If I had had enough time to find who tried killing Benjamin , I was also sure that he would've found out about us trying to sniff him out too . His chest was still with us so it was also a possibility that he had kept a tracker or something onto it , leading him here . How should I act ? Should I be fierce or act as if nothing happened ?
He had two guards with him . "Rene , Treat him like a guest . We shouldn't give him any opportunity to wander around the house . We aren't ready to fight him yet because we don't know what else he has up his sleeve other than the chest . " Kate was talking . I turned one lock back from two locks when Ben stopped me abruptly .
He pushed me a little bit further so that Fredrick wouldn't be able to listen to us if he decided to push his ears onto the cinnamon brown front door .
"He had tried killing me himself first . Dad and Nate used to be in touch from when I remember . I only knew Nate's voice because Dad never let me see him . Said he was a monster . I felt like his voice was familiar but I wanted to fully sure when I said it to you guys . "
The others were also gathered around us when he was talking , and we all widened our eyes because of the shocking news out of the blue .
I decided that it was best to show a poker face than any emotions at all . What we had no idea was that Fredrick and his guards were getting impatient because we weren't opening the door . I opened the door at the exact moment when one of the guards decided to launch a tough kick on the door .
His feet had already reached my abdomen before I could react . Everyone , Including the guards watched in shock when II practically flew from the front door hallway to the living room through the long hallway , taking the others with me .
All of us , except dad who had gotten his control back within a split second , probably from experience , hit the sofa heftily .
"AHH!" We shouted in rhythm .
I was in much more pain because of the impact of the kick . Sudden rage took control of me even though I knew that the guy meant for the kick to go to thee door. I unfortunately had no way of controlling myself and before I knew it , The guy was already struggling to breathe . Dad , who was much more physically powerful than me , as well emotionally connected with me , stopped me from strangling the poor guy any further .
"You're lucky that my dad stopped me ! You would've been crawling on your knees if it weren't for him !" The guy , who was well built and wore all black , trembled and ran away . He probably thought that his life was more relevant than his job as a mere security guard of an affluent person .
Fredrick gave no heed to him running away . Instead , he said to the other guard , "You can leave too , you know . If you don't want to end up like your partner ." I took him less than a second to realize what he said and he sped off into the distance , taking Fredrick's car while at it .
"Hey ! Leave the car there ! I need it !"
The car stopped right before leaving the front gate and we saw the silhouette of the guy running away again . I was back to my calm self again by the time Fredrick turned his head towards us . "Well , I guess this is some kind of a first impression."
What did Kate see when she used to date him ? All I could see was the arrogant smirk on his face , and the way he entered OUR house as if it was his . Honestly , Kate seemed to doubt herself too . She had scrunched her face so hard that I feared she might end up like that forever .
I nudged her back to reality when I saw that Fredrick was staring at Kate . "Oh ! Hi."
She turned to her heels and left as if he was of no importance . I gave her a mental pat on her back , appreciating what she did . Each second felt like a minute . A minute felt like an hour . I thanked god that he left before it was actually one hour. He was scrutinizing each and every one of us from every angle , that was sure . He started at us , and we said nothing since we didn't know what all he knew about us already .
He looked at me and just like the others , he started scrutinizing me from everywhere . His stare went right from how my hair looked , to whether I wore any slippers in the house . It wasn't like I was going to marry Ben or something ! Infact , he wasn't even on good terms with Ben !
I ended up cursing him for every time he lingered his gaze on a tiny pimple , or any scar marks on my arm .
"So.. Where's my chest ?"
He knew that we had gotten it . We must've forgotten that he could still use technology to see that everything was in place . The only good decision he had actually took according to what I knew was that he didn't call the police .#
I thought . Then thought again . Nothing came to mind . It was ridiculously obvious that the others were also expecting an answer form me . The bulb above my head finally sparked up . He obviously knew what we had done . We had bad blood . Why should II be polite too him and just give him the chest ?
"I'll get it for you , sir."
I knew what I was going to do but the confusion on everyone's faces , including Fredrick when I said that I was going to bring it made me want to laugh out as loudly as I could but I restrained .
I gave them no reassurance that I had a plan and walked with a "guilty" face to my bedroom , where I had kept the chest last night .