Albert sat down with a middle ages man he looked in his early's 35.
He served the man tea.
"General you look like a teacher in this outfit" The man said with a smile.
"To be honest, Mr Bee, i was a scholar who owned an official rank when i was young. If i had been a teacher then i would have had a much more peaceful and stable life"
"Scholars who always want to own an official rank and make achievement for the country, since ancient times. An extraordinary person wouldn't be willing to live a mediocre life"
"Then I'd like to see whether Mr Bee can help me go back to where i was"
"Military Governor Albert I'll try my best to help you as long as you can keep your promise"
"Mr Bee rest assured as long as you can get rid of Richard Bush I'll let my men take over Los Angeles by then the America chamber of commerce will get whatever the Lincoln family owns"
"Military Governor Albert rest assured we have confidence nailing it"
"Mr Bee please don't underestimate the enemy Richard Bush and Arci Lincoln are about to get married Richard Bush has troops and Arci Lincoln has deep pockets if they unite it will be hard for us to deal with them"
"General don't worry we can handle it" They laughed together.
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Runa came back to Los Angeles when she heard the news about Lincoln's death.
Arci allowed her to come and pay respect to Lincoln.
She looked more mature and calmer now.
"Sister… No Arci i rushed back as soon as I heard the news that your father was assassinated. I didn't tell you in advance you won't blame me for that, will you?"
"Of course Not"
Runa smiled "I'd had like to thank Commander Richard for sending someone to take care of my life in Hong Kong. Thank You"
"You are welcome that is what i promised your biological father"
"Arci could i take a look at the room i used to live?"
"Sure"
They took her to the Lincoln's mansion.
They walked into her former room. She still looked calm and cool. She just stared around the room giving it a brief look.
"If you like the furnitures i can ask someone to send it to where you live now"
"No need I just want to take a look"
"By gones are by gones feel free to let me know if you need help"
She smiled, "Commander Richard and you are about to get married right?"
"Yeah"
"Congratulations"
"Now that you have pay homage to Mr Lincoln, shall we send you back?" Richard asked because he is suspicious of her hidden motive.
"There are some photos of my mom in the photo book here i want to bring them back with me"
"Sure" Arci agreed.
"Let's go"
She said and Runa followed her.
She gave the photo book and a seat to sit.
While they stood outside to let her take whatever picture she wants to take.
"I mean she is quite miserable she doesn't know anything about what Dawn did" Arci said feeling pity for her.
"So, Dawn died for what she did, while she has just lost the life of being a rich young lady. Compared with those vicious things she did to you, the lives she is living now can't be counted as a punishment for her she isn't miserable at all"
"You are so cold and brutal"
"I won't be nice to those who hurt you" He kissed her head.
Runa flipped the photobook until she stopped at picture of Lincoln with some russian armed squad men. She glanced at it briefly and took some of her mom's pictures she put it in her bag before she smiled and walked out of the room.
"You are done ?"
"Yes" She answered calmly.
"I'll see you off"
Arci saw her off to the Lincoln gate's where a car is already waiting for her.
She looked back and smiled at Arci before she entered the taxi.
Arci walked back into the room and saw Richard sitting down where Runa sat before flipping the photo book.
"What are you looking at?"
"Your childhood photos. You were so cute.. Well do you find that after Runa came back this time she seems to have changed a lot?"
Arci noddded "Even her temper has changed, not like how she used to be she is much more low key now"
"People can't change easily, i think she couldn't reform herself in such a short time you'd better watch out for her"
Arci nodded.
"Don't worry no can hurt you as I'm with you"
She smiled.
Richard flip the pictures and saw a picture where she was standing with a boy.
"Is this boy Bremo?"
"We had this picture taken when he visited us at the age of ten"
"He got to know you at the age of ten, didn't he?" Richard said in a jealous tone.
Arci smiled cheekily, "No at the age of nine i guess"
Richard glanced at her when he heard this.
"Knowing you early is useless, you are mine in the end, aren't you?"
Arci sat down on his lap and put her hand on his neck.
"Then why are you being jealous of him?"
"No i am Not"
"You are".
"I.. Well.. Well he has known you for over ten years while I've known you for only a few months so, he should be jealous of me. But the two of us have never taken a photo"
"We can take photos like this whenever we want after we get married, right? We'll take family portraits each year from young to old with our own kids to our grandchildren Okay?"
"Okay"
A maid walked into the room.
"Miss there are so documents in Master's study room i have no idea which of them are useful and which should be discarded could you please come here and take a look?"
"I'll be right there"
"Okay" The maid went back.
"I'll go to the study now" Arci told Richard.
"Okay"
Arci walked out of the room.
Richard continued flipping the photos until he got to a photo where Lincoln was standing with some Russian armed squad.
Butler Calvin also passed by at the same time.
"Commander Richard" He greeted him.
Richard called him back.
"This photo when did Mr Lincoln have this photo taken with them?"
"It was taken when Master transported the goods, he hired some Russian armed squad"
"A Russian armed squad? Mr Lincoln even hired a foreign armed squad"
"Master heard from someone else that foreign gunners had wonderful marksmanship they would be more powerful than four or five ordinary gunners it was an era of turmoil and chaos wars happened all the time, and there were bandit everywhere it would be safer to have more gunners"
"What kind of Amazing marksmanship did they have? They were bluffing weren't they?"
"They were not. Those foreign bullets were powerful the so called dum-dum bullets one bullets could rip of a human body off "
His smile froze he remembered that when Lee came to visit him. The bullets he said he removed from his Father's body was a dum-dum bullet.
"Commander Richard, do you have any other questions?"
He snapped out of his daze.
"Which route did Mr Lincoln take back then? How dangerous it was "
"It was ten years ago, Military Governor Albert and Pepe were having fierce battle. Master took charge of the transportation of Albert's Military supplies to Los Angeles but they failed to moved ahead after arriving in Ricoland. The two parties were having a battle on the river ahead of them master had no choice but to go ashore at the Ricoland. Then they took overland route luckily he hired this foreign armed squad"
Richard remembered that when he was young his father ordered that Ricoland is right ahead and for them to make camp before they got to Ricoland to have a rest because he was ill. His father and his adjutant then transported the supplies that year the story calvin told him is exactly the same thing that happened ten years ago.
He stood up quickly
"I've got an emergency I've got to Go"
He clenched his fist and walked out of the mansion.
He entered the car which was waiting for him outside.
"To the command"
He doesn't want to believe it and wants to confirm first before he decides on what to do.
When Arci was done she walked to the place she left Richard when she got there she didn't see him and only saw Calvin.
"Where is Richard?"
"Commander Richard went back he said he got an emergency"
"What is the emergency? He didn't even have time to say goodbye to me"
"Yes"
Calvin took the photo book.
"What about these?"
"Put them away"
Arci said and walked out of the room.