Chapter 87 - Trust Me.

After returning from the marine park, Luna and Brian bring Alex to see a doctor on the island while Jamal, Raymond, and Lily wait at the recreational area in front of the hotel.

A few people are playing beach volleyball which makes Raymond and Jamal a bit interested to join in. Both of them then look at the little girl who happily slurps a smoothie they just bought for her.

"What?" She asked those two men who look like they wanna asked something to her.

"Can we-"

"Just go. I'll be here." Lily cut Jamal's word and smile a little to the man. While Raymond already looks at her and tilt his head a little. "Don't stray and talk to strangers, watch us play, okay."

Raymond said while Jamal went to the group of the player on the beach. After a while, Jamal comes back, showing his thumbs up to Raymond and they both join the local team to play the volleyball against some of the tourists from Japan and Thailand.

It's been a while since he last fills his day with sport and plays to his heart content. Sometimes, it good too to get down from his white horse and be natural like this.

...

Bonk!

"Jay, spike the ball!" Raymond shouts from behind and as what Raymond says, Jamal jump and hits the ball back to the other side of the net.

Bonk!

"In!" The referees said and Lily shouts happily from the side. "Yeay!"

After some time, Brian, Luna, and Alex went to Lily's side when they saw them at the beach, playing volleyball with the local people and some tourist team. "Has it long since they started?" Brian asked his daughter. He also a bit intrigued to play that game.

"Uh..ten minutes? But our team is leading now." Lily report the score to her daddy.

Alex's eyes a bit wide when he saw how Raymond strikes the ball and team up with uncle Jamal and a few other men. He opens his mouth like saying an inaudible word of 'wow'.

Thud! "Ouch!" One of the players from the tourists' team twists his ankle and unable to play. They stop the game for a moment and that's when Brian offers himself to join in the opposite team.

Raymond scoffs a bit when looking at the man and turns his head on Luna and the kids at the side of the beach. Watching them from the ring.

"Alex! Cheer for me, will ya?" He shouts from the ring and Alex rises his thumbs up. Agree to cheer on him.

Looking at how Raymond shout, Brian also looked at the girls. "Girls..cheer for daddy, will ya?"

Lily giggling and nods his head. Luna also shouts to him. Giving her support to the man. "Good luck, Brian."

Again, Raymond scoff and Jamal went to him to pat on his shoulder. "Don't worry Mister Ray..I'm a good player." Jamal touches his nose with his finger like a macho pose.

"Pftt..yeah..no doubt." Raymond holds his laugh and gets ready in position. When everyone is ready, the referee blows the whistle.

Frettt!

But for the second match, the beach area already crowded with people looking at them and watch them from the side of the beach. Two handsome guys with godly-like were in a beach volleyball match with a perfect background, of course, they would not miss the chance to sneakingly take a picture of these two handsome guys.

"God…he's so handsome. Which one do you like? The black hair guy or the brown?" one of the girls who sitting near Luna said in their local language, however, Luna can understand them. Staying for four years in Singapore, she can understand their local dialect a little bit.

"Of course, I would prefer the brown-haired guy.. but...I think I want to cheer that black-haired guy. He looks more dominance and he had that aura like a…you know…"

"Ah~ me tooo.. let's cheer for the black-haired guy."

Luna bit her bottom lips and squinted her eyes a bit. ' Which part of him that makes everyone go crazy for him?'

The beach area suddenly got more crowded with people when it almost five o'clock. Not only they watched the match but, the 'Save sea turtle' event almost starts right now at the beach.

Alex couldn't wait to go and join the event at the beach with Raymond and his little family. But he also glued on the stone wall, watching the intense match between his papa and his daddy. 'Wow, they both crazily good at sport! I want to learn from them!'

"Daddy go, go, go!" Lily still cheering for Brian at the side of the beaches and a minute later... 'Freeeeetttt!' the game ended with the team from Raymond and Jamal win with a slightly high point from Brian's team.

Both of them then handshake with the whole team and chat for a little, the local guys are surprisingly good at playing the sport. It feels refreshing to knowing more people from other circles besides his elite life. He then runs to Alex and ruffles his hair.

"Am cool, aren't I?" He smiles and peeks at Luna's face which already rolls her eyes, annoyed.

"Nah…you're not one bit like Karch Kiraly at all," Alex said just want to deny his father's statement.

Raymond dumbfounded a little. "Hey, he's old..but, yeah…he awesomely good. Wanna meet with him? I can arrange that for you." He touches Alex's little nose.

Alex then shakes his head. "No, thanks.." He smiles and then he turns his head to his mother. "Mama, I wanna go there. Joining the event, can I?"

Luna caresses his hair and nods her head. "Of course," She then looks at Lily who's in Brian's embrace and asked the girl.

"Do you want to join me to, honey?"

Lily then nodded her head and look at Brian. "Let's go daddy! We watch the sea turtle!" She said with an energetic voice.

Raymond at the stone wall, keep looking at them. They look like a perfect little family. If only Brian's place is him right now, he thinks it might fit the picture better.

"Mister Ray.." Jamal takes a seat beside the man.

Looking at him, Ray lifts up his eyebrow. "Hm?"

"Why don't you joining them too? I can help you by taking the picture if you want. You probably want at least a picture with Ms. Luna and Alex, right?" He doesn't know where did he get the courage to asked that man those questions. Probably when he saw his sadness between his eyes when he looks at them just now?

"Can you secretly took it without her knowing?" Raymond asked him.

Nodded, he says.."Trust me."

"Then…" Raymond gives the camera to the man. "help me, please."