Can You Mend My Broken Heart?

478 That unfortunate nigh

'Raymond is Conrad's son.'

'But then who is the mother? Is Rose is Raymond's mother then ...'

He felt like his head was about to burst, but he channeled all his attention so that he could hear the conversation.

"Let's not go there, Sebastian. That was my past. I have completely gotten over it."

"Have you?"

Sebastian asked in a mocking tone but Conrad stayed silent. He went close to the bars and asked,

"Tell me, Sebastian. Tell me what to do. I don't want my son to live a life as you did."

"Our fate was twisted. We could never find love even if it was right in front of us. I do not want my son to suffer the same fate as mine. So you will do exactly as I said. Do whatever it takes to eliminate that girl. He will greave for a year or so but then he would be able to start a new life eventually. But if he gets to know about what happened that night, if he gets to know what he did that night, then I don't think he will ever be able to live with himself. So do whatever it takes in your capacity to get rid of that girl."

Saying that Sebastian looked at Conrad with nothing but eyes filled with pleading.

"But I don't have the means or medium to do it."

"You will find some way. It's for our son Conrad. Let's do this for Rose. Else I will never be able to face her when I depart."

"Stop spouting non-sense Sebastian."

"You know it very well that my days are numbered, Conrad. So let's not beat around the bush. My lawyer is about to reach. So you better leave now before he arrives."

The moment David heard this sentence, he quickly tiptoed himself out from the hall and exited the penitentiary and placed himself a couple of feet away from the main entrance. Now, all that he had to do was to wait for Conrad.

While he was waiting, he heard his phone buzzing and took his phone out to see a call from Raymond, but just then he saw Conrad walking out. So he ignored his call and slowly walked towards Conrad, so as to not to scare him out of the blue.

"Hello, Mr. Conrad."

He was shocked to hear someone calling his name out of the blue. He wasn't expecting anyone to find him outside the penitentiary. So when he turned back and saw David standing outside, he was shocked for a moment but quickly capturing back his senses, he said,

"Erm... I need to leave now David. If there is anything urgent you can just drop me a text. I am in a rush now."

Saying that Conrad rushed ahead, trying to avoid any further conversations.

"But I have something really urgent. Cannot discuss it over text, Mr. Benjamin."

Saying that David gave out a sly smile and he could see that slowly color started fading away from Conrad's face.

"How do you know my real name?"

And sudden panic started gripping Conrad.

"Everything?"

"Yes, everything. And you must be clearly knowing that my loyalties lie with Mr. Raymond, but in order to protect him, if I have to go against him, then that also I can do. But for that, you need to tell me about that night."

Saying that David inched closer to him and said.

"You know it very well that you will be needing my help. Even after having all the power Sebastian couldn't do a thing. So if you want to save your son, then I am the guy who can help you with it. You know it well, how much Raymond trusts me."

The night was getting darker and the wind was getting heavier for Conrad. He knew that David was telling the truth. Even though he had promised to save Raymond, he had no idea how to do it. So he decided to go against his own brother for the sake of his son. He decided to bare his battered soul in front of this man because he was already out of his wits.

David could read his expressions.

He knew that Conrad was going to break. So to ease the soul of a troubled father and o gain his trust, David said,

"I promise you that whatever I hear today, will go to my grave."

Conrad heard his words and a new sense of hope started swarming in his eyes. taking a deep breath, he said,

"It's not a five-minute short story that I can summarise and tell you. But still, I will try my best to keep it short and breeze you through it."

"I am all ears and we have the whole night."

Saying that David pointed towards an empty bench across the road.

Conrad hesitated for a moment and then followed David and sat on the bench. He then gently looked at his watch and taking a deep breath he said,

"My real name is Benjamin Walker. Everyone knew me as Benjamin until that unfortunate night when I lost everything."

He sighed and then said,

"It was not like I had a huge reputation like my brother, but whatever name I had, it got erased on that unfortunate night."

"Which night?"

David asked getting all impatient.

Conrad looked at David, trying to gauge him one last time before he bared it all.

"The night that Akira's parents got killed."

For a moment David couldn't register what he heard. At that moment, he felt like the wind had stopped blowing. He felt like there was nothing except silence that existed all around and even the silence was starting to become deafening.