The Dragon General's Vengeful Return

7

As soon as they are in the sky again, Stephanie holds on to her dear husband's hand and begs him.

“Please, Roman, please, don't do this.” She begs with all her heart. “That house is where I grew up and honestly, Finna and her family showed us kindness sometimes. Right, Athena?”

Athena nods. “She gave us a cake that made us sick and we had to use the toilet for three days!”

Stephanie laughs nervously. “Well, the cake was laced with laxatives, but that was a joke. Finna jokes like that sometimes.”

Roman growls under his breath.

Carmen is actively communicating with the rest of the soldiers, and at this moment, he turns to his boss.

“Sir, the Beerson mansion has just been destroyed now. The Kent Mansion is going down in the next twenty minutes!”

“Wait!” Stephanie grabs his hand. “You can't do this, Roman. Stop it.”

“After everything that your family did, trust me this is me showing them mercy. I should throw them in jail too!”

She grabs his face and kisses his lips to calm him down. He has been her husband for seven years, and even though they have been apart for most of the time, she knows him very well.

“Do you love me?” She asks him in a very soothing voice.

“Of course I do, Stefanie. With all of my heart.” He replies.

“Then stop this immediately.” She says. “I know they did awful things and what not, but I don't want them to be without homes. Having slept in a doghouse for seven years, I know what it means to be homeless.”

Roman feels his throat tighten because he hasn't dealt with them to his heart's fullest, but his wife has asked him to stop, and he must.

One nod to Carmen, and the order gets to the right ears. “The boss has ordered for it to stop immediately!”

The call ends.

Stephanie shut her eyes in relief.

The truth is that she isn't only looking out for her family alone, she is also very terrified.

She doesn't believe that her poor husband, the man who had to sell his boots in a pawn shop to get her an old silver ring, she doesn't believe that he is so rich overnight.

She believes that he got some of his friends to act like he is their superintendent, and then he splashed all of his money on this helicopter so that he can make her family feel sorry for what they did to them.

The truth of the matter is that she is content with having him back, and having her daughter and her out of the doghouse.

Maybe they can get a small apartment and maybe a used wheelchair for her too. They are going to be a happy little family, and she loves it.

She is just scared because he pulled down those mansions and if he gets in trouble with the military for that.

She will have to find a way to call her parents and Finna to beg them to forgive Roman…

“Honey, look!”

“Mummy, look!”

She has been lost in her thoughts, but only when Athena and Roman touch her does she come back to consciousness.

Athena is jumping up and down as she points to a mansion that is bigger than both the Beerson and the Kent mansions.

Stephanie's jaw drops to the ground. Who owns this huge house?

“Are we stopping to say hello to your boss?” She turns to Roman. “Was he the one that gave you this helicopter to come and rescue us?”

Roman is so dumbfounded that he finds himself laughing. It's Carmen that answers for him.

“No, Miss, the Boss is the highest entity in the army, he doesn't have a boss. This is your house, he has spent five years building the perfect house for his family.”

“Our house?!” Athena press her face against the glass. “You mean I am going to finally get my own room?!”

Athena squeaks with joy! She never never had the luxury of having a room to herself since she has always shared the doghouse with her lame mother.

They even have a helipad on top of the roof! How much money does Roman Croft have?

“Home sweet home.” Roman chuckles. He picks her up in his hands and they stroll through the front door.

Their house looks like something out of the dream of a very rich man. There are over five different luxurious cars in the parking lot, and once they step into the house, Athena can't go further.

She stops to take off her shoes, because she doesn't believe that her tattered shoes deserve to touch these beautiful carpets.

Roman is very quick to stop her. “What are you doing, Athena?”

“I can't step on the carpet,” Athena says. “Aunt Finna always makes me take off my shoes before entering the house…”

“Well, this is not your Aunt Finna's house, this is yours. Don't mind staining the ground with dirt because there are servants to clean them up.”

Stephanie eyebrows lifts. “Are you sure, Roman? We really hate to be a bother here.”

“Don't worry, my family. You will never be a bother.”

A man in his late fifties steps out of the corner with a briefcase in his hands. He walks into the living room, just as Roman is dropping Stephanie gently in a chair.

“Doctor Professor!” Roman beams. “You have come at the right time!”

Stephanie's eyes blinks with unclarity.

“Oh, my dear, this is Doctor Professor Jenkins. He is the most brilliant Doctor in the world, and even though he is a very busy person, he has been able to make time to see us tonight.”

“Good day, sir.” The Doctor bows. “Mrs Croft, nice to meet you.”

This explanation still hasn't made things clear for Stephanie. A Doctor for what?

Doctor Jenkins is such an excellent doctor that he can read her expression just from her face.

“Well, Mrs Croft, I am a trained neurosurgeon, and I have been hired by your husband to help give you back your ability to walk.”