The next day, after having breakfast with Anna and Emma, Dylan went to work after he promised Emma that he would be home on time to have dinner and put her to bed. Anna was quiet throughout breakfast, Dylan didn't know if it was because she was hungover or because their conversation the previous night was heavy. So he didn't bother her or say anything about it. Dylan walked into his office and as usual, Lucas was there waiting for him. “Good morning Lucas.” Dylan greeted as he took his seat behind his desk. “Good morning sir. It’s good to finally have you back.” Lucas greeted back and then took his seat. “It's good to be back, so what's on the schedule for today?” Dylan asked. “As you instructed, you have a meeting with Hugh, Luke and Kingston in thirty minutes and then after that, it's your meeting with the investors and the board,” Lucas told Dylan. “Ok, thank you Lucas. What of the other thing that we talked about, have there been any developme
After Dylan left for the office, Anna let out a huge breath of relief. She felt so awkward around him knowing that he now knew her deepest fear and she just needed some space from him so that she could recalibrate. She made sure Emma ate all her food and then she also made sure that she took her drugs. Emma was taking a nap and Anna decided to call her mother back, she had been calling ever since they left for London and Anna had been ignoring her calls, but after her conversation with Dylan last night, she decided to call her back. She dialled her mum's number and waited for her to pick up the call. Just when she thought she would be getting her voicemail, he mother picked up. “Hello, hello, Anastasia is that you?” Her mother asked and hearing her mother's voice after all these years made Anna sob. “Yes mother, it's me.” Anna told her. “Oh my baby, it's so good to hear your voice.” Anna's mum said and all of a sudden Anna started to get angry.
A day earlier. After James's father left his office, he immediately booked the next flight out of New York to London. The ultimatum that his father gave him motivated him even more, his father wasn't someone who laid down ultimatums like it was nothing and whenever he did, he always followed through. James texted his guy on the dark web and told him that the timeline had been moved up and he and his team were to meet him in London today, he would text him the address when he arrived. After he sent the message, he packed up his laptop and every other thing that he would need from his office and then he went to his room. “James baby please…” Kendra tried pleading with him but James didn't want to hear any of it, he was pissed. He slapped her so hard that she fell to the ground. “You bitch, how many times have I told you to not come into my office. I want you out of this house now and don't come back.” James shouted at her. Kendra held her hand to her bruis
“James, what are you doing here?” Anna asked him and then she backed away slowly away from him. James walked up to her and dragged her back by her hands. He held her with her back against his chest. “No, you're not going anywhere, and don't even bother calling for help, your bodyguard is currently occupied,” James whispered in her ears, and then Anna felt something hard poking her at her back, she realized that it was a gun and she became even more scared. “Now I'm going to let you go, and you're going to keep quiet. Nod your head if you understand me.” James told her and Anna nodded her head and he let go of her hand. She turned around and faced him, he was still pointing the gun at her. “What are you doing here James?” Anna asked him, her voice cracking. “Well Anna, did you think that I would let you get away from me,” James said, and then he ran his fingers down her face and Anna recoiled in disgust. “I'm with Dylan now, me and you are done,
After Anna had settled down, Dylan took her hand and they both walked towards the detectives in charge of the case. “Gentlemen, what do we know?” Dylan asked them. “Not much Mr. Knight, your security guard was hit from behind so he didn't see who attacked him. We've questioned everyone that was at the park and they didn't see anything either.” The detectives said. “How is that possible? A little girl was taken and no one saw anything?” Dylan asked them, he was pissed. “It's possible that she just walked away with them.” The detective said. “No, she knows not to go anywhere with strangers, she was taken.” Anna finally spoke up. “Are you ready to give your statement Mrs. Knight?” The detective asked Anna as he brought out his pen and notepad. Dylan squeezed Anna's hand in support and comfort. “We came to the park and Emma ran off to play with the other kids and her bodyguard Josh was with her. I set up under the tree over there whe
They drove back to the house with their security team tailing behind them, Anna hated that the only thing she could do for her daughter was to wait. She wanted to be out there looking for her but where would she start from? Dylan parked the car in front of the house, Anna didn't even wait for him to turn off the engine, she opened the door and got out. She was so angry, angry that she had let James distract her, angry that she couldn't protect her little angry and also angry at Dylan because he promised to protect her and Emma and it looked like he had something to do with why Emma was taken. Anna walked into the house and towards the living room and she could hear Dylan's footsteps following closely behind her. When she entered the living room she turned around to face him. Dylan could see the pain in her eyes but also the anger which he was sure was meant for him. “You should sit down Anastasia.” He spoke to her calmly. “No, I don't want to sit Dylan, expla
A few minutes later, Marcus and the rest of Dylan's security team gathered in the dining room, Dylan was seated at the head of the table while they all stood and Lucas was by his side. Dylan didn't say anything, he let them sit in silence and he looked at all of them one after the other, he wanted to see which one of them that was nervous and would shake, but he couldn't catch any, yes they were nervous but it could also be because they knew they fucked up big time because Emma was taken. After a few minutes, Dylan stood up and walked to the front of them. “Marcus and Josh, step forward.” Dylan said and the two men immediately shuffled forward, their heads bowed. “Raise your heads, I want you to look me in the eyes when you tell me how exactly it was that you fucked up so bad that my daughter was taken.” Dylan snarled at them. “Marcus you go first.” Dylan told him. “We arrived at the park and Josh went off with Emma while I stayed with Mrs. Knight.
Anna walked up the stairs to her room. She got into her shower, and she just sat down on the ground and cried as the shower washed away her tears. She cried until her throat was sore, and there were no tears left in her eyes. She got up from the ground, quickly rubbed her body, and rinsed off; she wrapped her towel around her body and left the bathroom. She walked into her closet, pulled out a pair of jeans and a black blouse, and put them on. She was so tired that she didn't even bother combing her hair. After she took it down from the towel, she just left it like that and laid down on the bed, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep. Downstairs, Dylan welcomed the detectives and told them that they could set up in the dining room, and then he left them there with Lucas and climbed up the stairs to get Anna. He knocked softly on her door but she didn't answer. So he opened the door and entered the room and then he saw her on the bed, curled up and asleep, she looked so