"Sir, here," Eric said, giving the taxi driver a hundred-dollar bill."But sir, I don't have change." The Middle-aged taxi driver smiled bitterly."Don't worry about it." Eric waved his hands and turned around looking at the huge Villa in front of him.This was the location he had seen when he had tracked Evelyn's phone. Though the tracking was quite a bit of work and he wouldn't want to do it if it was not necessary, he still had to do it.Eric looked at the Villa and couldn't help but smile bitterly, how was he going to see Evelyn? She was not picking up his phone, so how was he going to do it?Well... it didn't matter, all he wanted was to see Evelyn, as long as she was there, he was sure that he was going to see her."Ouch!"A painful yelp came just when he was about to walk into the Villa as he collided with a figure."Young man, watch where you are going." A hoarse voice stopped Eric who was about to continue on his way."Watch where I'm going?" Eric sneered, turning around to l
"Huh?"Evelyn froze hearing the familiar voice, for a moment, she felt an electric shock pass through her body, next her heart began to thump heavily like it was going to burst out through her chest.For a moment, she couldn't understand what was happening. Ever since she heard that Eric was attacked she watched the video of him jumping off the bridge into the river with Chloe.She had felt a strange sadness and unwillingness to do anything. Then some days ago, the condition of her grandfather worsened and she had no other choice but to stay back at home.She had invited many doctors, but then none of them had been able to treat him, his condition had only worsened which made her mood even worse. And then with Eric whom she thought was dead, she felt very depressed."Dear wifey, is anything wrong, why are you standing there? Aren't you going to come and hug your hubby?" Eric's voice came bringing Evelyn out of her thoughts.Much to Eric's shock, Evelyn walked slowly towards him and th
"Alright then since you've decided to be respectful, let me tell you what's wrong with my grandfather-in-law," Eric said with a smirk before walking towards the old man lying on the bedEvelyn's expression changed upon hearing the way Eric addressed her grandfather. Why the heck did he have so much of a gut?Aiden on the other hand was dumbstruck, what the heck was Eric saying? Did he think Evelyn's grandfather was going to accept him just because he had some trashy medical skills?He was just a small medical doctor who was destined never to rise but remain in a spot. He was never going to be a successful man like him. Besides, he believed he would be able to take care of Evelyn better than anyone."What the heck do you think you're saying? You'd better stop spouting nonsense and do what you have to do, or else if anything happens to him, you'll be facing the consequences." Aiden said, believing Evelyn was going to support him."Is he your grandfather?" Eric turned around and asked s
"My technique is not something ordinary that people like you learn, but if you watch closely, then you might be lucky to grab something from it." Eric laughed, removing the quilt used to cover the old man exposing his bare chest.Because of how long the old man had been unconscious, Evelyn had removed all the clothes on his body leaving him with only a short. The quilt was used to cover him, none of the doctors who ever treated the old man requested to remove it.Eric was the first person to do so and he didn't even ask for permission before he did so and just pulled it up."In cases like this, modern medicine is useless because there's no way to remove something that has already been mixed with the bloodstream." Eric suddenly said, breaking the weird silence in the room."So you're planning to use traditional medicine on him?!" The doctor muttered in shock not believing someone as young as Eric would know anything about traditional medicine."Yeah, something like that." Eric shrugged
"Evelyn, tell one of your workers to go get me a set of silver needles," Eric said, ignoring Evelyn's questions."Don't worry sir, I have a set with me." The doctor replied feeling rather happy, knowing well he would be able to see Eric's acupuncture skills.He had the habit of carrying needles around as he had been learning acupuncture. He had never expected that it was going to be of good use."Good, bring it." Eric nodded approvingly, stretching his hands forward."Yes sir." The doctor immediately rushed towards his things and soon retrieved a box of silver needles and gave it to Eric."Thanks!" Eric muttered, collecting the box of needles from the doctor.Taking out the needles, he started to insert them into the old man's body one after the other.Though he was rather slow, his movements were smooth, making the doctor marvel in shock not believing his eyes.Just like the last time, Eric's movements became fast once again, soon, the body of the old man was covered with needles."P
Ring! Ring!Eric's phone rang just as he walked out of the Villa. Looking at the caller's ID, he saw it was an unsaved number.Seeing this, he couldn't help but frown, after a minute of hesitation, he answered the call."Brother, you've forgotten all about your little sister since you moved to the city." A couthiesh voice came from the other end of the phone."Emily, how have you been?" Eric smiled bitterly recognizing the other party immediately he heard the voice.It was a voice he was never going to forget in his life. That was his younger sister back at the orphanage home.Though he was just a year older than her, right from when they were young, he would always act as the elder brother protecting her from the other kids, as a result, they formed a kind of bond similar to that of blood siblings.Even their mother at the Orphanage was kind of surprised by how close Eric and Emily were and how well they bonded.But since Eric graduated from college and moved to the town to find a jo
