Can You Mend My Broken Heart?

475 The face of Benjamin Walker

But the moment he turned back and looked at the television screen, he got the shock of his life. Unable to believe what he was reading on the news-reel, he got up from his seat and went close to the television set to have a closer look at it.

He heard the voice of Raymond and he saw the look of shock on Sebastian\'s face as he was being handcuffed. It modified him in an instant. He threw a $100 bill on the table, picked up his phone and rushed outside to hail a cab.

"Where to sir?"

"Today state penitentiary now."

"Sure sir."

"I will double the price if you step on the gas."

There was a sense of urgency in his voice and the cab driver understood it and immediately responded to it.

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"Who is Benjamin Walker?"

David asked as he was out of his wits.

He had been working for the Walker family for more than a decade now, but he had never heard of this name.

Sebastian took a deep breath and said,

"I don\'t know how many days I have with me. I don\'t even know if I will ever get to say this to my son, but please let him know that even though he wasn\'t my own blood, I never treated him any less."

"Why are you telling all this now Mr. Sebastian? Probably you should have done this much earlier. I always told you that communication was the key. You should have talked with your own son before all this happened."

"Earlier? Huh... I have given them enough pain in their life. I don\'t want to add one more item to feel sorry about to their list."

"Ok, let\'s forget that. Can you tell me who is this Benjamin Walker? What connection does he have with Akira? How is this all related? Can you at least tell me the reason why you want to push that girl away from Raymond? Maybe at least if I tell him the real reason, he can figure out what is the right thing to do."

"Figure out? My son will die one more time if he finds about it. I can\'t let him go through this again. He came back from the dead once. I can\'t throw him into the same pain and torture again David. He won\'t be able to live with himself. I know my son. He might try to do something like...."

"Like Rose?"

David interrupted.

Sebastian didn\'t say a word but turned his face away, trying to tell David that he wasn\'t interested in that part of the conversation anymore. But David was determined to find the truth. He had enough of this game. He couldn\'t afford to have a divided loyalty anymore.

"When my own son couldn\'t have faith in me, then why would you bother? You can leave and go, David. But trust me, if anything happens to Raymond, then it\'s on you now. You can avoid this. Just take that girl away from my son. Don\'t let my son remember anything from his past. Let his memories be suppressed forever. Bribe, kill, impeach, do whatever you need to do David. It\'s a dying father\'s request."

"But I need to know why."

"I cannot trust anyone with the WHY. The more people know, the more I am risking the life of my son."

"Then I cannot help you with any of that."

Saying that David moved a bit away from the prison cell entrance and said.

"If that is all from your side, then I would take your leave, sir. Your lawyer is on his way and he will take care of the formalities."

"I don\'t need any lawyer. Even after having all the power in my hand, I couldn\'t do anything when I was outside, what more can I do? I can\'t see my son destroying his won life anymore."

"Then I cannot be of any help for you, sir."

Saying that David turned to leave but he stopped as he heard the voice.

"I thought at least of all the people, you would understand me. Have you ever seen me doing anything to harm my kid, David? How can you even think that whatever I was doing was not in his best interest."

"That\'s because the viewpoint of yours and mine are different."

But their talk was interrupted by the warden.

"Your time is up. You need to leave the premises now."

David gave one final look at Sebastian, with a question mark on his face. But the only thing that he got in return was his silence.

Disappointed with his silence, David paced ahead.

Multiple thoughts were running in his head. After seeing Sebastian\'s state and his words, David was forced to think WHY?

\'Who was Raymond\'s real father?\'

\'Who was Benjamin Walker?\'

\'What was the link between Raymond, Benjamin, and Akira?\'

The questions were haunting him. Even though it was none of his business, but his heart and his mind were unable to rest in peace. He came outside the cell area and started walking towards the main entrance when he heard a familiar voice.

"I want to meet Sebastian Walker."

He heard the voice and paced towards the main control room and found a restless version of Conrad leaning on the desk, talking with the parole officer.

"Tell me your name and please sign on the register here."

Conrad picked up the pen and said,

"I am Benjamin Walker. Sebastian\'s Walker\'s brother."