Before Alex cound turn around to see who was behind him, he felt a clothe cover his nose. That was the last thing he remembered before he drifted off into a state of unconciousness. He awoke a few minutes later in a room painted white, almost blinding him. His eyes were opened enough to see that the curtains in the room were closed. After a while, his entire eyes adjusted to the brightness of the room and his memories came back. He startled out of the bed and looked around him. He was in what had appeared to be a bedroom with only a few things. The bed stand, a coffee brown sofa and a glass table with two chairs next to it. In all, it did not look like a room that a kidnapper would keep his victim but he could not be too sure. After all, he was dragged there against his wish, so of course the person that brought him there had to be a kidnapper of some such and she wasn't going to allow herself to be played into such tricks of believing that he was safe simply because he was kept in
"What?" Alex asked. "Yes," Damien answered, walking closer to him. "Why don't you just come with me to the kitchen? I will make a nice cup of coffee for you and then we can actually have this conversation when you are okay. Right now, you look a bit scattered." "Okay I will take you up on that coffee, but after that I want to hear everything and by that, I mean everything." "Okay," Damien agreed with him and directed him to the kitchen. "Whose house is this?" He asked. "It's mine," he said proudly and Alex couldn't blame him. If he had a place like that, he too would be very proud of himself. The whole house looked like a mansion of some sort and it was well furnished with a stylish design. "Wow. Congratulations. It's very beautiful.' "Thank you. My family are away on vacation. I couldn't join them because I had to ensure that you are well settled into the company," Damien said as he begun brewing the coffee. "I didn't know you had a family." "What? You think I would live in
"You know, that's the same question I would love an answer to. Who was that man?" Alex asked and turned to Damien for an answer."Right now I don't know who the man is but I can assure you that I will search for him and find him. He can't be hiding for long but I will need your help with this Natalie ""Okay, how can I help?" She asked. "Did you see anything that can help us track him down? Like can you remember his face well, the car he drove, did it have a number that you can remember?" "Umm, I'm sorry but no. I can't remember seeing any car number but I did get a pretty good look at his face and I do know what he looks like." "Okay, that great. I will get a sketch artist and we can find out who this man is." "Alright then." Damien said and walked away, leaving both of them to discuss. "You look mad? Is everything okay?" Alex asked. "It's just confusing. Why would you have all these and still decide to allow Nathan and his gang to maltreat you the way they did?" "Who said any
"Is that all?" Alex asked when the man placed his materials away."Yes sir. That is all. I have all the information I need and I will be done with the sketch in few minutes. I just need to ask you a few questions." "Okay, what sort of questions do you want to ask me?" "I wanted to ask, did you at any point see the man's face or anything that may help us recongize him?" "No, I didn't," Alex answered with his legs crossed. "He came up behind me and then before I knew anything, he placed that towel over my face and I was struggling to breath. I did not see him neither did he speak for me to hear his voice." "Alright. Thank you for your input. Just give me a few minutes and I will be done with my sketch." The man said politely. "Please carry on." Damien told him. Everyone sat still and watched as the man drew. He had a focused gaze on his paper and he looked happier than ever. It was obvious that this was something he loved doing very much. No one could deny that but Alex wanted so b
"I want you to go on a date with me and don't worry about the bills, I will take care of that. So what do you say?" Alex was honoured no doubt but knowing the kind of person Natalie was, he won't be surprised if she had other motives. Properly she wanted to ask him a lot of questions to find out the truth about who he truly was. He couldn't have that happening. "Umm, I am not sure that is a very good idea because you see I actually have a lot on my plate right now and I don't think I have the luxury of going out for dinner." "Oh come on now. You don't have so much to do. Plus, I said I was going to sponsor everything. Look, if you want me to forgive you for lying to me then you absolutely have to do this." "Alright then. I guess I have to do this then to earn your forgiveness." "Yes you do. So let's go!" Natalie said excitedly.."What now?" Alex asked. "Yes, what other time did you think would be better. We are together right now, plus i know that you haven't had something to eat
Immediately the waiter bursted out in laughter. He could barely contained his amusement at what Alex had just said. "I'm sorry. Did you just say that you are going to have me fired?" He said through laughs. "How will you, a nobody be able to achieve that. In case you don't know, I am indispensable in this organisation and no one would dare fire me " "Oh I am sure they will fire you on the grounds of incompetence. See, you have spent so much time trying to get us to leave that you have totally forgetten that you have customer that they orders have not been taken yet and I am not expert but I think that's a fault that deserves a termination letter because in my opinion, you are being highly incompetent." He said. "And who do you think cares about your opinion here? Let me tell you the honest truth, no one cares about your stupid opinion so you can take it to the streets and meet your fellow unhoused people." "Oh I think someone in authority, like your manager will care about it. So
