Ann's P.O.V:
Those two men fist bumped and hugged each other, and Sam and I watched them, not knowing what was happening:
-Um, dad?-.
to which I just snorted and responded:
-it's ok, give them a minute.
neither of them listened to us.
-It has been so long-.
-Yeah, how much?-.
-Well, about seven or eight years-.
When they (finally) separated, Sam looked at his father and said, whispering, perhaps to not seem indiscreet:
-I didn't know you knew Ann's father-.
-Oh, Sam, he was an old friend from... work-.
-Was you?-. I made my best face of fake surprise; I think nothing else could surprise me in that whole night.
-Yes, honey, I will explain you later-. He said without looking at me and smiling at them.
-I had no idea you guys were here! how long ago did you are here?-.
-I think a few months ago-.
-A few months ago...?-.
-Yeah, oh, I'm so sorry, why don't we go in and have a glass of wine while we catch up?-. It was pretty clear that my father didn't want to have to explain their "adult" things in front of me (especially, the reason we had wine in the house); Mr. Larusso seemed to hesitate for a second, but he finally accepted;
-Um, yeah, why not?-.
Sam and I were alone again.
-I swear I didn't know our parents were friends-. She said it as a kind of apology, as if that were necessary.
-I did-.
-You what?-.
-My great-grandmother told me something about this before came here...-.
Eric's P.O.V:
I served the wine in the most elegant glasses that I could find;
-I can't believe this-. Daniel said as he looked at the old photo of Mr. Miyagi and Mr. Pierce-.
-Why didn't you come see us? I would have been so happy to give you a personal tour of the valley-.
-I assure you I would have done it, but I was kind of busy with my new work, and I figured you would be too with that big di... that... big thing on your billboard-. I said making a small gesture.
-That was... a little misunderstanding-.
-"Enemies"?-.
-Yeah, something of it, but, tell me, the last time I saw you, I think you told me that you were going on a new mission in the Middle East, aren't you?-.
-That was my original plan, but, right after Mr. Miyagi's funeral, like a week after returning to the base, I found out that my mother had passed away. and I didn't know what to do, my superiors told me that it was not a good idea to return in that... state; They recommended that I return to Boston, and... my father had returned to convince me to sell my grandfather's inheritance-.
-That old train?-.
-Yeah; I thought he was right, at that time, I had to take care of Ann, I couldn't worry about that old junk; at first he said we would split the money, he would do it for Ann-. I gave him the glass and we clinked them.
-He told you?-.
-No, but I always considered it obvious-.
-And what happened?-.
-He took all the money, apparently he had gambling debts, and he left me a note saying that the money that Mom left and Mrs. Pierce's would be enough, son of...-. I had to hold it in, I didn't want Ann to hear me swearing.
-And what did you do?-.
-Well, I didn't have much money, Mrs. Pierce was getting sick, and Jules and I were arguing, so I went back to base to try something-.
-Were you prepared?-
-Not at all, but I couldn't stay and have him see us arguing, but it seems that the bosses noticed it; But they didn't let me return empty-handed-.
-For God's sake, don't tell me you stole an F-12-.
-F-15, and no, it was an offer, and now, you're seeing the regional director of Alpha Elite-.
Excellent, but how...?
-Before returning home, I spoke with my superior general, they recommended this job to me, who better than their "favorite student"? They said it was a good way to channel the anger, and not just mine-.
-And that there wasn't anyone else who would accept the job?-.
-With a history of arsonists, I doubt they would have been accepted-. Daniel laughed.
-And why did you do it?-.
-For the pay, why else?-. Daniel looked at me with skepticism.
-It's to reclaim the name of Alpha Elite, it is what put us on the map in the first place, and not to be remembered as a satanic sect, it was difficult for me to clear this name, especially after Colonel Dugan went to jail-.
-No, I mean why did you bring Ann with you to California? I thought you wanted to keep her away from all those morons;
-Well-. I cleared my throat;
-Mrs. Pierce has been unwell for a long time-.
-Louisa...?-.
-Shut up-. I tried to say without getting angry.
-I'm sorry, I just don't want Ann to hear us.-. He lowered his voice.
-Doesn't she know?-. It was obvious the wine cheered him up.
-I have a lot to explain to her, we just think we'll be better off here; We think Louisa would have wanted it that way-.
-I understand, It must be hard-.
-Everything will be fine, I just want her to grow up a little before telling her the truth-.
-Well, I hope you're not late, not like me...-. He said whispering.
-You look tense-.
-Yes, it's for a new group-.
-Do you mean Cobra Kai?-.
-Have you heard about them?-.
-Everyone has heard of them, I think they have a website-.
Daniel squeezed his glass and whispered:
-Be careful-. I told him in a warning tone, and he seemed to relax.
-I'm sorry, don't get me wrong, I'm trying hard to keep them away from that too, especially now-. I noticed his jaw tighten saying all those words.
-Yeah, I understand, Samantha and...-.
-Anthony-.
-Anthony, right, He must be how much? like twelve years old?-.
-Yes, well, the only thing he is doing is playing his video games all day-.
-Believe me, that is the best things that could happen to you until high school starts; It seems that you have done an excellent job as a father, Samantha is very kind, at least that is what Ann says-.
-Apparently you have done a great job too, Ann seems to be a good girl-.
-Yeah, she is, she's just having a hard time adapting to this Valley-. I didn't want to be indiscreet or tell him the disgusting things his daughter's "friends" said or did, I assumed he would already know; Since things were already getting gloomy, I decided to change the topic of conversation.
-Hey, I never thanked you enough for that beatiful Oldsmobile-.
-Still hot?-.
-Burning-. That was part of one of the best deals I (ever) made. After losing my other car, some friends of my wife had given me that old van, It worked quite well, but over the years, it has needed several repairs, I must admit Mr. Miyagi taught me a little more than karate before I left; After his funeral, while the ladies were having tea, the van had broken down for the fourth time. I deigned to repair it once again. When this "disciple" approached me and asked me if I knew anything about mechanics, I told him where I had learned it. And he answered me that he did too; He asked me if I was the son of a friend of Mr. Miyagi, and he introduced himself as Daniel Larusso and shook my hand, the famous Daniel-San.
While we finished school, I had only heard about him through my wife, I remember being jealous like an idiot.
To prevent either of us from getting in a bad mood, we decided to talk about our girls, he told me about Amanda and I told him about Jules, he told me that Amanda started working with him at the company and I told her that Julie had intentions of opening an animal shelter and since she was dying to help, my daughter loves animals; I told her how I had improved my karate techniques with Mr. Miyagi, and everything we had taught Ann, she was ready for anything. After about three glasses of wine, we went to see the ladies, and there they were, sitting on the front steps. As we said goodbye, Ann shook Daniel's hand and smiled at Samantha. After they left, she looked at me suspiciously:
-Why hadn't you told me about Sam's father?-.
-You didn't tell me that Sam is a Larusso-.
-I didn't think it was important until I found that clipping-. I was getting into trouble...