Chapter 104: 104. At the beach

Unfortunately, Kaitlyn’s death had nothing to do with Hannah at all. At the time, Hannah was on vacation abroad, spending the money Jack Handerson had given her.

Riki didn’t know how deeply Jack loved Hannah, to the point of becoming blind and willing to do anything. In fact, according to the latest news from Leon, Jack’s wife was planning to divorce him. This was immediately after Jack was thoroughly questioned yesterday. It was clear that Jack’s purpose in sending Hannah on vacation abroad was to keep her out of legal trouble. Unfortunately, Leon had already left for the country where Hannah was vacationing that morning.

In essence, Kaitlyn’s death was purely due to fate. If the girl had not been destined to die at that moment, Riki would have received a mission from the system to save her.

However, the system has limits when it comes to matters related to human destiny. Especially death or birth.

If it’s about money, the system can work it out. But not with death, unless it is not yet the person’s destiny to die.

Riki still didn’t know how to tell Liz all this. He knew Liz would understand about destiny, but Riki was sure Liz still suspected Hannah.

That morning, Liz woke up with puffy eyes, and the first thing she asked about was Kaitlyn’s funeral. Riki immediately took Liz to the funeral. Angeline, Selene, Celine, and the others also came. Even Sean, Deva, and Travis came at that time.

As was the local tradition, they gave money or gifts to Kaitlyn’s family. The family looked very sad, but they had also let go of their daughter.

"Even though she didn’t get to become an idol like she had always dreamed of, my daughter was very happy lately, before she died. She even seemed to feel that she was going to be gone for a long time. She wrote a long letter to you all. Here is the letter." Kaitlyn’s mother handed over a letter taken from Kaitlyn’s diary.

Liz, Angeline, and Selene, who had stopped crying, began to cry again as they read the letter. After the three of them finished, Celine read the letter as well. She was also moved at that moment. She asked Kaitlyn’s mother for permission to take a photo of the letter as a keepsake.

"What does the letter say?" Riki asked Celine.

Celine smiled and sent a photo of the letter to Riki.

"Basically, she didn’t want us to stop even though she was no longer in this world. She would be happier if we continued the project without her, so she could be happy. Oh my God, how could she have known she was going to leave us? Poor girl," said Celine, occasionally wiping her tears with the tissue she had brought.

"But where are we going to find a girl as talented as Kaitlyn? That’s not easy," said Beatrice, the manager and creative director of the idol girl group. Beatrice was very close to all the members, even feeling like an older sister to them. Because of that, Beatrice was one of the people most devastated by Kaitlyn’s passing, especially since she knew better than anyone how hard Kaitlyn had fought to achieve her dreams.

"I might be able to help with that, Miss Beatrice. You need someone who will be able to keep up with the group’s activities and adapt quickly, right? I’ll introduce her to you both right away," said Riki.

"Oh my, you’re too kind. But where did you find someone like that? We might not be able to accept someone who is close to you again," said Beatrice.

Riki smiled, "Don’t worry, I just met her yesterday, she has extraordinary talent."

Beatrice smiled, "Thank goodness for that, I hope she can quickly adjust to the others."

"For today, can Mr. Riki take the girls on a vacation? They look like a mess," said Celine, turning to Liz, Angeline, and Selene. The three beautiful girls all had puffy eyes from crying too much.

Riki nodded, "I’ll take them somewhere so they can relax."

***

Jake lifted the can of cola he had just bought and showed it to Riki.

"Do you want some cola, boss?" asked Jake.

Riki turned to Jake, took the can, and drank it slowly. Then, Riki looked back into the distance, more precisely at the cityscape with its skyscrapers that seemed to be decorations there.

That day, Jake was finally able to take a vacation after spending so much time working on the tasks Riki had given him. Strangely, Jake didn’t know what to do during his vacation. So, Riki invited him to go on vacation to the outskirts of the city.

More precisely, to the shell beach, which was currently undergoing renovation and construction.

At that time, one building had been completed before the others. It was the inn and restaurant. It wasn’t fully finished, but the building was about 70% complete.

It was a building that stood higher than the others. It had five floors, was unpainted, and Riki and Jake were on the fifth floor.

