Henry slowly pushed Louisa's wheelchair around the cemetery. Towards Leo's grave. Louisa tried to strengthen her feelings at this time. After all, Leo was still new to working with her. And Leo is one of the best. Louisa acknowledged that. Henry slightly lowered his head to look at Louisa who had been silent for a long time. Henry couldn't say anything else. But now, however, the two of them must stay strong, and always be together. Then he looked back at the path in front of them. Shortly, when Louisa and Henry were almost at the location of Leo and Jane's grave, they both simultaneously frowned at each other there.
"What are you doing in here?" Louisa asked loudly for a moment. Her face showed displeasure. With both her palms clasped tightly on both sides of her body at this very moment. Meanwhile, Henry looked at Louisa and the person in front of them and turned their backs on them.
Louisa couldn't contain her emotions. “What are you doing in here, Julian?!” She asked again in an even louder tone of voice.
Julian Cole. The man had his back to Louisa and Henry there. Right in front of Jane and Leo's graves. Before long, Julian turned his body and looked at Louisa and Henry alternately. With a small smile on his face there. The palm of his right hand is seen holding a bouquet of white lilies there. Louisa glared at Julian even more. Did not like his presence in the cemetery area at all.
“Don't shout, Louisa. I can hear your voice even from afar.” Julian muttered looking at Louisa. "Oh, you came with your boyfriend?" Julian asked as he looked at Henry who was still staring at him.
Louisa didn't like Julian's tone of voice at the moment. “Don't look like you're familiar with me, Julian. He is my boyfriend, so don't mess with us. I can call the police to come here and arrest you once again.” Louisa tried to be firm, then began to notice Henry's residence earlier. “Henry, he… he is…”
“Juan Cole...” Henry suddenly mumbled. Making Louisa feel confused, and began to tilt her head to look at Henry.
"Henry?" Louisa muttered and wondered a lot. Why Henry calls Julian with Juan.
Seeing that, Julian slowly walked closer to Louisa and Henry. "Well, I see you did your job right, bodyguard, Henry Stiles." Julian's mumble which was getting more and more startled Louisa there.
“W-what… what does that mean?” Louisa muttered. She couldn't believe that Julian and Henry knew each other.
Julian turned his head towards Louisa who was currently demanding an answer. "I think your boyfriend, can't say much to you, Louisa." Julian said, and made Louisa look at him. “Because, he is bound by his employment contract. Isn't that right, Henry?"
Henry, who was looked at by Julian and Louisa at the same time, instantly stiffened. He never thought that this world was so small in fact. "I-I..."
Louisa gripped Henry's palm which felt cold to her quite tightly. “Henry...” She mumbled.
Henry looked at Louisa with a deep look in his eyes. “Louisa… she is my boss. He's the big boss at the agency, Juan Cole." Henry answered by closing his eyes. Totally unable to look at the surprised Louisa right now.
Louisa, who heard this, immediately let go of Henry's hand. "Not. Henry, no. He's not Juan Cole, he's Julian Cole. Son of George Tomkins. I've told you everything, haven't I? I don't... how do you know him by the name of Juan, Henry? He can't be your big boss. That's not possible at all." Louisa tried to deny that fact.
"Louisa." Henry muttered as he started to grip Louisa's shoulders tightly. "I don't even know if Julian Cole is actually Juan Cole. I never knew if he was the same person. As far as I know, Juan Cole is the boss of our bodyguard agency. He is our big boss. My big boss, Louisa.” Henry tried to explain. He was feeling frustrated now. Still can't believe what he saw. That the person in Louisa's past was the same person who was her big boss.
Louisa was silent for a moment, and a single tear rolled down her cheek. How could this have happened? Louisa kept wondering about it. Julian who saw that also fell silent. "I don't want to drag on your interests. I came here to see Jane's grave." Julian mumbled then turned around and came back closer to Jane's grave there.
"What's your relationship with Jane, Julian?" Louisa, who had been trying to calm down, couldn't do it well at all. She looked at Julian's back who was currently squatting and placing the bouquet of flowers right on Jane's grave. Henry, who was still holding Louisa's shoulder, immediately stood up and looked at Julian as well.
Julian paused, then slightly turned his head back. “Jane is my love. I love her. But I can't have her, because she's gone forever right now." Julian muttered.
Hearing that, Louisa felt a tingle. The look in Julian's eyes that he saw at this moment was solemn. Louisa almost forgot how Julian's eyes looked when he said that he really loved Louisa when she was a little. Julian who might still be the same, who once promised to be a good and the best cousin ever. Louisa could see all that today. And Louisa felt dizzy.
Julian stood up and turned his body there. Then looked at Louisa and Henry alternately. His face was stiff with sadness. “I never told you about this. But Jane's death is the only thing that makes me have to tell the whole truth today, Louisa. I will tell the whole truth from past to present. I won't lie one bit. Losing Jane is the result of my negligence in being able to help you get revenge, Louisa."
