Chapter 6- Tutorial 4
Feeling the kick from the baby in her stomach, she calmed down.
'Even though this wasn't part of my plan, it's better. ' She thought Inwardly.
Her plan from the beginning had been to create a new identity, live a new life.
Just start afresh.
Since one of the task had been to make Kris regret his decision, that means when the host of the body comes back, she wouldn't be get back together with him.
It further fueled her goals.
Bringinhout a dagger from her space, she cut the restraints.
"I can't behave as before, am heavily pregnant." She reminded herself.
Zosia disappeared into her space.
During the 4 months period, she had refurbished the place.
The space now looked like a paradise, unlike how cracked it was.
She didn't really raise any animal but she planted a lot of crops and herbs.
She was not sure of how the herbs are used but she planted them.
Who knows which world she would go to next.
Entering the building she had built. It was more like a warehouse, she took the small oxygen mask, dressed herself up to prevent herself from getting burnt.
Appearing back at the spot she was, she began communicating with Kyle.
Indeed, just as Eva had said, there was a signal jammer but she had canceled it out, allowing free flow of network.
As for how? It was through the watch she had designed, a project she was working on before she died.
Communicating with Kyle, she knew her next step was solidified.
Kyle had gotten her a helicopter.
It could only help her after she got to a place with an open clearing.
Leaving the burning building through the back door which had yet to get burned, she transversed through the small forest.
Luckily for her, while she was pregnant, she hadn't let herself be wasted and did some practices like core practices etc, so she could walk for a while, without getting tired.
Zosia arrived at the river according to plan.
"Zosia, can you hear me?" A voice came from the other end of the watch.
"Yes I can." Zosia answered, "I am already at the river."
"Eva saw the helicopter and had her gang gun it down. We escaped. I had Ryan help us out.
It seems like Eva would carry her plans in full swing, this has already alerted Kris." Kyle reported dutifully.
"That's great. But we have to get out of the country fast." Zosia responded.
"Yes, I have a friend, he would soon arrive and take you to the international waters. You would change ship midway and get to country M. I would deal with the mess here.
Be careful." Kyle spoke hurriedly, before cutting the call.
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Groan!!
He gritted his teeth as he stared at the bullet hole on his leg, his breathing ragged.
"Cain, take me to the hospital. Leave everything behind."
They helped Kyle into the car they had come with.
...
"Are you David?" Zosia stared at the blonde haired man before her.
He was the only one present on the boat.
"Yes, Kyle called me. He said I should help him send you to international waters were you would board the Naga ship." He quickly explained to avoid the beautiful lady from misunderstanding.
"Alright." Zosia agreed but her guard was still up.
Entering the boat with the help of the young man, she scanned the boat to make sure she was safe.
A day later ....
"We are finally at the international waters." David spread his arms while smiling beautifully.
"Young miss, we are at your destination."
"I am surprised, your boat could get us here, but that's great." Zosia stared at the expanse of sea before her.
Gazing at the Naga ship, she contemplated her next move.
David drove the boat closer to the ship.
"Thank you. I sure would come to your shop for a barbecue when I get back to the country."
"My pleasure." He waved at her after seeing her board the ship.
Zosia eyed the interior of the shop, it looked pretty empty though.
Guided by the old man who picked her up from David, she looked around while withholding her curiosity.
"Young Master, she is here." The old man who is in a butler uniform knocked on the captain's door.
Well how did she know it is a captain door?
Because it had a plaque on it written Captain.
The door was opened by the young man she had seen before in Kris office.
"Get her something to eat." He ordered the butler before turning to her, "Come in". He gave way, allow Zosia to enter.
Zosia blinked before following him inside.
"Thank you. I am very grateful." Zosia gave a small bow.
She couldn't do it well due to her stomach.
"Don't, just sit." He stopped her from bowing and sat her down.
"Well, I am not surprised you could make it here.
Do you have a hand in the mess going on in Kris company?" Ryan question was blunt and straight to the point .
"No" her reply was very concise.
"How do I believe you?"
"I wouldn't care if you were another person, but since you have helped me. You can take this." She raised her leg to him.
"What am I going to do with your leg." He eyed her suspiciously.
Zosia facepalmed herself at the awkward situation.
"There is a disk drive in my boot. I can't bend down to bring it out." Zosia explained.
"Oh… okay." He undid her boot.
Holding her leg, he brought out her foot.
This was the scene the butler encountered.
"Young master…." The door opened unexpectedly to the arrival of the butler with a tray.
"Just drop it. You can go." Ryan waved him off, not thinking much of the scene.
"Yes Sir." He rolled the tray in and left not forgetting to close the door behind him.
Ryan brought out the flashdrive.
"Are you sure that the evidence is inside here?" he waved the sleek black looking flash drive before her.
"Yes, I am sure. Can I eat now?"
"Yeah, yeah sure." He carried his laptop and inserted the flash drive into it.
Taking some food from the tray, she set them on the table.
After dishing out her own portion, she dishes out his and dropped it in the small stool beside his chair.
"Are you not gonna ask me, if there is an implanted virus in the flash drive?" Ryan stared at her like as if she was asking if she was foolish.
