Chapter 42: A Call from England

"My grandfather," replied Vesa.

Hearing that answer, Derrick immediately chose to step aside and invited the twins to come with him. He didn't want to intrude on Vesa's privacy with his grandparents. Of course, Vesa needed time to talk to her family.

Vesa took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly. He smoothly pressed the 7 inch flat object next to his right ear. "He-hello, Grandpa. How are you?"

"What did you say, son? How are you?" said Thomas in disbelief.

"Huh!?" Vesa was silent.

"You lied to us and decided to go after your father and now you're asking how we're doing?" said Thomas.

"Um, Grandpa... I... "

"You want to know how we're doing? Okay, I'll tell you. I almost had a heart attack when Ruslan said you were already in Indonesia. Seriously. If you really wanted to go there and study there, you should have told us. There's no need to lie and say that you're working on an assignment at Oxford."

Thomas' panting breaths sounded clear in Vesa's ears and it made the young m