"Leo, we have new alter." Olivia mouthed. "This alter hates Mark Cock."
Leo broke into fits of laughter because he never heard someone pronounce Mark's surname wrong. "Did he tell you that?"
She furrowed her brows; then her mood got darker. "This is not the time to laugh. Please tell Mark Cock to leave along with his minion."
Kyle and Mark don't know why Leo is laughing, but they sure know it's deafening. However, Mark can't rip his gaze off the girl who is wearing a simple silk dress. Her face is all dimmed up because of Leo's laughter, or maybe she said something serious, and Leo decided to be an idiot.
Before Mark can dodge, a hard smack landed on his cheeks. The strong force made his head landed to the side.
He smirked as he held his jaw. "You still hate me, huh?"
Olivia and Leo stopped their bickering when they saw what happened. Kyle was covering his mouth in shock, as well as Olivia.
"You're at it again!" Leo screamed as he stood up to pull them apart.
"You've watched my dad kill my mom. How come you never did anything?!" Bear screamed; rage is visible in his eyes.
Mark gasped in disbelief, while Leo tried to cover Bear's mouth for saying too much.
"What?" Olivia wonders as she held a blank face, completely staring into nothing.
"That was a joke!" Mark laughed nervously as he kicked Leo and nudged Kyle. The two immediately understood him, so they laughed nervously too.
"Let's talk at the hotel." Olivia said as she hugged the Hanbok all the way through the hem while walking away.
When she was gone, Leo jumped off of Bear. "Why are you trying to hide the truth?!" Bear yelled.
"It's not the truth! You are a pigment of Jace's guilt. You are the one who watched your father kill your mom off the cliff!" Kyle screamed as he defended his younger friend, Mark.
After saying that, all of them fell into a void of silence. "Kyle, what the actual fuck."
Kyle shamefully hid his head to his coat. "I'm sorry, I needed to explode. So..."
Mark rolled his eyes at Kyle. Bear, on the other hand, was still shocked. "That can't be the truth... I saw Mark there."
They all shook their heads silently. "After your dad killed your mother, your dad threw you to the cliff."
"Fucking Kyle!" Mark shouted as he tried to choke Kyle for saying too much. "I'm sorry I have a big mouth!!"
Bear sheds light tears. His vision became blurry. "That is not the truth."
"We can't force you to believe us, I'm sorry... Beer?." Leo guesses his name.
"My name is Bear and only I, know the truth!" He stated. They all just nodded in agreement to ease Bear about his statement.
"Let's go Olivia is waiting."
Her name is Olivia? Mark thought with a visible smile.
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During the car ride, Leo can't make words using his mouth. Olivia and Bear are sitting at the backseat with their arms cross with a pout. "That Mark Cock and Kyle destroyed my plans." Olivia said in a huff.
Leo could only sigh at Olivia's pronunciation of his business partner's name. "I'm sorry about that." He said as he eyes Olivia and Bear from the mirror.
"Hey, Olivia," Bear voiced that caught Leo's attention.
"If I told you that Mark was there the night my mom got killed, would you believe me?"
This caught Olivia off guard. She doesn't exactly know the truth, but part of her says that she should believe Bear. His illness is not a reason to invalidate his opinion.
"Yes, do you have proof though?" She said as she shifted her gaze to Bear, who's now looking at her too.
Leo is eavesdropping on the conversation behind his back. But after Olivia asked that question to Bear, there was no response from the older man, which made Leo's curiosity fall on the edge of a cliff.
He didn't know that Bear nodded, then placed his fingers to his lips, telling Olivia to keep quiet.
Olivia got his message and nodded as she smiled at Bear.
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They arrived at the hotel now with Mark and Kyle wearing a fancy suit and walking behind the three who's wearing Hanboks. It looks like the King and Queen arrived with their right-hand commoner and two bodyguards behind them.
People started whispering as Tala and Casey stopped the people taking pictures while Lianne, Ruby, and the hotel guards made their way to the already humongous crowd.
"Mark Gough and Kyle Lewis is here!" A man screamed that attracted more people from outside.
"Who is that pretty girl? What are they wearing?
"Is that Leo Mclinster?!"
"Slut!"
"Jace Williams is the original heir of White Label Enterprise!"
Everybody stopped walking. Mark clicked his tongue from the statement. White Label Entreprise is the company he is ruling.
"I suggest to keep moving." Ruby screamed at the five important people in front of her.
Bear smirked at the statement while looking at Olivia, who only stared back with her doe eyes.
It looks like somebody knows the truth. Bear thought as he looks and nudges Olivia to continue walking, leaving Mark, Kyle, and Leo behind them.
Olivia didn't remove her gaze from Bear, he is still smirking. A dominant aura is showing; this made Olivia think more about Jace's condition. The more she spends time with him, the more she is curious about his past.
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Lianne and the other girls are now handling the big crowd. For now, the five of them stayed in a private ballroom area. There Mark is furious, and Kyle is talking to him to ease the younger boy somehow.
Leo is staring and thinking about the event just now. He is confused about who to believe more. His gaze shifted to Olivia and Bear, who is chatting quietly.
He made his mind up to comfort Mark instead of Bear.
Olivia's eyes met with Leo, who is holding fear and curiosity just like her. She knew they are thinking the same thing.
"Don't stare too much, he is an enemy." Bear reminded as he popped peanuts and eats it. He extended his arms to offer Olivia some, but she gladly declined. "I'm allergic to nuts."
Bear nodded as he continued eating.
Should I ask him about his past? She asked herself as she stared at the busy boy in front of her. Olivia's thoughts are everywhere
"I think there's something weird about your past." Olivia started that caught Bear's attention immediately.
"Exactly! And I am going to prove Mark is at the crime scene that night." He said with a sly smirk.
Olivia's brows furrowed. "Do you think this is about money, Revenge, or love?"
"Definitely all of the above!" Bear exclaimed while laughing.
"Really?!"
He nodded. "When Jace was in a comatose his soul wandered, I saw what he saw. He came back to the mountain just to stare at it. Then he found a bracelet... he gave to Mark as a present."
"Isn't that a little fiction like?" Olivia asks unsure.
"Then why is Mark's bracelet on Jace's belongings?" He asked.
"Jace's belongings or other alters?" She asked.
Bear tapped her forehead. "Jace's."
"It's a brown beaded bracelet, a simple one. It has a MK written on it in gold letterings."
Olivia is getting fat because of Bear's tea, but she doesn't know if he is trustworthy or not.
"The look on your face says that you're not believing me," He said while cleaning the leftover peanut shells. "Look it up on Jace's belongings."
She nodded. Maybe this will prove if he is telling the truth or not. It was a little absurd to listen to Bear, but Olivia is all in.
Bear stood up to throw his trash, but stopped in his tracks to say something.
"Oh! And Jace said he enjoyed hiking with you and Leo."