mistress and living with her. You three have met her in the past. Your mother has her own apartment closer to her office. You can live with her or remain here.  I'll leave it up to you to discuss that with her."

Lu He was shaken to his core and extremely upset.  He got up from the table and bolted upstairs, slamming his bedroom door.  Li Na and Qihe remained seated.

Li Na looked at Qihe. "You already knew."

"There's more... are you going to tell her the bigger secret, or should I?" Qihe asked his father coldly.

Mr. Crane sighed, "do it.  I'll see myself out."

"Coward!" Qihe shouted angrily.

Mr. Crane sprang forward and slapped him across the face, so hard it made Qihe's lip bleed.  Li Na was shocked and jumped up, "Dad! STOP!  He's not one of your men, he's your son!"

Lu He ran back down the stairs, hearing his sister screaming at their father. "What happened?"

"Dad just hit Qihe!"

Looking from his father to his brother, Lu He saw the bloody lip. "Dad?"

Mr. Crane took Qihe's shirt into a fist and brought his face inches from his son's. "I told you last time to watch your mouth!  No one talks to me like that, not even my children.  Understood?!"

"DAD let him go!  What the hell?!" Li Na grabbed her father's arm. "What's wrong with you, he's a kid!"

Mr. Crane moved his face to Qihe's ear and whispered his threat. "Being called Mafia Boy, doesn't mean you are actually qualified to be in my organization. You can be replaced." Mr. Crane then let him go, shook off his daughter and left, slamming the front door closed.

"Qihe... are you okay?" Lu He asked in a shaky voice, as Li Na helped him into a chair.

"I'm fine. You two sit down and I'll tell you what he doesn't have the balls to say himself."

Both of his siblings sat down, worry all over their faces.  That look turned to complete surprise, when he spilled the truth he'd been carrying for weeks.

"Dad has a son with his mistress.  Xiang Shao is two years younger than Lu He and I.  He's a nice kid, decent grades and great at basketball.  He's scared of father. They live on the other side of town.  Xiang Shao was being badly bullied and beaten up, but Dad was doing nothing to help him.  I solved that problem myself.  You two have never seen the way Dad truly is, until just now. That's who he really is... a low life thug with no honour."

Li Na got up and hugged Qihe. "I'm sorry you've been through so much bullshit while I've been away.  Do you think Mom knows?"

"She already knew about the Mistress, so I wouldn't be surprised.  Maybe that's why she's never here when he is." Qihe turned to Lu He. "I didn't tell you, because he should've and I didn't want to lie to you."

Lu He was shaken, his calm life shattered. Then he met his twin's eyes, "is that why you've been so angry all the time?  Is it why you stopped talking to me... about everything?"