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There was silence for a while and then Rooney got up and went outside to check out what was going on.

Derek could not exactly make out what he and the other person were saying, but in less than ten minutes, he got the shock of the century.

Rooney and another man came in, dragging someone who was tied up and bleeding from his arm.

The bleeding man seemed familiar and when the two men who held him captive roughly shoved him to the ground, Derek understood why.

It was Jerome, his head of security at home. Blair too was clearly shocked, and for a second, she seemed at a loss as to what to do.

“What the fuck is he doing here?” She asked, at last, directing her question to the new man who shrugged before answering.

“I found him close to the edge of the woods, near your car. When I questioned him, he said that he was camping nearby and was just loitering around. Rooney here says otherwise, however. He says that the man is this guy’s bodyguard.” The man replied, indicating Derek as ‘this gu