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or "The Truth About Charlie," Universal Pictures does.
Charade: The Truth About Dad
Chapter 4: Phone Calls
"Hello? Jin Kazama speaking."
"Uhm, hi Mr. Kazama, this is Ling Xiaoyu."
"Oh, hi Xiaoyu. How was your trip? I hope you had fun."
"I had a great time, believe me. I've never seen such a beautiful place. Thanks for providing those tickets for me."
"No problem, Xiaoyu, none at all. So what did you call for, you sound a bit uneasy. Is everything going ok?"
I want to ask him about Williams without upsetting him. I wonder why he likes to avoid the topic so much. "Well, sort of. I was going through my father's things and he said many things about this Richard Williams. Could you tell me as much as you know about him, I'm just curious. I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." It wasn't as if I could force him anyhow.
I heard him sigh before he responded. "You're not going to let this go are you?"
"'Afraid not."
"Williams was a Japanese immigrant to the United States of America. He decided to join the U.S. military. As you know, he made friends with Patrice, Chase, and of course, your father." Then he stopped.
"No, I want to know about his character, you know, what kind of a guy he was." He still didn't say anything. I was going to find out about this person. Time to run my 'I'm an orphaned girl' game.
"Mr. Kazama, I never got the chance to know either one of my parents, so now that I have the chance to find out about my father, I want to get everything I can. Williams really seemed to affect him and I want to know why. And right now, you're the only one who can tell me." I hope that was enough.
He sighed once more. "Richard Williams was somebody who liked to be in control, a leader. Walker and Chase didn't mind that, but your father was somebody who didn't like to take orders. So as you can probably tell, they butted heads quite a few times." Uncle Wang sure did tell me about Dad being hard headed. "And really, that is all I know Xiaoyu."
"Thank you Mr. Kazama. Oh and answer me this."
"What?"
"If you're able to give me a hint about the money, why not just tell me where it is or just take it yourself?"
He chuckled a little bit. "I'm afraid I can't let you know that."
"Well, how do you know so much about my father and his past?"
"To be honest Xiaoyu, you may find out all the answers to your questions in due time. Is that all?"
"One more thing. What if I told you I thought I met Richard Williams recently?"
"Believe me Xiaoyu, he's dead." Now he was getting a bit agitated.
"I know you have other things to worry about, but there is one more teensy weensy thing I need to know."
"What is it?"
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"You don't have a choice, now do you Xiaoyu?" I suppose I didn't. "Ok, that's all I wanted to know."
"Ok, but before you hang up, promise me one thing?"
"What's that?"
"Promise me you won't tell anybody about you knowing about me. I should've asked you that earlier, but you deserve to know.
"Ok, I promise Mr. Kazama, bye now."
"Goodbye Xiaoyu."
Jin swears on his momma's grave that Williams is dead. But that didn't mean that it was true. I have 15 more minutes before I have to make another phone call.
* * *
"Hello? Red Dragon Gift Shop, how may I help you?" I watched from the other corner of the alley as the clerk picked up the phone.
"Hi, did a man by the name of Richard Williams happen to walk into your store?"
"Uh, let me ask this young man who just walked in." I saw as he asked Joshua if he was Mr. Williams. As I suspected, Joshua nodded his head yes and took the phone from the store clerk.
"Hello, Jonathan Williams speaking, who is this?"
I burst into the store. "You lying bastard! I can't believe you tried to deceive me as if I was some kind of idiot! You should've known I would've found out eventually. I know your name isn't 'Jonathan' you're Richard! You can have the money you and your war buddies are after, you'll just have to kill me first!" And with that, I stormed out of the store.
"Xiao, wait! Here me out, let me explain!" I know that motherfucker isn't following me.
"It's Xiaoyu, bastard! Quit following me!" now he had me running away from him with many spectators looking on.
"Sorry, Xiaoyu ! But before you call me anymore names, just listen to what I have to say!" Now I didn't have a choice because he caught up with me a pushed me up against a wall.
"Let go of me, I don't want anything to do with you!" The more I screamed, the tighter he held me. He's a big guy, so I resorted to the only thing I could do. I kneed him in the stomach and he hunched over, then I elbowed him in the back. I attempted to run away but he got up in time to catch me.
"If you don't stop struggling I'll carry you of with me."
"Just try!" And try he did. Unfortunately, he was successful. "Where are you taking me? Help somebody; he's trying to kidnap me!"
"Xiao, the more you scream the weirder we look. Why don't you calm down until we get back to my place?"
"For the last time it's Xiaoyu and I don't want to go back to your place!" Doesn't matter cause that's where I ended up anyway. He sat me down on his bed.
