WEGATH ( VegasPete )

Dinner

Vegas was leaning on his balcony railing with a glass of whisky in his hand, it was his day off from work. He wanted to smoke to clear out his mind but since the arrival of Xixi Vegas has stopped smoking in the apartment. Vegas has never been happier in the last two years, with the baby, he has found a sense of stability after long, someone that can anchor him to this home other than memories with Pete. 

Pete's case has been bugging Vegas for days now, he is constantly tracking the movements of PAX now, and the cartel has become more active as days pass, He wanted to go all the way to Laos and investigate further. "After Xixi has settled and stabilized. " Vegas thought, Xi'an was still adjusting to her new environment and was still visiting the child psychiatrist once a week for her sessions. She can stay alone with other members of the family but is still most comfortable with Vegas and leaving her for days will only trigger her to think she is being abandoned again.

"Wegath" it was Xixi calling Vegas, she was sitting at her little desk scribbling on a blank paper.

Vegas put the glass on the balcony table and slid the balcony door with a smile "Yes baby girl." 

Xixi stood up holding the paper and walked towards Vegas on her wobbly legs, extending the scribbled paper towards Vegas. "Oh, this is .... beautiful. did little Xixi made this?" Vegas knelt down to Xixi's level and ruffled her hair to which she responded with a bright dimply smile.

"Vegath , love, how many times have I told you, you need to be experimenting and improving with your compliments, what's with the plain boring you are looking great Pete, let me hear something new. that will make my heart flutter."

"Don't pout, it's your dimples and pouts that make me speechless and these outfits don't fascinate me it's your thin waist and milky skin, your smell mmmm.... are you not satisfied with my experiments in bed, I think you love those more than few words of compliment "

"Pervert, take your hands out of my shirt we need to go, you are messing up my dress, Vegath, its tingling.... ah... Vegath stop ... ah.....ha ha haha....ha ha "

"Why, lets carry on with our experiments, we don't need to go to P'Khunn's stupid ........"

"WEGATH" 

Xixi called Vegas with her eyes wide open in question. 

Recently there are moments when Vegas will get lost when Xixi smiles, He was daydreaming again. "Sorry, let's see what our cute Xixi has made, lots of circle, hmm, lots of colors, beautiful just like our little artist" Xixi was still giving her best smile.

"Buttercup let's go uncles must be waiting or us" Macau entered Vegas' room as they were supposed to go to Tankhunn's once a month family dinner. it was Tankhunn's way of keeping the family together. After his father's death Tankhunn wanted to do something meaningful as the eldest of the family, with Mile taking over as head of the family business, Tankhunn decided he will host a family dinner once every month and each member has to attend no matter what.

"Bro you are not ready yet"

"Do we really need to go?"

"You ask that question every single time and...." Macau saw the whisky glass laying on top of the table and that made him stop talking, he was always worried for his brother.

"Xixi go with your uncle and wait for me in the car I'll be right there" Vegas replied before Macau can ask or say anything, he hated making Macau worried which he knows he anyway always make is brother worried for him and he always blamed himself for it and more he hated to talk about his worries.

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In LAOS 

"We need to shift to some other stall, we've been sitting here for forty minutes already."

"Wait let me have another octopus, this uncle has magic in his hands."

"That's why you can't run fast, just order it already."

Two of Vegas' informant who have been following footprints of PAX have been sitting in a roadside PlaPao stall opposite to a rundown club trying to get mixed with the crowd. They've got intel that there was supposed to be some dealing today in the club.

"Hey hey, someone's coming out."

Two men came out of the club, after having a small talk one of them left and another lit a cigarette leaning on the wall.

"He is the one with PAX, he is leaving let's follow him."

"Yeah, let's move."

"Wait wait ...... wait wait wait"

"What"

"The one smoking. He looks like..... I should call Khun Vegas."

"Are you sure it's him?"

"See, here, the picture Khun Vegas sent."

"Shia it's really him, fast call Khun Vegas."

"He is not picking up, what should we do now? catch him?"

"Do you want to expose yourself? just take photos."

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"Xixi did you like your first family dinner? I had asked the chefs to prepare all the dishes kids like" Tankhunn asked Xixi who was sitting on his lap.

"Phi, she is only one and only eats light foods what were you even thinking, she can't eat burgers and pizzas" Macau asked Tankhunn.

"Don't even ask, at least Kinn stopped Phi Khunn otherwise he was planning to call some French chef to prepare a seven-course meal for kids" Porsche replied. 

"What goes inside his head?" Vegas asked Kim who was sitting beside him on the couch.

"Xixi baby see your papa he doesn't care about you" Tankhunn spoke pointing Xixi towards Vegas

"Wegath" Xixi got down from Tankhunn's lap and spoke looking towards Tankhunn in a bold voice.

"What? what happened?" Tankhunn asked Xixi

"Wegath" 

"Yes, Wegath, your papa"

"No, Papa, No" Xixi spoke looking straight into Tankhunn's eyes "No Papa" she pointed towards Vegas "Wegath"

"Yes, I'm Wegath, Uncle khunn doesn't know anything, come here Xixi, you should stay away from that uncle he is a bad influence" Vegas gestured Xixi to come to him spreading his arms and Xixi ran towards him wrapping her hands around Vegas' neck, 

There was an awkward silence other than from Macau and Chey who were giggling over Tankhunn's antiques. Everyone thought it was natural for Xixi to address Vegas as papa, but Xixi's strong refusal was shocking. Vegas never taught or asked Xixi to call him papa neither Macau ever mentioned it. They didn't want to put any kind of pressure on the little girl from them, also Wegath sounded cute coming from Xixi .

"Wow, she is scary, just like Pete" Porche whispered to Kinn.

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I know everyone is wondering and waiting for Pete, In the next chapter there definitely will be more of Pete weather from present or from the past. 

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