New Life

Understanding Part 14

 (Lin's POV)

I sat there looking at Mai as she talked to the man named Mr. Takato. I watched as he handed her a piece of paper with three addresses on it and a sequence of numbers at the bottom, one of the addresses I recognized as that of the Lau house next to my parents. I then watched as Mr. Takato labeled each set of keys before putting them in a suitcase along with the envelopes and the letters Mai had read the case had a combination lock on it. I then heard Mai ask, "Why are you putting it in a suitcase?"

In response to her question Mr. Takato said, "Every time an upper tier client starts a will or anything they are automatically given a security case so that the items they have withdrawn won't be stolen. I have given you the combination to the case at the bottom of the paper with the addresses. When you get home, please remove the contents. After everything has been removed you will discover a box under all of your items, put the case in the box and seal it and have it shipped back to us with your name on a piece of paper inside the box on top of the case. From then on you will only get this case if you decided to put anything in the account." Once everything was in the case he closed it and handed it to Mai, after he did that he stood up and guided both of us out of his office and towards the front entrance. While we were walking I noticed that people were staring openly at Mai as she walked by as I looked back at her I saw that she noticed it as well and she started to straighten up to give off the aura of a confident woman. Once we were outside, we started to head towards my car once we were inside my car I heard Mai release a sigh. I looked over at her and grabbed her hand and pulled towards my lips, placing a light kiss on her hand. I watched her for any reactions, and I got what I thought I would her face turned a dark red which tempted me so I leaned over to her seat and kissed her on the lips. When I pulled back her face had gotten even darker, yet her make up didn't look smudged at all. On the way back to my parents house we went by a courthouse and the embassy and retrieved documents so Mai could change her name.

We drove back to my parents house and pulled into their driveway, once I had turned off the car I turned to Mai and asked, "Do you want to go look at the Lau house?"

When I said this her eyes widened and she looked at me and said, "But we are already at your parents house why waste any more gas?"

"Mai the Lau house is right next door." I said as I pointed my thumb in the direction behind me. When I said this Mai's mouth dropped open and I spoke before she could say anything, "Also we could call my parents to come outside so we can all go over to check it out."

I watched as Mai sat there thinking, then finally she looked up at me and said, "Call your parents, lets go see the house."

I nodded my head as I pulled out my cell phone and called my mother and when she answered, I said, "Mother can both you and father come outside Mai wants both of you to come with us to check something out."

"Sure we will be out in just a few seconds see you then." Said my mother as she hung up the phone. A few seconds later, both of my parents walked out of the house, this drawled Mai and myself out of the car. Once we were out of the car my mother asked me, "What is it you want us to come check out?"

I looked at mother and said, "The Lau house." When my mother understood what I was saying her eyes widened in shock.

"Sure we will come with you." Said my mother as she grabbed my father's arm. That was when I noticed that my father was slightly shocked at hearing that name. Then all of us started to head over to the house, Mai had already gotten the keys out of the case when we were in the car. Once we were at the house door Mai inserted the key unlocking it and then flicked a switch and the lights came on. Only to reveal a stunning house which made all of us gasp at it, the house was well kept not a single piece of dust could be seen. It looked as if it was still in use, as we were looking into the living room a young woman came around the corner and gasped.