"Fine, you win, what's your explanation, Richard." So not only did Joshua lie to me, so did Kazama!
"Xiao, my name is Jonathan Williams, Richard's little brother." I was still a little skeptical, but the thought of Kazama lying to me made me want to believe what Jonathan/Richard/Joshua was saying.
"Ok, Jonathan, why did you lie to me about your name? You could've just told me what your name was."
"I wasn't sure how much you knew about your father, so I lied."
"Well, I was really fond of Joshua and now he's gone." I couldn't hide the disappointment in my voice.
"Xiao, I'm not that much older than you."
"So?"
"So I didn't get the chance to know my brother like you didn't know your father or mother. I'm on the same search as you, I want answers." Still I was doubtful, but at the same time, he looked like he was being somewhat honest.
"What do you know about my father's murder and those two other people? Walker and Conroy I believe."
"Well, I found out about the 4 million dollars and I got in contact with Patrice and Chase. I told them my story and they said they didn't want anything to do with me unless I knew anything about Lei Fei's murder. I guess they thought the murderer was after the money too, so they wanted to know who it was just in case. Not only that, I also think they wanted the satisfaction of killing your father for themselves. So I lied and told them I did it out of revenge and it was only then that they agreed to help me out."
"But you really don't know who did it then? Or do you?"
"No, Xiao, I'm just as in the dark as you are."
"So who called my house that evening?"
"That was Chase."
"What exactly do you want to gain from all this Jonathan?"
"I suppose I want some of the money for myself too."
"That's understandable. What do you suggest I do now?"
"Well, you can start working with us so that we can all work out something. That way, nobody gets hurt."
"Ok, I can work with that. I should really be getting home now."
"Wait."
"What is it?"
"Would you join me for a real date tonight? My way of saying sorry."
"I don't see the harm in that. See you later."
"Great, bye Xiaoyu."
* * *
There's numero cuatro. I can't answer all of those questions simply because I would give the entire story away and there'd be no point in you reading it anymore. I promise everything will be answered eventually. But I will say this; I didn't lie when I said this was a Xiaoyin story. It's not really focused around romance as you can tell, but that's the pairing, honestly. You have a point about Jin knowing about the money. If he can give a hint, then why doesn't he just tell poor Xiaoyu? Good observations(.
*Dark and Lovely*
Charade: The Truth About Dad
Chapter 4: Phone Calls
"Hello? Jin Kazama speaking."
"Uhm, hi Mr. Kazama, this is Ling Xiaoyu."
"Oh, hi Xiaoyu. How was your trip? I hope you had fun."
"I had a great time, believe me. I've never seen such a beautiful place. Thanks for providing those tickets for me."
"No problem, Xiaoyu, none at all. So what did you call for, you sound a bit uneasy. Is everything going ok?"
I want to ask him about Williams without upsetting him. I wonder why he likes to avoid the topic so much. "Well, sort of. I was going through my father's things and he said many things about this Richard Williams. Could you tell me as much as you know about him, I'm just curious. I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." It wasn't as if I could force him anyhow.
I heard him sigh before he responded. "You're not going to let this go are you?"
"'Afraid not."
"Williams was a Japanese immigrant to the United States of America. He decided to join the U.S. military. As you know, he made friends with Patrice, Chase, and of course, your father." Then he stopped.
"No, I want to know about his character, you know, what kind of a guy he was." He still didn't say anything. I was going to find out about this person. Time to run my 'I'm an orphaned girl' game.
"Mr. Kazama, I never got the chance to know either one of my parents, so now that I have the chance to find out about my father, I want to get everything I can. Williams really seemed to affect him and I want to know why. And right now, you're the only one who can tell me." I hope that was enough.
He sighed once more. "Richard Williams was somebody who liked to be in control, a leader. Walker and Chase didn't mind that, but your father was somebody who didn't like to take orders. So as you can probably tell, they butted heads quite a few times." Uncle Wang sure did tell me about Dad being hard headed. "And really, that is all I know Xiaoyu."
"Thank you Mr. Kazama. Oh and answer me this."
"What?"
"If you're able to give me a hint about the money, why not just tell me where it is or just take it yourself?"
He chuckled a little bit. "I'm afraid I can't let you know that."
"Well, how do you know so much about my father and his past?"
"To be honest Xiaoyu, you may find out all the answers to your questions in due time. Is that all?"
"One more thing. What if I told you I thought I met Richard Williams recently?"
"Believe me Xiaoyu, he's dead." Now he was getting a bit agitated.
"I know you have other things to worry about, but there is one more teensy weensy thing I need to know."
