‘Best friend’? Alaric wanted to tease him for using this word. After all, it sounded so childish, but he didn’t. Who knew Theodore would never repeat these things to him again?
“I’m sorry for not coming up in front to save your life. I shouldn’t have given importance to REVENGE thing to that extent.” Theodore apologized.
“It’s… It’s okay!! I forgive you.” Alaric chuckled, crying his best not to cry. “Anything else with which I can help you? Hmm,” He asked, changing the topic.
“Umm, yeah! I want to shift all of Lia’s belongings, especially her books. So that one day, one day, her Beast would also gift her a library.”
Alaric laughed, shaking his head. “Consider it done, Master. By the way, if you both are beauty & the Beast, then I will be Lumière. He has a habit of disobeying his Master's strict rules, sometimes causing tension between them, but the Beast often turns to him for advice.”
“Yeah, whatever!! Never watched that movie before. Anyway, when can I meet your great-grandson, and by when I will meet Tiara? I want to meet Lia as soon as possible.”
“Relax, Beasty!! It will take time. Not to forget, if you're going to meet an actress, then you will have to stop looking like a beggar. You need a makeover from your head to toe. Forget about your long hair, and big beard and mustache, your stupid clothes, and everything. Zach will handle everything. He will be there by next weekend. And next a buffer time of two weeks more for preparing all the things. So, if my calculation is right, then by the end of one month. You will be finally able to meet Liara.”
“One Month?”
“Yes, one month, Romeo!!” Alaric said in a sarcastic tone. “Remember all these days before hurting her again.” He didn’t want to make fun of Theodore, but he could see how the table had turned. Earlier, whenever he used to complain about spending the whole night with her and wanted to get rid of Liara and not that she was gone, all he wanted was to spend his time with her.
Disconnecting the call, Theodore didn’t have any other choice than to wait. Wait! for the right time to finally meet her again!!
*
A week after that day finally came when Theodore had to meet Zach Grismer, and sadly by then, no one had come from Liara's side to take her belongings.
“Oh, my god!! You look… just like the way Grandpa had told me.” Zach commented and quickly added, “I’m sorry if my….”
“That’s okay,” Theodore said, cutting him in between.
“Cool,” Zach said, winking at him. Theodore observed how his eyes were similar to Alaric's. “I’m Zach Grismer; I’m sure you have heard that name.”
“No.”
“No?”
“No,” Theodore said bluntly.
“Damn! It hurts.” Zach said dramatically, holding his hand on his chest. “But what can I expect from a person of my great grandpa’s age? Anyways, the quicker to learn, the earlier you will get a chance to meet your soulmate. From the name of the brand to the name of a famous celebrity, everything, you should have knowledge of everything. One shouldn’t suspect you that you’re from another world, get it?”
“Okay!!”
“Perfect. Let’s start with your makeover, then.” Zach said before adding, “I will book an appointment for you. By the way, I didn’t catch your name.”
“Th… Theodore W..Wayne.” Theodore replied. He had a hard time talking with someone whom he didn’t know. At the same time, he wasn’t sure whether he should use ‘Wayne’ as his surname or not because he didn’t have any proof that Kennedy Turner Wayne was really his mother or not but observing his date of birth year and the attack n Silver Moon Pack. There was a chance that he could be her son.
Moreover, who was going to judge him if he was going to use that surname? At the beginning of the world, no one was born with a name or surname.
“Stammering at the time of saying your name. That is not a good sign. I need to hire someone who will work on your behavior, way of talking, and the way you socialize with people.” Zach gave his remark.
‘This is it. I can’t change myself to this extent.’ Theodore concluded. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to try, but it was something that he couldn’t do. He was a living creature, not a robot or some sort of machine that could be reprogrammed into something that he wasn’t. He would have to take another life to learn all these things.
‘Don’t worry then. I will handle these things.’ Inigo said. ‘I have spent so much time staying back in your mind that I can’t wait to take control over this body and learn new things.’ He added, getting excited. Theodore sighed in relief that he could escape all this drama.
“This all will cost you a lot. Why are you spending so much money on me?” Theodore questioned because it was hard for him to digest the part that someone was doing all this for free, free, and free.
“That’s true that it will cost you a lot but…. It’s not me who is paying for you. Great Grandpa Alaric was a millionaire before he died. Everything he owned was transferred to my grandmother, his daughter when she turned eighteen. So, it’s actually my grandmother who is doing for her father that he asked for something from her for the first time.” Zach replied.
Theodore didn’t have words to thank Alaric. Hell, saying ‘Thank you’ would be an insult to the things that he was doing for him.
‘Hey lady above there!! If you’re there, then send a mate for him too. If not a mate, then someone whom he can choose as his mate.’ Theodore talked with Moon Goddess.
*
#TBC