Siren Song Chapter 30

Published at 29th of December 2018 04:40:31 PM Chapter 30

Chang sat in her chair unmoving . The words repeated themselves over and over in her brain, but she couldn't make sense of them .

'My mom . . . what?' Chang stared dumbly at him . "What did you say?"

"I know you have a lot to process, but you can do that on the flight over . " Jian calmly told her as he lifted her out of her seat, where she sat numbly .

He pulled a large bill out of his pocket and left it on the table . Without waiting for change Jian grabbed Chang's hand and started hustling to his car, he was stopped short by the weight attached to his hand .

Chang stood there with a stricken look on her face . "Jian that can't be right . There's no way, my mom . . . No this must be a mistake . "

Jian kept his face calm, masking the sadness he carried . He bent down and scooped Chang up and continued heading to the car . After securing her in the passenger seat, he started calling his assistant to have him book them the next available flight to Sf . He looked sideways at Chang who sat in her seat deep in thought . After making sure all necessary arrangements were taken care of he hopped in the driver seat . He reached over with one hand and comfortingly squeezed Chang's hands that lay neatly together on her lap .

"Everything is fine, do not overly worry yourself, it's not good for your health . "

Chang gave him a weak smile in exchange for his comfort . How could she not worry though? The guilt from all the time she hadn't seen her mother began to pile on her . If this was the last time . . . .

'No, I can't think like that, mama is fine . '

"I should let Justin and my boss know what's going on . "

"Already taken care of . You don't have to worry about anything" He succinctly replied .

Chang tried to think of another topic but couldn't, so she reached forward to turn on the radio . Every song though made her mood worse and worse until she finally turned it off .

Chang turned her head out the window drying to lose her thoughts in the dizzying blur on the way to the airport .

Fairly soon they arrived, since they didn't have luggage, they only needed boarding passes and identification . Chang remembered then about her lost wallet and phone .

"Jian, I lost my ID the other day, I can't board the plane . "

"You mean this?" He reached inside an inside breast pocket and pulled out and old faded tan leather wallet . Out from which he pulled her ID .

Astonished Chang reaches out and grabbed the wallet . "Oh thank you thank you, I was so heartbroken over having lost this . Wait how did you come to have it?"

"In an alleyway dumpster, strangest of places, it's not like you were actually in there either right?" He gave her a crooked glance .

"What, me, in a dumpster? Hahaha, no way, I would never do that . " 'I will never admit to that!' "I must have dropped it somewhere and it got thrown out accidentally!"

Jian gave her a grunt in reply, a slight smile tugged at his lips at her denial .

Within a half hour they were boarded and the plane started to take off . Chang looked out the window as LA, became further away and eventually disappeared from sight . It had become special to her over the last year, a safe harbor .

'Goodbye, I wonder if I will ever return again . '

She thought of the last time she had seen her mother over a year ago . She had come home to visit, right before she had left for Shanghai . Her mother, Li Hua, had been as healthy and energetic as usual . Equally doting and scolding her daughter who was always travelling and rarely came home to visit . Her mother was a strong figure in her eyes, able to keep carrying on, no matter what . There was no way anything could happen to her . . .

Chapter end

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