Chapter 59
“Sophia” Saul yelled and ran towards her immobile form in tears. But it was too late.
The cops kept firing on the men in the car but it was of no use. The car fled at the speed of the rocket.
“Open the door.” Saul shouted to his men while carrying her bridal style to his car.
“Sophia, open your eyes, sweetheart. Look at me.” He cradled her in his arms like a baby and shook her. The driver drove the vehicle at jet speed to the nearest hospital.
Sophia’s bleeding form was put on a stretcher and dragged to the emergency room.
The doctor
Chapter 60“Who are you? What are you doing in my room? Get out of here.” Sophia snarled at Saul and rang the bell situated beside the bed calling for protection.A soft gasp left out of him in shock. “Sophia, what are you talking about? Don’t you recognize me?” Earth washed away from under his feet. His legs gave up and Saul fell on the chair behind him staring blankly at Sophia.“Can't you understand simple English? I asked you out of my room.” Sophia pointed to the door.That's it! It was the worst that he expected to happen for them. As if he was struck by a live wire, Saul fled to the doctor’s room.&ldqu
Chapter 61“No, I don't think she was. Dr Mary Franklin was in the doctors team who examined her private areas. I think you can confirm it from her.” The young doctor corrected his glasses and spoke concernedly to Saul.Saul did not wait even for a second after he got the reply. Fucking hell, if he had touched her, he will knock him down right at the moment.Saul went to Dr Mary who assured him Sophia wasn't molested. He realized the blackmailer was only trying to boil him with his lies. He visibly relaxed. As he was about to return to Sophia’s room, he got a call from Roger. “Speak”“Sir, we got a clue regarding the vehicle which was used by the goons who shot ma'am.
Chapter 62“What’s going on here? Why are you arguing with the doctor, Lawrence?” Saul walked like a king to rule in strict commanding strides with hands ducked in the pant pockets.“Did I hear right that you're taking Sophia home today?” His question sounded more like a warning than a query.“Yes, you heard him right. I'm taking her home.” Saul spoke sternly and at the same time kept the matter away from Lawrence that he was flying her to Los Angeles. Else he will have more to say than what he is already doing.“Have your mind gone nuts? She had a heart surgery just yesterday. Sophia is my daughter and I can't see her dying right before my eyes. Get the hell out of he
Chapter 63Saul’s security immediately ran out to catch the shooter but there was nobody around. “Take care of him.” He shouted to Brandon pointing to the bleeding waiter and looked around to find any clue. But unfortunately he met once again with a dead end.“Sir, you would have already noticed the building opposite to your bar is under construction. Experienced shooters are hired for costly murders like this in the underworld businesses. You are already aware of all these things being the leader of a popular mafia group. This is just a recollection of the information for you.” Roger took out an engineering plan from his briefcase to explain everything to Saul.“The shooter put a sniper on the 15th floor of the bedroom window of the
Chapter 64On the other side of the city.“You shouldn't have gone all the way to his bar and meddled with him.” - speaker A“I did it because I did not want to bring the least doubts about me to him. He is a fucking sceptic. Secondly, going to the bar was not planned. I went to see Sophia. Eventually we landed in his bar.” - Speaker B“When did you start developing feelings for Sophia? I thought you only lusted upon her.” - Speaker A“Anytime I see a lady walk the path of women empowerment, I hear music playing in my head. It increases my heartbeat, causing tension in my arteries. I hate girl education and parents
Chapter 65“He was your best friend. Brandon always talked great about you. He loved you. Why did you kill him?” Emily shrieked fisting Saul’s shirt.He was sitting before her with head in his hands like a felon before the judge. Saul succumbed to grief. He felt like he lost something very precious in life because he never expected Brandon to be a convict. Not a single word came out of him for any of her questions. But at the end he raised up his head from his hands and looked at her with red shot eyes.That’s it! Emily was startled, absorbing the unanticipated emotion on him. If he is grieving Brandon’s death, why did he kill him in the first place? She released his shirt and looked for answers but got none.&nbs
Chapter 66Looking through the peephole he looked at the visitor waiting for him outside the door and visibly relaxed. “Dad and mom? What are you doing here at this late hour?”Carson sighed. “I'm sorry son, I did not want to disturb you. But your mom was not able to sleep. She overheard our conversation a few minutes ago. You were briefing me about Brandon. It was very much unexpected that he would be such a monster. We thought you were both best friends.”“I felt the same, dad. You were shocked but it was like a bomb blast to me.”“I am able to assimilate your thoughts, son. Both of you were together through thick and thin. The biggest sorrows are brought by the people whom you trust. I am sorry, yo
Chapter 67“Of course why wouldn't you, since the day I entered your life, I had only been a burden to you.” Sophia spoke brokenhearted.Saul signaled to his mom making a head lift towards Sophia. He felt sorry but had no time to console and handle her mood swings. There were a lot more things on his platter that he had to take care of immediately after discussing them with his father.Understanding her son Scarlet took Sophia to one of the bedrooms. After the women left Carson spoke to Saul again.“It is not necessary Brandon had spoken the truth to you. Remember, he told you he raped Sophia but the doctor confirmed to you she was not molested though had suffered serious physical abuse. This