"Why didn't you ask me if the food is poisoned." He titled his head inquiringly.
Zosia shut her mouth and no longer asked.
She concentrated on filling her stomach.
Clatter!
"What is it?" Ryan stared at her with anger in his eyes.
Going through the things in the flash drive almost made him go mad out of anger.
He could not believe that Eva was capable of such but he was more afraid of how dangerous this seeming weak woman was.
For her to be able to dig this far, it showed she is not simple.
It took him a year to get just up to half of the depth she had dug but in four months she had almost uncovered all of Eva deeds.
It no longer seemed surprising that Eva wanted her life so bad.
The anger diminished when he saw her clutching her stomach.
"What is it?" his tone softened.
"is the food poisoned?"
"No, it's just pregnancy contractions. I feel the baby is about to come out. When are we arriving on land"
"In about 4 hours . Just hold on."
"I do not have any doctors on board to help with your delivery. Please hold on." Ryan was literally about to cry.
Scratching his head, he left the room.
When he came back, he came back with the butler.
"Miss, it would take a while before we arrive on land. Can you hold on."
"I can. For now it's just contractions. If you can speed up please do."
...….
"Ah!!!!" Zosia felt like she is about to die.
The contractions were killing her.
"Miss, breathe. The baby is coming out."
The nurses and the attending doctor encouraged her as she pushed.
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In Zosia Womb….
'Where am I? Why do I feel sticky? Uh the pain'
Ken past memories came pouring in.
He had died at 35 after being sent to prison.
He was a hacker and had just avenged his family.
His family was wiped out in a political scheme, he did not die but his life was worse than those in the slums.
He was taken under the wings of an old man who passed his skills of being a hacker to him.
As for how he got his revenge, he detonated the airplane carrying the people involved in his family death.
Not all of them died, so he hunted each and everyone of them and was also hunted in return.
To deal with the last person, he was willing to send himself to prison and that's what he did.
After being killed through an electric chair, he found himself in this sticky place.
One would say, hadn't his mindset become so twisted? Well yeah it has.
He was hearing different voice but couldn't make meaning of any.
"The baby is out and the mother is safe."
After hearing that, Zosia eyes teared up.
The nurses quickly cleaned her up and the baby before wheeling her into another room.
In the new room, she held her baby while giving him breast milk.
According to the doctor, the baby is not full term but his vitality is as that of a baby that is full term. The bone age wouldn't lie.
Zosia's eye was full of love as she held the child in her bosom.
Knock! knock!!
"Come in Ryan."
Ryan was dumbfounded at the scene of her feeding her child and immediately looked away.
"I could still wait if you had told me you were feeding the baby." He pinched his brows. The stress evident on his visage.
"Thanks a lot Ryan. I owe you one."
Ryan grinned at her words.
"That would be for the best. I need your skill, are you willing to join the military? You can take your time to consider it. I have already taken care of the rest….." Ryan was still talking when they were interrupted by a well dressed old woman.
"Ryan how dare you?" she looked furious.
"Grandma, what are you doing here?"
"Your asking what am I doing here, if Gary hadn't mentioned that you got a lady pregnant and she was giving birth, I wouldn't know I have a grandchild." The old man behind her nodded at her statement.
"Grandmum, calm down. It's a misunderstanding."
"What is there to misunderstand." She walked to Zosia bedside.
"Can I carry the child?" The old wan eyes were literally shining and full of hope.
"Yes ma, but there is indeed a misunderstanding."
"If he is the one who told me that, I wouldn't believe but since it's you. Tell me, what did I misunderstand."
"He is not the father of the child and our relationship is that, he is my husband's friend."
"Huh, then where is your husband?" the old man asked.
Zosia lowered her head in sadness and began retelling the story. She did not lie but she removed some details.
"How dare he. Son this is why you shouldn't hang out with him. I told you…" Ryan was given an earful.
"You are welcome dear. You don't know how much I want to hold a greatgrandson. Can we be his god parents?" the three of them gazed at her with hope in their eyes.
Zosia could understand why the old ones stared at her with hope but couldn't understand Ryan's own.
"That would be great. At least he now has older figures to look at." Her words struck a chord.
The old woman felt more pity for Zosia.
"Since your son is our great grandson, you are our grand daughter."
Zosia was kind of surprised as she was not expecting it.
She declined but they persisted In their request and she agreed.
.....
Ken finally got used to the situation.
First, he had been reborn.
Second, his father was a douchebag. He had concluded that from the story his mother told his now God parents.
His eyes were still a little blurry, he could not make out their faces but he was happy.
He had a new family.
...….
Back in Country A.....
Kris was left stupefied by the series of down his company went through in just a day.
He had unknowingly signed his company away and many projects that could net him some money vanished.
All of them were signed to his father step- brother son.
In just a day he had gone from a respected CEO to a pauper.
Well not really a pauper as he had some businesses that were not related to the company in essence as he had wanted to avoid some risk.
He was confused at first at how it had happened but seeing Eva with his brother, he understood .
He lost his birthright to a woman he loved, cherished, to the extent he abandoned his own wife.
"Oh brother, you can still not believe it right?" the voice laughed mockingly.
