Liar and Liar - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

“Hit hard? How hard? Hit the face too?”

“That would be fun, right?”

“You even built a separate gymnasium, so if you’re going to do it, you should do it properly, shouldn’t you? Am I wrong? After building up your body like that, you can’t just go easy like hitting with a cat’s paw.”

That way Frederick Bastia would at least get a bloody nose! Pop!

Danielle clenched her right hand into a fist, the one not holding utensils.

“Pffft.”

At the sensation of her right shoulder being covered, Danielle’s gaze was drawn to the left. It was Joshua who burst out laughing, and Frederick was leaning his head lightly on Danielle’s shoulder while smiling softly.

“You’d worry about me if I got hurt, right?”

“At least Danielle wouldn’t be scared or surprised coming to the gymnasium. How spirited.”

Worry? I’m hoping you guys break something or get black eyes, you know?

Ignoring Frederick’s words, Danielle focused on her meal again.

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Late Saturday afternoon, after finishing all the things she had to do, Danielle sat in the driver’s seat unable to easily shift gears, burying her head against the steering wheel.

Dad is so happy too. Let’s have a delicious lunch together with Eunho tomorrow ^^

“Haah…”

Frederick had handled her brother’s matter in an instant, without the other party becoming anxious or impatient, without needing to ask or request again.

Along with the realization that it really was possible, Danielle felt like she had been handed a bill.

‘Right. Let’s go, go.’

Lifting her head, Danielle placed the phone she was holding onto the mount and checked her texts with Frederick.

Even if I leave now, it’ll take some time. I need to stop by home, so it’ll probably be late afternoon.

248 Malibu Rd, Malibu, CA 90265

That’s fine 🙂 We’re watching the movie around sunset anyway. Let me know when you leave.

Oh right, you need to bring a swimsuit.

‘Malibu…’

I’d only heard that rich people have summer houses by the beach.

To think I’d actually be going to such a place.

Leaving now. I think it’ll take about 40-50 minutes.

After sending the text, Danielle let out a deep sigh.

“Let’s go, Bungbung. We’re going to see the ocean.”

She didn’t particularly plan to swim, but Danielle quietly packed a swimsuit just in case.

The road crossing Santa Monica and heading straight west on Route 1 became increasingly quiet.

At first she drove between the backyards of houses facing the beach and dried grass, but soon the ocean spread out to the left. When she opened the window, the sea breeze rushed in.

‘On this golden Saturday.’

Danielle’s schedule basically had no time to rest. Saturday and Sunday weren’t rest days for Danielle, just days with different routines.

Danielle, who had briefly glanced at the ocean, straightened her head toward the destination and spoke slowly.

“Hiri, are you good at calculations?”

The screen of Danielle’s phone on the mount lit up. Graphics like a flowing galaxy appeared, and soon a woman’s voice responded.

-I always provide accurate calculations. What calculation would you like?

“A selfish, self-centered, Italian-blooded white trust fund baby who lives for his own ego ended up dating an Asian girl because of a bet. What’s the probability that there’s sincerity in that?”

-Calculation result: that probability approaches 0%. However, human emotions often create exceptional situations.

“Tell me more specifically. Up to 20 decimal places.”

-Analysis complete. The probability of sincerity is 0.00000000000000000000%.

Zero point zero zero zero-

zero zero zero-

zero zero zero-

It was truly a festival of zeros. There was no need to emphasize it this much.

‘Maybe if I go to 100 decimal places, then a 1 might finally appear.’

Stopped at a stop sign, Danielle let out a silent laugh and lowered her head.

-Turn left onto Webb Way and then Turn right onto Malibu Rd

The navigation announced the next route. Following the directions, Danielle slowly turned the steering wheel.

‘Even a machine like this knows, Frederick Bastia.’

But I don’t know?

Going straight ahead, a 3-story building with blue roof came into view. Compared to all the houses adjacent to Malibu beach that she’d seen while driving, which were all uniform in size, only the blue-roofed building at the pinned location on the map was wider, the size of two other houses combined.