Chapter 94The bullet struck the left side of his chest. Luckily he has a dextrocardia. According to medical terminology, it is the condition where the subject’s heart points to the right of the chest instead of his left.As against Sherlock’s expectation that he would be killed on the spot, Saul not only came out of his hiding place and also shot him on his arm. As a result, the pistol he held fell on the floor. Sherlock looked at him stunned as if he was a devil from the Netherworld. Saul made a timely decision. Every added moment that the former lived was a risk to Sophia. Saul could not think of a better time to kill him. While Sherlock was still under the stupor on how Saul was still alive, he shot him point blank to see him dead instantly.After he confirmed Sherlock lost his life, Saul breathed at ease and succumbed to the floor. There was a heavy blood loss because two bullets were punched in his chest. The last thought before Saul welcomed the dark world was Sophia is safe. N
Chapter 94The bullet struck the left side of his chest. Luckily he has a dextrocardia. According to medical terminology, it is the condition where the subject’s heart points to the right of the chest instead of his left.As against Sherlock’s expectation that he would be killed on the spot, Saul not only came out of his hiding place and also shot him on his arm. As a result, the pistol he held fell on the floor. Sherlock looked at him stunned as if he was a devil from the Netherworld. Saul made a timely decision. Every added moment that the former lived was a risk to Sophia. Saul could not think of a better time to kill him. While Sherlock was still under the stupor on how Saul was still alive, he shot him point blank to see him dead instantly.After he confirmed Sherlock lost his life, Saul breathed at ease and succumbed to the floor. There was a heavy blood loss because two bullets were punched in his chest. The last thought before Saul welcomed the dark world was Sophia is safe. N
Chapter 93“Sir” the guard spoke on the phone. “I am sorry to disturb you at this late hour. But the intensity of the situation demanded it. There was an old woman passing through the gates of our estate. She was handicapped and was using a stick to walk.”“And? What am I to do with her handicap? Why are you narrating children’s stories by waking me in the middle of the night?” Saul was about to blow the fuse in temper. His derring-do bass voice struck a chord in the guard’s throat.“She gave me a letter.” He shivered stating the reason. It felt bizarre for someone passing by to hand over a fictitious letter to me. Suspecting it to be a bomb or something dangerous, we called for a diffuser and got it opened. I
Chapter 91They heard a tweaking sound. His legs gave up and Lawrence fell on the chair behind him. His eyes got closed off and hands shivered. “Aah”Saul immediately went and held his hand. “What happened to you?”“I feel this sort of dizziness very often these days. The doctor told me my hemoglobin is low but I do not feel like eating anything. Every day I'm given the same bland diet that doesn't have any spice or salt. I do not like it. So I eat less. And this is the result of that.” He spoke weakly, keeping his eyes closed.“But you ate well this afternoon? Why don’t you take some iron capsules? Are you a baby fussing for your favourite food? Saul asked him.
Chapter 92“What are you doing? Do you want to prepare your enemy for your attack so that he can skillfully counter you in future with his army of men? Don’t ever underestimate the power of your enemy. That will be called over confidence and it can lead you to a very big danger. Stay quiet. Speech is silver but silence is golden.” Lawrence instructed Saul before his voice could reach the recipient and cut off the call.“Nice thought. But how will I know the name of my enemy if I don't speak to him?” Saul spoke angrily.“I did not think you could be so stupid after staying so many years in the mafia. Get your PI into work, to track this number.” He pointed to the phone. “You will get the location along with the name of the calle
Chapter 90“Water is the life of a fish. You remove the water, the fish is as such dead. You are the water and she is the fish. It's like two birds in one shot.” Lawrence voiced with introspection.“Jesus! Is this guy a man eater? What is your story with Mariya?” Saul moved forward with hands on his knees and looked at him with complete attention.“Mariya was like a sister to me.” Lawrence stated as a matter of fact. But his truth made Saul choke on his own spit.“You give earth shattering surprises with the least emotion.” He spoke between his coughs. “Your life is full of complexities as big as a daily soap series.” He spoke with absolute wrat
Chapter 89“You're Saul Campbell alias Greg Warner. I know. Do you think I will marry my daughter to an alien about whom I do not have any information? Sophia is my life and my daughter. I did a complete background check upon you before marrying her to you. Like I told you earlier, you did not choose her. Before that I chose you as her groom.” He said proudly.Saul was dumbfounded with the information. He did not know to treat it as a compliment or insult. “Do not keep beating around the same point, that you chose me for her.” He said irritatedly massaging his forehead with his forefingers.“Why, your ego got hurt? You thought you were the only most intelligent man born on earth? Everyone has got their own smartness. But some brag about it while
Chapter 88“Yes Mariya was pregnant when I married her. I knew about it and agreed to our wedding. Sophia is not my daughter but I'm still her father because I brought her up with these hands and filled the gap of her mother too since she was six. I vouched to be her protector till my last breath. To keep her safe, I manipulated her birth records because there is someone very vicious behind her life.” Lawrence finally told Saul the truth.“Who is behind Sophia’s life?” Saul rose up from his seat in a hint of fury.Lawrence replied as stoically as possible. “Someone whose sinning velocity you can’t estimate.”“What? Come straight. Who is he? Why is he behind her l
Chapter 87“Fuck! How old is Sophia exactly? I need the complete birth details of her?"Van looked at his boss baffled. It was the first time he was hearing softness in his tone other than a command. The all-power mafia leader who only dominated people 24/7 has a gentle and caring side too. It was a discovery to Van."Sure sir, in a while. Ten minutes later he walked back with a slip. "Sophia Brown was born on 21st February 2000 at 5:30pm at Red Cross Hospital Zurich."Saul choked as soon as he heard the information. That means the date of birth details that were submitted at the university when they joined London school of Business were wrong. Why did Lawrence duplicate the birth details of Sophia? Some