Getting Offer

"Did you talk to them?" Abigail questioned as soon as Caleb came out from his parent's room who was still angry with him. 

"They are still angry but don't worry I'll manage and try to find a way to solve the situation!" Hearing these words from Caleb's mouth, Abigail gave him a small smile. 

At least now he's talking in his usual confident manner. She felt glad. 

"Good! Now you should rest also!"

"We will talk about this issue tomorrow!" She said as she looked at the dark sky from the living area's windows. 

"Alright!" His voice turned gentle while he suddenly leaned his head and kissed her forehead.

"Good night!" 

"Good night! Caleb!" She smiled.

Caleb went to his room while Abigail moved to her room to look through her cupboard to find her chequebook. 

The savings amount which was kept by her father and finally she got it after her 18th birthday. 

She wanted to give that money to Caleb, to pay his debt. 

Yes, it's not a big amount. But at least it can give them a chance to ask for some more time from the creditors. She doesn't want to see her love lose his hope and lose their home. 

As she runs her hands around the closet, she finds the cheque in the drawer.

She looked at the chequebook with deep eyes for a moment before taking it out with her hand but then along with that an envelope also came and fell on the ground.

Her eyes looked at the envelope with a heavy heart while she bent down to pick it up. 

This envelope was also sent with the money from her father's lawyer Mr.James. 

He informed her that her dad Fred Levine wanted to give this envelope to her on her birthday. Even Mr.James doesn't know what is inside there. He kept it safe for her, for past years. 

As she turned to be an adult he finally gave her the envelope. 

The envelope thing was never mentioned to the Beckett family. Only Mr.James knows about it. But what was inside there? She never mentioned it to Mr.James and he never asked her. As he respected her father so much.

However, when she saw the envelope again today, her eyes filled with a mixed expression. She stared at it for a short time and directly put it back in the drawer and closed it.

She inhaled a long breath and looked at the chequebook again.

"Dad! I hope you can understand my situation! I miss you so much!" She whispered and tears ran down her cheeks.

NEXT MORNING

Abigail prepared breakfast and sent it to Dale and Erma's bedroom. As they didn't come out from their rooms after the last talk with their son. 

She sighed to see the cold silence in the whole house. 

After sending the meal to them. She turned to check on Caleb. She took the breakfast tray and went in his room's direction. 

"Caleb!" She knocked on the door as it was locked.

A few moments later, Caleb unlocked the door and looked at Abigail with a small smile while his eyes looked tired with deep dark circles under his eyes. 

"Good morning, Love!" 

Abigail felt concerned to see his tired appearance. She could guess, he didn't sleep at all.

She sighed helplessly as she came inside his room with a tray.

"Good morning! I came to send this breakfast and look after you!" She put the tray on the small table beside the bed. 

The room is medium size and decorated perfectly as Abigail did that for him. As she knew his choice very well and he also loved to see her do that for him.

She turned and looked at him and added," Caleb! Did you stay awake the whole night?" 

Caleb's forehand deepened as he sat back to the edge of the bed. And his hands rested on his head with anxiety. 

"How could I sleep Abi?" 

"I thought the whole night to find a way to solve this issue but trust me there is no way coming to my mind!" He moved his fingers on his hair while he sounded too frustrated because of the whole matter.

Abigail felt his words while she bent to kneel in front of him and touched his both thighs giving him some courage. 

"Caleb…" 

"I know you are under pressure because of debt, but please try to be calm first." She looked at him with a serious face.

"Abi… What…"

"What if I can not do anything?" He hesitantly asked, looking at her with questioning and nervous eyes. 

Abigail's face frowned.

"Why are you thinking like that? We will find a way…." 

"I don't think so! Abi !" He cut her hum.

She looked at his lost confident look and suddenly spoke out.

"Caleb, do you mind if I gave you something?" Her eyes meet his.

Caleb looked at her with confused stares.

"What are you talking about Abi?" 

"Wait for me!" She announced as she stood up on her knees again and went in her room's direction.

After a few minutes, she came with a 10,00,000 dollars cheque in her hands and gave it to his hands.

"Here it is!" She smiled.

Caleb looked at the cheque and instantly understood what she was trying to do. 

"What is this Abigail?"

"I can't take it!" He tried to hand her over the cheque but she denied taking it.

"Caleb, if you love me and think of me as your family member then please accept this!" 

She made him fold the fingers around the cheque with her palms. 

"Abi…" He felt touched.

"Caleb, don't reject it! I know it's not a big amount but I hope it will help you to ask for some more time to pay the debt!" Hearing her, he couldn't help but hug her. 

"Thank you, Abi!" He whispered while she smiled and hugged him back.

….

With money help, Caleb paid the bank loan, and then half money was paid to the casino's owner. He asked them for more time and they got ready for it. Until then the properties paper will be with them. Everything turned out well. 

ONE MONTH LATER 

"They can't wait anymore Abi...!" They want me to pay all the money in one go!" Caleb looked at her with a scarred face. 

"But why suddenly?" 

"Weren't they ready to give you more time?" Abigail inquired with worried eyes. 

"Actually, the casino went into a huge loss a few days ago because of increased debt money. So, at last, the casino owner sold his property and our house to a huge party." 

"How could he sell our house?" She felt stunned.

"I was also horrified to hear that when I got a call from the new owner's man. They told me they want the money back fast or they will deal with me their ways!" His body was shivering.

"Do they tell you who they are or their boss's name?" She inquired with distress.

"No! But they are powerful! After their call, I talked with the old casino owner and he told me. The new owner is not someone we can provoke. He didn't tell me details as the new owner warned him not to blurt out his details to anyone!" 

"But what now? What should we do?" Abigail felt it turned out to be a big issue when suddenly the owner changed.