From that floor, they could see everything. In front of them was a view of the forest, then the city. Behind them was the beach and the sea.

Because it was a beach, the wind was quite strong, but it felt cool on that hot day.

Jake chuckled as he watched the others playing on the beach. Even Angeline, Liz, and Selene, who had been crying until their eyes were puffy, were now happily playing in the water on the beach. Besides them, there were also Sean, Deva, Evan, Jay, and Jean, who were playing beach volleyball.

They played in a place that would not disturb the workers.

Actually, Jay and Jean had come to check on the construction at that place. The restaurant and lodging would be handled by Jayden and Jean later. But, after arriving, they changed into casual clothes and played volleyball with Sean, Deva, and Evan.

Meanwhile, Riki, who had been invited to play, chose to look at the finished building instead. Then Jake chose to follow his boss.

"You’re on vacation, we’re not at the office, so just call me Riki," Riki muttered.

Jake turned back to Riki, "The atmosphere here is nice, I’m sure many people will come here. We have also attracted many investors to this beach. Anton said—"

"Stop talking about work, I’m sick of hearing about it," replied Riki, looking annoyed as he said it. Jake reflexively laughed at Riki’s funny expression.

"What else should we talk about if not work?" asked Jake.

Riki shrugged, "I don’t know, maybe... tell me about yourself? I don’t know much about you, Jake."

Jake fell silent after that, staring into the distance. He gazed at the cityscape with a blank look.

"I don’t know what’s interesting about my life. I just live it, but honestly... I was happy when you suddenly wanted to hire me. My current job feels very enjoyable. Even though I’m busy, sometimes I don’t even have time for myself... but I feel happy. No one underestimates my abilities. In fact, you really believe in my abilities, and that’s more than enough for me."

Suddenly, Riki put his arm around Jake’s shoulder, who was shorter than him.

"Sorry, I gave you too much work, but now we have Twaila. You can trust her, so your workload will be lighter. Don’t push yourself too hard, okay? I really like your work, but I’d be happier if you could rest well and value your time more."

"Haha, okay, I’ll try to relax more from now on."

Riki let go of his arm and said, "Let’s go downstairs, Jake."

Riki went downstairs with Jake.

They saw that the first floor was finished, and even some of the guest rooms had been decorated.

The plan was for Riki to try staying there tonight, but he didn’t know who would go with him. He just wanted to try out the atmosphere there, to see if it was good or not. If there was anything lacking, he could tell Anton later.

"What’s wrong, Riki?" asked Jake, who was surprised to see Riki silent and looking confused as he looked around at all the rooms that had been completed.

"No, I’m just thinking about staying here to try out the atmosphere," said Riki.

"I’ll tell the others, I think they’ll agree," said Jake.

Riki wanted to stop Jake, but Jake had already run towards the young men who were playing beach volleyball.

"Actually, I don’t want to stay with a lot of people," he muttered.

Then Riki walked toward his friends.

"Riki!!"

Riki stopped when Liz and Selene suddenly ran towards him.

"What’s up?" asked Riki.

"We’re going to the salon now... the spa!" Selene shouted cheerfully.

Riki furrowed his brow upon hearing the girls’ words, "Spa?"

"Miss Celine gave us free spa vouchers at a nice place so we can relax more. You know, we’ve been practicing too much and are quite stressed out with the problems that have been happening," said Angeline.

"Okay, I’ll take you there—"

"Let me do it," Anton said, interrupting Riki.

"Coincidentally, I have something to do this afternoon. You said you wanted to try staying here, right? Andrew will help you here," said Anton, pointing to Andrew.

Andrew was one of the butlers at Riki’s mansion, who helped Anton supervise the construction on the shell beach.

"Okay, be careful on the road, Anton," said Riki.

After Anton and the girls left, it was getting late in the afternoon.

The atmosphere was calm and pleasant.

"Riki, I’m going to stay here with you!" said Sean, sitting next to Riki.

"Oh, really?"

Sean nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah, they all want to stay here too! Let’s have a barbecue, Riki!"

Riki was surprised at how Sean still had so much energy after a day of playing on the beach. He was like a child who

never got tired.