Chapter 559 - Family Intervention (9)

1 June, Matthew's Villa, City K

As Sarah and Jessica ushered their children and Monica's children into Matthew's home theatre, Monica turned to Dominic and said, "You can go and watch the movie with everyone else in a little while."

Dominic whined "Not fair, Aunty Monica…"

"Nor is it fair how you continue to treat your parents Dominic. I know you are angry with them, but you cannot continue things…"

"Aunty Monica," responded Dominic interrupting Monica, and dropping his lip.

"That is not going to change things Dominic. You know I agree with you about having a right to be angry about secrets being kept. That is not a good thing to keep doing. I will give you that you have listened to me about what I know about everything, but you are still refusing to talk to your parents about anything. Plus, it is not nice to do what I saw you do before."

"So!"

Monica closed her eyes, and heard Warren Gong quietly and calmly "Dominic, what I have I always told you about parents?"

"Uncle Warren, you always tell me you should respect them. But why should I do that when they lied to me for all my life?"

"Dominic, do you know why all of us are here? Even me, who I think you have figured out no one really likes."

"But why do they not like you Uncle Warren, you are the best!"

Smiling, Warren said "You do know how to make me feel good Dominic. I would guess that everyone has their own reasons for not liking me, but they are a.d.u.l.t reasons, that you do not need to know. But as a person you do not have to like everyone who you meet in your life, you just need to respect they have their reasons for that position. But you know one thing all of us here have in common?"

Dominic looked around, before turning back to Warren and asking, "What is that?"

"We all love you and want to help you. That includes me, who your Mummy and Daddy Matthew have been clear in saying they do not fully trust me, but they tolerate me around you because they know that I love you. But you should know every a.d.u.l.t here, maybe except your Aunty Abigail, knows part of what happened in the past, and unlike your Mummy and Daddy Matthew who are reluctant to talk to you about it, because they do not want you hurt, we are willing to talk about it. That includes me, who knows about your Daddy's part in this."

Dominic, hearing his Uncle Warren speak about his Daddy, started crying, saying "How can you call him my Daddy? He is not, but …" Dominic through his sobbing could not talk. Warren looked around, and quickly moved to a vacant chair before sitting down, with a crying Dominic in his arms.

After comforting Dominic for a couple of minutes, Warren gently pulled him back and said "Why do you say that?"

"Because those two," came Dominic pointing in the direction Matthew and Lexi had left earlier "are my parents. Why did they take away what I knew as the truth and let me live a lie for all this time."

Warren looked around, hopeless in what to say. All he knew was about Richard's decisions to do what he did, and Dominic's maternal grandparents known hatred for the military. "Dominic, I do not know everything, but I can tell you what I know. I knew your Mummy's parents in passing. Enough to say hello, and that was it. But most people who were in senior management of large companies or like me, who headed developing companies, knew one thing for certain, they hated the military. I do not know why, but they did."

"But that is not nice!" came a quick response from Dominic.

"You remember what I said about a.d.u.l.ts having their reasons about what the liked before?"

Warren saw Dominic nod, and then continued "I respected that decision, despite not understanding it. It was the same thing with your Daddy. He worked for me and went overseas on a business trip. After begging from his parents, he gave them one last chance to do something for him. He had found a small piece of land he wanted to buy, for building his future home on and gave his parents the authority to act on his behalf to secure it. That they did, and did it well but while he was away, your Mummy's parents approached them to deal with the problem, as they saw it, of your Mummy being pregnant. They used that power to sign the doc.u.ments that provided for the financial side of the marriage."

Warren paused and looked around the room, seeing that there was some interest in his words. He quickly returned to Dominic. "Your Daddy was only told what they did when he came back from his business trip, and he came to me to talk about it. I remember telling him that he should follow his heart not what his parents arranged for him. His words to me were 'Uncle Warren, you have always taught me that I should respect my parents. I did that, and they made this commitment in my name. If I cannot live up to what they have committed me to, then that shows I do not respect them. Plus, if I do not go through with this, an innocent child will never have a chance and I have to reconsider what I want.' He knew biologically he was not your father, but he did not care because he did what any parent would do, sacrificed himself for you. And from what I know after talking to your Mummy and Daddy Matthew, they feel the same."

Kevin Mo, having been quiet all the time, said "Your Uncle Warren knows I hate him, but he is right on that point. Richard Yao was a parent, as he made sacrifices for you. Unsuccessfully in the long run, but he did do that. Dominic, I knew both your Mummy's parents when we were your age, and unlike everyone here I know why they both hated the military. But before I talk about that, your Uncles and Aunts here can tell you what they knew…"

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