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"You're what!" Theo couldn't control his amazement. It came out louder than he expected.
"I'm his son. He is my father. He worked with your father. The same guy." Jackson monotonously said.
"Told you we're so much alike." Jackson smirked.
"So you're not Jackson Queen. You're Gilbert?" Theo asked again in raspy voice.
"I indeed am. But I chose not to reveal that to your mother. You're welcome." Jackson faked a smile widely.
"You're not Arthur. I mean legally now you are. But it should be Olsen isn't it?" Jackson backfired.
"Yea but it isn't." Theo affirmed.
"I anyway made a guess, your mother did her best job to protect you. It's nice way." Jackson added.
"She is Arthur, before her marriage. She never changed her last name because of her own identity and business purposes. So it nothing fake here. Alright." Theo explained himself.
"I got that." Jackson blankly replied.
"You know who the Vulture is?" Jackson asked afterwards. Bearing more than serious face.
"Yea I figured that out." Theo involved himself more in this conversation.
"Good, if you care about your family, keep that to yourself only." As Jackson said that Theo stole a glance from Erick.
"Of course he knows that. But if this information take a face of wildfire. I can't save you then." Jackson warned them.
"What do you mean you can't save me? When did you save me at all?" Theo asked bluntly emphasizing 'you' in his line.
Jackson giggled by any reason. And then continued, "It was me on their side did all the hacking in your phone. Copied the data." As he winked at Erick. "And I know you're son of Davis Olsen. But I hide this information from them. For your good and somehow mine too."
"I indeed placed a tracker because they wanted it. But I chose the cheap one that anyone can remove it easily. There, I saved you. By keeping your life changing information confidential. And loose their track on you too. So again you're welcome." Jackson blinked several times in amusement. But it was turning into rather earnest convo of all.
"If you're his son. His prodigal son. Why you tried to help me in the first place?" Theo asked politely this time.
"Ah, first good question from you." Jackson mocked. "Yea, because he is an asshole."
"Woah, that's it. That's all made you help your sort of enemy?" Erick said after absorbing it all.
"I have my own reasons. He made me like this. He only use me for his advantage. If I wasn't good in technology and other things. He might have abandoned me too." Jackson resonate his pain through his words, yet he kept himself subtle enough.
"Too?" Erick babbled.
"Yea, well." Jackson stopped. For the first time he stumbled a litt
"It's fine. Tell me about the deal first." Theo understood it somehow and asked him another important scenario.
"So yea, I found out that you had the same rage in you to find out who killed your father?" Jackson started, "yea I read those reports."
"I feel in my guts, it have to be my dad's job. I think you feel that too. Aren't you Theo?" Jackson murmured softly.
Theo huffed looking down at his fingers then sighed, "Yea, I do feel that too."
"You think there could be any other phase, of this situation here, any different side we're not seeing?" Erick asked then.
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Seeking SOMNUS
Short Story"As I lost everyone, I didn't want to go through this, I've learned in this thick and thin that no matter what I go through I will have to put myself first, not because it's what I solemnly want but it is what I need in my rest of my journey." _____...