"What exactly is going on here?" The owner asked as he walked towards them. "Manager, are you shouting at customers in the middle of my restaurant? Where other customers can see you? Have you lost your mind completely?!" He said enraged. "Sir," the manager begun to stutter. "Sir, it's not like I have lost my mind. I was just trying to explain to this man that we don't actually attend to people like that in our company. I was just trying to tell him that we are not going to attend to him and that he should leave." "And why won't you attend to him?" The owner asked."Sir?" The manager replied."Have you gone deaf? I asked why won't you attend to him? Did he say that he will not pay?" "Ah, sir. He did not have to say that he won't pay. It's already obvious that he won't pay. As a matter of fact sir, it is obvious that he cannot pay." "And what makes it obvious?" "Sir, come on. Look at the way he is dressed. I am sure he is a hooligan or some sort of criminal that just broke out fro
"No sir, I don't believe we have met before." Alex said and feared for the worse. He couldn't have remembered meeting the man but he did know that he had met a lot of people since he acquired his wealth and he prayed that this man was not one of them."No, that can't be right. I am sure that I have seen your face somewhere before." "Well till you can remember where we met, I am afraid we will be taking our leave now." "Oh no, I can't allow you to do that." The owner said."And why is that?" Alex asked."Well you came here to eat and I need to ensure that you actually eat. So you wait right there and I am going to get another waiter to serve you." "Wait," Alex said and turned to Natalie."Do you still want to eat here?" He asked her calmly. "Well I am hungry and it will take a while before we can get to the next restaurant. Plus, the food here promises to be great so I say we just eat here at once." "Alright then. If that is what you want then we will eat here." "Fantastic. I wil
Alex's blood ran cold as he stared at the message in front of him. He could not believe that Nancy could actually be the one behind everything. Immediately, he found a way to jiggle out of his woman embrace and went to the kitchen to make a call. As soon as he entered, he saw his men watching a football game and he immediately told them to lowered the volume of it. "What's going on?" Hayden asked as he lowered the volume of the game. "I need to make a call." "No, what you need to do is to cuddle Ivy while she sleeps " Dustin said, standing up an walking towards him. "She is already fast asleep. Trust me. This is equally as important." He said as he placed a call to the commissioner. "Commissioner, talk to me, what is actually going on?" Alex asked. "Exactly what I sent to you." He said. "Who did this test?" "Trust me sir. We are not lukewarm and incompetent over here. I had that test done by people who actually know what they are doing and for it to come out this way, it mean
Alex's sat down. He knew that whatever he was about to say would have to be received while sitting. He feared for the very worst and hoped that the young man would not be saying anything that would lead to him being more Disturbed than he already was. "Damien, what is it?" He asked. "Before I answer that question I need to ask. Have you guys gotten Ivy? Is she okay?" He asked again. "Well yes. She is. We have gotten a hold of her and she is currently in the hospital receiving some treatments. Damien, what the hell is going on?" He asked. "Well, first, you will need to find a way to calm down. But after you guys left, I called Cole and I had him do some digging around about the letter." "Okay and what is going on with the letter?" He asked. "Well, we found out some very striking things that I think needs to be addressed. He took samples and he was quick to run them by an illegal lab that he knows so that we could get immediate results. We did and you would never believe who is be
"Doctor, what is it?" Alex asked, not sure if he really wanted to know the answer to that question. He struggled within himself but he knew that he had to know exactly what was going on and he could not run from the truth forever. "Well, Mr. Albert, nothing is wrong with her. She just has some broken ribs that we will need to correct because if we don't, it could lead to something more drastic." "Okay then fine. Go ahead and correct it," Alex said as he heaved a sigh of relief. "Why then was your face like that? You had me worried you know." "Well my face has to be like this because most of her bones have been broken and even though we have not done am x-ray scan on her yet, we are positive that this may just be across her entire body. And you know how long it takes for bone to heal." Alex understood. Ivy would have to go through another set of pains. "doctor, as long as it is something that can be fixed and you know how to fix it, I will say that you do not bother yourself and ju
