Third’s Person P.O.V.
I threw the table lamp on the wall and it smashed into small broken pieces.
All my men standing near the door were like a statue. They all were trembling in fear. They should fear, fear of my wrath.
I leaned on my table and put my both hands on the top. I was staring at the photo put aside at my table. It was a photo of her in which she was holding 2 days old Tina. Though she was looking so pale and weak, still she was looking beautiful and the way she was smiling at her daughter, it was cute.
“You can’t escape from me Anaira. You are only mine”, I whispered threatening her in my mind.
“6 years……. 6 f*****g years… she was here in a small room totally blocked from any way out. Then how could she escape from here in presence of all of you useless sh*t heads?”, I roared on them in the end.
They all staggered back a little. Their heads were down.
“Tell me how she escaped or I will shot all of you at once”, I threatened them all. I was at a bar with some investors when I got the call from here that she escaped with her daughter.
“S…. S… Sir…. We don’t know anything”, we were at our place guarding our spot when we heard some kind of noise inside her room”, one of them tried to speak and I glared at him murderously. I instantly strode towards him and held him in the air with his callers.
“You are here to guard a weak woman and her child. Is that you said guarding???????”, I snarled at him and he was shaking furiously.
“S… s… Sir… she somehow managed to light up fire on her bed. When… when… two of us reached there, the fire was growing bigger every second. She…. Sh… she… had put all her and baby’s clothes in the fire. In order to save her, we.. we… pulled her out”, he explained while shaking furiously and I threw him with such force that he collided with the wall and fell down on the floor while coughing blood.
“We had to put stop on our search because of the rain Sir. She too couldn’t pass the jungle. It’s raining heavily that will make forest ground muddy and slippery. She has worn only her dress, not any woolen garments. She has to hide herself and the baby in order to protect from the cold”, one of them tried to reason their search stopped. I threw a dagger on him and then I shot him in the chest. He screamed in pain and fell down on the floor. Blood was flowing down from the hole the bullet had made.
“You fools……. What do you she is… huh….. She will not give up this time just because to save herself and the baby from cold. She knows that if she stopped, I will get her back here”, I shouted again.
“Start the search now”, I roared again and they all ran outside hurriedly. I stopped the last and commanded them “clean this mess from here”.
I went to her room. Smoke was still coming out of her room. I put a handkerchief on my nose and went inside.
She really burnt her bed and all her clothes. The whole room was filled with choking smoke and the walls turned in black color. She did everything to distract the guards.
I looked all around for any clue that would help me to get the information about the traitor among my team.
“Soon you will be here…. Here… in this very room… I will not change anything until you come back Anaira… this time … no one can save you from me”, I gritted my teeth and went back to my room.
I was sitting on my bed and was staring at the wall in front of me when my phone rang. I answered the call without looking at the caller ID. I knew who had called me.
“Did you find anything suspicious?”, I asked him.
“Nothing Sir… everything is normal here. Mr. Parker’s phone was not reachable for some hours. It might be possible due to his way through the forest. His father and mother talked with him and he said he would be home soon. So, nothing suspicious”, he said and I cut the call.
I tried to sense something off here but didn’t get anything. If Alex had really found Anaira, then he definitely brought her to the home and would give her proper medical attention. He would have called me for help.
I picked my phone again and dialed the number. The person on the other hand picked up the call.
“Keep a watch at his house and report me about every single movement”, I ordered him and put down the phone again.
I closed my eyes and leaned back on the bed. “I will find you again”, I thought about Anaira.
Alex’s P.O.V.
I reached home with no soul left in my body. My mind and my soul were with my daughter who was struggling for her life in the hospital. I didn't want to leave her but it was important for the sake of her safety. She was stable but still unconscious and in observation. As a caution, Danny stayed there with her. I was frustrated and angry at myself. Who so ever did this to them was definitely with me all the time. He or she must have knowledge of all my moves to find out Anaira. That was the only logical reason in my mind how he or she managed to hide her for so long.
My father was sitting at the dining table for breakfast when I reached there.
“Good morning Dad”, I greeted him with a fake smile.
“Good morning Son. Come have breakfast. You must be hungry by now. It was really a long journey”, he said with fatherly concern and my heart overwhelmed with his gesture. Now, I could understand his worries and concern about me. I came to know that I am a father also less than 24 hours before and I am hell worried for my daughter. He has raised me, has seen my every growth, every move. He was with me in my every success and in every failure. How couldn’t he be worried about me?
I sat beside him at my usual place and looked at him. He was eating his meal and was looking at the business column of the newspaper. It was his daily routine.
“Inflation rate is really high this time. The government should take some measures now to prevent further increase. It’s benefiting for the business world but only for short period. What do you say Alex”, he talked with me while reading the newspaper and looked at me for an answer.
I was looking at him. “Why are you not eating?” he immediately took a plate and put some food in that.
“Here… eat first. When will you grow Alex? You should take care of yourself. I will not be always with you”, he scolded me for my carelessness and I smiled. If it had happened a day before, I would fight with him and then left the table without having breakfast. I often did this. But now, I understood his concern for me completely. For every caring parent, their children are their first priority. They never think about their selves when it comes to their children's safety or life.
“Thanks, Dad. I will take care of myself”, I said and he stopped eating. He looked at me surprisingly. It was the first in all over these years.
He cleared his throat and then suddenly he asked one of our maids, “Where is Cynthia?”. I stopped at once. I forgot that she didn’t come to breakfast. She already reached home before my father woke up.
“Ma’am asked for her breakfast in her room today. She is having a severe headache”, I immediately stood up from my place.
“Dad, I am going to her first”, I said and he nodded.
I headed towards her room.
I knocked at her door. “Mom… Mom… open the door. It’s me”, I called her.
After a few moments, she opened the door. She was looking very exhausting, tired, and broken. I followed her into the room and closed the door.
“What is this Mom? How would I survive if you do this?”, I faked a complaint.
Tears started building up in her eyes. I pulled her in my embrace. She broke out at once.
“I never imagined that I would her in this state. She has totally shattered Alex. What we do now”, she said during her sobs and I just patted her back gently.
“Don’t worry Mom.... they will be alright and will be back home soon. I have faith in God.”, I tried to comfort her.
“How is my granddaughter? O God….. I even don’t know her name”, she said while resting her head on my chest.
“She is stable. I received Danny’s called before entering the house. Her vitals came to normal. She will definitely survive”, I told her.
“We can do one thing”, she said while going away from me.
“What Mom”, I asked her. There was something which she was hiding from me as she hesitated a little bit before speaking.
“I lied to you about her hospitalization”, she said hesitatingly and my eyes widened.