High-Class Mob 12 12. You deserve the truth

Colt looked at Mina's eyes, her smile was filled with joy but at the same time not. Colt could feel it, the atmosphere around Mina was changing, and as she took a step forward, Colt felt his heart would go off.

But still, he stayed seated on the edge of his bed. Soon, Mina is right in front of Colt, her eyes, devoid of any other light as she asked a simple question.

"That was a joke, right dear?"

Colt felt his heart tremble. He felt a lump on his throat, from the fear that is beginning to form. He was unable to speak, unable to clarify it. As he stared into her eyes, the abyss that is her eyes, zoomed into Colt.

He was choking, but then, he remembered a promise. A simple promise from the original. It was a promise he created to the pleading man, who's too tired to lie about the existence of his child.

"It is true."

Bam!

Colt lay on the bed, on top of him was Mina whose smile had already disappeared. She looked at him, and he looked at her. Colt's mind was clear, and his fear was gradually beginning to lift. To live a lie, that is the life of the original, the only wish he had was for his daughter to know of the truth.

He wishes to let her know how much he loves her as a father and his regret of lying to her. Colt, no, Leo is nothing but an ordinary human.

"Why are you telling me this? You could have lied to me, do you want me to wallow in this emotion of sadness and despair? Why did you do it? Are you playing with me, young master Colt?"

"It's because you deserved to know the truth. Lying to you is the cruellest thing to do, I have filled the gaps in my memories and only learned of this today, I know it would hurt you, I know that you will hate me, but I do not want to lie to the woman I love."

He was a man who experienced the heartbreak of being lied to and seeing the anger in Mina's eyes, he knows that is acceptable. The man you loved and adored has a child you did not know; it was one of the worst feelings in this world.

Being betrayed is something Colt did not want to happen to others, he wants to kill those who betray those who lay their whole being to the one they love as that is what they deserve. Colt has experienced this pain, he did not wish to lie to Mina.

Yes, he contemplated whether he will live or die if he speaks of the truth, but, on the back of his head, he knew he had to tell her.

'This is the right choice.' Is what he thought, ready to accept his fate.

He spread his arms, looked at the eyes of Mina and said one last thing.

"I have hurt you I know, if I had known sooner I would have told you right then and there when we met, but I didn't. Mina, I only have one request, if you are to kill me out of hate, please, do not touch my child, but I know you are kind, so I trust you that you will do the right thing..."

He then closed his eyes, ready to receive her emotions, her hate at him.

Leo expected for Mina to lash out, it was in the range of her right to do such a thing, but she didn't. Instead, a tear reached Colt's face.

He opened his eyes, he saw it, Mina's eyes were red as she began to cry. She buried her head on his chest as she cried.

"You're unfair! What can I do to you? I can't hurt the man I love!"

Leo could feel it, his fear was no longer present; he felt a weight being lifted on his shoulders. He had treated Mina as someone close to a monster since he got here, no, he treated her as a monster wearing the skin of a human.

But at this moment, the emotion that had surfaced after spending time with her was enough to confirm what it was.

'This emotion is not a compromise to keep my life; it is an emotion deeper than what I felt before. To love a woman who wished to devote herself to me, being truthful to the one I love, this is refreshing.'

He does not know what Mina was thinking nor did he know what she thinks of all this, but as she lifted her head from his chest Leo moved his trembling hand, and slowly stroke Mina's hair.

"Mina...I love you."

It was but a whisper, but Mina heard it loud and clear and she responded with a sincere.

"I love you too."

He then pulled her for a loving deep kiss.

He now knows that his love for her was true.

Chapter end