Alex could not believe what he was actually seeing. His woman was finally free. He saw a man carrying her out from the building and he brought her to the truck. Immediately they had gotten inside, Alex was the first to run to her and he immediately wrapped her in his arms. "Ivy," he said as he released as breath of air. Finally he could breath as he saw his woman and he was assured that she was safe. She felt too cold to touch and Alex could only imagine all the things she had to go through while she was in the arms of those men and ladies. He could only wish that none of those men had so much as touched her because if they did, he was not going to hesitate to actually drive a stake through their hearts. "Alex," she said softly as she almost collapsed into his arms. She took in the warmth of his presence and held as tightly as she could to not lose the sanity that his presence brought to her. "I'm so sorry," he said as he held her. "I am so sorry that I allowed this to happen to
The drive there was a fast one. Alex did not care about traffic. All he wanted was to get to the warehouse on time and ensure that Ivy was okay. "You can slow down now, we are almost there." Andres said but still, Alex did not bother to listen. He kept going at high speed wanting nothing more than to reach Ivy without the blink of an eye. Suddenly, he turned into an abandoned road filled with potholes. "Okay you really need to slow down now. You can't be driving at such speed on a road like this you know. You are going to wreck this car." "Oh calm down already. Nothing will happen to the car," Alex said ignoring him as he kept driving. Soon he reached a lonely path. "We should walk on our feet here." Andres suggested "Why? The road is wide enough to be driven on." "Yes it is but with the way you are going, you will definitely get all of us killed. We need to be subtle and if you haven't noticed, you are driving at an enormous speed right now. So the best option is for us to wa
The time on the wall read 7:15pm and Alex looked out to see that it was dark. Alex could not rest, he kept pacing around and Andres did not bother to tell him to rest. He understood what the man was going through. Anxiety, worry, panic. It was to be expected. After all, the love of his life was stuck in a bad place and he had to do nothing else but sit and worry all day. He could not even go to help her. "Are you sure that we should not go to her? I mean come on now. How sure are you that those your guys will be able to handle this all by themselves? What if they mess everything up? You know that I will hold you responsible if anything should happen right?" Alex finally said after a long time of keeping mute. "Yes I know that I will be held responsible and I will take full responsibility if it gets to that but right now sir, the best thing that we can do is allow these men to do their job. I can assure you they are well trained and they know what they are doing. They won't mess it
Alex knocked on his door and Dustin opened to see a very distressed looking man. "What happened?" He asked as Alex walked into the house, followed by Andres. "Those bitches called again." Alex answered as he went into his kitchen to get himself a cup of water. "And what did they say?" He asked. "Well they did not say anything good other than the fact that this is going out of hand and that they know my family is in town." Hayden laughed as he heard Alex finish talking and the man did not get what was so funny. "Okay what are you laughing at right now?" He asked. "Well that is not the truth right. You don't have a family so you obviously fooled them." He said still laughing but stopped along the way as realized that Alex was not laughing with him. "What is it?" He asked again. "It's not funny because I do have a family. " *What?" Hayden excalimed. "How come you have a family and yet I have never heard of this family before. What the hell is that?" He asked in outrage but Alex
"Why are you doing this?" Ivy asked as she ate the food in a haste. She did not even know that she was hungry. She imagined she must have gone for close to two days without food nor water. Her energy was drained and the only thing she was working on was the adrenaline to get out of whatever mess she had found herself in alive. "Well what can I say? I took pity on you and I knew that Davina had not given you something to eat or drink. I feel like it's very cruel. I mean after all, we are not after you. You are not the bad guy here, you just happened to be a little bit stuck in between a cross fire." "Is that how you want to describe it?!" Ivy asked as she finished her meal."What other way is there to actually describe something like this?" She asked. "Well you guys would have just served your time and gotten out of prison as free women. What do you think is going to happen if Alex does not decide to go through with your plan." "Are you serious?" Rebecca said as she turned to look
Rebecca heaved a sigh as she watched her being dragged out of the room. She would have never believed that she would have to do something like that to the girl but the truth was that she was slowly losing her mind and what she did would benefit both of them. She knew very well that Alex was not the kind of man for them to double cross and if she tried to hurt Ivy or worse, if she actually went through with killing the girl. Alex would go to great heights to ensure that we are locked up in a place that the sun never shines. Rebecca did not know much about her but she could tell that she wanted to live her life and not be subjected to having to hide. To achieve that, then she would have to not allow her to do what she planned on doing. "I can't actually believe this girl," she muttered under her breath as she massaged her head. She was stressed out and wished that she will just hear the good news already so that she could Ivy free and also walk away as a free woman. She craved to go