JAYDEN'S POV.
"What are you up to?" I asked Noah immediately he answered the call.
"Nothing much."
"I've gotten something on Tory, I'll send it to your email."
"Okay, thanks for helping me out."
"No problem, it's best if you look at it alone, letting Nikki see it is like opening her wound again."
NOAH'S POV.
Jayden ended the call and my heart almost jumped out of my mouth when I became conscious of my surrounding.
Nikki was sitting on the couch opposite me, staring at me intensely.
I was sketching so I had put the phone on loudspeaker when Jayden and I talked.
I really should get an earpiece.
Nikki stood up and walked closer to me.
"My amazing brother." Nikki said as she sat down on the couch. "Why didn't you tell me you had Tory investigated?"
I dropped the canvas I was using and carried my laptop.
I opened my mails and looked for what Jayden sent and when we saw it, we started looking through it.
We had finished looking at everything in five minutes and I was just silently looking at Nikki.
"She loves to eat a lot." Nikki said looking at the medical report.
She then turned to me and said "Noah, will her condition affect her eating capacity?"
I touched her head and said "I don't know but even if it does, it'll help her stay on diet."
TORY'S POV.
"Pass the salads." Bridget said.
I grabbed the bowl of salad and was about to give Bridget the salad when I felt nauseous.
I immediately dropped the salad and ran towards the bathroom.
I washed my mouth after I was done throwing up and started going back to the table.
When I was about to enter the dining room, I heard something that left me heart broken.
"So she think my cooking is bad." Aunt Linda said.
"Aunt Linda, everyone knows that Tory has a bad stomach from childhood." Polly said.
"A bad stomach doesn't make someone throw up." Bridget said.
"It doesn't, it only makes her lose appetite after she has eaten a specific amount and if she still eats more it will make her throw up."
No wonder I feel nauseous anytime I eat in this world.
"Oh so she doesn't hate my cooking."
"Of course not, I'm pretty sure she thought it was delicious that's why she ate more than what she's supposed to." Polly said.
I hate it when Polly flatters her, no wonder Perry quarrels with her a lot.
I walked over there, collected a cup of water and drank it.
"I don't feel like eating again, I'll be going to my room then." I said then walked towards the stairs, climbed it and entered my room.
Immediately I entered, I collected my headphone, wore it, unplugged my phone, sat on my bed and launched the tracker.
"I was charging." Star said immediately as her hologram popped up.
"I know."
"And you also know that once your phone shuts down, you can't be able to communicate with me."
"Why didn't you tell me that I had a problem with my stomach?"
"It was in your memory video."
"Why didn't you emphasize?"
"Why should I?"
"Because I was seriously excited to be in my novel that I hadn't noticed."
"It happened to you more than two times, how come you didn't discover?"
"For your info, the character was indeed built like me but I didn't feel what she had feel before I entered the novel."
"Why are you so angry about it? Not that you'll get hungry in this world."
"You're right, I won't. Well you can go back to charging."
GLORIA'S POV.
"Why do you like this product a lot?" I asked Nicole who just entered the room.
She walked up to me and collected the bottle.
"I don't know, maybe because the ads were so good."
"Has Mrs Addison arrived yet?"
"Why are you asking?"
"Because she said she's coming."
"You know I hate it when my parents try to monitor me."
"They are your parents after all, they care about you."
"But sometimes I can't help but being disturbed by their constant watch over me."
"You're making me feel bad."
"Really, I'm so sorry."
"You'll have to console me."
"…"
Nicole's phone rang.
She picked up the call.
"Hello." She said.
"Why?" She said after she had listened to the caller for a while.
"What? Roland you…"
She said with her face all red.
"He hung up." Nicole said to me.
"What happened?"
"That snake received email from Mr Zane's secretary and didn't bother to inform us."
"Huh?" I said feeling my blood boil.
Nicole's eyes widened.
"Gloria, you got angry?" Nicole said with a complete change of emotion.
"I did?"
"Hmm. How about this?"
"What?"
"He also sent someone to tell my dad that I'm a failure."
"That's exaggerated."
"I know, but it was a nice try."
"We'll talk about this later, stay focus on what you were saying."
"Mr Zane wanted to meet tonight at 7pm."
"It's already 8."
"Hmm, Roland sent Layla to meet Mr Zane, Mr Zane said he wouldn't cooperate with us unless we make him believe cooperating with us won't make him regret."
"So?"
"So Roland asked us to go convince him the way we managed to get the appointment."
"He is really a snake."
"I might as well resign."
"Whatever you want, but let's see what we can do for now."
UNKNOWN POV.
"We couldn't find her?" The voice from the phone said.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"We've searched through Washington dc and we didn't find her."
"Maybe she has gone home."
"She isn't in Florida either, her sister and friends has being searching nonstop for her, should we stop them?"
"So other people will start looking for them, then you stop them and the whole Florida will be on our tail."
"I understand."
"Here!" I heard someone from the background say.
"Sir, we found something, we will send it to you immediately."
"Okay." I said as I ended the call.
What happened?
As I was wondering, a beep came from my phone and I looked at it.
It was a video an unknown number sent.
I opened the video and watched it.
A girl with blonde hair was pulled out of the river by the masked men.
The girl's body was swollen and she looked exactly like the girl I had kidnapped.
I picked up my phone and dialed that number
"Hello." The voice said.
"Since you've found her, shut down their search. Make sure you make it look real."
"Okay sir."
I hung up, sighed and I closed my eyes for a while.
As I opened my eyes, I saw my phone moving.
I was so shocked that I screamed then I became so embarrassed.
"Housekeeper Joe what are you doing here?"
"You asked me to come." He said looking at me weirdly.
"Why are you carrying my phone?"
"Because I'm arranging your desk." He said sarcastically.
"Well don't sneak up on me like that."
"Okay sir."
GLORIA'S POV.
"It's here." I said.
"Are you sure?" Nicole asked.
"This is what is written on the direction Mr Roland sent."
"Oh, I felt this place looked too shabby for Mr Zane."
"What's shabby about it? It's a five star hotel."
"Even if it's a five star hotel, it isn't it's presidential suite."
"Everyone isn't like you who spends everything they have."
"You're attacking me."
"I know."
"…"
I interrupted her by knocking the door.
The door opened and I saw a woman with blonde hair and Blue-black eyes.
"Can I help you?" She said in an heavy French accent.
"We're looking for Mr Zane." I said.
"Why is that?"
"We were supposed to meet him an hour and 30 minutes ago but our colleagues was sent in our stead, so we're here to takeover."
"Come in then." She said as she gave way for us to enter the room.
When we entered, I saw Layla sitting on a couch at the right and that man from the restaurant sitting on the right.
All excited Nicole gasped and said "Sir, you're here."
She ran up to him and sat close to him.
I just sat beside Layla.
"Sir, what are you doing here?" Nicole asked.
"It's my appointment, if I'm not here who will be?" He said smiling brightly.
"Huh! You're Mr Zane?"
"Hmm." He said.
"Wow, it was you all along, wow I never thought about it." Nicole said so surprised.
"Of course, you're so trusting."
He turned to me and said "I know you have a problem with people but I think you'll solve your problem soon with Nicole around.
Try being more free like she is."
I smiled at him and said "I don't think I need to try, she's already robbing her positivity on me."
I don't know why I said that. Normally I'd think a hundred times before saying something but this time I just said it without thinking about what to say.
It's just like when I talk with Nicole.
"Mr Zane, I'm sorry that I'm disturbing your reunion but it's getting late and our appointment would soon end." Layla said.
"What is it?" Mr Zane asked.
"The contract."
"I'm not signing it."