Chapter 94 - Parents Truly Care
Soon FaMo secretly sneaked out of Zhen-Zhen's room without letting Tristan and his visitors know. Since Zhen-Zhen was not allowed to open her door, FaMo transformed into a small fire ball first to get out of the room without making any sound and getting notice from everyone outside.
When he found the perfect opportunity, he transformed back to his cat form as he proceeded to the living room to take a peek of Tristan's visitor. FaMo didn't expect that by doing that he would end up listening to their whole conversations.
"By the way, Dad… Mom… why did you come here? Are you really worried about me or did you just come here to scold me and nag at me. Please… if you will just do that, then I will not be hospitable enough to entertain you." Tristan immediately warned them.
Isabelle took a deep sigh while giving Tristan a concerned look. "Don't get a wrong idea, son. We are truly worried about you. I heard about what happened in the company this morning. That's why we came here to check on you."
"You are still stubborn and hard-headed. We are not here to judge nor reprimand you. We just want to hear your side of the story." Luke said, observing Tristan's reaction.
"Alright. I will talk." Tristan said. He wanted to finish this talk as soon as possible. He was getting tired of talking about this issue over and over again.
Isabelle and Luke were now all ears on Tristan, waiting for him to speak up.
"First of all, don't worry about me, Mom. Me taking a leave from the company for a while is my choice. I want this issue to go down first before I resume my work in the company. Grandpa already approved it." Tristan told them.
"Okay. We understand." Isabelle felt relieved now. She thought her son was forced by the other directors to take a leave because of the scandal video but it turned out it was Tristan's decision.
"Second, I am sorry if my embarrassing video ruined the reputation of mine and the Davis Family. I could understand if you feel ashamed of me now."
"Son, who am I to judge you and talk about reputation? I don't care about them. After all, I also had a bad reputation in the past. Mine is worse than yours." Luke chuckled at that thought.
"Well, like father like son, indeed." Isabelle couldn't help but comment.
Luke and Tristan erupted into a peal of laughter because of Isabelle's remarks. But when Tristan was about to say his next words, his expression became serious
"Mom and Dad, about the issue of the seduction attempt that happened to Andrew… I want to say that it was just a big misunderstanding. I admit... it was all my fault in the first place. So please, don't blame or judge Lillie."
Luke and Isabelle exchanged meaningful glances when they heard that. They knew that Tristan was referring to the woman who tried to seduce Andrew. Now they learned that her name was Lillie.
They just nodded at him, urging him to continue.
"Yes, I am in love with Hannah. But I kept it a secret for a long time. I regretted my action that night. I should have controlled my alcohol in-take. Now, that one night resulted in this mess. I was drunk and I made a stupid request to her. And I'm so dumb and stupid to forget it. I have no real intention of breaking them apart. Believe me."
This time Tristan was able to explain his side in a very calm manner. He was glad that unlike others, his parents were not quick to judge and they were willing to listen first.
Isabelle patted Tristan's shoulder while saying, "I believe you, son."
"Yeah, me too. My son is a Playboy but not a bad person who would try to scheme against his brother." Luke stated with certainty.
Then after a while, Isabelle caught a glimpse of a dark fluffy creature at the rear side of the sofa. It was FaMo who was silently listening to their conversation.
Isabelle's attention was immediately diverted to the black chubby fluffy cat. She stood up to approach the cat. She couldn't resist FaMo's cuteness. Besides, she was a pet lover.
'Oops… she saw me. I have to leave now.' FaMo thought to himself. However before he could take one step, Isabelle's hand already caught him.
"Oh moh! Is this your pet Tristan? Oh, very cute and adorable. I love this cat already." Isabelle was cuddling and squeezing FaMo in her arms.
"When did you start taking care of this cat? I thought you don't like pets because of what happened to Hannah?" She asked him, feeling intrigued.
Before Tristan could respond to his mother's questions, Luke interrupted as he remembered something.
" Wait… don't tell me this is the cat Mrs. Miller was talking about who caused Hannah's allergy to act up?"
"Oh, that means... This cat is Lillie's pet. Is Lillie here, son?" Isabelle asked while roaming her eyes around his place, searching for Lillie.
Tristan was tongue-tied as of this moment. He told Zhen-Zhen to hide but he forgot about FaMo. Now, his parents saw FaMo and they remembered that this was Lillie's pet. Furthermore, his mother was asking him if Lillie was there in his Condo Unit as of now.
What answer should he give his mother? Should he make an alibi or tell them the truth that Lillie was with him? Was he ready to introduce Zhe-Zhen to his parents?
Tristan was still contemplating what to do when suddenly they heard the ringing sound of the doorbell.
*Ding Dong!* *Ding Dong!*
The three of them averted their gaze to the main door, including FaMo.
'Eh? Another visitor? Who could that person be this time?' FaMo wondered to himself as he was struggling to escape from Isabelle's grasp. Unfortunately, Isabelle didn't have any plan to let go of FaMo yet.
"You have another visitor, son. Go and open the door." Luke said to Tristan.
'Whoah, I was saved by the doorbell.' Tristan mumbled inwardly as he went to open the door.
He didn't bother to check the peephole this time so he was utterly shocked to see the two people outside upon opening the door. The two visitors were Andrew and Hannah.