Fireworks

Back home

The funeral for Seleste's parents took place the following week. Len was there to show his respect and condolences to Seleste and her family.

"Thank you so much for coming Len"

Seleste hugged Len hard and cried a little bit.

"Of course I would be here for you. You're my friend. Have you heard from Arthur yet?"

She shakes her head,

"No, not yet. He said that he has something to do and that it might take him a while to respond back to me. It's been a few days sinc-"

A commotion erupts from the driveway of the funeral home. Murmurs slowly spread amongst the guests.

Len and Seleste walk towards the commotion and sees some of the guests pointing towards the horizon.

"What's going on?"

Seleste was very confused at what they're pointing at.

*Bzz* *Bzzzz*

"Hello? Aru?"

"Sese! Look towards the north"

"The north! Why yes..... Which way is that?"

A red streak of smoke with a red light leading it could be seen towards the direction in which people were pointing.

"This way" Arthur chuckles

A single engine aircraft was heading towards their location, and was descending towards the ground. Patrol cars were redirecting traffic to make room for his landing. Many other civilians have walked outside to view the aircraft making its landing and some have even started to cheer for the pilot.

"Aru? Are you flying a plane?!"

Arthur chuckled again and made his way towards the cleared street, eventually landing it safely on the road.

Zipping towards him, Seleste sprinted to her man. Before Arthur could even open the cockpit. Seleste, with tears in her eyes, has already started climbing up the aircraft like a monkey.

As Arthur opens the cockpit, Seleste gives him a huge kiss all over his face. Laughing and crying throughout.

"Hahaha, did you miss me?"

His girlfriend continues kissing him like a mad woman. Arthur carries her like a princess and the Both of them climb down from the aircraft. Len finally catches up with the quick girl and smiles at his cousin.

"Thor Kim!! You!? What?! How?!"

Len couldn't form a coherent sentence, but Arthur gets the jist of what Len wanted to ask.

"Hi cousin, Sese,......."

The two look at him with very excited, longing, teary eyes.

"I'm finally home"

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Arthur expressed his condolences to Seleste and her family and helped them finish the funeral.

The next day, all three of them met up at Jinyoung's house to discuss more about Arthur's spectacular appearance.

"The UK government refused any airport to leave the country. Under strict rules and laws, all airports were forced to close down. I felt hopeless, there was nothing that I could do. That wasn't until I met this man that runs a private airport. They have been running in secret. I told them about my situation and they taught me how to fly an airplane. They helped me fly from Europe to Iceland and Greenland. We went our separate ways once I landed in Canada. That's when I ended up here"

Seleste has been staring with admiration at Arthur throughout his story, she just couldn't't keep her eyes off of him. Len was  completely sucked into his story.

"Then who planned to move the cars out of the streets for you?"

From the back, Arthur's father walks up and adds to the conversation.

"I did it, I pulled a few strings and managed to get the police force to help us out"

There was a moment of silence that was filled with smiles and happiness.

"So Len," Arthur's demeanor became serious, "my Dad told me about a boot"

The room went quiet again, but with a different vibe in the air this time. Looking down at the floor, Len explained to Arthur about the boot.

"Have you tried to hand it over to forensic experts? Perhaps they could get something from the boot."

"We did, but they said that the boot has been soaking in the muddy water for too long. There wasn't much to get from it beside the size of the boot"

They all sat at the dining room table contemplating about what to do next.

"Can you take me to your parents place? I just want to see if I could find something."

Len agrees and they all head out to search for more clues. Upon arrival Arthur already saw something odd.

"Len, isn't your Dad a car mechanic? Does he do his own oil change here at home"

"No, he usually does it at his car shop?"

Arthur's eyes furrowed down and he stared tentatively at the driveway.

"Then how come there's oil stains here?"

Arthur's father interjects

"Son, this could be from one of their cars. Who knows where this stain could have came from"

"Well even so, we should check to see if it matches the oil Len's parents uses"

Arthur grabs a piece of paper towel and extracts some of the oil off the pavement into the towel.

"It might now be much, but you know what they say, it only takes one piece of evidence to break a case right open"