Without a proper parking lot and with street parking only possible on one lane, finding a parking spot was tricky.

‘Can I park there for now?’

There was one perfect empty spot in front of the destination’s garage.

‘If they say no, I’ll move it then. I can’t just leave it sitting somewhere…’

As Danielle finished parking and was about to call Frederick, a white woman opened the glass door and strode toward Danielle.

When the woman stood next to the driver’s seat, Danielle rolled down the driver’s window too.

“Are you a delivery driver? Or running errands? You can’t park in this spot even for a moment.”

“No, it’s not a delivery-“

‘How can she have no greeting at all.’

Danielle tried to explain immediately, but the woman cut her off eagerly.

“This spot is reserved. They’re almost arriving now, so I need you to move it right away.”

She thought she’d gotten quite used to the stubborn and unfriendly faces of middle-aged white women, but apparently not. Danielle swallowed a small sigh.

Right at that moment, Frederick’s number appeared on the phone in the mount, so Danielle answered. Because she answered on speaker, Frederick’s voice filled the car.

-“Hi, Baby. Did you arrive?”

“I arrived. But where should I park? She’s telling me I need to leave.”

-“I saved that spot for you. Wait a moment, I’m coming now.”

The call ended, and the white woman’s face looked bewildered when she looked again. She would have recognized Frederick’s voice too.

‘Ah, she heard I was coming but didn’t expect me to arrive in this kind of car.’

Danielle finally understood the situation.

‘Well, if someone said the girlfriend of a billionaire new money’s only son drives a Windius, I wouldn’t believe it either.’

Though it was a representative commoner’s car, compared to the latest models with modernly improved designs, Danielle’s Windius was even a 3rd generation. Given its age, the car’s mileage was over 150,000 miles.

The door the woman had come from opened again, and tall Frederick appeared wearing white pants and a light sky-blue zip-up.

Though he was just walking, it suddenly felt like a runway had been laid out, and Danielle stared at Frederick intently.

“Rosie? Is there a problem?”

“Ah… this lady is the young master’s girlfriend! I was just confirming her identity. Then I’ll go back to the kitchen now.”

The woman smiled warmly and kindly at Danielle as if nothing had happened, then headed toward the door Frederick had come from, making way.

“Is it really okay for me to park here?”

“Yeah. Your car is cute. What brand is it?”

“Tayoto.”

Does cute mean it looks like a toy rather than a car?

‘Am I always assuming the worst…’

Since all the cars parked in this garage were supercars, each one colorfully dazzling, it seemed like a reasonable assumption.

Danielle turned off the engine and got out of the car. Glancing at Frederick, Danielle reconsidered her own outfit.

‘We’re both dressed casually, so why is there such a difference?’

Was it because of that model-like body and face, or because the brands were worlds apart?

While Danielle was thinking sullenly, Frederick was also looking at Danielle’s clothes.

“Your clothes are cute too. Raglan.”

Frederick smiled faintly with his arms crossed. Danielle was wearing a 3/4 sleeve raglan tee with brown shoulders and arms.

“You really are a compliment robot.”

“I don’t do bothersome things by nature. What I say is basically all sincere.”

Right, I’m sure it is.

‘So that’s why you blurted out whatever came to mind.’

Saying it’s no fun watching a scholarship student get looked down on, and so on.

It’s no fun watching her get pitied by other guys, and so on.

Danielle hadn’t forgotten what she’d been through. That was how Danielle preserved her pride.

‘Now it’s your turn.’

She had no intention of hanging out with other male students just to spite Frederick, but she also had absolutely no intention of conforming to what Frederick wanted.

“Isn’t this place kind of far? Wasn’t it hard getting here? I was originally going to pick you up.”

“Traffic wasn’t bad so it was fine. I’m not too late, am I?”

“No, you came at just the right time. Welcome to Amity Island.”

‘…Amity Island?’

Danielle tilted her head in puzzlement. Frederick gently wrapped his arm around Danielle’s shoulder and led her inside the villa.

At the same time, Danielle’s eyes widened with surprise.

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