"I don't know Abi! I'm completely devastated!" His hands rested on his head with misery. 

"Caleb, don't be like that! There should be a way! Let's think about it together! We can't lose home!" She touched his shoulder and looked at him with an upright face. 

She tried to give him backing. Even knowing they don't have a single penny to pay anymore.

Hearing her, Caleb nodded and announced in outrage, "Yes, I need to find a way! No matter what! I'll not let myself suffer anymore!" His eyes turned bitter and cold.

Abigail saw his reaction and felt worried for him. She is just hoping he never chooses the wrong path to correct the wrong thing.

ON THE SAME NIGHT 

"Hello!" Caleb got a call from his mysterious new debt collector boss. 

"Hey, man! Our boss told me to inform you that we are coming to collect money in the morning!" 

"Morning?" He felt terror.

"Yes!" 

"Sir, just give me more time! I promise! I'll pay you my debt!" He begged while his forehead started sweating on a cold night. 

"Shut the fuck up!" He heard the roar of the person from the other side. 

"We will not go to give you any more time!" The person angrily declared.

"But…" 

"But I don't have anything to pay for now! Please, sir, try to understand. My parents are old. They can't be homeless!"  He almost cried out.

Hearing him, the person on the other side turned silent for a second.

Caleb thought the phone was disconnected as he couldn't hear the voice but when he checked on the screen the call was still ongoing. Suddenly the voice again comes out but this time the person is not the same. 

"Caleb Beckett!" The voice is powerful that Caleb fell stuck for a second before answering again.

"Y...Yes...Yes Sir!" He replied while gulping his saliva with tension. 

"Hmm.." 

"So, Beckett! If you truly want to survive from the huge debt! Then our boss has one offer for you!" 

"Offer?" Caleb felt he was hallucinating these all things. Because he has learned from the old owner that they are not 'offer giving people'!

"Yes, you heard right! Offer but with some terms…"

As soon as he heard 'terms' words. He felt serious. It means they are telling the truth about the offer. 

"You can think through it but I would suggest, you are lucky to get an offer directly from our boss! Or else we only collect bodies in exchange for debt!" The other person mockingly speaks.

Hearing the person's last statement, his tongue gets caught, his whole body filled with sweat, his hands trembling uncontrollably. He ruined his free hand on his hair while feeling too much pressure. He bit his lower lips just to feel his blood on them. 

"So, what is your decision?" The other person coldly asked.

Caleb thinks about debt, his misery, and finally takes a long breath to agree with him.

"I agree with your offer and terms!" He vastly replied like he was losing his last chance to come out from hell.

The person again fell silent for a moment and then responded.

"At least hear the terms and whole offer..." 

But Janson cut his hum and said in the middle.

"I'll agree on whatever it takes but in exchange, I hope you will never touch my family and me!" His voice was shaking the whole time.

The person laughed hearing him.

"Good! Then come to meet our boss in one hour!" 

"Alright!" He replied while the phone went disconnected and the next moment the place address was sent to him through SMS. 

….

Caleb reaches the mentioned place at the right time. There is a big mansion in front of him but he can't see the watchman around. The iron gate is holding the view of another side and only see-through from some design gaps. 

He was thinking of ways to get inside when his phone started ringing. He looked at the new unknown number and immediately guessed who was on the other side. 

He quickly picks up the call and answers.

"Hello!"

His voice was shaking a little.

While from the other side, the same cold voice who was talking with him last time speaks out.

"You keep standing in front of the iron gate. My two men will come to pick you up!  Just come here quietly with them without speaking! Understand!" 

"Y...Yeah!" He replied with nervousness. As everything looked like a mystery and scary to him. 

On the other side, the man reported to his boss about Caleb's arrival.

"Boss! He has arrived!" 

Listening to his man report, Byron's eyes glimmer with a sharp gaze while there is a devil smirk on his face. Like he was waiting for this moment. 

"Now, it's time to pay!" He announced in a rough voice while he let out a small chuckle.

He was sitting on his big leather designing chair like a king while his legs were in a crossing position and his hands were resting on the chair's arms. 

The two men in black expensive suits just stood behind him silently looking like skilled bodyguards. 

While the two were standing at the door protecting it.

The whole room is decorated with luxurious items. Some items are just a few pieces in the whole world. 

Caleb looked at the mansion with a mysterious gaze when he suddenly noticed two men in black suits coming out of the house. 

He could guess from their well but body. They were fighting skilled people. 

As soon as they came closer to the iron gate, one of them asked in a husky tone.

"Are you Caleb Beckett?" 

"Y...Yes! It's me!" His lips were shaken.

"Alright! Come with us! Boss waiting for you!" 

As Caleb heard the word 'Boss' word. He just nodded. He was nervous but curious also to meet this new boss! 

Both men wear airpords on their ears in which one of them speaks something and the next moment the iron gate slides backward opening in the middle automatically. 

Caleb felt stunned to see that and guessed that he was always under the CCTV. He looked around but couldn't discover the camera. 

"Let's go!" One of the men announced while Caleb silently started following them. 

He looked at the garden which was splitting into two parts and made a path towards the mansion. 

As they entered the house entrance, his eyes looked at everything with stunning eyes. Every single piece and decoration shows how royal and wealthy the main boss is. 

He could never imagine how to express his opinions but it was not like he imagined before coming there. It's not scary at all. This place looks like a big wealthy museum with lots of luxurious stuff.

"Who told you to stop?" Suddenly the one man angrily spoke to see Caleb not to walk.

Caleb came back to reality and responded in a hurry.

"Sorry!" He apologizes and starts walking immediately.

He was too consumed by the mansion when he stopped to look around, he also doesn't know.