Chapter 288 - Business Meeting

{"messages":[{"id":834261292,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Lala."},{"id":834261293,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I opened up the door to find my Father at it early in the morning."},{"id":834261294,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"..."},{"id":834261295,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Daniel Gallow’s yearly meeting is tonight."},{"id":834261296,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"..."},{"id":834261297,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Is that so..."},{"id":834261298,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"And he’s requested that you attend, since you are the advisor to its future head."},{"id":834261299,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"The excuse that he’s using is that he wants to see whether or not the gang will be left in capable hands, but we both know that it’s a ploy to... well, anyway, your mother told me that it should be up to you whether or not you should go."},{"id":834261300,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"To see the man who broke Walt and I up..."},{"id":834261301,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"He is probably seeking to see a broken hearted, naive girl who gave her heart away and never got it back."},{"id":834261302,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I won’t let him think of me like that."},{"id":834261303,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I’ll attend."},{"id":834261304,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Lala..."},{"id":834261305,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I’ll attend."},{"id":834261306,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I’ll show him that I’m not one to cower away from a fight."},{"id":834261307,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Also, your uncle Clay will be in attendance."},{"id":834261308,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Uncle Clay?"},{"id":834261309,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"My favourite uncle, Clayton Lucas, is a traveller."},{"id":834261310,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"He roams around the world, coming back home only on very special occasions."},{"id":834261311,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Really?"},{"id":834261312,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Yes. He said that he wanted to take his favourite little niece out for some cake."},{"id":834261313,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I blushed."},{"id":834261314,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Can someone tell him that I’m not 5 anymore?"},{"id":834261315,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Don’t you like cake?"},{"id":834261316,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"..."},{"id":834261317,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I love cake."},{"id":834261318,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Well then, he’s coming in this afternoon."},{"id":834261319,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"That soon?"},{"id":834261320,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"He didn’t exactly give me a notice either."},{"id":834261321,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Well then, can I go pick him up?"},{"id":834261322,"character_id":11077817,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I was going to send someone... but sure."},{"id":834261323,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Uncle Clay... he’s had to deal with broken hearts all the time!"},{"id":834261324,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I’ll perhaps get some advice from him!"},{"id":834261325,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"And so, in the afternoon, I took my car to pick him up at the airport."},{"id":834261326,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I was so excited to see him. He always brought back some exotic gift for me. Last year, it was a parrot who died of a heart attack only 5 months later."},{"id":834261327,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"A tragedy, but the poor parrot is safe somewhere in the afterlife."},{"id":834261328,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I waited and waited, and suddenly, a pair of hands covered my eyes."},{"id":834261329,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Guess who?"},{"id":834261330,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Um... let me see... a pervert?"},{"id":834261331,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Laryssa Lucas!"},{"id":834261332,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"I then turned around and threw my arms around him, hugging him tightly."},{"id":834261333,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Uncle Clay! You don’t know how happy I am to see you!"},{"id":834261334,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"H-Hey, my back hurts, remember?"},{"id":834261335,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Y-Yeah, sorry..."},{"id":834261336,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Well, I wasn’t expecting my favourite niece to pick me up but it seems like the journey was worth it after all."},{"id":834261337,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"So, do you want to get some cake?"},{"id":834261338,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Um, yeah, but I can’t stay out for long. I have to... deal with someone at ten o’clock tonight."},{"id":834261339,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"And so, I told him everything on the way back towards the city."},{"id":834261340,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Even the part where Walt broke my heart."},{"id":834261341,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"That baxtard! Sorry, excuse my language, Lala."},{"id":834261342,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I’m not 5 anymore! You can swear around me."},{"id":834261343,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Anyway, this man that you’re meeting tonight, he’s an asxhole. Sorry, my mouth needs to be washed out..."},{"id":834261344,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Yes, he is an asxhole."},{"id":834261345,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Well, you need to dress to impress."},{"id":834261346,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Dress sexy, but not too clandestine. Dress powerful, but not like a battery, -"},{"id":834261347,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I-I get it..."},{"id":834261348,"character_id":17045769,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"So, could you help me pick out an outfit at my studio?"},{"id":834261349,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"He grinned."},{"id":834261350,"character_id":11114972,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I’d like nothing more."},{"id":834261351,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"-End of Chapter 288-"},{"id":834261352,"character_id":11078108,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Thank you for reading my book! 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