Chapter 79

Falcone seemed happy, and Alford contented himself with a slight smile to keep up.
Simon softly adjusting his glasses: "Congratulations, young master, is it Ace?"
Alford was surprised and looked at him while Falcone looked at Simon: "You are as smart as ever Simon, I hope this happens soon; you must help me, butler!"
Simon bowed softly: "Your command, sir, I am on duty..."
.........
Carl Alert approached his mother and Carl Smith.
Carl Smith was sweating a little and looking tired.
Carl Alert: "Mom, we're going for a walk!"
Carl Smith pulled to Katherine's astonishment.
As they walked outside, Alert Jer Smith stood and Carl Smith gasped.
"You crazy, you should have gone out as soon as you feel thirsty..!!"
"I'm sorry..."
"What do we do when you are forbidden to drink my blood!?"
Tried calling Bice but the other one doesn't answer...
Carl Alert with some enthusiasm: "So..."
Carl Smith understood: "I won't; let's get my sister's help or..."
Then he felt a little frustrated: "Am I going to look lost every time? How did you turn into a vampire? Who did it to me?"
Carl Alert: "Let's Go to Rex Better"
The other nodded in agreement...
..........
Thomas stood up in amazement: "What are you saying!? Phoenix Companies!? Did Ray have that skill and didn't he show it to us!? What a boy!"
His bespectacled assistant raised the papers anxiously: "I am also amazed; I had expected Mr. Phoenix's companies to be gone...but just as I said...it made a huge profit;
Thomas earnestly: "It's time..."
He looked at him questioningly, "What time?"
Thomas looks at his papers: "Handing over my companies to them; I can no longer go on... I'll wait for the reckless Phoenix and Eric... Then I'll give in before them to whomever deserves it... Better to see their reactions in front of me than to perish and I don't know what madness they might do after me." .."
Assistant nodded in agreement and then knocked on the door and Thomas let him in..
Phoenix entered with a smile while Thomas stood in astonishment: "Phoenix you're back!?"
Phoenix with a smile bows to him lightly: "I brought you a surprise..."
Thomas looked at him questioningly while Phoenix pointed towards the door and Thomas turned to see Eric quietly enter.. Their eyes met..
He looked toward Phoenix, unable to express his thoughts: "Uh... is that the reason Phoenix has been away?"
Phoenix nodded as he smiled at him; Thomas approached Eric, his calm expression.
He put his hand on his cheek and looked into his eyes: "My little Eric, why do you look so calm? Aren't you happy?"
Eric smiled lightly, "Yeah."
Thomas hugged him as he thought.
Thomas, you should replace him.
Thomas, you should replace him.
Thomas N Eric is already perishing..!
Thomas .. I hope you are not late for your son!
He walked away and grabbed his shoulders with a smile: "Tomorrow... No, but now!"
He turned to his aide: "Send a public invitation! A party to restore Eric's sight!"
Eric looked at him in strange silence as the workers began to gather in the palace to prepare him for tonight's party..!
In the midst of this chaos, and after a few hours had passed, Thomas advanced towards Phoenix and handed him a stack of papers..
Thomas with a smile: "These are the achievements of your companies in your absence"
Phoenix looked at his papers in astonishment as he flipped their cards and saw those successful deals and high profits..
Phoenix surprised: "Who took care of her in my absence?!"
Thomas laughs lightly: "You won't believe it...it's Little Ray."
Phoenix was astonished and was satisfied with silence..
Has the enemy of the past really become the brother of the present!? Or is it just carrying out their adoptive father's orders?
The sun was beginning to set when Rex stood in the center of that headquarters.
Rex sighed, "Okay, I have to go; there's a party going for Uncle Eric."
Carl Smith raised his eyes to Rex, some feelings of longing mingled with him, but he was content with silence..
Lottie was sitting and she stretched her hand and Carl had just finished his class.
She treated her wound with tools they had brought to the headquarters earlier, and she says: "I heard that Mr. Thomas Smith will give up all his companies to one of them..."
Rex with some enthusiasm: "Actually I'm excited to see Eric's animation and freedom; seeing characters he hears voices and knows about but doesn't know what they look like.. I'm really happy for my silent uncle Eric"
Carl Smith standing: "I want to go to the party!"
There was silence for a moment before Carl Alert said, "Hm, I think you shouldn't go..."
He got a little frustrated as Tris, who was including himself, finally stood up: "I've got a way! He's going in disguise!!"
Rex looks at Lottie: "Are you invited to the party?"
Lotte spontaneously: "What do I know?"
Carl Alert with a sigh: "Yes, yes, don't you know what a public invitation means? I have sent private invitations to some, but it is a public invitation that can go if it wants."
Lottie looked at Carl Smith: "Then he'll disguise and we'll all go to the party! He'll see his acquaintances up close!"
Carl Smith stood excitedly and looked excited at Rex as Carl Alert sighed..
Lottie bored: "And where is Ace? He doesn't even answer our calls.."
Rex: "We'll visit him after we get ready for the party and get Carl Smith!"
Carl Alert mumbles: "I just hope no one reveals it..."
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Ace was sitting drinking juice with calm features and they were drawing blood and looking tired..
The nurse: "I hope you are well, little one.. We can't draw more.. Your brother still needs blood and we are waiting for donors.. Linda is starting to reach a stable state, but she is still in a coma... As for Taron... his blood type is rare."
Ace calmly: "I understand.. I'll wait for him to wake up.."
A stranger in uniform came up to him: "Ace Alert, I think we'll have to find you a replacement until your guardian is awake...so..."
Before he could finish speaking, another man came forward: "Excuse me, Ace.. We know you're tired, but Mr. Phoenix is back.. and you have to go back to the mansion for work.."
