CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX ***Two days later*** “What the hell are you trying to say, where the hell is my son?” Tamara barked on the phone. Her palms were sweaty and her throat hurt from shouting continuously. Daniel had left home for work early this morning and a few minutes later, his guards were telling her that they were attacked on their way and he was taken. She had sent messages to her ground workers and many had called to relay the same information, ‘he was nowhere to be found’ “I'm sorry ma'am, we tried our best but we can't seem to find him. It seems he was taken directly out of the city because if he wasn't, we would have seen him by now” the man answered over the phone “You're so incompetent, how many places did you check? Was there not a CCTV camera where he was taken? Can't you start the search from there?” She barked for the umpteenth time. “There were no CCTV’s there ma’am, it was a blind spot, the perpetrators knew the place well, it was a planned
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN Mario opened his eyes to see where he was in, but he couldn't see much as the place was dark. He tried to stand up but he felt severe pains on the side of his head and he winced as he touched the affected side of his head. He felt the moistness on his fingers and since he couldn't really see, he brought it to his nose and took a sniff. It was blood, lots of it on the side of his head. He tried to recall what had happened ***Few hours ago*** Jake walked into the room where Mario had been tied up by the guards, Mario sneered when he saw him. “I said I wanted to speak with the master, not the master's cub” Mario said and Jake chuckled “Yeah, I heard. But the master is kinda busy with a little bit of arrangement at the moment, so you'd just have to make do with the cub, your Majesty” Jake said mockingly. “Arrangements? What arrangements?” Mario asked. He didn't like the sound of that. It wasn't a coincidence that Esme was busy with arran
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT Esme had been invited to Owen's birthday party, and she would have loved to honour the invitation as it would even help in taking her mind off things, but for some reason, she didn't attend. She felt the need to stay at home and Katherine had left on her own. She was seat d in her room, going through the pictur frames of she and her sons that were on the wall and she felt dejavu wash over her. Those pictures were pictures of them that were taken when they were still kids and when they were in their early teenage age, she missed those moments. When Jake was still around the both of them would go over those pictures throughout the night, reminiscing old time memories until it was dark and he would sleep in her room because he felt she would be lonely after she lost her husband a few years back. She missed him dearly and it really hurt her because she couldn't really do a thing about it. She hadn't gotten a call or a message from the unknown per
CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE Maria had left and it was just Jake and Kate in their room. He sat on one of the couches deep in thought while she sat at the edge of the bed, cautiously observing him. He had been acting weird since he returned and she had wanted to ask if something was wrong but she couldn't muster the courage to do so. She tried to remember if she had offended him in any way before he left, but she couldn't come up with anything. They were cool before his disappearance and now, he was acting all cold and it troubled her. On the other hand, Jake was patiently waiting for Kate to fall asleep so he could call his mum to ask about any new developments. They were on tenterhooks as they were sure that Mario's accomplices would likely retaliate if they found out he had been kidnapped. He didn't want to leave his mum alone in the middle of all this, but Maria and Kate were close to finding out his location and the only way to stop them would be to show his face to them,
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY Mario opened his eyes with a groan as he was not surprised to see himself in a totally different room. He remembered the guards come in and that was the last thing he could recall. He tried to move his hands with the feeling that it might have been tied up but he was surprised to see that it wasn't. He took a look around the room he was in, and it looked a little bit familiar to him. He tried to recall when he came here, but his brain failed him. He looked out the window and he could see that the house was situated in the middle of the woods, more like middle of nowhere. It was a two storey building, probably an abandoned house. He stood up from the floor as he made his way to the door. He twisted the doorknob and the door became ajar. He wrinkled his brows as he didn't understand what sort of game they were playing with him. He went back into the room and looked for a sharp object to take with him. He saw a screwdriver by the side of the be
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE He had been here for probably a day and he hadn't seen or heard from anyone. He didn't know who had him kidnapped but he could take a wild guess. He knew it was Owen, it seemed he was tired of hiding under skirts and he was now ready to have his revenge against him. He didn't even know how he got here in the first place. He was on his way to his company, next thing, their car crashed into another and that was the last thing he remembered. He woke up to see himself here, and since then, he hadn't met or seen anyone. He knew news would have gotten to his mother already and she would be on the lookout for him, it was only a matter of time before she finds him, that he was sure of, but he couldn't take his chances, not with his life. He felt as if he was being watched, he was both scared and wary but he didn't want to show it so he tried to maintain his composure. The room was dark and it had this eerie feeling of impending doom, he felt uneasy
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO Maria had just finished speaking with Kate on the phone, she had managed to calm her down after some time and now, she knew she had to do something. She dialed Esme's number and it didn't go through at first, she sighed before trying again and it went through the second time, she was relieved. “Good evening Esme, hope I'm not disturbing?” Maria asked and Esme replied “No you're not, I was even having trouble sleeping, I could use the company” Esme lied through her teeth “You're having trouble sleeping, why?” Maria asked, trying to act concerned even though she was not interested in whatever it was. “Well, stuff and stuffs “ she chuckled lightly “But I do not think you actually called to know if I was asleep or not, so what's it? Why did you call?” Esme asked and Maria took that as a cue to stop asking questions and go straight to business. “Uhmm, Is Jake with you?” Maria asked and Esme smiled. She knew that was the reason why she
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE Owen rolled on his back with a sigh. He opened his eyes to see the tiny rays of sun filtering into the room from the side of the curtains. He turned to look at Rina who was still sleeping soundly by his side. He smiled after a while, she looked like a kid when she was asleep. He brought his legs down from the bed and on the bed table, he picked up his phone to look at the time. He was surprised to see that it was just a few minutes past seven. He thought he would oversleep due to the tiredness from yesterday's event and the time he went to bed. It seemed his body was already used to waking up early. He walked straight into the bathroom, brushed his teeth and took his bathe. He came out of the bathroom clad in only his waist towel and he had a brush in his hand. He could have brushed his hair in the bathroom but he decided to do it out here. “Good morning” he heard from the side and he turned to see Rina sitting at the edge of the bed. He