19 Daddy

Nolan stares blankly at her for a few minutes. Despite Leila's straightforwardness, she has never asked him to leave in such a manner before.

Leila, on the other hand, has her eyes on the document in hand, paying no attention to him any more. He opens his mouth to speak but thinks twice about it, then shuts his mouth.

Nolan steps out of the office, shutting the door behind him slowly. Something was wrong, and he could feel it the moment he stepped into the company.

He takes out his phone quickly from his pocket and opens his call log. He dials a number, but before it could go through, a notification comes through the phone with his name and picture on the front lines.

Quickly, he ends the call and taps on the notification. Nolan's smile disappears immediately when he reads the headlines.

[Mr Nolan Reeds is missing. The She-Devil is solely responsible]

Before he could read more about what the headlines meant, an ad pops up again with a different story about him.

[Eye-witness interviewed on the noise she heard before the She-Devil's departure from the yacht]

Another notification comes through, [Mr Nolan was sexually molested and murdered]

He quickly goes back to his call log and dials a number. While it rang, he glances at Leila's door and then walks off with the phone in his ears. The phone rings for a while.

Nolan steps out of LY Tech before the phone is answered. "Yes boss," the receiver said

"Why was I not informed on what was going on?" Nolan questioned, fuming,

"I…"

Nolan becomes agitated and ends the call, then shoves the phone back into his pocket. This scandal will ruin his entire plan if he does not do something about it. A black jeep drives and stops before him.

The passenger door opens and a man in a suit and dark shades steps out and opens the back door. Nolan steps in, the man shuts the door for him, and he gets into the car. The car zooms off after that.

In Leila's office, she has her gaze on a file in hand, reading it. Her phone buzzes, she picks up and places it on her ear with her gaze still on the file.

"He ran away"

She heard from the other end

Leila glances at the caller ID; Beatrice

She slowly places her back on the backrest of her chair. Beatrice, after some time, has not heard any word from Leila, asks, "Are you there?"

"Ran away to?" Leila asked,

"No one knows, though I don't think he was able to get there. The security caught him on time" Beatrice explained,

"Anything else?"

Beatrice stays quiet for a while and Leila notices, "Spill" Leila commanded

Beatrice smacks her tongue. "I was thinking you should come and see him"

"Why?"

"He just ran away, and we got lucky to have found him as quickly as we did, but I doubt we will be lucky next time and I think he might entertain any questions from you since if he-"

"I want to take him!" a female voice in the background yelled, cutting Beatrice shut

After a long silence, Beatrice speaks, "Ly, I'll get back to you. Something is going on at the reception"

"Mm, keep me posted" and the call goes dead

She places the phone down on the table. Beatrice is a not-so-close friend of Leila. They met at the early stage of where Leila could remember. Some time ago, Leila was done with her work for the day late at night when she saw some men pulling a girl into the bush.

At instinct, Leila parked the car at a view that she could easily spot when they step back out. After ten minutes, the men step back out without the girl. Once they were a safe distance away, she got down from the car and walked into the bush that they had taken.

Not long after, Leila heard painful groans, which she followed and found a girl around her age on the ground with blood oozing out of various parts of her body. With the help of her tech, she gets the girl into her car, and they get to a hospital.

Beatrice was shot in the hand, chest, and stomach. It took about nine months for Beatrice to be in the safe zone, but she got better, a year and a half later. Leila paid the bills and as a way of appreciation, Beatrice promised to do anything she asked.

Beatrice is a nurse. Some years back, a man in a wheelchair came to Eleanor's house requesting to see his daughter. Eleanor refused to say anything and just told the guards to throw him out.

He repeated his visit three times and on the last try. Leila gets a picture of him from Fay, which she handed to Beatrice to help trace and know why he was looking for his daughter in her aunt's house.

Recently, Leila gave Beatrice her photo to show him if she is the one he is looking for, as her dreams made her want to find out more about herself.

Leila felt that man was the man the girl in her dreams called daddy, but she always forgets the face and when she tries to place the man's face into the girl's daddy's face she feels as though a piece is missing.

Beatrice was able to trace the man to a nursing home, but anytime he sees Leila's picture he cringes. Leila has not met him face to face before, making her confused.

She had instructed Beatrice to ask him about the daughter he is looking for, but he always says, "She has her"

Meaning, Eleanor has her. Because of this, Leila has been quite cautious about Eleanor, but occasionally she waves it off, not wanting to conclude. The man could be mentally deranged, even though it's not in his report.

Leila's phone buzzes again and she picks up. "Ly, you need to come here now. Someone is about to discharge him"

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