"What is it?"
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"You don't have a choice, now do you Xiaoyu?" I suppose I didn't. "Ok, that's all I wanted to know."
"Ok, but before you hang up, promise me one thing?"
"What's that?"
"Promise me you won't tell anybody about you knowing about me. I should've asked you that earlier, but you deserve to know.
"Ok, I promise Mr. Kazama, bye now."
"Goodbye Xiaoyu."
Jin swears on his momma's grave that Williams is dead. But that didn't mean that it was true. I have 15 more minutes before I have to make another phone call.
* * *
"Hello? Red Dragon Gift Shop, how may I help you?" I watched from the other corner of the alley as the clerk picked up the phone.
"Hi, did a man by the name of Richard Williams happen to walk into your store?"
"Uh, let me ask this young man who just walked in." I saw as he asked Joshua if he was Mr. Williams. As I suspected, Joshua nodded his head yes and took the phone from the store clerk.
"Hello, Jonathan Williams speaking, who is this?"
I burst into the store. "You lying bastard! I can't believe you tried to deceive me as if I was some kind of idiot! You should've known I would've found out eventually. I know your name isn't 'Jonathan' you're Richard! You can have the money you and your war buddies are after, you'll just have to kill me first!" And with that, I stormed out of the store.
"Xiao, wait! Here me out, let me explain!" I know that motherfucker isn't following me.
"It's Xiaoyu, bastard! Quit following me!" now he had me running away from him with many spectators looking on.
"Sorry, Xiaoyu ! But before you call me anymore names, just listen to what I have to say!" Now I didn't have a choice because he caught up with me a pushed me up against a wall.
"Let go of me, I don't want anything to do with you!" The more I screamed, the tighter he held me. He's a big guy, so I resorted to the only thing I could do. I kneed him in the stomach and he hunched over, then I elbowed him in the back. I attempted to run away but he got up in time to catch me.
"If you don't stop struggling I'll carry you of with me."
"Just try!" And try he did. Unfortunately, he was successful. "Where are you taking me? Help somebody; he's trying to kidnap me!"
"Xiao, the more you scream the weirder we look. Why don't you calm down until we get back to my place?"
"For the last time it's Xiaoyu and I don't want to go back to your place!" Doesn't matter cause that's where I ended up anyway. He sat me down on his bed.
"Fine, you win, what's your explanation, Richard." So not only did Joshua lie to me, so did Kazama!
"Xiao, my name is Jonathan Williams, Richard's little brother." I was still a little skeptical, but the thought of Kazama lying to me made me want to believe what Jonathan/Richard/Joshua was saying.
"Ok, Jonathan, why did you lie to me about your name? You could've just told me what your name was."
"I wasn't sure how much you knew about your father, so I lied."
"Well, I was really fond of Joshua and now he's gone." I couldn't hide the disappointment in my voice.
"Xiao, I'm not that much older than you."
"So?"
"So I didn't get the chance to know my brother like you didn't know your father or mother. I'm on the same search as you, I want answers." Still I was doubtful, but at the same time, he looked like he was being somewhat honest.
"What do you know about my father's murder and those two other people? Walker and Conroy I believe."
"Well, I found out about the 4 million dollars and I got in contact with Patrice and Chase. I told them my story and they said they didn't want anything to do with me unless I knew anything about Lei Fei's murder. I guess they thought the murderer was after the money too, so they wanted to know who it was just in case. Not only that, I also think they wanted the satisfaction of killing your father for themselves. So I lied and told them I did it out of revenge and it was only then that they agreed to help me out."
"But you really don't know who did it then? Or do you?"
"No, Xiao, I'm just as in the dark as you are."
"So who called my house that evening?"
"That was Chase."
"What exactly do you want to gain from all this Jonathan?"
"I suppose I want some of the money for myself too."
"That's understandable. What do you suggest I do now?"
"Well, you can start working with us so that we can all work out something. That way, nobody gets hurt."
"Ok, I can work with that. I should really be getting home now."
"Wait."
"What is it?"
"Would you join me for a real date tonight? My way of saying sorry."
"I don't see the harm in that. See you later."
"Great, bye Xiaoyu."
* * *
There's numero cuatro. I can't answer all of those questions simply because I would give the entire story away and there'd be no point in you reading it anymore. I promise everything will be answered eventually. But I will say this; I didn't lie when I said this was a Xiaoyin story. It's not really focused around romance as you can tell, but that's the pairing, honestly. You have a point about Jin knowing about the money. If he can give a hint, then why doesn't he just tell poor Xiaoyu? Good observations(.
*Dark and Lovely*
