chapter 39

Eva 💘

"Come on, Roy. Eat"

He shakes his head and stare at the food. I sigh tiredly. I don't know how to persuade him to eat, we've been sitting like this for the past twenty minutes.

"Roy, your Mom wouldn't want you to starve yourself because of her"

"Eva, do you think uncle Fred has seen my mom?" He asked.

Worry written all over his face, his eyes dull and red, as if he's holding himself from crying.

"Of course!" I smile. "I promise they'll be here soon, but until then let's get something in your stomach"

He nods and pick up his fork.

Just then my phone beep. I check it and see a text from... Bianca. I quickly open the conversation. She wants me to come pick her up at the central park, I frown. Why didn't she call me.... Well, it doesn't matter, I should go get her instead of wondering why she didn't call me.

But I can't leave Roy all by himself. What should I do now...

Ok, I should call Fred. I dialed Fred's number but it doesn't connect. I tried again but it's still not connecting.

"Eva?"

"Yeah"

"Why are you frowning?" Roy ask.

"It's nothing, eat your food"

"Oh" then he faces his food.

Just then, I hear the main door open, maybe it's Fred. Maybe Bianca contacted him and they're together. I rushed to the living room, but I was disappointed. It wasn't them, it's one of Fred's friends, Micheal.

"Hi" I wave at him.

"Boss lady"

"Please call me Eva"

"No, I can't do that"

"Why?"

"Boss wouldn't allow it"

I nod, I'm not gonna force him to address me by my name.

"Ok, so why are you here?"

"Boss asked me to protect you until he's back"

Protect me?

"Come on in then" I usher him in but he shakes his head.

"I'd rather stand by the door, I can see everything from here"

I nod and walk back to the dinning room.

"Who was that? Is it uncle Fred? Is he back with my mom?" Roy ask eagerly.

"No, it's not Fred. It's just one of his friends"

"Ok" he stands up and carry his empty plates. "Are you done eating?" He asks me.

"Yeah" he carry my plates too and head to the kitchen.

I start to ponder on what to do... Fred's number is not reachable and I need someone to help get Bianca since I can't leave Roy alone. Wait... Micheal. I can leave him under micheal's care.

I quickly rush to the living room to meet him.

"Michael?"

He turns to me.

"I want to ask a favor from you"

"Ok"

"You see, I have something very important to do and I need to go out, so I was hoping you could help me watch Roy for just 20minutes"

"You want to go out?"

"Yes, but I won't take long, I'll be back before you know it"

He stays silent for a moment and studies me with an expression I can't tell.

"Ok, but please be fast or boss is gonna have my head" he said.

I nod and smile.

"Thank you"

"Eva?" I hear Roy call from behind me.

I turn towards him, he had his little hands tuck in his pocket.

"Hey Roy, how about you stay with this uncle for some minutes, I have to step out and do something outside" I told him.

He tilt his head and look past me, he narrows his eyes at Micheal and shakes his head.

"I don't like him" he said.

"Roy, don't say that, he's a nice guy and he'll take good care of you until I return"

"Where are you going?"

"I.. I'm.. I want to go... get.. my books from my ex-roommate"

"I'll come with you"

"No you can't. My roommate doesn't like kids, I'm afraid she's gonna hurt you"

He doesn't say anything else, he simply stays silent. He walks away from me and head upstairs. I sigh. I also don't feel like leaving him with Michael but I can't take him along with me, if something happens along the way I can't protect him, heck I can't be sure if I can protect myself.

I turn back to Micheal.

"Please watch him for me"

"Ok, boss lady"

I shove my phone in my pocket and head out.

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Authoress Racheal ✍️✍️

Immediately Eva steps out, Micheal takes out his phone and dialed his boss's number.

"Hey boss, she just left the house"

"Good. I'll have some of my boys kidnap her"

"Then what about our deal?"

"We'll talk about it after I get her" his boss hang up.

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Fred 💔

We've arrived at the location, my men already have the whole building surrounded and we have also taken care of the guards outside. I just need to go in and rescue Bianca, though we don't know how tough it'll be inside, Alaric is one corny guy.

"Jerry put your boys in two groups, one group will distract Alaric's boys downstairs and the other group will go upstairs with me and look for Bianca"

"Yes, boss"

He starts talking with his boys. I step away from him and ask Gray about his location now. He replies my text almost immediately, he's already inside and he's found the room Alaric locked Bianca in.

I text him to wait for me and not to take any action, he replies with an ok, boss.

As I'm about to keep my phone, it starts ringing. Checking the caller ID, I notice it's Eva's secret guards. Why are they calling now?.

"Yes?"

"Boss, boss lady just left the penthouse"

"What?!" I gritted out in a whisper like voice. "Why did you fucking let her leave?"

"Boss, you said we mustn't show ourselves to her"

Fuck! My boys are so foolish sometimes.

"Where is she going?"

"We don't know, boss. But she seems to be in a hurry"

"Go after her and make sure you get her back to the penthouse!!"

"Yes, boss"

"I don't want to see a scratch on her, make sure nothing happens to her or I'll have your heads hanging in my room!!" I snarled.

"Y-yes, boss" I angrily hang up.

I turn back to Jerry, he's done explaining.

"Let's get moving"

T. B. C

Who'll get to Eva first, is it the enemy or Fred's men?