Blind Billionaire Bride

IDAHO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Derrick looked back for the fifth time but he didn’t see anyone behind him. He had noticed the brown haired guy following him from the mini mart where he went to get a loaf of bread and coffee. He made a sharp turn at the corner just to get away from whoever was following him but to his surprise the brown haired guy appeared by his side and pinned him to the wall quickly causing the stuffs in his hands to fall to the ground. No one was passing by so Chad thought he could use this chance. He was a bit stronger than Derrick so it was easy to cage him to the wall.

“Who are you?” Derrick asked as he tried to fight him off.

Chad ignored his question. “Are you Detective Derrick?” He asked.

“No. What do you want from me?” He managed to push Chad away.

“Are you detective Derrick?” He asked again.

“No.” Derrick denied. He picked up his bread and left the empty coffee container and he started walking away.

“Hey…” Detective Chad caught up with him and brought out his ID card. “I am Detective Chad Efron from Chicago.” He said in a low tone.

Derrick didn’t stop or respond to Chad’s words. He was simply mad at Chad for attacking him unexpectedly and for spilling his coffee. And at the same time he wondered why a Chicago Detective was in Idaho.

“I am sorry for attacking you like that. You know, I asked of you from the people around here and most of them told me that you are quite a stubborn man and you won’t talk to anyone. That was why I attacked to gain your attention.”

Derrick walked on without responding and Chad followed him.

“A friend of mine told me that you were the detective in charge of a murder case eight years ago.”

Derrick stopped on track.

“My friend’s name is Ethan Dantes. The case was about a family that was murdered in one night, husband and wife, a missing child whose body was later found in the woods… dead.”

Derrick turned to face Chad immediately. He stepped closer to Chad and whispered. “Why are you in Idaho?”

Chad covered the gap left between them and bend over to whisper into his ears. “I am a secret detective reinvestigating the case. That child is alive and she demands justice for the death of her parents. And I am-”

“Come with me.” Derrick cuts him off his intended sentence and he led Chad to his house.

******

AT FREDERICK ROBERT MANSION

“Son, what’s wrong?” Mrs Vivian asked Drake when he stormed into the house.

Drake ignored his mother and made his way to the study. “Drake, you look worried. Is everything okay?” Mrs Vivian followed her son. He didn’t bother knocking before going into the study.

Frederick sat in his old chair completely lost in deep thought. He had just received a call that an attorney from Chicago showed up at the station with a reinvestigation letter on the case that has been buried long time ago and she requested for the files of the case from eight years back.

And it wasn’t hard for Frederick to figure who sent that attorney. Ria Robert! She wants to reinvestigate her parents case! And he had been thinking of how to end Ria’s life since the past one week. Trying to devise a way to get rid of her finally and silently without the cops finding out he did it.

Things would get tough and rough now that she want to reinvestigate the case and even hiring one of the best attorneys in America. Frederick realized that after he searched attorney Ava Powell on his system. She meant business!

Frederick knew that proper investigation would expose his secrets. So since Ava was in Idaho the options was to either eliminate her or do a background check on her thinking someone like her must have secrets. He thought.

“Dad now tell me what the hell is going on between you and Ian Bryant?!” Drake demanded.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Frederick looked up at his son. “Ian?” He muttered.

“Yes… Ian Bryant!”

“Son calm down. Don’t speak to your father that way.” Mrs Vivian cautioned him.

“Stay out of this mom! I have worked my butt off at the company trying to seal off my first biggest deal and now it is a flop!”

“What is it?” Frederick asked in a low tone.

“Ian Bryant canceled a deal of close to twenty millions dollar deal!”

“What?! Why?!” Frederick Robert screwed up his face.

“I don’t know! I should be asking you and that’s why I am here so you can tell me!”

“I don’t know what you are talking about.” Frederick denied it.

“You don’t know? Dad, what do you mean by you don’t know? Ian clearly stated it that I should ask you. He said you clearly know the reason why he canceled the deal!” Drake was furious.

