S.P.E.C.T.O.R

Chapter 664: Flemming family meeting

“What?” Everyone asked as they looked at Revi in surprise.

“You heard me,” Revi replied with a smile before pulling Tephe back into her embrace and saying, “Tephe and I will go on a double date with Adam.”

“Do you even know what a double date is?” Aphrodite asked doubtfully.

“Fairly sure she doesn't,” Elemence remarked.

“A double date consists of two couples going out together, or at least that’s how it works on Earth,” Emma stated.

“Yeah, that’s how it works out here, too,” Stacey said with a sigh.

“So it’s not when the leader of a group relationship takes out two of his lovers simultaneously?” Revi asked in confusion.

“No,” Everyone except Tephe replied.

“Whatever,” Revi said dismissively before looking at Adam and saying, “Adam, as per the favour you owe me, and since you still have a couple of days before we can head to Aqua Primus, you're to take me and Tephe out on a date.”

Adam just stared at her for a few moments before turning to Tephe and asking, “What’s your opinion on this?”

“I don’t care as long as I get to go on a date with you, plus it will be more fun if Revi comes along,” Tephe replied happily.

“Right,” Revi said happily before looking at Tephe and saying, “I knew you would agree.”

“Hehe,” Tephe said happily.

“Great, let's go get ready,” Revi said excitedly as she jumped to her feet before pulling Tephe up, after which she dragged her away and out of the mess hall.

There was silence in the mess hall for a few moments as everyone stared at the doorway before Adam asked, “What just happened?”

“You appear to be scheduled for a double date later,” Rowena replied before smirking as she asked, “Such a lucky fella, taking two beautiful women out on a date at once.”

“Someone's going to get a big head if this keeps up,” Aphrodite said as she joined in the teasing.

“Want a hand picking an outfit out, since it’s such a special occasion?” Stacey teased.

“You three are loving this way too much,” Adam said with a sigh, causing the women to laugh.

Milky Way Galaxy, Earth.

“Which one of you is it?” Isabella Flemming asked in a dangerously calm tone as she sat at the head of a long table while her four children, three male and one female, along with their partners, sat on either side, while Isabella’s butler, Winston, stood slightly to the side and behind her.

“Is what, mother?” Karen Flemming, Isabella’s oldest child and the newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, asked.

“Which one of you,” Isabella began as she looked at her three daughters-in-law and one son-in-law before adding, “Is the parent of Adam Spencer?”

There was stunned silence in the room after Isabella asked her shocking question, with only Karen and Winston not having much of a reaction since Isabella had already informed them.

Finally, Steven Flemming, Isabella’s oldest son, asked, “Mother, when you say Adam Spencer, do you mean ‘that’ Adam Spencer?”

“Yes, Steven, ‘that’ Adam Spencer, the same one who held us for ransom, drained some of our accounts and destroyed multiple properties belonging to the other four families,” Isabella replied.

“And you mean to say that one of my siblings-in-law is in fact his parent?” Staven asked.

“Siblings-in-law, or your wife,” Isabella replied.

“Mother, I would never,” Denise Flemming, Steven’s wife, protested before adding, “I have always been completely loyal and faithful to Steven.”

“I hope you're right about that, Denise, because when I find out who among the four of you is his parent, there will be hell to pay,” Isabella replied coldly, causing her children to break out in a cold sweat.

Winston coughed politely before saying, “Needless to say, the fact that one of you kept quiet about being the parent of Adam Spencer is a serious offence against the family.

If we had known this earlier, we could have altered our approach towards negotiations with him and possibly even gained his favour.”

“Gained his favour?” Philip Flemming, Isabella’s second son, scoffed before adding, “The Flemming family needs no one's favour; it is people who seek our favour.”

“That might be true for the most part, young master Philip, but Adam Spencer is the exception,” Winston replied.

“Adam Spencer has access to futuristic technology that could drastically reshape the power dynamics of the planet,” Isabella explained. “If any of the five families gain his favour, they would be able to break the delicate balance that has existed for generations and change the five families into just one family, one family that rules over the entire world.”

