Stand By Me Darling
Chapter 211: An Unexpected Revelation

Chapter 211: An Unexpected Revelation

Arthur’s lips pressed together seeing the phone screen going dark.

She actually ended the call!

Resting his head at the backrest of the seat, he took in a deep breath. Thinking of her, his heart felt light and his face lit up with a smile.

I love you, Iris.

He heard the knock at the partition and remembered he still has to talk to Archibald and opened the window.

As his window went down, the driver side window of the Land Rover parked next to his, went down too.

Archibald was looking at the phone and as his window glass went down, he turned to look at Arthur.

Seeing the very odd smile on Archibald’s face, Arthur was stunned, not realising he himself still had the same smile on his face.

Jordan who got down from the car, was stunned to see both men smiling with a blush on their face and felt like he was hallucinating and rubbed his eyes.

Seeing two grown men with a blush was weird.

Seeing the very peculiar smile on each other, both men, who were ruthless predators in their own fields, cleared their throat with a cough at the same time, swallowing their smile.

Both their thoughts were the same.

This particular smile is not meant for another man; certainly not for the one I am meeting currently.

"Heard you gave some support to my man," resting his elbows at the window, Archibald tapped his fingers casually.

Arthur looked at that man who is so fond of dying his hair. These days he always dyed it black. With the yellow gold engraved signet ring he was wearing in his little finger, the gold chain visible through his open collar, his fake tan and his long hair neatly combed backwards with a ton of hair gel, he really looked like a mafia boss.

Can’t he embrace his identity as a ginger? What a fake!

"Hmm," Arthur hummed. He didn’t want to speak a lot to him. He doesn’t like him. This liar who said that vile thing about Iris!

"About my brother..." Archibald asked. That is what he came here to talk about.

"Here," Arthur passed him a file. " The best Rehab Centre with all facilities and extreme privacy and security. He might feel like he is dying for some days depending on the level of his addiction, but they swear their method is safe and effective. I got him the best therapist there. There is an University associated with the owners and he can continue his studies there under their supervision. You can consider this with your parents and Alfie before deciding. If this center is not suitable for you, I’ll-"

" No need. This is exactly what I wanted, " Archibald said with a sigh. His face was filled with worry for his brother. But somethings are to be done. His brother needs to be saved from that nasty habit.

If he didn’t have misunderstandings with the owner of the best rated rehabilitation facility in the world, he wouldn’t have bothered to talk to this guy here... But..

"Thanks," he nodded at Arthur tapping the file at his window and threw it to the passenger seat.

"When is the voting?" Archibald asked and Arthur took away his glance from him.

It is not his company’s matter, is it? Why does he bother about my company?

"Roderick refused to help me." Archibald complained. If Arthur didn’t want help with his aspirations, he wouldn’t have helped him either.

"My brother hates liars," Arthur looked at Archibald with a smirk. He didn’t know why that guy is feeling chatty today. He even thanked him when it was a deal between them. Archibald will help him with exposing some stuff, while he helps his brother get a proper rehab facility. Maybe he really loves his brother.

"Ah man! That thing that happened more than a decade ago? You guys still remember that?" Archibald chuckled.

"What do you think? It showed exactly who you are." Arthur’s lips curled.

"I lied, okay. I apologise. For that, my old man whipped me; with a horse whip. Have you ever been whipped? It hurts a lot!" Archibald squirmed in his seat remembering that day.

He didn’t know if he was whipped because he talked about Jerome Brunton’s granddaughter or because he fought with a Sinclair family’s boy. His father always liked both families and stood impartial in the feud between the families.

Hearing Archibald talking about whips, Arthur’s back stiffened. Is horse whip a very fond tool of the elders for hitting?

"Hmpf!" Arthur only snorted. It brought some not so find memories of his past, but still warmed his heart knowing that this guy got whipped for what he said.

Jordan who was listening to their conversation didn’t know what to feel of them. And when he was about to get back in the car, he heard that voice directed towards him.

"Jordan, do you know where Ella went?" Archibald didn’t bother with Arthur anymore and asked the question important to him. "That little bird escaped..." he mumbled.

"Ellie?" Jordan was confused for a moment who he is asking for. But then he realised who he was asking about and his temper rose.

"It is you? How dare you harass my sister?" he almost grabbed Archibald’s collar to punch him.

"Never mind. I’ll ask Lizzie. Ciao!" Archibald let out a chuckle and with a vroom, left the place.

"I dare you to! She’ll hack you to pieces, you piece of shit!" Jordan shouted and with a huff, and coughed as the dust that got lifted up by the leaving car got in his lings as he shouted. Gritting his teeth, he opened the back door and sat beside Arthur.

Seeing how angry Jordan was, Arthur got surprised.

