374 Breaking the news - Part 3

Thursday, continued …

"When did Uncle Yi get married to someone other than Aunty Lin?" responded one of the boys

"I liked Aunty Lin, and I wanted her to marry Uncle Yi."Came the other

James decided he needed to assert come authority, and sharply responded "He married my sister a little over five weeks ago, and they quietly got their wedding certificate, telling their families afterwards."

Yao Tan realised what James was trying to do, added "I do not want an argument boys.It does not matter who your Uncle Yi married.He is happy which is the most important thing.Now you need to promise to give Alecia the space she needs, particularly when she asks for it.No arguments.She will spend what time she wants with you before she goes to Australia.Now go."

As the boys left "Thank you Dad, those two …"

"Alecia, I know you love them but …"

"They are so different from me."

"True.They are more like your biological mother that you are.They focus on what they want regardless of their skill and its attainability, have a more normal IQ than yourself, somewhat immature and self-centred.But for all their faults they love you, and they will miss you.Now, what have you got down?"

"It is over there Dad," pointing to the coffee table.

Pulling Alecia into his arms while waiting for Yao Tan, James stated to wonder what to tell his family.However the ringing of Yao Tan's phone disrupted his thoughts.

"Hello Amanda, are you on your way home?"

"I asked a favour of the big boss and he is coming with me.I figured you needed to let him know what was happening to deal with Anna.We should be there in five minutes.Where are you?"

"In Alecia's suite, the boys are being their usual self, and I had to banish them from here while we talk."

"Can you get Alecia to set up her printer for me please, and grab my laptop from the study?"

"Will do."

"We will see you soon."With that Amanda ended the call.

Yao Tan turned to James and said "You better be prepared, your brother-in-law is coming here with my wife."

"Uncle Yi," screamed Alecia."Not fair Dad, you should have told me earlier."

"I just found out he was coming with Amanda.She has asked if you could set up her printed and I have to get her laptop, as she wants to get this agreement sorted as soon as it can be done."

Yao Tan walked out of the room and went and located his wife's laptop setting it to access the home wi-fi network and connecting it to Alecia's printer.Just as he sat down, in walked Amanda and Hou Yi, who was surprised to find his brother-in-law still at Yao Tan's, and with Alecia.

Before Alecia or James could say anything, Yao Tan, said "Yi sit down, I better tell you what is happening here, before you kill anyone."

With that Hou YI sat down on the chair and looked around trying to figure out what was going on.His mind drifted to the conversation he had last night, particularly after he saw the brief glance that went between Alecia and James.

"What is going on?I need to get home, taking James with me, so we can have a family tea."

"Well Yi, there has been a lot that has gone on, and I do not know how much Anna has told you?"

"Between her and you I know what happened just after Christmas last year."With that James, Yao Tan and Hou Yi sat down while Alecia and Amanda were at her desk.

"It has been agreed that Alecia needs to get out of hte country for her safety, and Anna proposed that she go and live around her family in Australia, with James being nominally her guardian"

"Sounds reasonable Tan."

"James convinced me to come and talk to Alecia for her to make the final decision.I agreed to that, but when I walked in I found the two of them kissing.Apparently, my daughter, your goddaughter proposed to him.She gave me two options, agree to them marrying with my consent before she goes to Australia and maintaining a relationship with her in the long term, or refuse.She would simply then wait twelve months and I would lose a relationship with her.You can guess my choice, but I extracted a few promises from them, including a pre-nuptial agreement that Amanda is drafting for them to sign."

Trying not to laugh with how similar his god-daughter was to her father, all Hou Yi could say was "Tan, can you give me a couple of minutes to speak to James?"