Bonez & Gold: Not for the Weak Hearted - Adventure - Suspense - Thriller - Romance by Joe D. Wells

Author:Joe D. Wells [Wells, Joe D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WSB Publishing
Published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

The Reflection

After I left, John J. sat, drifting a little into a daydream. I had stirred thoughts about his journey to Russia to get Alexandra many years ago.

His reflections started with a Key West family meeting.

John J. said, “I’m going on a journey in a few weeks.”

Captain Baptiste spoke first, “How long will you travel?”

“I’m not sure, but it could be a while.” John J. realized there would be questions.

Gabriela asked, “What will become of us?”

John J. tried to comfort them, smiling: “I’ve taken care of everything. You’ll be all set while I’m gone and well cared for if I don’t return.”

Little John was a man, humble but without fear of life, and he respected his father.

Little John asked his father in a commanding tone, “Why must you go, and where are you going?”

John J., as always in his life, was used to keeping secrets, thinking someone not knowing what was going on might protect them. And those he loved down the road.

John J. told Little John, “You shouldn’t know.”

Little John pushed his father for a more specific answer: “You can tell us we have always taken you at your word, but we care about you and our family.”

Little John would not give up. John J. tried to answer him without a conclusion: “I care also, and that’s why I must make this journey. If I do not go, I will never have peace. I just must find something out, something I have lost. I must know.”

Little John did not wish to take a chance on losing his father. He pushed him with his questioning, “We have built a life in Key West. Why must we make changes now?”

John J. said, “I wish everyone to leave but Little John.”

John J. had always been a man with secrets. Captain Baptiste and Gabriela respected his wishes and left. They recognized if he did not want them to know something, that was the end.

John J. walked over to Little John’s and sat down next to him, resting his hand on Little John’s shoulder. He was not one to drag out a story. He only saw one way to tell Little John who he was by birthright and was very forthcoming with his story, a testament to their deep bond.

John J. started, “By birth, you aren’t my son.”

In shock, Little John leaned back in his chair, almost pulling away from John. J.

Little John said, “What are these words you say to me, father?”

John J. continued, “I shall tell you, and you must take me at my word.”

Little John relaxed, telling the only father he had ever known. He said, “I’ve always done so.”

The men sat and talked for several hours. John J. told Little John of their journey from the beginning, explaining who they were and how they came to be together. He even told Little John about his wife and daughter, whom he had to leave behind in Russia. John J. should have mentioned the tattoo.

Little John did not accept what his ears were hearing.

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