"Brother!"Emily yelled excitedly as she rushed towards Eric who had just alighted from the taxi pulling him into a tight hug."Brother, you've become a lot skinnier since the last time I saw you. Tell me the truth, you don't eat right?" Emily asked, raising her head to look at Eric."Is that the first thing you're supposed to say to your brother?" Eric smiled, returning the hug."Mmm." Emily suddenly muttered as she felt Eric's stomach through his shirt."Now I see why my brother has gotten a lot skinnier." She chuckled while continuing to touch Eric's stomach."What are you doing Emily?" Eric quickly removed her hands from his stomach."Why are you like this brother? Let me feel your abs, I didn't know you had. All you had in the past was just a flat stomach." Emily laughed, disengaging from the hug."You go to the gym too often that's why you've gotten Skinner and also this and. I'll tell Mother that you're starving yourself." She continued.Eric's mouth twitched violently hearing
"So brother, where are we heading to?" Emily adked excitedly, pulling Eric's arm."Where do you want us to go?" Eric sighed feeling rather helpless with Emily. She had always been like that since they were young, always clingy.She wouldn't want him to go anywhere without her, now that she had finished college and had come to Orange City she was going to terrorize his life.His life of flirting with girls would likely come to an end cause he was sure that she wouldn't let him rest if she knew about it.Besides, from the looks of everything, it seems as though Chloe had taken a liking to Emily which meant her chances of getting a job at the company were high.Eric sighed in desperation not knowing what to do. Emily was still tugging at his arm listing restaurants she wanted to visit.Though she was listing restaurants, none of them were high-end ones, they were all within the range that Eric could afford making him smile feeling rather warm in his heart.Even though this younger sister
"You're awake Miss." The middle-aged man rushed towards the lady, who was the first to wake up and had just coughed."Robin," Avery called softly, her eyes darting around, calling to the middle-aged man.She didn't seem to mind the fact that she was dressed scantily. After all, when Eric was about to treat her, he had removed all of her clothes, leaving her in underwear.After he was done treating her, he covered her with the quilt. To his surprise, he had thought that Robin was going to talk, but the latter didn't say a thing and just kept a keen watch over him which he could understand somehow."Miss, how are you feeling?" Robin broke the silence and asked, staring at Avery."I feel better," Avery muttered."For some reason, all of my injuries have healed, except for the slight pain; I can feel my body rapidly recovering." She continued, staring at her body in awe."It's all thanks to him." Robin swallowed, not believing his ears as he pointed at Eric."Him?" Avery's expression chan
"Where to now?" Eric stopped after running for a while and asked.He had already outrun the soldiers; they were not able to match his speed, and even before they could call for reinforcement, he had already escaped, so there was no need to worry."If you turn left and go about five kilometers, you'll find the middle-aged man in the taxi earlier; he'll tell you where to take us." The figure on Eric's shoulder spoke with difficulty before finally passing out."I see," Eric muttered and looked at the girl he was still holding.She had already fainted a long while, and there were bullet holes all over her body.The boy, too, was no different, and Eric couldn't help but praise him a bit, seeing that he had held out for this long.Well, he couldn't just abandon them yet; he had already made up his mind to save them and then give them some instructions, that was if they were going to listen to him.And if they were not going to listen to him, that was also none of his business, he was not go
"Who do you think I am?" Eric chuckled, staring at the man with a smirk."You know you shouldn't bully the weak right?" Eric continued, the smile on his face getting wider with each second.The two on the floor looked at each other not knowing what to do. Though they didn't know who Eric was, neither did they know what he wanted, they couldn't feel any hostility from him."Young man, what do you want?" The man sitting on the sofa frowned, breaking the silence.If Eric was able to come into the Villa without alerting the soldiers outside, then he would have to be very strong and thus, he didn't want to underestimate him.It was going to be fatal if he did since he didn't know Eric's origin."I came to look for a brat here, but I don't think he's home right now." Eric shrugged and looked around.He couldn't see any hint of resemblance and thus ruled out the fact that he was the other party's father.Also, the other party was not a fool; they would never actively get themselves involved
