Mario’s face is much rounder, his chin is crawling with green and black beard, manly, probably to conceal his eyebrows are also specially decorated with grayish white, if he did not enter the door, without any hesitation to walk across to us and sit down, I would never be able to associate the man in front of me with the formerly well-defined creamy boy.
The shock was followed by the irony that occupied my heart.
Less than three years in prison, Mario came out, but lost some essence, while Clarie at first was almost lost his life, and those innocent were implicated in the chemical contamination of ordinary people, their lives were ruined.
Heh, God is really unfair.
“It’s been a long time.” Mario was the first to break the silence, his voice a little darker, his vacant eyes looking at us, hiding a smile if anything.
I was deceived by his harmless appearance, and I don’t know how many times I fell for it.
“If it’s possible, I don’t think it would matter if I didn’t see it.” I said coldly, not intending to be polite with him.
Mario lowered his head, raised the corners of his mouth in self-deprecation, and did not answer.
I can’t believe I let Clarie spend so much time with him when he’s so full of evil and yet he’s laughing so easily.
“I’m warning you, don’t ever go near Clarie again,” I gritted my teeth, remembering how Clarie looked in pain then, her nails almost embedded in her flesh.
Reason tells me that whatever the purpose of this man, he must be banished from our world.
Mario leaned back in his chair behind him, looked at me calmly, and said slowly, “Don’t you think that’s a ridiculous statement, I’m Clarie’s father, and you’re telling me to stay away, is that reasonable?”
“You’re not.” Sensing his intrigue, I hated him with a passion and said with certainty, “Clarie is my child with Dennis and you have nothing to do with it.”
Mario smiled airily, “Really? What if I could produce a paternity report, guess if the law would recognize our father-daughter relationship.”
Speaking of this, my heart sank hard, and my eyebrows unconsciously squeezed to my brow.
Indeed, Mario has been lurking in the international school for so long, getting Clarie’s hair and nails is as easy as pie. He expected that one day we would be discovered, so he has made preparations for a long time, in order to be able to get close to Clarie in name only.
“Knock-knock-” Leo flexed his knuckles and tapped the table twice heavily, coming over with a black face and threatening, “You better know what you’re talking about, this isn’t Newton Town, much less a prison. No one’s going to protect you.”
Outside, Leo is not a good person, face down, also can scare children cry, but Mario but indifferent, even met his eyes looked over, sorrowful fake smile, “of course I know, City P, inch by inch, a million can buy a life, want to make people disappear forever, there are plenty of ways, right? ”
After three years, and then see him this gloomy expression, I still have palpitations, subconsciously will frown more tightly.
The life of a prison without seeing the light of day, actually did not make him so much awe of the world, but seems to be more reckless.
Leo did not expect his threat to have no effect, his face changed and he got a little angry, the two men confronted each other across the table and the atmosphere became tense.
“Be straightforward about your purpose.” I did not want to continue to waste time, so I simply went straight to the point.
Mario then withdrew his eyes again and dropped his gaze to me, thinking for a moment before speaking unhurriedly, “Clara, you and I have never been enemies, you shouldn’t hold so much animosity towards me, I just want to grow up with Clarie and make up for the damage I did before.”
“You’re wrong, from the moment you counted Clarie in your revenge plan, we were doomed to be at odds.” I retorted almost immediately, “You’re so crazy to cost so many innocent people a lifetime of happiness for the sake of one dead person, what makes you think you’re in a position to make amends?”
Mario exhaled deeply, his expression became serious, “What I owe those people in prison has been paid back, what is not enough, the Bennett family is also doing its best to compensate, I was only wrong once, and you want to pronounce a ‘death sentence’ on me? ”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Leo can’t listen to it anymore, and his eyes are round with anger, “You deserve the death penalty! You are in jail for three years of good food and drink, Clarie is a real trip through the ghost gate, even so, the future also need to use drugs to recuperate the body, such depletion is you can compensate for it!”
Leo said exactly what was in my heart, both physically and mentally, all Clarie got out of Mario was suffering.
At that, Mario stared at Leo for a moment, a trace of difficulty finally appeared under his eyes, “I did not know at that time that Clarie was my child, and I was heartbroken, I just want a chance, I can promise that I will never reveal my identity and identify with Clarie, not to mention that I will not let her remember what happened back then.”
He paused, crossed his fingers in front of his body, bowed his head into deep thought, “I have also recently studied psychology, quite insightful, Clarie has gradually trusted me, no one is more suitable than me to be her personal doctor, I am confident that I can make her change back to the former carefree child, just give me a little time …”
I didn’t give him a chance to finish, “No need.”
“Let me ask you, if Clarie were not your child, would you still be like this?”
I remember very clearly, when the chemical plant pollution, there are many nearby residents of the children are affected, assuming that Mario truly repent, he should make up for, far more than Clarie a.
Mario didn’t seem to expect me to ask this, his expression was stunned, and it took him a while to react, “There are no ifs in life, the truth is that Clarie is my child with Diana, my own blood and blood, there is no way I can give up taking care of her, I know that you are already doing a transfer for Clarie, if you have to stop me and If you have to prevent me and Clarie from meeting in this way, I will have to take the paternity test to court.”
Finally, the bottom of the card has been revealed.
Very well, first the courtesy and then the army, these deep-minded people are really the same tricks.
“Sue us? You try suing one …” Leo was angered by him and said he was going to get up and threaten, I rushed to quietly pull the corner of his coat under the table and signaled him to stay calm.
Mario was not frightened at all, still unchanged, “I forgot to congratulate you Clara, twins, truly happy for you, I believe that Diana knows, down there will also be relieved, but then, you have to take care of their own children, and just divorced, Clarie is the most rambunctious age, with you a lot of inconvenience, let me take away, is not a good thing. It’s not a bad idea to let me take her away.”
“Bullshit! The Kennedy family has dozens of people, they can’t take care of a small child!” Leo exploded in anger, broke away from me and stood up with a boom, “I tell you, even if Clara and the maids can’t take care of Clarie, there’s still me, the uncle, as long as I’m around, you’ll never think of hitting Clarie!”
He was a bit emotional, did not control the volume for a while, in the only light music in the cafe seemed particularly abrupt, causing many customers to look towards this side of the crowd.