“That’s not to mention the fact that his futuristic technology includes advanced weapons he can fire from space,” Karen added while looking at Philip, who crossed his arms and said no more.

“So does one of you want to come clean and make it easy on yourself, or drag this out?” Isabella asked before adding, “I’m sure I don’t have to inform you all that the punishment for the former is far lighter than the latter.”

None of Isabella’s children-in-law spoke up and it was instead Anthony Flemming, Isabella’s youngest son and father of Stacey Flemming, who asked, “Might I ask where you learned this information, mother?” 

“Roudha Keita,” Isabella replied before taking a sip of the wine Winston had just placed in front of her.

“Roudha Keita?” Anthony repeated in surprise before asking, “You believe the word of a Keita over your own family?”

“This has nothing to do with me believing a Keita over my own family,” Isabella snapped before continuing, “You were not present at your own sister's celebration, Anthony, but instead sent Stacey, in your stead, so you didn’t hear the glee in Roudha's voice when she revealed it to me.”

“I had other pressing business to take care of, as you know, mother,” Anthony replied.

“Yes, I’m sure,” Isabella replied with narrowed eyes before glancing at Anthony’s wife, Elain, who had her head lowered and filled with sadness over the recent death of her son. 

Isabella sighed before turning back to Anthony and saying in a scathing tone, “Perhaps instead of entertaining your young lady friends, you could try comforting your wife who just lost her eldest child.”

Anthony coughed slightly out of embarrassment before choosing not to respond.

“I’m forced to agree with Anthony on this one, mother,” Steven said before continuing, “I wouldn’t put it past the Kieta family to make something like this up in an attempt to sow discord in our family. We all know they were the worst to come out of the five families' recent interaction with Adam Spencer.”

“That’s why I sent your son James to do a full in-depth investigation into Adam Spencer and his origins, since it’s possible the one Stacey did while they were in school might not be trustworthy,” Isabella replied before turning to Winston and asking, “Any word from James?” 

“Yes, Lady Flemming,” Winston replied while putting his phone away before saying, “I’ve just received word from the gatehouse that young master James has just arrived.”

“Impeccable timing,” Isabella said with a smile.

“Indeed,” Winston agreed before the room went quiet as they waited for James’ arrival, and only a few minutes later, they all heard a knock come from the room's door.

Winston approached the door and opened it before standing aside and letting James enter while under the gaze of everyone in the room.

“Welcome, James,” Isabella said before asking, “What did you find out?”

James nodded in greeting before he approached the opposite end of the table to Isabella, but instead of sitting down, he remained standing as a sign of respect. 

James swallowed slightly out of nervousness as he knew what he had was about to reveal would shake the Flemming family, “My background check confirms Roudha Keita’s accusation that Adam Spencer is your grandson, grandmother.”

At James’ words, Isabella frowned while her children and their partners murmured in surprise before Isabella simply asked, ”Who?”

James sighed before looking at one particular individual sitting at the table and declared, “Uncle Benjamin.”

“WHAT!” Karen, Benjamin's wife, screamed.

“PROPOSTEROUS!” Benjamin himself bellowed angrily.

“Ohhhh, Benny boy's been a naughty boy,” Philip said with a gloating smirk as he relished in the misery of his older sister and her husband.

“BASTARD!” Karen screamed as she rounded on her husband before giving him a powerful slap.

“Darling, I would never,” Benjamin proclaimed innocently as he held his stinging cheek.

“But you did,” James said in a tone that lacked sympathy.

“Shut your filthy mouth, you lying brat,” Benjamin retorted angrily.

“Do not talk to my son in such a tone when you yourself are an unfaithful bastard,” Steven said angrily.

“ENOUGH!” Isabella yelled, bringing silence to the room before she looked at James and motioned for him to continue.

“Shortly after Uncle Benjamin and Aunt Karen were married, Uncle Benjamin was sent on a business trip to Australia to handle a hostile takeover of the Williams family, where attempting at the time,” James began to explain.