It turned out that Allyce’s concerns were all superfluous.
Although he was still worried that Alonzo would not fit into the infant education class, he had already become the most popular child in the class.
Alonzo has just turned two and is the youngest in his class, as all the other children are older than him.
And Alonzo starts to get used to sleeping alone.
Every night, when he goes upstairs, he goes to his room and not to Allyce and Severo’s master bedroom.
And the next morning, he gets up before the two adults.
Allyce is a little surprised at how well Alonzo has adapted, which means that Severo has made the right decision.
It is very good for Alonzo to have more contact with other children.
…
Friday.
Allyce headed to the Early Learning Centre as soon as she finished work.
As Severo’s office is closer to the centre, Severo picks Alonzo up from work earlier than every day.
When she arrived today, she didn’t see Severo’s car in the car park and couldn’t help but feel a little pleased that she had finally arrived a little earlier than Severo today.
Allyce picked up Alonzo and sat in the car, but Severo had not yet arrived.
He felt a little different when he heard Alonzo ask him: “Dad?
“Dad’s not here yet.” Allyce stroked his head.
Then, as if thinking of something else, he pulled out his phone and said to Alonzo, “Why don’t you call dad and ask him when he’s coming, okay?”
“Alright.” Alonzo nodded and reached for the phone.
Allyce laughed and put the phone back, the children seemed to like playing with them.
“Mum will dial your phone before she gives it to you”.
Allyce dialled Severo’s number and activated the amplified sound before handing the phone to Alonzo.
The phone rang only a couple of times before it was answered.
Severo’s voice seemed a little softer on the phone when he asked: “Did you get Alonzo?
Instead of responding to Severo’s words, Allyce told Alonzo: “Dad answered the phone and asked when he was coming.
It turned out that his phrase came out to Alonzo as: “Dad is coming …”.
Severo on the other end of the line seemed unprepared for the call to be answered by Alonzo and froze for a moment before saying, “Is that Alonzo?”
“Um, me.” Alonzo listened attentively to the call.
A hint of a smile coloured Severo’s voice: “Well, give the phone to mum first, I have something to tell her”.
Alonzo gave an “Oh” and handed the phone to Allyce: “Mom, the phone.”
Allyce picked up the phone and asked, “Why aren’t you here yet? Do you have to work late at work? Or is there something else to take care of?
“Something happened, I can’t explain it at the moment, anyway, take Alonzo home first”.
Severo’s voice was calm as always and Allyce didn’t suspect anything, and after talking to him a couple more times, he hung up the phone.
…
Allyce took Alonzo home and still did not wait for Severo to come home, but instead awaited the news that Severo was under criminal arrest.
After Allyce washed Alonzo, she routinely took out her mobile phone to surf the Internet.
The news about Severo reached her.
The lead story, marked in red by all major websites, was “Severo, of the LK Group, is suspected of causing death by intentional wounding and has been arrested”.
There were also a few photos attached, somewhat blurry, but for those familiar with Severo, they could still tell at a glance that the man was Severo.
Allyce’s heart sank sharply.
How could Severo be under criminal arrest and how could he have deliberately wounded someone to death?
Regardless of whether it was true or not, what I did know was that the news had broken and that the matter was not going to be resolved easily.
He left the news page and tried to call Severo, but could not find his number.
At that moment, Xabat’s call came in.
“Xabat, Severo he …,” Allyce said with a slight lump in her throat, then paused.
“I don’t know what’s going on, someone just told me that the boss has been taken away, and before I knew what was going on, I saw the news”.
Xabat’s tone was urgent, but the words were still clear and coherent.
Allyce steadied herself and said: “I even called Severo when I went to pick up Alonzo and he told me at the time that he had some business to attend to and told me and Alonzo to go home first.
Xabat listened and said: “Then it must have happened when you called him, ma’am, take it easy and look after Alonzo, I’ll take care of the boss”.
Once the call with Xabat was over, Allyce sat down somewhat awkwardly on the sofa behind her and the phone slipped from her hand.
The next moment, he picked up the phone again to dial Severo.
Unexpectedly, there was no response.
But how could Severo suddenly be involved in a criminal case?
He knew that what Severo had done was not clean, but he was not going to dismiss all of Severo’s work because of it.
The world is never black and white, and like the human heart, it is not always pure and untainted.
And Severo is that grey area between black and white, but he is discreet and, in general, does not get caught easily.
And if he had really wanted to do something like that, he would have taken someone he trusted, and Xabat would have found out, and in this case Xabat wouldn’t either.
It was clear that Severo had been set up this time.
He couldn’t help thinking about the day he had seen Marco in Kimdis.
Was it something to do with Marco?
He always thought that nothing good could come out of the encounter with Marco.
Allyce thought about it and it seemed like a great possibility.
He picked up the phone and called Xabat again.
“Xabat, do you have Marco’s contact details? Give me one, I suspect this has something to do with him”. As soon as the call was answered, he immediately set out his thoughts.
Xabat was too busy to say too much at the moment, “Yes, I will send you his contact details later, but don’t be too impulsive, after all, he is Mr Pastrano’s brother and he is special”.
Speaking of Marco’s identity, Allyce again felt that Marco didn’t have to set Severo up like that.
But in any case, I still had to find Marco.
Before Xabat hung up the phone, Allyce asked again: “Can you locate Severo now?
“It happened so suddenly, I’m going to the police station to see the chief.
Allyce said hastily: “I’ll come too.
“Then I’ll come and get you.
Allyce heard someone on the other end of the phone talking to Xabat, who hung up after a couple of hurried words.