Watch Dogs - The Patron

13. Visiting

(Tiffany's view)

I'm making up.
I don't know where Aiden will drive me to. But I'm a little excited for it.
Will he take me to a shopping mall? Or a cute coffee shop? Or... somewhere special for him?
It doesn't matter, I'm very happy to go everywhere with him.

Puting on my coat, I go to the living room and find he's already there.

"It takes too long?" I ask him.
"Oh, no. It's ok. Let's go!" He says and heads to the door.

The sun is shining, and the people on the street are all energetic.
Although it's a little cold, people still do their works passionately.

He gets a car (although I'm not sure where did the car come from) and drives me to the Parker Square.
"Where are we going?" I ask.
"First, I want to go to a flower shop to buy some flowers." He keeps saying. "We are going to visit a girl, Lena, who always plays an important part of my life." He says calmly.
Lena? Is she... He has a daughter?
"Oh, well... She lives here? With her mother?" I dare not ask about his family. It's impolite to ask other's family member or such kind of privacy.
"No, she... Her mother doesn't live with her. I'll tell you when we get there." He says.
"Ok." Why does my heart beat so fast?
Just wait, Tiffany. Relax.

(20 minutes later)

We arrive at a cemetery.
The yard is wide and clear.
The sunlight spreads on the green grass making the whole place very warm...

I stay silence and follow Aiden to a grave beside a lush tree.
There is a sheep doll laying on the grave.
Aiden crouches and puts the flowers on the grave.
I look at the words on the grave. It says:
Lena Pearce
Born: June 4 2006
Died: October 26 2012
At Age 6

........! Lena? Is she... dead?
"...... Lena is my niece. She died in an car accident a year ago. I come here to see her every weeks... to say sorry too. 'Cause I think it was me that made her died. I kill her." Aiden says with sorrow.
I don't know what to say to him.
I think comforting is not working.
"I bring you here is because I think she wants to know who-- who took good care of me as she usually did before. She made me smile, and let me know how simple happiness is." He says.

My heart almost breaks, and I feel so sorry for him because I can do nothing.

"You don't need to blame yourself, Lena doesn't want you to do that. She must want you to be strong, and keep protecting your family. She hopes her family happy. If you always stuck in the sorrow, she'll be very sad, too." I say to him and pat him on the shoulder.
He stays silence for a while.

"Ok, I will." He turns around to me and says.
We smile to each other.

"Thank you for empathizing me-- admiting such a dangerous man." He stands up and says.
"Hey, we're friends. Friends should support each other. Lena must be a good girl... There is always an uncle loves her a lot." I say.
"Yeah, sure... Hmm... I want to take you to visit my family, they'll be very happy to see you." He says.
"Ok... Wait, what!? Now? I didn't prepare to... Oh, I even forgot to buy something as a gift or...?" I am confused!!!
"Wow, hey... Relax. Just let me introduce you to them. You don't need to prepare gifts... Let's go!" He says and heads to the car.

(15 minutes later)

We arrive at a small town, it's another side of the city. People living here are not very rich, but they are really kind.
Aiden stops in front of a small villa.
The wood-block walls outside is white, but it looks dim without repainting.

"Wow, how a cute house! Do you live here too?" I ask him.
"No, I live in a motel nearby. Let's go. I want to check if they're home." He gets off the car and walks to the door.
I follow him and hide behind his back.
I'm so nervous!! I don't even know what to say...
"They're home. I see Jackson, my sister's son. Don't be afraid, come on." He says and knocks the door.

There is a boy answering the door.
He looks at Aiden, and then at me.
He stares at me for a while.
And then a woman comes to us and says " Hey, Jacks, is there anybody at the door?...... Oh! Aiden! Where have you been since that day? I've worried! And... Who is this girl?"
"Hello! My name is Tiffany. Nice to meet you." I say to her.
"She's the one I told you not long ago. She's my friend. Tiffany, this is my sister, Nicky." Aiden says.
"Oh, I get it! You're young and pretty! Come in and have a sit!" She says happliy and greets us in to the house.

And then I see the boy still looking at me. I need to say something...
"Hello! Are you Jackson?" I say with my hand waving.
But he takes his iPad and rushes to the room.
Did I do something wrong?

"It's ok, he's always afraid of strangers. I believe he'll like you! Don't worry." Nicky says to me.
Aiden and I sit down on the sofa.
Nicky brings two cups of tea to us.

"I'm so happy to meet you, Tiffany! And I want to know how did you know each other? 'Cause Aiden is the kind of... no good at associating with others." Nicky says giggly.
Aiden smiles and pushes Nicky slightly.
"Oh... It's a long story. That day I was walking around the campus and I saw him sitting on a bench. He didn't look good so I walked to him and concerned. And then... There were a lot of things happened. We became friends finally..." I found it's very complicating about me and Aiden's experiences...

Suddenly, Nicky says, "Are you two on a date?"
I'm speechless now and I feel my face getting red.
"Oh, emm... No! Of course not!" Aiden explains confusedly.
My face turns reder.
"OK! I'm just kidding~ Look at you, long time no see your mood swinging." Nicky says and giggles again.

"...... Excuse me. Can I go to the room to chat with Jackson?" I ask Nicky.
"Sure! No problem. But he is a little shy. He's in the room on the second floor, you'll see his name on the door. Go ahead!" she says.
"Thank you, I get it!" I reply to her.

I go upstairs and search.
Oh, that's embarrassed. I keep thinking the scene minutes ago.
I knock the door first and say, "Hello? It's me, Tiffany, May I come in?" I ask him.
He answers the door and lets me in.
He says nothing and goes to sit on the bed playing iPad.
I look around the room, there are some pictures on the wall.
I find he peeking at me sometimes.
He is shy but he wants to talk.

"Hey, what are you playing? Are you drawing?" I ask him.
He hands over his iPad to me, there are some words on it.
'Who are you?'
Oh! I forgot to introduce myself.
'I am Tiffany-- your uncle Aiden's friend. Are you Jackson?'
I write on the iPad, too. I think he doesn't want to talk, but he want to talk with iPad!

He hands to me again.
'You can call me Jacks. My family call me like that.'

'Ok! I get it. Hi, Jacks! How are you :)'

'Hi I'm find. Can we make friends?'

'Of course!! But first, let us have a punch( Just like "give me five". But it changes claps to fist)! Prove that we are the best friend! Ok?

Jacks extends his hand in agreement.
I'm reassured when I see him smiling.
"Ok then, let's go down and meet mom and uncle! Tell them what we talked and the relationship we get!"
I say to him.
He rushes out to the living room and smiles happily.