Ace stood and walked past them, ignoring when he noticed the evil looks between them.
Phoenix is back, so he will leave, perhaps he will occupy himself in the Phoenix Palace and forget what happened to his brother.
arrived at Phoenix Palace; He walked quietly toward Rex and quickly turned to him, bewildered, "Ace! Which one suits..."
Ace fell silent, seeing a lot of clothes here and there.. Then his eyes fell on the young man with honey eyes, dark messy hair and elegant clothes..
Ace: "Who is this who looks a lot like Carl Smith?"
Rex frustrated: "It's Carl Smith, but why do you say so much...?"
Ace walked over and picked up some glasses that were lying on the floor and put them on: "Hmm, that's better..."
Rex asks, "Why does your tone sound so sore?"
Ace ignores the question: "I'm going to get dressed for servants and I'm going to the party with you.."
He walked to the closet and picked out Rex's clothes: "I think these are the best..."
Rex took it while Ace started to arrange the place under Rex's eyes..
Rex: "Did something happen? You look so tired.."
Ace softly: "Falcon almost killed my brother and his wife."
Rex was surprised as Ace put the clothes in the closet: "Are you serious!?"
Ace: "Why would I lie?"
He went out and went to his room and changed his clothes and then came back and helped Rex close his buttons silently: "Let's leave..."
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The palace was full of guards, especially since the invitation was public, and the guests began to come, and Eric was in his room looking at himself in the mirror and looking at his clothes.
Phoenix entered him: "The guests began to gather..."
Eric calmly: "Phoenix, you know, I hope the party turns into a massacre..."
Phoenix smiles half a smile, quickly turning her away as he enters: "You don't have to, sir; it's a party your father threw for you."
Eric Bored: "What is he up to with this party? It's not like I like parties.."
Phoenix: "Let's have fun..."
Eric lightly: "You know what kind of fun I like"
Phoenix laughed lightly, followed by Eric.
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Thomas was standing there welcoming his guests after their meeting; They were all from the upper class, a few from the middle class, and no one came from the lower class.
The paparazzi were recording this party and Eric walked towards his father and stood with him solemnly; And happiness overwhelms the party..
Rex had deliberately separated from Carl Smith because he is one of the characters who will attract attention..
Carl Smith was sitting at one of the tables watching the guests and next to him Carl Alert introduced him to the characters related to Carl Smith and the other listened and focused..
Phoenix, Erin, and Ray have been around Eric since they are his brothers.
Eric was looking around for someone.
Erin: "What's wrong with you, Eric?"
Eric: "Where's Irina? She was always around but this time I didn't see her.."
Phoenix points to him on a corner: "Look over there she's talking to Raven Reagan..."
Eric, surprised: "And what are they doing together?"
Phoenix was a little surprised by Eric's question but smiled faintly: "Well, it seems Irina didn't tell you that she was going to be dating this young man soon..."
Eric was surprised... again... another thing he didn't know about. Why? Even you, Irina, who was standing aside with me in my illness.. you didn't tell me something like this..?
Ray throws his mind off his mind: "He made a company and it started to flourish; I made a deal and partnered with him and the Phoenix Companies so that Raven would rise up the class so he would fit in well with Irina...The Reagan family is really booming thanks to that guy; he's really fit to be her partner...But... Irina was refusing to be attached to him so quickly..."
Eric Lake: "Why?"
Erin looked at Ray sharply as if he didn't want him to say it, but Ray replied, "Just to check on you; she's afraid she'll get busy with him about you.."
Eric mumbles, "So then..."
He walked down towards them until he stood near them, bowing lightly: "Welcome to Raven Reagan to the party; nice to have you..."
Raven turned to him and bowed lightly: "It is my honor, Mr. Eric Smith..."
Carl Smith said to Carl Alert as he watched from afar: "Wow, are my parents' parents and my mother's parents starting to get close?"
Carl Alert whispered: "That's sexy, isn't it?"
Eric turned towards them and his eyes met Carl Smith, who tried to control himself and not get nervous..
Eric approached them and looked at Carl Alert: " Carl Alert, right?"
Carl smiled lightly at him, "Yes, brother, congratulations on seeing you again."
Eric calmly and indifferently: "You don't sound like yours, you know? I hate half-brothers...I hate them so badly..."
Carl Alert his smile did not disappear while Carl Smith felt pain and it showed in his eyes... Has he not changed in those fifteen years!!?
Carl Alert: "But brother, we have done nothing to you..."
Eric coldly: "You did, Carl... just as the previous Carl used to take my father away from us, you took my mother..."
Then he turned around...
Carl Alert sighed, "Don't let his words affect you..."
Carl Smith whispered: "I definitely don't know what's going to happen to me in the next few days... Is Ace really going to be able to do something?"
On the other hand, Rex had approached Eric chatting with him on various topics, excited that Eric was responding to him, albeit a little cold..
Ace was close to them as he was Rex's servant.
Phoenix approached them as well.
Phoenix: "Did you like my kid's character, Eric?"
Eric: "Well...it's annoying..."
Rex wearily: "You didn't say that about me!?"
While Phoenix laughed at them..
Phoenix whispered in Eric's ear, and as soon as he finished his words, Eric's eyes fell into those of Ace, who shivered in his place and expected the worst..
Here, Thomas spoke through the loudspeaker, declaring..
"Thank you, dear guests, for coming to tonight's party..."
He started by talking about the company and how Irene and Phoenix had succeeded in it; And how was Ray when he took over the Phoenix companies in his absence..
He spoke and praised Irina for sacrificing her share of the company to Erin so that she could devote herself to Eric.
He praised Eric for his occasional attempts to get involved in corporate business.
Then he concluded his speech.