Eric gets into his car. He can still see the utter shock on Bennet’s face as his words sunk in.Eric didn’t know if the baby Ally was carrying was a boy or a girl but he thought that Bennet would be more bereaved if he thought that he was losing a link to carry on the bloodline. Girls do not carry the family name into the next generation, but boys do.Eric couldn’t care less if the baby was a boy or a girl. It was Ally’s and that was all Eric wanted. Bennet watches from the open front door as Eric drives out of the main gates. He knows that Eric would never set foot in this house again.Even though Bennet thinks of himself as an intelligent man, he stares at the open gates where Eric has now disappeared from view. He feels angry. Someone needs to take responsibility for his unborn grandson being in this situation.He pulls his phone from his pocket.“That woman is pregnant with my grandson. You better make damn sure she doesn’t die.” Bennet barks into the receiver as soon as Alex answ
“Expecting someone else?” Eric asks Max. Keeping an eye on his hand holding his pistol at his side. Max sees where Eric’s eyes are focussed and puts his pistol away.“Wasn’t expecting anyone at all, to be honest.” Max answers with the same disinterested tone Eric used when talking to him. Eric raises an eyebrow. Max has some nerve, but then again, he works for Ally, not him. Eric nods and Max steps back to open the door completely for Eric to come into the apartment.“What brings you here?” Max asks Eric as he walks past him to stand next to his wife. She will always be his main priority, even if he knows she is willing and able enough to look after herself.“I want to speak to Megan. I have done my rounds everywhere else. Interesting facts pop up everywhere and all fingers point to Megan.” Eric tells Max, shifting his gaze between Max and his wife.“May I ask?” Max asks Eric. Eric knows that Max is not being arrogant. He cares deeply about Ally and Eric can respect that. He is not be
Eric slips the note Megan wrote into his pocket and nods at Max. He nods in Ruth’s direction also and then turns to leave. He exits the apartment and heads straight to his car. Max is right. If he is here when the authorities arrive, he will need to stay behind and answer hours of questions. He needs to find Alex in an effort to save Ally and the baby.He got absolutely nowhere coming here. He doesn’t care much for Megan. He never really liked her and he most certainly hated the way she did business. Eric only disliked her before he fell in love with Ally. After that, he hated Megan. He cannot handle anything that upsets or hurts Ally.Eric gets into his car and pulls away, driving back to the city.Hours later when he arrives in the city, he drives directly to his restaurant. He enters the underground parking and pulls into the spot where only he is allowed to park. Eric gets out of his car and walks to the elevator.There are two elevators in the underground parking area. The one el
Eric gets out of the car and wait for Craig to do the same. Craig locks the doors and starts walking towards an elevator. The underground parking area is very dark and Eric has to keep a close eye on Craig to see where he is going. Craig walks straight to what looks like a solid wall from what Eric can make out. The closer they get to the wall; Eric can barely make out a steel frame. Craig pushes a button that lights up very dimly.Eric can hear the elevator doors open but he cannot see much. This must be why this parking area goes fairly undetected. It is too dark to really do anything down here. Eric walks into the elevator behind Craig and stands to one side until he can feel the steel railing behind him. The doors close and an overhead light up very dimly.As the elevator ascends, the light in the elevator roof increases its brightness very slowly. Eric appreciates this effort for his eyes to gradually adjust to light again. When the elevator reaches the top floor, the light is li
“What did you find?” Gareth asks. Ignoring the statement from the young man.“There were a lot of calls to and from this number.” The young man tells Gareth, pointing to a number on the screen. “I have allocated this number to Alex.” He says pointing to yet another screen where the number tracks to a location only Alex would be able to access.Gareth stands behind the young man with his arms crossed over his chest. He is slightly taller than Eric and his whole persona here in this facility makes Eric feel small in comparison to him. In here, it doesn’t feel as if Gareth is working for Eric. In here, it feels as if Gareth is doing Eric a great favour. Eric feels grateful towards him all the same. He never knew how Gareth could get his hands on information so quickly, now he knows.“This number I located to Bennet.” The young man tells Gareth, again pointing to a number on one screen and then indicating towards the information showing on the other screen. “The location of this phone has
Eric pulls his buzzing phone out of his pocket. It is a call from the mansion.“Yes?” he answers coldly.“Sir, it is Agatha. Your father has fallen ill. He has been admitted to hospital.” Agatha states in her cold professional manner. Eric knows instinctively that Bennet would now be in the same hospital as where Ally is admitted.“Thank you.” Eric says before ending the call. He is not really interested in why Bennet has fallen ill. He cannot really remember his father ever being admitted to hospital. It is not something that has ever happened before. His father was always too stubborn to go to hospital for whatever the reason may be. He usually had a doctor on call that would attend to him at home.“I have to go check on Ally. Please keep me updated.” Eric says and turns towards the elevator. Craig is next to him in seconds to escort him out of the building.“We tracked Alex number. He is currently on the move. We will let you know as soon as we got hold of him.” Gareth tells Eric a
“Yes, you will.” Gareth tells Alex. He pulls him by his clothes to lead him to the van. He pushes him in front of him to where Craig has already opened the back doors to the van in front of Alex’s car. Alex quickly turns and stabs Gareth in the stomach with an injection that he always carries on him for moments like these, where he needs to escape from.Seeing the move of Alex, Craig quickly pulls out a gun and fires a shot at Alex. Alex slumps to the ground within a second. Craig rushes towards his father.Gareth looks down at eh place where he felt the thump when Alex stabbed him with the needle. Alex clearly forgot that Gareth was wearing a bulletproof vest. The needle did not go through the vest but there is a visible hole where the needle stabbed. Gareth looks down at the slumped Alex on the ground in front of him. The injection Alex tried to attach Gareth with, still in his hand. The thick needle on the injection is now bent. Craig bends down and picks up the injection. On the i
Ally is taken to a room where there are special monitors to check her vitals as she comes out of her coma. The room could also double as an operating theatre should they have to perform any emergency procedures on her during this time.The doctor checks that all the vitals are stable. He needs to report to Eric. The man will not be able to handle not knowing where his wife is and what is happening to her.The doctor walks into the room where Eric is waiting. He takes a seat next to Eric and waits for Eric to pay attention to him. Eric is sitting in his seat and staring at the TV in front of him, clearly not seeing anything that is showing on the TV. Eric slowly turns his head towards the doctor and waits for him to talk.“Mrs Symons is waking up. We have moved her to the monitor room to see if there are any complications as she wakes up. Thus far everything seems to be just fine. We expect her to be fully awake by the end of the day. You will be able to talk to her as soon as she is f