We went back in.
"Liam," I asked him.
"Yes"
"What do you know about your mother?"
"Huh!!"
"I am sorry, I know it's a story you don't want to discuss. But Paul thinks she must have known something about your grandfather,"
"You mean, she could be murdered?" asked Liam shocked, looking at Paul.
"Maybe your mother is still alive," said Paul.
"What do you mean?"
"According to the details, nobody was found in the car," said Paul handing him some digital notes from his archive.
"You mean?"
"Yes, she could be alive. But I am not sure until I investigate further,"
"What do you want from me?" he asked Paul.
"Do you remember anything happening before your mother left?"
"Well, I have a slight memory of grandfather always accusing my mother. And that fateful day my grandfather was so angry with my mother. I remember him telling my mother that she is a traitor, who leaked all his secrets and he will take his revenge,"
"Do you know remember how she reacted?"
"hmm no.. my father came and took me away to his other house. I remember there was a bit of a commotion going around but no one wanted to tell me. When I returned a few days later, my mother was gone,"
"DO you remember of a funeral?" asked Paul as he felt there was a miss.
"AHH... no I don't remember,"
"It's ok, Lliam. We'll let Paul find out about your mother," said Alex reassuring Liam.
After all this, we headed back to the office. There were some design drafts to be finalized and a contract needs to be considered with a foreign company.
"Alex, what do you think about the new contract?" I asked going through the details again.
"Well, I am still not 'sure about the company,"
"You mean?"
"Well, I found out that their CEO is a bit of a playboy and a lunatic,"
"A lunatic?"
"He had proposed such projects the last two years but only carried out just two of them,"
"He must have paid a lot of penalty fees," I said thinking it was wise to stay away from this client.
"OH no... he made the other party pay. He would falsely accuse them,"
"So you think we should give this up?"
"I think it's for the best,"
"But we will need a reason to back off,"
"We'll find a reason, give me today,"
"Or we can be frank," I said because I think it was only right.
"Yes, the bad track record,"
"How is Meg?"
"She is ok now. Will start work next week," said Alex with a concerned look.
"Why is something wrong?"
"No, not really. It's I just worry about her,"
"Did the chief tell you anything?"
"For a month she will be just a general physician. Just to her be on the normal track,"
"That's good,"
There was a knock on my door, with Jason came in with some documents.
"Sir, Paul wanted me to hand you these,"
"Where is Sarah?"
"She is in the modeling room, adding the finishing touches to the new mansion design,"
"She must have been there for hours right?"
"Yes sir for about four hours now,"
"Alex you go through this, I will check on her and have lunch,"
"That's good, or she will skip it. I have Jonathan coming in for a lunch break so see you in about an hour,"
"Ok sure,"
With Alex, I went to the nearby restaurant, and with a quick hello to Jonathan, I went and bought us some lunch and drinks. When I went in she was covered with a pile of cardboard and cutting out some shapes.
"Miss, don't you want to have lunch?" I asked her teasingly. Well, I did hear her tummy rumble as soon as I entered. And she didn't notice me till I said it. Yes, I was watching her for a few minutes before I went in.
"Oh my.. it's you," she looked at me scared.
"Well you cannot ignore the protest," I said handing her lunch box and the drink.
"You hear it too,"
"hmm.. come now, let's eat first and finish this together,"
"But I don't think I can finish it by the deadline," she said with a worried look.
It's true, this design looks a bit hard to do. But if there is someone who can accomplish it, it's only her. I have always asked the team to help her but most of them don't have the patience to do such delicate work.
Meanwhile, somewhere else...
"Mama, they are looking for you?"
"Who?"
"Your son and the others, they suspect you didn't die,"
"Do you know why they are looking for me,"
"From what I found they want to close off this revenge plan. But for that, they want to figure out the reason for all this. They think it's not just because of the Cliffords."
"That's true. That old man took so many lives just to maintain a standard he couldn't with goodwill. He even tortured his own grandson,"
"Mr.Clifford's son has married Dave's sister, but they haven't made it public,"
"What do you mean?"
"They've been married for seven years and still no one knows it. It seems he's protecting her till he could sort things out,"
"Poor child. What news do you have about Maverick?"
"He doesn't know anything about this all till Liam told him,"
"I know this Maverick is the person we need to keep an eye on. Don't let him harm any of these people. Protect them and let me know his moves,"
"Yes, Mama,"
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In office,
"I went through the document Paul sent," said Alex as I entered the room.
"Hmm,"
"From these, I think Liam's mother is still alive,"
"Do they have any idea, where she might be?"
"Still no."
"We will let Liam know after we have more details,"