In less than five minutes, Eric got to the Villa where he was going. At the moment, he was standing on the rooftop of another Villa observing the Villa.After a while, he leaped off the roof and landed softly. If he was to stay too long, he would be discovered and that was not what he wanted.All that he wanted was just to do what he came to do without any problems.Eric sighed and looked at the Villa with a sigh. Though he didn't see anyone outside the Villa, he could tell that there was security all around.At the same time, he was feeling lazy and was not willing to confirm his theory.So he just stood at a corner observing the Villa. He still had a lot of time, so there was no need to rush.He didn't know what the patrol would end, but that didn't mean he cared. If things proved to be rocky, he was just going to head to a hotel and sneak in.Or he could go to any other place to spend the night. From the rules, everywhere was to be shut down once it was seven.Activities could stil
"We've arrived at the estate." The driver said, breaking the silence in the car after a long while."Good." Eric stretched and opened the car door, alighting from the car."Sir, here's your money." Eric gave the man one of the notes that had been exchanged at the airport."Young man, I don't think I have changed. Your money is only a hundred Draco, and yet you're giving me a five hundred Draco." He smiled bitterly."You should just accept it, I don't have another." Eric smiled bitterly and pushed the money into the man's hands then walked off even before he could say anything.Soon, the sound of the taxi leaving the Vicinity could be heard and Eric couldn't help but sigh in relief.Looking at his watch, he realized that there were just ten minutes left till seven.Though he was in an estate, he was not sure what could happen and thus could only thread carefully.He couldn't be too rash in his decision, also, he didn't know what the security of the place he was going to look like.Aft
"Shit!" Eric cursed angrily under his breath raising his hands to check the time on his watch only to see that it was almost seven.He had been trying to stop a taxi for the past thirty minutes, but it was all futile.All the taxis he flagged would stop at first, but then after hearing where he was going, they would decline.Though he felt that it was because the place was too far, he could tell that there was another reason.What was he going to do? With the weird rule of the country, he was going to have to step back into the hotel.He didn't want to spend the night and just wanted to get to what he wanted. Finish it up and then leave the country.Though he was not scared of breaking the rules of the country as he was confident in his strength, at the same time, he was not willing to be caught in the mess.After all, it was none of his problems. He wouldn't have known that such was happening if it was not for the idiot who called Sophia.Eric sighed and looked around. The street was
"Good morning sir." Michael's old voice came from the other end of the phone just as the call was connected."Good morning," Eric replied he was not used to formalities and thus just went straight to the point."What about the ticket, has it been bought?" Eric inquired."Yeah, I have bought it. Also, I happen to have a friend at the airport. I'll give him a call right now, and he will direct you on the rest." Micheal answered."Thanks for the trouble." Eric smiled and ended the call.Stepping hard on the accelerator, the car dashed forward heading toward the airport. He planned to go and come back that very day, though he was sure that was not possible, he was still going to go home.If they were to text him, he was going to lie to them. There was no need for them to worry.All he hoped was that what he was going to do was going to be successful, or else it was going to be quite a hassle if it wasn't.Soon, Eric arrived at the airport. Looking for a spot to park his car, Eric walked
(The Next Day)"Are you sure the head of the police would not be annoyed?" Charlotte asked as she turned to look at Eric with a slight frown on her face."Why should she get annoyed?" Eric shrugged, getting into the car.Everyone had already gone to work except for Aunt Mary who was always at home.For some unknown reason, Charlotte happened to sleep more than she was supposed to and thus woke up late.Eric wouldn't have woken up early if it was not for Emily who barged into the room and complained that he was to get a car for Emily.Chloe's workplace and Emily's workplace were quite a distance from each other.So because they didn't want to disturb Eric, Emily was the one taking them all to work.Natalie had a car, and Evelyn refused to take the car Chloe offered her.After all, it was Eric who had given it to her. So the lazy girl stormed to Eric's room that morning and demanded that he get Emily a car.As for Sophia, Eric's company was just right before they got to Chloe's company,
"You don't have to look so nervous, it's not as though I want to gobble you up." Eric chuckled, stepping into the house and glancing at Sophia, who seemed rather nervous, though she was trying her best to hide it."I'm not nervous." Sophia immediately denied it and walked back to the cushion, still struggling to hide her nervousness.She had been thinking about how to get Eric to notice her, she didn't know that he already did notice her and was coming already.Also, she didn't want the others to see Eric here; after all, what was a man with two girlfriends doing in the house of a single lady like her? That was going to arouse a lot of suspicion and she didn't want something like that."So you've been wanting to talk to me, what do you want to tell me?" Eric broke the silence and stared at Sophia who appeared to be lost in her thoughts."Well...." Sophia stuttered, not knowing what to say."I...." She continued to play with her fingers as she struggled to spill out the words.It was a