***
At this time, Louisa, Henry, and Julian were inside Louisa's house. Louisa decided that they would talk together there. Although, of course, Henry had rejected the idea, because how could Louisa be able to trust Julian so much after what she had done in the past. But Louisa managed to convince Henry. And Henry could only agree to that by force. The three of them sat on the sofa in the living room of the house, with the door closed. Henry tries to keep an eye on Julian, even though he's the boss at his agency, he still needs to be wary of when he's at Louisa's house.
Julian sighed slowly, then started to look at Louisa and Henry who were sitting right next to him right now. “I know that you will not easily believe me. I'm sorry...” Julian mumbled.
Henry turned his head towards Louisa who looked tense. Slowly, Henry gripped Louisa's right palm. It suddenly made Louisa turn her head towards Henry, and try to smile a little. After that, the two of them looked straight at Julian again. “I want to say that… I can't keep this secret and truth anymore now. I failed to save Jane, and I lost her forever. I think this is the only way to help you avenge George Tomkins." Julian muttered again.
“The truth about what, Julian? After all you and George Tomkins are the same. You are his son." Louisa answered with her voice that sounded stiff.
"That's the truth. Louisa, I'm not the son of George Tomkins." Said Julian with a sad smile.
Louisa widened her eyes for a moment. “W-what do you mean? You're not the son of George Tomkins? That's impossible, Julian."
"That's right, Louisa. I'm not George Tomkins' real son." Julian then opened the bag he was carrying and took out some file folders there. Julian held out one of the folders in between to Louisa.
Immediately, Louisa accepted and opened it. A birth certificate. “Since birth, my name has been Julian Cole. The certificate only had my mother's name, Lilith Cole, written on it. There's no Tomkins on there." Julian explained.
Louisa and Henry both looked at the birth certificate, then looked back at Julian. "I know that's absolutely impossible. But when George Tomkins married my mother, he knew that she was already pregnant with me. That's why he didn't want to give the Tomkins surname to me. That's why my mother always said that everyone would still know me as Julian Tomkins, even if not officially. That's also the reason George Tomkins didn't help me when I went to prison seven years ago." Julian paused.
“I don't want to talk about this anymore but, I don't want you to still lose faith in me, Louisa. Therefore, I have to keep saying it.” Julian again gave another map to Louisa and Henry. “I'm not the abuser against you, Louisa. But Joseph Tomkins, George Tomkins' first and only son by his first wife."
At that moment, Louisa and Henry opened the map given by Julian. Louisa felt tears starting to well up in her eyelids at this moment. Inside the folder contains a sexual assault report file that was hidden by the police. Louisa saw the evidence in the form of a complete photo there. There was Louisa, and also Joseph. Not Julian. “I can't tell you the truth, because I lost control. When I found out Joseph did that, I tried to save you. And I killed Joseph."
Louisa raised her head and looked at Julian with tears starting to roll down her face. “Seven years ago, I didn't go to prison for that abuse, Louisa. But because I killed Joseph Tomkins. I killed him to save you. At that time, I also knew that it was done by Joseph at the behest of George Tomkins, to destroy your family and Tomkins House."
Louisa couldn't say anything at all. Henry who saw that, immediately hugged Louisa's shoulders tightly. Julian gripped his palms tightly. “George Tomkins is furious that I messed up his plans. And distort that fact from your family and you. I was scared, because at that time I had already lost my mother. So, I kept quiet, even though I had to go to jail. Even though, you hate me too, for the truth that was blamed by him.”
“I have lots of other evidence, Louisa. I can give you everything. I don't demand or ask for much. I just want to earn your trust again for me. After that, everything will feel calm for me.”
Julian was silent. Really hoped that everything he said would be enough for Louisa as well as Henry. However, Henry and Louisa still didn't say anything. They fell silent. Probably still digesting everything he just said. It's all the truth. No lies, because Julian himself was getting tired of keeping it all to himself.
“I… don't know what to say, Julian. This is too much already for me.” Louisa muttered in the end.
Julian nodded his head in a faint motion. "I know. And I'm sorry I can't tell you everything earlier. It's just, I can't keep it anymore. Because it feels useless to me anymore. I lost a loved one to George Tomkins."
"You really love Jane, don't you?" Louisa asked with a faint smile.
"Yeah... really. I love her so much." Julian smiled a little. "But I know that I myself made the rules that the agency can't have a relationship with each other. Therefore, I never said anything, even though, I knew she loved me too. But I sent Jane and Henry on a great mission, which is to protect you from George Tomkins. And I can see how they manage to do that.” Julian looked at Henry.
Henry smiled a little. Louisa smiled too. "I trust you, Julian. And I forgive you. It all started with George Tomkins. He has ruined our lives to this extent.” Louisa muttered with a sad feeling.
"Louisa, there's one more truth I want to tell you." Julian suddenly spoke seriously again. Louisa and Henry looked at each other. “Your parents didn't die because of illness, Louisa. But they were poisoned by George Tomkins. And the police helped him to cover up the case, so he wouldn't be able to go to jail at the time. It was George Tomkins who poured that poison in their food and killed them, Louisa."