"Charlie, what are you doing here?" Mr. Lewis felt an headache coming when he saw his stubborn daughter approaching.
"Hmph! so you abandoned mum and i so you can have some quiet time and smoke huh?" Charlie huffed.
"Please don't tell your mum!" Mr. Lewis panicked, hurriedly tossing the cigarette into the pool.
Charlie gave him a sly look.
"What's in for me?"
"One favour from me. Is it a new car or double your allowances? just name them" Mr. Lewis smiled, looking quite relaxed.
This wasn't the first time playing such a game with his daughter. Whenever she caught him doing something unpleasant, she would threaten to expose him. Then he would bribe her to shut her up.
Usually, she would ask for triple her allowance and spend it on lavish shopping.
Other times, she would ask for a change in vehicle, etc.
All in all, Mr. Lewis doted heavily on his daughter.
Hearing her father's promise, the image of an annoying man crept on Charlie's head, causing her to gnash her teeth.
"I want you to deal with somebody" she replied.
"Hrm? who dared bully you?" Mr. Lewis noticed the irritated look on his daughter's face.
"It is a very ugly guy. He took advantage of me when i was on my way to see you" Charlie pouted.
"What?! how dare that BASTARD!" Mr. Lewis exploded into rage.
He always treated his daughter as his little gem. How could he tolerate a lowly village boy taking advantage of her.
Charlie giggled inwardly when she saw her dad's reaction that looked like someone craving to rip out flesh and blood.
"Luckily, i can draw his face"
Mr. Lewis glanced at Shadow Shot who stood behind him.
"You heard her. Go get me a pen and paper!"
Shadow Shot nodded and disappeared into a whoosh.
Half a minute later, he reappeared, handing a piece of paper and pen to Charlie.
Placing the paper on a stool, the pen began to dance melodically.
Right from birth, Charlie possessed the uncanny gift. She had a photographic memory and could remember anything she saw, even to the smallest detail.
This strange gift helped her a lot in her academics, earning her the nickname..
The walking encyclopedia.
Mr. Lewis waited, trying to be as patient as he could. He couldn't wait to see which bastard dared to bully his angel.
'If i catch that individual, i swear i'll carve out all the flesh in his bones. Damn! i just feel so pissed off!'
Ten minutes later, Charlie finished drawing, proudly flashing her near realistic portrait to her father.
One had to admit that Charlie was quite talented. The Drew in the portrait almost resembled the real deal.
Shadow Shot who stood behind Mr. Lewis happened to get a glimpse of the art work. He instantly recognized who was on the portrait.
"I know that man!"
Mr. Lewis curiously glanced at him.
"Is he related to you?"
"No. Infact, he's the young man who left the Straw berry village with Jay" Shadow Shot explained slowly.
Mr. Lex eyes lit up. What a coincidence!
"Dad! what are you both talking about?" Charlie whined.
"How did you meet this man in the painting?" Mr. Lewis asked.
"Dad! were you even listening to me at all? he took advantage of me on my way to visit you!"
"That's goo.. i mean that's horrible!"
Charlie frowned. Her father was acting rather strange.
"Dad. Are you okay?" she was forced to ask.
"Daddy is fine. But can you do something for daddy?"
"What?"
"Forget about what he did"
"But daddy!"
"Not a word young lady. You are not allowed to find trouble with him. Is that clear?" Mr. Lewis warned sternly.
"Ahgh! i hate you!" Charlie stormed off angrily..
"Don't you think you were too direct?" Shadow Shot said, after Charlie stormed off.
"Until we discover that young man's true identity, we should just avoid him. Jay isn't that stupid to leave his fat juicy piece of meat at the mouth of a tiger's den. There is something he is relying on that gives him this much confidence" Mr. Lewis said solemnly.
He was both the manager of Harvey ranches as well as the backer of a criminal gang.
The reason why he was able to remain safe all these while was all attributed to his shrewdness and patience.
A bentley bentyaga pulled over at Hugo's farm yard.
Drew alighted down, while Boss Jay respectfully took his stand behind him.
Today, Drew didn't spot anybody working on the farm.
Knock! Knock!
He landed two soft knocks on the wooden door.
"Comin'!" a melodious voice rang from within as the door got opened.
A wave of fragrant body perfume collided into Drew's nose, almost intoxicating him.
"Diane?!" Drew was puzzled when he saw who was at the door.
Didn't this girl return to her family restaurant? why's she here? heck! what's going on?!
Diane was too gobsmacked when she saw Drew that she could barely utter a word.
Luckily, Hugo came over.
"Mr. Drew!" he cried in shock when he saw Drew.
"Come in! Come in!"
After seating comfortably, Hugo instructed his wife to bring Rick over, as per Drew's instruction.
"Thankfully, i wasn't late!" Drew breathed in relief after using analysis.
Rick's condition was almost developing into a life threatening one.
"Quick! give me a pot and stove!" he quickly instructed.
Moments later, Hugo's wife brought a pot and stove over from the kitchen.
Drew wanted to concort a medicinal liquid. Unlike when refining pills, he wasn't limited to only using a couldron.
Lighting the stove on fire, he filled it with water, allowing it to boil. Adjusting the heat, he began throwing herbs after herbs into the boiling water.
To others, he was just randomly tossing herbs. But infact, there was actually quite a systematic sequence to it.
Following the instructions from one of the many potion making techniques.
The Vein cleansing potion.
Ten minutes later, Drew turned off the heat and opened the cover of the pot, revealing a disgusting blackish liquid.
"Ewww" the ladies couldn't resist the urge to puke.
Not only was the Vein cleansing potion disgusting to look at, it also had a horrible stench wafting out from it.
Nobody would dare think such a disgusting stuff was produced by mixing expensive and rare herbs together.
"Feed this to your son. It is a one time treatment" Drew transferred the potion from the pot into a cup, handing it over to Hugo.
"I should feed my child that shit?" Hugo's wife scrunched her nose in disgust.
"Not happening!"
Hugo frowned.
"Maria!"
"What? Don't tell me you really want to feed our son with that crap? just smell and see it. Does that shit looks like something consumable?!"
Hugo fell silent. It wasn't as if his wife didn't have a point. But currently, he had no other choice.
Even the hospitals couldn't diagnose his son's ailment. Drew was the first to be able to do so.
As such, he made the decision to trust him.
"I know you love Rick. But we don't have a choice. The hospital can't cure him, but Mr. Drew can. Even if it is only the tiniest bit of possibility, i will do my best to grab onto it"
"Ah! I just hope this works" Maria eventually relented.
Taking the cup containing the unpleasant looking potion, Hugo ff it to Rick.
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!