I sit inside the p*ssenger's seat, watching carefully through the window to see if I'd spot any paparazzi, those people are the real trouble.After carefully watching, I notice a car drive up to the front gate of the school, dropping a man who seems to be adjusting his clothes.There's one already!I shrink into the seat, my thoughts running crazy as I panic.What do I do!!!!"I don't know Dexter," I say, nibbling on my thumb, "Look, I'm already noticing some paparazzi and there'll be people too, do you think it'll be a good idea to pick up the kids?"As I turn to Dexter and wait for his response, I find him staring at me, puffing some air as he pulls my thumb from my lips."Certainly, no one would dare speak evil against you in front of me," he says confidently.Far from relieved, I try to feign a smile when I see yet another van pull up, it's a woman this time, attaching something, most likely a micro mic to her shirt."Reporters these days," I say to myself, "they'd do anything to
Neo's POVThe drive back home is long, silent, and most definitely not a happy one.We didn't go straight home after returning from school. Papa went with Mama to a hotel where we stayed for two days before returning home. Papa says it's so we don't run into any paparazzi at home.Alone with Ash, scribbling on our color book, I can't help but bite off the end of my pencil.There's just no way Mama would do such a thing even if she's really pretty, someone must be lying about her.Buy who?Ahh!!!I pull my hair, frustrated from thinking too much that I collapse on the floor.Just thinking too much is making me hungry, I'm too small to be doing all of this thinking.Flick!"Focus!" Ash scolds me as his crayon hits my head.Ah! Now that I think about it, it could be…"Do you think it's that woman again?" I tell Ash who's too busy colouring to look my way."The one with the spiky nails?" He asks, "Could be, she's picked on Mama a lot already.""True, but… what do we do now, Mama and Papa
"You two have a way with words you know," the driver says with a grim smile."Thanks, Mama says I got it from Papa," Ash replies proudly.Though I'm not certain that was much of a compliment from the driver in the first place."Haiz, this is gonna cost me a lot. Let's go,"Onwards we go, as he changes his direction and we continue tailing after Miss Linda. I'm worried that he's going to tell me later but by the time we're done, Mama and Papa are gonna be so proud of us, it'll be worth it.Nodding in agreement with myself I keep my eyes on the road, observing as we drive farther away from civilization.I'm a bit bothered by where we're heading as the houses seem to be smaller, and looking less extravagant as well.I glance at my watch, it seems we've been driving for at least forty minutes, my goodness, just where are we going?Just as I begin to wonder about this and that, I spot the driver watching me from the front mirror.He clicks his tongue and begins complaining."You do have a
Dexter's POV"Sir!"My office door is thrown wide open as my secretary runs in, holding his phone, ignoring the fact that I'm in an important meeting.I stare at him wondering what it could be that would have him so perplexed.The man I know to be a man of order barged into a meeting, panting heavily, surely this isn't a small matter."You need to take a look at this," he says.I signal at him and he hurries over to my side at the table, I can still hear his heavy breath while he makes his way toward me, it seems things are serious."What is this?" I ask in a low voice as soon as I get my eyes on the screen, "Why would I care about her?""Just a minute Alpha," he urges me.Sighing, I take the phone into my hand and connect to my air pod and that's when I start hearing things.At once I stared at him, completely unsure if I was seeing a ghost, but then I realized this wasn't a dream but reality."Gentlemen, I'm afraid we'll have to continue this meeting another day," I tell them, hurry
"I can't reach them,""So can't I," I tell Vida.Right after our call, Vida arrived before me within ten minutes, this is a place that would take at least thirty minutes to arrive at.I can't help but wonder at what speed she was driving but that wasn't important at the moment. The most important thing right now was how to get the kids, which isn't going so well."It'll be best if we go there ourselves, I already have the location and everything, we can go there ourselves and check for the kids," I tell her.Vida is everything but calm, she's tossing and turning, looking left and right, her breathing is fast and so is her heartbeat."Please Vida, you have to stay calm," I begged her.Before I know it, my collar is being tightly pulled with Vida shaking me violently."Calm, how can you say that to me right now, those two are the only thing that's keeping me alive, and you want me to stay calm," she yells.I don't know what to do or say to her, I'm just as upset as she is."We'll find t
Full speed ahead we drive, desperate to arrive at Linda's place before anything funny happens and all through the drive Vida holds my hands, her palm, sweaty, and continuously slipping away from mine.At long last, after a while, we arrived at the place we were told about.But… the car is nowhere to be found. I thought he'd be around here somewhere.My anxiety begins to get the best of me as I panic."D… Dexter…," Vida stutters."It's alright, everything is going to be fine, we'll find the boys," I tell her.She nods as we proceed to Linda's house.Upon our arrival, we knocked but there was no answer, we rang the doorbell but there was still no response.Enraged, I decided to take matters into my own hands. My only solution was breaking in, but… the door wasn't locked in the first place.I'm disturbed and yet curious as I take Vida's hand leading her inside but the moment we take a step in, Vida breaks free."Where is she?" Vida yells as she jumps straight into Linda's house without h
"That woman!" Vida yells, slamming the car door aggressively.Knowing better than to disturb her during her outburst I do myself a favour and follow her back inside the car.But what now?I'm stuck with absolutely no idea of what to do next, our main priority at the moment is how we can find the kids.I halt the ride barely a couple for seconds on the road and Vida turns to look at me, her eyes screaming with questions, the most important would be why I stopped the ride.For that I could give her no response but there was something urgent I had to say."Where are we going?" I asked after much deliberation and a very difficult conclusion.Her brows knit, and suddenly she raises one eyebrow in question as she nudges her head."Excuse me! What do you mean by that, you're the one with the senses, you know where the kids are," she says.I can't refute her words as they hold a lot of truth in them.I gulped hard, and now my head, "how am I supposed to tell her this…" I groan.It's only a ma
"Ash? Neo?" Vida screams, her eyes widening.She stands before the cargo, completely horrified in shock.That man really mean it when he said this was a cooling room, but… to think he would keep my kids in a cooling room, that alone is enough to fill me with great contempt. no one but two children alone in a cargo.Was Linda intending to drop the cargo into the sea.Just thinking of it fills me with hate."How dare that woman, how could she do such a cruel thing," I mumble to myself.Tears begins to stream from her eyes, each step she takes inside feels weaker than the other."My children…" she cries.Seeing how dispirited she is, I head inside first.There they are, sitted besides each other, cold, asleep and pale looking.I carry both of them into my arms, their weak bodies already feeling as light as a feather.Suddenly I feel a light movement on my shoulder.I look to my left shoulder and find Neo slightly awake."Papa… did we do well?" He whispers with his remaining strength, his