"Isn’t Lizzy your eldest sister? Aren’t Archie and she old friends? But who is Ellie?" Arthur asked after asking the driver to move.

Why would her eldest sister kill her friend? This guy had lost his mind. Is Ellie his lover? And he is mad that Archie is harassing her?

Jordan who was fuming with anger almost threw his phone away as he heard the mechanical voice saying his eldest sister is on another call.

" Damn! " he cussed." Arthur... Can’t you send in the military? This guy is the one harassing Marcia. Ugh! He even gave her a nickname... Ellie? Where did he get ’Ellie’ from the name ’Marcella’?" he went on a rant.

Arthur could now understand a little. So Archibald is harassing (or pursuing) Marcella - Jordan’s second eldest sister? And... There is no ’Marcia’ in Marcella either, right?

" Send in the military? Isn’t your sister Lizzy, the Defense Minister? Ask her," Arthur shrugged. It was funny for him to see Jordan that worked up.

Shouldn’t he be happy his nerdy sister has someone courting her?

"She’s not answering her phone. That scum must be talking to her!" Jordan kept on ringing back his sister.

"Lizzy!" Jordan sighed when his sister answered the call. "Did you tell him where Marcia is?"

"Stop screaming into my ears, Jordy," his sister was extremely calm. "Do you know where Marcia is?"

"No, do you?"

"She’s at the airport now. I don’t know which country she’s going to run to..." she laughed thinking of his silly brother, fixing her platinum blond hair. She rubbed her neck as she stretched herself and stood up from her chair.

"Why are you laughing?" Jordan felt his temper rising. "That guy harasses our sister, forcing her to leave the country, and you’re laughing without stopping her? Kill him, now! Don’t tell me you told that scum that she’s at the airport"

"Calm down, Jordy. I know him. He won’t harass," she opened the blinds of the windows. The view of the little park in front of her office, made her relaxed.

"You know him? Of course you do! That guy screwed anything that moved competing with Cyrus Lockhart. And you too-"

"Jordy! If you speak about my past, my husband won’t like it," Elizabeth McAllister-Green chuckled. "And don’t bring up Cyrus with me!" her voice turned a little malicious for a moment but then it turned soothing as she continued.

"Calm down. Marcia needs to consider dating guys now. She’s already thirty two and she has never dated anyone before..." she sighed. "She can’t just concentrate on her work alone. It gets lonely after a while."

"So what? You’re pushing her towards Archie? Seriously Lizzy, why him? I’m-"

"Well, I have a meeting with the President now. Come to my home for dinner tonight. Lulu misses you. We’ll talk about your relationship. Bye... I’ll personally cook for you! " she said with a smile and ended the call.

Arthur who was watching Jordan saw the phone slipping from Jordan’s hand and he caught it before it broke to pieces.

Whoa! Why does he look like he saw a ghost?

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Talia along with Rebecca, travelled back to the city to her apartment. She needed to pack everything to leave for Rosandale.

"What should I do with the books?" she wondered looking at the almost hundred books she had in the drawer under her bed.

" I can pack and mail it to you," Rebecca said, "Or.. You can leave it here... It’s not like you won’t visit here ever, right? You can use this apartment for staying." she suggested.

Talia also thought about it and felt it would be better for her to leave this apartment for herself. "Someone’s not planning to stay here for long!" she asked with a playful smile. She was actually happy that Rebecca had decided to get together with Joe. Rebecca didn’t bring much to live here and she didn’t want to even change the furnitures and curtains. Rebecca’s taste was entirely different from Talia’s. For her to not take the initiative to change anything for a place she is renting... It could only mean that she doesn’t want to stay here for long.

"I’m not," Rebecca smiled folding her hands over her chest. " We talked Tallie... He... We are not that different..." she leaned at the kitchen counter, "I’m not moving back home right away!" she shook her head. "I want to give him another chance... I want to be pampered and coddled..." she smiled slyly, rubbing her belly.

"Look who’s using her pregnancy as a means to make a slave out of her husband!" Talia joked.

"Tallie... You weren’t even surprised when Joe talked about his family..." Rebecca was surprised about that.

"These kind of things... I’ve heard a lot of it in upper class families. They just don’t divorce since there would be money involved and they would just try to keep everything a secret... I know it is devastating for the kids and that’s why they mostly end up finding themselves in undesirable places tied up doing undesirable acts. Drinking, smoking, drugs, orgies.. You name it, they do it and won’t face any consequence because their parents will rescue them ." Talia shrugged. " Good thing Joe came out before it was too late for him."

Talia walked to the windowsill and gently caressed the peace lily plant. She didn’t know how she could transfer this plant to Rosandale.

She decided to tell Mr. Ed. She is a Princess. If she asks something, even if it is impossible, there will be people who does it for her somehow.

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