Chapter 493 - Truth Time (3)

26 May, Matthew's on-base accommodation, Military Base, City K 

Matthew looked at Lexi. Dominic had quickly come to what they had to tell him.

Lexi, took a couple of deep breaths before saying "Dominic, we have something to tell you."

"Mummy, what have we just been doing."

Lexi stifled a little bit of laughter. There were times that Dominic, even in the worst of situations could make it lighter by just a quick comment.

"We have been doing that, but that is not what we mean. It is time for us to tell you something important."

"And this is not important," came a serious response from Dominic, who shook his head. From talking over the last twelve months with his Uncle Phillip he knew how serious cancer was, and here was his mummy wanting to make a joke. "Mummy you have thing wrong. I know from talking to Uncle Phillip how serious cancer is."

"Dominic, I am not making light of cancer, but we have to have a serious talk to you about things, not your cancer diagnosis. That is serious, but we will follow the doctor's advice."

"But what you mummy wants to talk to you about is things in the past."

"Daddy Matthew, the past has been so why should we talk about it, unless I did something wrong."

"Cheeky, Dominic. You will listen to me."

Lexi could see the smile on Dominic's face disappear. It was as if he sensed that the situation was important.

"Now, once we have finished telling you what we must, you can ask questions, but you need to let us talk. Can you promise me you will behave?"

"Yes Mummy," quickly responded Dominic, nodding.

"You know that your Uncle Chester and Uncle Phillip went to school together, as did your Uncle Andrew, Uncle Steven, Uncle Paul and…"

"Daddy Matthew. Mummy, that is ancient history. Why is that important?"

Matthew looked at Lexi and as their eyes connected both could see in the other that they were thinking the same thing. Ancient History? That was not that long ago.

"It is. So, as you can guess, I spent lots of time with everyone, as did your Aunty Sally, Aunty Joan and Aunty Rachael plus some other friends we had. Our parents were all close as well. When I was, I think fourteen, your Daddy Matthew's grandparents died. His grandfather knew the one thing he wanted to do was to join the military, and not go into the family business which is what your Uncle Phillip wanted to always do. They owned the whole of JL International, despite your Daddy Matthew's dad running the company and they split the shares thirty-five percent to each of your Uncle Phillip and Daddy Matthew and the balance to their father. They left the villa we live in, to your Daddy Matthew and an apartment here and in the capital to your Uncle Phillip along with some money. The rest of everything went to their parents."

"As they knew what your Daddy Matthew wanted to do, they had a version that everyone believed was correct, which was that neither your Daddy Matthew or Uncle Phillip were to get their shares until they turned twenty five, with their parents to manage everything until then. You do not need to know everything that was said in the will, but there was a secret clause that said if your Daddy Matthew followed his dreams and joined the military, he received everything when he turned eighteen and your Uncle Phillip immediately got his share as well."

"I was the only person who knew what your Daddy Matthew did, when he joined the military as I went with him to a recruiting centre. Your Daddy Matthew and I were close, but I knew what his dream for a career was, and I wanted him to do what would make him happy. Just as I, within reason, let you do things that make you happy. While he could have joined through a special program because he was good at school, but that was not what he did because of what he wanted to do."

"Mummy, you are going on about ancient history…"

Matthew sternly said "Dominic, you need to let us tell you everything. It is all important, because you need to understand this, what you call ancient history, because it will help you understand things."

Seeing a slight nod from Dominic Matthew then spoke. "I was gratefully for your mummy for coming with me when I joined the military. I knew it was the right choice for me, despite my parents pressuring me to join the family company like your Uncle Phillip. He loved being involved with business from the first day our grandfather took him to the company with him. I hated it, and my grandfather knew it. I kept my decision to join the military secret from everyone except your mummy until a party a few days before my graduation from school. I did not want anyone to know until they had to as of people's feelings about the military. My parents did not like the military for many reasons, and…"

Lexi interrupted and added "My parents, your grandparents, hated it because the death of a family member in the past who served. They blamed the military for things that went wrong."

"And most of our friend's parents, looked down on the military because they believed it was not as worthwhile as the business world. The day I let everyone know resulted in big arguments, and your mummy was the only one who was happy for me and supported me. My parents, because of it threw me out of home, but I had been informed by my grandparent's lawyers that I owned my villa, so I moved, with the help of your mummy. As I was to report for training after my graduation ceremony I was only there for a few days. I was lucky, and the training unit that I was assigned to was here, so when I had leave, your mummy and I spent time together."

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