He wondered why Ian canceled after making it clear that he won’t go near Ria Robert. He thought everything was going to work out fine, it did. At least Ian signed the deal, he even got enough suppliers that were willing to sponsor his project but boom! The deal is off.

Frederick was lost in thought again, trying to figure out what Ian meant by what he told Drake. Then realization hit him when he recalled the recording he sent to Ian.

Questions flooded his already disturbed mind. Could it be that Ian found out he sent the tape? He was perturbed. And his overdeveloped sense told him that Ria could have explained everything to Ian and now he wants to get back at him.

“Drake… don’t worry… I will talk to him.” Frederick said shakily. He couldn’t contain the thought that he has possibly jeopardized his son’s project.

“No! I need you to tell me what’s going on?! Ian wasn’t calm over the phone with me. He was spiteful.” Drake grimaced.

“Nothing. No… it is probably because I… refused to have dinner with his parents. You know I have been quite busy back here in the study.” Frederick mumbled.

Drake looked around the study and there was nothing that showed that his dad has been busy like he claimed except for the bottle of whiskey on the desk.

“This is unbelievable!” Drake uttered profanity before storming out of the study.

And Mrs Vivian followed him immediately. She was confused and still mad at her husband for not letting her travel to Chicago.

Frederick picked his phone and searched through his contact list for Ian’s number. He used to have it when he was still running the company right before Drake became the CEO. He found it and dialed it.

Ian picked on the first ring.

‘Hello?’ Ian said.

‘Hello, Ian. It is me. Frederick Robert.’ He said calmly. “Well it has been long since I heard from -”

‘Go straight to the point, Frederick. I don’t have time to waste with you.’ Ian’s voice was stern and mean.

Frederick clenched his fist but he managed to calm down. ‘Drake told me that you canceled the deal you signed with him.’

‘Yes I did.’ His tone was confident.

‘May I ask why?’

Ian snorted. ‘You sent me a recording. I figured it is you.’

Frederick’s heart beats rapidly.

‘I know you sent it to make me stay away from Ria so she can be an easy target. Unfortunately your plan only made me love my woman the more and it helped us moved a step ahead in our relationship. I know everything now. Eight years ago you committed a crime and covered it up. But for how long will you keep it covered? I am sure your spies must have called to inform you about the attorney that came around. Well, we are investigating the case. And don’t you dare try to get rid of that attorney. This is not just Ria’s fight alone. And don’t you ever think of coming close to my woman because if you do, Frederick Robert, I swear it, I will be the one to end your miserable life.” Ian threatened and then the line dropped.

Anger and fury crashed over Frederick Robert. He threw his phone across the room. Ian Bryant was solidly behind Ria Robert! His plans to make Ian stay away from Ria didn’t work out. He didn’t stay away from her!

All of a sudden fear gripped Frederick Robert. The fear of being summoned by the police! He won’t wait for them to come knocking at his door! He would get rid of them. All of them working on the case before they catch him.

Frederick stood up and rushed to his room. He packed some clothes into a bag and searched for his passport.

“Where are you off to?” Mrs Vivian asked when she saw the bag on the bed.

“I am going on a vacation.” Frederick replied.

Mrs Vivian raised her eyebrows in confusions “What vacation? And why the sudden arrangement? Is everything-”

Frederick went to her and kissed her possessively silencing her in the process. He stepped back and looked at her with a serious face.

“Don’t go to Chicago.” He warned. “For now, go to the Sanders place. Go there right now and take care of our unborn grandchild. You can stay there still I return home.” He rushed out his words.

It was a lie! Frederick knew that he won’t be coming back to Idaho anytime soon! Mrs Vivian was confused. She couldn’t utter a word as she watched her husband walked out of the bedroom.

It would be a great battle! Someone must surrender to the other! Someone must die in the process! And Frederick promised himself that he won’t be the one to surrender or die!