Mitchie are you alright?” Mateo asked not really focusing on the driving.
I can’t be alright, I am afraid that this ladies might get hurt where they are”.
Calm down, I’ll sort it out, I promise to get the ladies in the next 24 hours”.
Mitchie’s phone buzzed shortly, she checked it and saw it was a message.
And what’s that?”
A message from the kidnappers” Mitchie clicked on the message inbox and tapped on the message.
“It’s the address of where to drop the money’.
That’s good, we’ll trail them now, but I’ll drop you at home, you looked stressed and tensed. So you get home, freshen up and make sure you have some rest.”
Mateo don’t go alone, you got to have a police escort, okay?”
Mateo took a deep breath and said “take care of yourself” he parked the vehicle in front of Mitchie’s house. She alighted from the vehicle; and Mateo zoomed off. He collected Mitchie’s phone in exchange for his own to trail the kidnappers.
Mitchie entered the house and went straight to her bed, trying to have some rest, but she couldn’t feel comfortable but uneasy instead, turning from side of the bed to the other. After a long time struggle, she stood up from the bed and began to watch a movie because her mind was disturbed. It hindered her from sleeping and now even distracting her from concentrating on the movies, she was just there staring at the screen showing different actions of the movie, but the mind was thinking about something different. She has travelled to where the ladies may be even in her mind.
She thought of how she and the ladies have been living and she found out that she had affection for all of them. She felt a strong bond now between them. Mitchie hoped they weren’t hurt and after sometime, she finally slept off.
….
Mateo drove to a pub where he requested for a bottle of Barley wine. Though he felt famished but he preferred to drink wine.
The pub was filled with ladies and gentlemen having nice time with themselves, dancing to the D.J’s play.
Mateo didn’t care about all that was happening around him. He sat alone, drinking and thinking of how to rescue those ladies. Just as he was thinking, he began to dizzy and finally slept off with his head and two hands place on the table helplessly.
….
The ladies were locked up inside a dark room ith no window, they were tied together. The expression on their faces really showed that the were scared. Worst of all was that they couldn’t recognize any of those who kidnapped them. Outside the room were hefty men who sat on the sofa in the living room, smooking as they chin-wagged together earnestly, laughing, joking, giggling and drinking.
Mr Grayson, Lily’s father was with them. Are you surprised?
No, don’t be because he was the one that sent his men to kidnap them. He had on the table in his front a bottle of wine and a champagne flute full of wine to the brim. He was dressed in a pale brown double-breasted coat, smoking tobacco.
Finally my daughter is back to me forcefully” Grayon mad a kind of wizard laughter.
Bring her for me, let me see my daughter who had all time been disobedient to me”.Grayon commanded.
The hefty men who sat with him stood up immediately and came back with Lily. Lily knelt down, bowing her head because she was afraid not knowing she was in front of her father.
Lily” Grayon called out. Immediately she recognized the voice and looked up only to find herself staring eye to eye with her father.
Father don’t tell me this is true, that you’re still after me, my aspiration becoming a musician is still against your wish. But dad why, why?”Lily sobbed.
Grayon let out a deep breath, it seemed her daughter word gave him a deep re-thinking. Even the hefty men were surprised to see Grayon like that.
Grayon who had formerly bowed his head now raised it and spoke out in a cool tone.
“Lily, this had not been my fault actually, I don’t want you to be popular that you’ll have people who will turn to be jealous of your fame and will be looking for every means to hurt you. I wouldn’t want you to be in that case, but now I can see that you have great determination for music and I promise as from today, I will support with all I have.
Lily couldn’t believe her hears, thinking she was actually in a dream but that wasn't so, she found it out to be true and was full of ecstasy. She stood up and hugged Grayon. Back in her father's arm, feeling her father pat her again after a long time of separation.
Still in her father's arm, she remembered her mother and wished she could be there to experience this moment.
"Thank you Dad, I still love you" Lily said with great delight.
"I still live you my daughter". Grayon turned to one of his men and commanded then to release Angelina and Rose.
Within a twinkle of an eye, the living room became tidy, no more of tobacco, cigarettes or alcoholic wine.
Grayon sat down on the sofa putting on his triby, giving a cool smile while Lily sat comfortablly on the sofa beside her dad.
When Rose and Angelina came out to the living room, they were surprised. I think that should be the normal thing, they will actually think Lily set them up.
They stared at the man in brown and white attire, smiling just as Lily was also smiling. I could tell they were actually short if words. But Angelina, discovered resemblance between them both. Hope it is not what am thinking" Angelina thought....