GAIA SERIES: THE VESSEL (Hiatus)

WONDERING THE LEGEND

"Mr. Julius.."

In the big and wide office room belongs to the next owner of BILANE ENTERPRISE, a sweet voice echo. This voice belongs to his senior secretary; Millie. The senior secretary already served the owner before Mr. Julius Bilane. Now this woman serves the young generation.

"Yes, Ms. Millie."

The young man mid 30 answers the call without looking his secretary. This young and handsome man looking busy with all documents in front of him.

"All the experts that we sending invitations already sent their replies."

"How many gonna come?"

Julius looks up from his document and watches his secretary with more focused now.

"More than 90% gonna come."

Rubbing his chin, Julius grinning wickedly.

"I bet they all wondering the reason we want to invite them."

Millie shrugs her shoulder and said; "Maybe."

"There are no leaks from our side, right?!"

"No, Sir."

"Good, prepare all with caution."

"Yes."

"Okay, you can go."

After his secretary gets out from his office, Julius turns his chair so he facing a big glass window. Julius's office on the top floor, so his office view is the best one. He can see the ocean and other buildings. Julius likes to see the view to think complicated stuff.

Finally, he can start his plans. The plan he made since he got the old diary at his grandparents' attic.

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Frans took his adopted children to a famous music store. The children drop their jaw when they arrive at the storefront door. They afraid to get inside the store, Frans needs to push their back to get inside. They follow and hide behind him, make him chuckle.

When he goes and buying the grand piano, they shriek and shake their head. Smiling, Frans still buys it and pay with cash. Because the store owner was his colleague Frans get a big discount. The piano will be delivered today, so he took the children back. Inside the car, the children started talking together make him dizzy.

"Hey, one by one, ok?"

The children stopped talking and take a deep breath, then they started nudging each other until one of them started the conversation with him.

"Where we gonna put the piano? It's huge!" Hasan looks confused.

"Where? We gonna put it in my place, of course, so Alan can practice freely there."

"Really?!" Alan looks startled. This boy never thought Frans gonna buying piano, a new one just for him to practice. No one ever does that for him.

"Why you buy that for Alan?" Alan younger sister asks Frans with a questioning stare.

"Why not?! Alan after all my adopted child just like you all. I must be pampering you all while I can, right?" Frans gives the children his rare smiling face.

"No one has ever done that for us," said Alan.

"Well, now you do."

Frans patting Alan's head, make him smile. All the children hugging him from behind one by one.

"Thank you.." Alan whispers slowly to him.

Frans just smiles solemnly hearing that. He continues driving his car carefully because inside the car there's not just him, he also loaded with treasures. The living ones.

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