YiXin asked if Charlotte would like to learn how to ride her unicorn and off they go to change into riding uniform.
"I will be responsible for Charlotte riding lessons from now on. I teached both my sons to ride but they don't do it often. Now Charlotte can accompany me when I go for a galop," a genuine smile appear on YiXin face.
There is nothing Angela could do to stop the momentum of Charlotte integration into the Tan family. Chris steered her into their room for some privacy.
"Your mum told me about how severe the psychological effect of your memory ability. It seems to bring her unpleasant memories,"Angela probed.
"Mum was an adopted child to a family in Japan. She used to be a secret agent with the Japanese government and because of her memory abilities, she grew cold and distant. The organisation thought she has bloodlust and became uncontrollable so they sent her on a suicide mission where she met my Dad. Her obsession changed from killing to my Dad and he managed to help her to retired from secret service. One of T Comm and Security main bridge is with Japan because of this. Dad built this haven here for her. She enjoy her quite tea ceremony, horse riding in the meadow and with her limited circle of friends, enjoy the Golf and Country club house at the foot of the mountain.
I am the successor to the operation. Steven is not cut of for this business so I tried to protect my family by giving it my all. I was growing bored and careless before I met you. I think everybody close to me sense it and they were prepared to face the consequences hahaha...." Chris was laughing it off but Angela could sense how relief he sound.
Chris pulled her close,"So now I have proof who I am, there is another thing that bothers me a lot. I am neither a midget or handicapped."
Once again, Angela was too incapacitated to join the family for dinner that evening. It was so embarrassing that she wish for a black hole to just appear and vacuum her away.
Between Alice and her grandparents at home, Charlotte has been withdrawn from the childcare center. Chris has given Angela a debit card with rents collected from all four units on the same floor of her old apartment. He bought the other three under her name and said it was for her financial independence.
Angela has expressed her strong desire to continue working and remain independent whenever she can. She feels with the family support she has now, her dream career is within her reach. True to her thinking, Chris has asked for her presence at a lunch with Xavier this week at the private restaurant above T Tower.
Xavier has welcome her to the family and discussed about the severity of having people snooping about the family information sooner or later. Not to mentioned the high speed influence of social media. The counter measure was to offer information from time to time, accurate but filtered. They wanted Angela to be responsible for it since she is a part of the family now and in the perfect position to do so. Angela's colleague will be appointed Chief Editor for News section while she will be given the position of Managing Chief Editor or the entire Diamond News, Media and Entertainment organisation. Media and entertainment will be a new challenge for her to tackle and the family will not control anything other than family privacy so it's a win-win situation for Angela. She doesn't want her family to be exposed to danger either. Angela accepted.
One evening when Chris was called away for an emergency, Angela received a note from her missing informant requesting for a meeting in a slum area in District 3 of City Y. She has been in the area before to research some reporting and thought it might not be so bad to get in touch again. Maybe she could be of help to Chris in collecting information in the future.
She hailed a cab and went directly to the meeting place after work. She was following the GPS map and has to go into a few small alley to look for the address given to her before she finally see her informant standing in the middle of one.
"It's been a long time. Where have you been? I have been looking for you,"Angela soot question after question.
"Yes, long enough to know you are still alive and doing pretty well while I hide like a rat in the sewage after handing the ID card to you,"the man snickered.
"What are you talking about? I was looking for you to compensate you,"explained Angela.
"Compensate me? Don't make me laugh. Who have heard of anyone wanted by Frankie will remain alive? Luckily I managed to run and hook up with the other side. It seems like you have something they wanted. So.... enjoy," a sinister smile shown on his face.
The informant ran and Angela gave chase to clarify the matter but was stopped in the middle by two burly man. Another three came from her back. "Angela Tan now, I presumed,"one of the three asked.
"What do you want?" Angela stood tall. She cannot allow them to see her fear.
"We need a favor from your husband and you will help us reach him,"he continued.
Angela saw a long wooden plank at the side of the alley. She grab it and flung it at the group surrounding her. One of the brawny man managed to catch the other end and pull it out of her hands. Angela jerked forward and fall to the ground with a shout. Her eyes shut for a moment from the pain on her knees yet when she reopen them again, she was surrounded by eight men in black. The five tugs was taken care of in no time.
"Sorry for the delay Ms. Angela, we have to wait for Team B backup to ensure no failure,"reported one of them.