"How do you feel about losing everything, your business, your wife and your child?"
Kris stared at him coldly and asked,
"What do you mean?" Christian laughed as he stared at the loser of a brother.
"You are asking me what do I mean? Well, I would be kind enough to explain to you.
Your wife and child died in a fire. And your men whom you asked to rescue her are all in the hospital. You carried out quite a poor rescue. Seems like they were not really important to you."
At this point, Kris felt his ears were ringing.
He did not know how he left the company and arrived at the hospital.
He looked completely haggard.
Kris eyes trailed the signboard if the hospital.
"Christian had said they were here. Luckily, my main business was not affected by them. I just have to go to Country M and begin a fresh start. But not without dealing with those two bastards.
I wonder how Kyle is doing." He muttered under his breath.
Walking towards the Nurse behind the counter, he inquired for his men ward.
"They are in Ward E354, take the elevator."
"Have the bills been paid?" he asked the nurse.
"No."
"Here" he handed her a card.
After settling the bills, he followed the directions given.
Upon arriving at the door to the ward, he took a deep breath.
He felt ashamed, after all, he was the one who caused the death of Zosia and his unborn child.
If he had helped, even if he did not like her, the situation would not be like this.
Knock!! knock!!
Gathering his courage, he knocked on the door.
In the ward...
Cain stared at Kyle and Drew as they took their drip.
There were only three that had gone to rescue madam and only Kyle was aware that Zosia was not dead.
They were the only ones close to Zosia, so they were the only ones willing to go and save her.
"Come in." Cain did not have the strength to open the door, so he let the person come in.
He thought it was the doctor but the person who came in left him surprised.
"Boss, is that you."
Cain and Drew were not really aware of the drama that went on.
All they knew were that Madam and Boss were not on talking terms.
They had been hired by Zosia, so they were not really aware of the ins and outs.
Kyle was already awake, even though he could not stand up, he could still glare at him.
"How may I help you?" Kyle's cold voice seemed to be dripping with venom.
"Am sorry Kyle but I want to here from you.
Is she dead or alive?"
Kris question elicited a sharp laughter from Kyle.
"Ha! Why ask me. Isn't it what you were expecting?" his cold eyes stared at Kris.
"Your sister…."
"You –" the moment his sister was mentioned, he knew he was being threatened, again.
Oh! How he hates this feeling.
He clenched his fist that had no drip. I must have power.
"She is dead. She wanted me to give you this." He used his free hand to hand a black flash drive to Kris.
Kris clenched the hard drive. "She knew."
"Of course, why do you think she died. When she is trying to save your back. You really are a piece of shit."
Kyle's words caused Cain and Drew eyes to widen.
"You two can leave. Take this. Ma'am was not sure if she would leave and asked me to settle you two." He Gave each of them a check.
Kris eyes shrank when he heard Kyle words. He clenched his fist allowing his nails to dig into his palms.
"Am sorry." Kris bowed his head in Shame.
"Your sorry can't bring her back. "
"I understand, but Kyle do you like my wife?." He stared sharply at Kyle.
His attitude caused Kyle to sneer, "You are worrying about that now. Truly a shame. Many can't wait to pamper your wife but what did you do, you did the complete opposite. Even to the extent of letting her die" at the end of his words, he was already growling with anger.
Kris ignored Kyle anger. He clenched his hand till his knuckles turn white.
"What about her body? I want to see it." He stared at Cain and Drew.
"Ha! It's now you care about her. Now that she is dead. It's really pathetic." Kyle said not really answering the question.
"I said where is she?" Kris was teethering towards destruction but is trying so hard to hold himself regardless of Kyle teasing.
"Her ashes were thrown into the river by Eva men. They said she wouldn't have a resting place." Kyle words further aggregated Kris hatred towards Eva.
After a while, he finally calmed down.
"I am sorry." He bowed his head as he muttered those words, not only to Kyle but to Drew and Cain.
Arriving at his penthouse. He quickly opened the door but was surprised by his parents presence.
Slap!
He was greeted with a slap on his cheeks by his mother.
"So you finally succeeded in killing the daughter-in-law that was willing to clean up your mess.
Not only that, but you also lost the company." At the end of her words she was already sobbing.
"Maybe, if had picked the call when Kyle was calling, maybe just maybe it would have been a different result." Kris father stood up and held his wife.
He hates seeing his wife cry and now she was blaming herself because of his stupid son's mistake.
"You better do one thing right." Holding his wife, he led her away.
Taking hold of his wife, he did not want to see his unfilial son anymore.
Kris watched them leave and slumped on the sofa.
"Am a loser. " he held his both hands over his face.
"Even if I can't get her back, I must not let those bastard live." Rushing upstairs to his study room, he switched on his laptop and inserted the flash drive.
The more he went through the contents in the flash drive, the darker his face became.
He took alcohol at first to calm down his rage but at the end, he used it to drown his stupidity.
He blamed himself.
"Even if I never loved her, couldn't I just try and get along with her. She already has my child for Christ sake." He was literally weeping.
From that day forward, the Lovestruck Kris disappeared.
What was left was a cold Kris with the aura of Antarctica.