Nathan did not expect her to react badly to his questions. He also didn’t understand why Yanis had said that. “Doesn’t she trust me anymore? Is she suspicious of everything I say?” thought Nathan.
In an attempt to lighten the mood and reassure Yanis, he flashed her a smile. However, it went wrong, very wrong, because the smile made the scar on his face even more noticeable and horrible. That scared Yanis.
Scared Yanis said in a trembling voice, -You…. What do you want?
Nathan was taken aback by her fear. Suddenly something occurred to him: the scar on his face. After touching the scar, he changed his smile to his usual serious smile. Then he asked Yanis, -Did my current face frighten you?
Without any response from her, he became a little sad as he felt sorry for scaring him. He knew that the scar on her face was a bit terrible, especially when she smiled. He had always been conscious of keeping others from seeing the scar, but this day he had forgotten about it.
Seeing that he was a bit depressed, Yanis also caught that melancholy. Then, she began to blame herself for what had happened.
She didn’t want to hurt this man’s self-respect, so she tried to comfort him, saying, -No, you didn’t scare me. It was all a misunderstanding.
After thinking for a while, Yanis added, -Your questions made me alert. Your reaction worried me that you would impede my trip with Jack. Please don’t take this the wrong way.
Nathan raised his head again, which gave Yanis a glimpse of his scar. Honestly, it was terrifying. “The previous wound must be very painful,” she thought.
Nathan answered, “Don’t worry. Actually, I haven’t heard from Kennedy for a long time, and I need to see him, so I came here to travel with you.
Yanis breathed a sigh of relief, at last the alarms were cancelled. She couldn’t help but groan, “Whew, why didn’t you tell me directly before? That weird atmosphere almost killed me. I thought it would prevent me from traveling.
Nathan understood that it would be better if he spoke to her without hesitation next time. At that moment, Yanis picked up the ID card on the table and asked him, “Do you want me to help you book one more ticket for yourself?
-Exactly! One ticket for the same flight you are taking, please. Then I will pay you double the price, Nathan answered.
In this way the two of them came to an agreement, and to facilitate future communication, they both saved the contact information in their cell phones. When Yanis got the ticket, he would send him a message with more details. As for the ID card, he would return it to him when they met at the airport.
Nathan was satisfied and the two said goodbye. As he was leaving, Yanis looked at his back and wanted to apologize again for the previous misunderstanding. Considering that this might remind him of the scar, and that he would feel bad again, he gave up.
In the following days, Yanis kept his promise to help Nathan book the flight and send him all the information.
*
In the blink of an eye, the day had arrived to start the trip abroad. Yanis had selected a flight that would leave in the early hours of the morning so that Zain would not discover anything or fail to carry out his plan.
She and Jack took a cab to the airport after having prepared their luggage well. The funny thing was that they both looked like weirdos at the airport, as they were overdressed: coat, hats, sunglasses and scarves…. With all that, they got quite an overdone look.
Yanis asked Jack to look for Nathan in the waiting room, but was refused by the latter, with the excuse of not being able to move so loaded. Jack complained a lot about it, saying, -You put too many clothes on me. I am so loaded that I am almost falling down from exhaustion.
Yanis said to him quite rightly, -It’s very cold abroad. If you don’t wrap up warm, you’ll get sick! Then your mother will hang up on me. Oops! Just thinking about it gives me goose bumps.
This explanation seemed to Jack to be total nonsense. He couldn’t help but reply, “Why don’t we just put the clothes in the suitcase and take them out to wear when we get off the plane? Really, a look like that is humiliating me quite a bit. I feel so sorry for not being able to give you a gift of my intelligence. May you be less of a fool someday!
Yanis became furious, and shouted, -Shut up! If you say one more word, I’m leaving without you, and you’ll be left alone here.
-I don’t care. I can go to Uncle Nathan. I’m sure he’ll help me with that when I get here,” Jack replied just like that, then gave a snort.
-Come on, you can do it! How about if I pick you a seat far away from your dear Uncle Nathan,” Yanis said with a wicked grin.
-What a wicked grin! Erm… Then I can only ask my uncle Zain for help. I hope you don’t mind if he tells him something about you,” said Jack with a threatening tone.
Hearing Zain’s name, Yanis changed her attitude drastically and became fawning to Jack. She squatted down immediately, and begged him, -The best boy in the world, don’t be like that. I’m so sorry for what I said, I will never leave you alone. I assure you I will take you to see your mommy.
Seeing that Jack was still angry, Yanis added, -Don’t look like that…. We’ll attract everyone’s attention if we keep fighting. Don’t forget that our trip is a secret.
Jack didn’t want to listen to him, as he thought, “Help! I’m sick of traveling with a fool like that. No one goes on a secret trip dressed like that. Is the fight conspicuous? Well… much less than the way you dress me. If there were my uncle’s men at the airport, they’d have no trouble finding us…”
Suddenly, Jack’s eyes lit up. Then his exclamation that he had seen Nathan could be heard. Yanis stood up suddenly and looked around, but could not see anything. So she asked Jack, “Where? Where? Why don’t I see a trace of him?
He raised his head to look at her, then sneered, -Why don’t you take off your hat first?
Indeed, Yanis’s hat was so pressed down that it was blocking his view. But she didn’t realize it until Jack asked her like this. It was true that she had been overly cautious on this trip.
After taking off her hat, she immediately saw Nathan, who was not far away and was walking over there.
At the sight of such a clumsy Yanis, Jack said to himself worriedly, “If Yanis were to marry Uncle Zain, would her children inherit her clumsiness? No, no, no! It is better not to think about it.
It did not take Nathan a minute to meet them and he was surprised to see that they were dressed like penguins. He asked them, “Do you really feel so cold?
Nathan’s question made Yanis feel a little embarrassed, but she would not acknowledge her stupidity in any way. Therefore he nodded very firmly and shook his head vigorously. Then, he asked her, -Don’t you feel cold?