chapter 208
A few minutes later, while Damon was trying to find the evidence, James returned with everything he’d found to see what was going on.
-So, did you find what you needed, James?
-Yes, I’ve got the surveillance tapes here and they’ll be fine, I think, hoping this person didn’t think to deactivate them.
they began to visualize them, and the moment they’d been waiting for arrived. the silhouette of a young girl who belonged to none other than Betty entered James’ office. The latter had even had the courage to sit down in her office chair, which wasn’t the point, but she had rummaged through her belongings and that’s how she’d found the CD. Her Machiavellianism was at the tip of her lips, and she couldn’t help smiling after viewing the video. as if nothing had happened, she had put her things away again and left with the CD. James began to tear his hair out. he’d helped this girl and this was how she really thanked him. he’d been such a jerk even though Damon had warned him repeatedly.
-You’ll have to get in touch with Maggie and explain what’s happened, James. She mustn’t be kept in the dark, because I can’t imagine how much she’s already cursed you, brother.
It wasn’t calling her that was worrying him, but the fact that she wasn’t going to understand why he’d taken the video. She wasn’t just another girl, and that was what worried him most. He huffed and poured himself a glass of bourbon, he was going to catch Betty, or she was going to go into hiding.
-You don’t know where she is, but try to call her, because if you don’t, she’ll think it’s nothing to do with you. I’ll try to locate this Betty.
James retrieved his phone and went to the phonebook, scrolled through it and when he came across the number of his beautiful Maggie Soyer, he couldn’t make the call. He’d even tried to leave her a message but didn’t even know what it would say. When Damon had tried to reach his information service, an incoming call cut him off, and when he picked up that one, he couldn’t believe what the doctor had said in one breath: “Mr Dixon, we apologize for the inconvenience, your companion has disappeared, she’s not in the hospital, we’ve searched everywhere”. Olivia couldn’t disappear, she couldn’t disappear with their child, he couldn’t bear it; despite his pain, James had just realized that something was wrong with his friend.
-Damon, what’s going on? Do you have any information about this girl?
-Olivia’s disappeared,” he said, staring at an imaginary point.
Olivia couldn’t have disappeared at that precise moment. He didn’t mind thinking it was Betty’s doing, but he didn’t know her to be psychopathic, even though he didn’t really know who she was anymore. Damon had become powerless and it was now up to him to play the role of friend, even if he too was in a complicated situation.
-Didn’t the doctors tell you anything?
-I don’t want to think the worst James, this woman is my whole life and if she doesn’t come back, I don’t think I’ll survive, do you understand that?
-we’re going to find her but have you thought for a moment, maybe she knows where Maggie is, maybe Maggie contacted her to give her location and she went there.
-Yes, maybe Betty’s behind her disappearance,” said Damon, “but I’ve got to get to the hospital. I’d like you to ask permission from the security service in the area.
James nodded and they left the hospital. When he arrived in her hospital room, where she was supposed to be, he saw that she had stopped the drip, which was now running on the floor, so she still had the catheter with her. he hadn’t found anything that could help him, because when he’d looked at the hospital’s video surveillance, she’d just looked at her phone and left in a hurry. he went out to his car to wait, because James was in charge of finding the outside video surveillance.
-I’ve found it,” he said as he arrived.
They looked around and saw that she’d soon stopped the first cab that passed in front of her. Where could she have gone in such a hurry? perhaps to lend herself to danger, as she was so good at doing. Damon couldn’t see how this helped her, because after all, she had no one to force her hand, unless it was because of the message she’d received.
-I’ve got to get the license number of that cab James, that man’s got to tell me where he dropped Olivia off.
-we don’t even know where he is and…
-and that’s exactly why i need to get his license plate number, you understand that? olivia’s number isn’t showing up and she’s making me think that she did it on purpose so that i can’t locate her. if someone is behind this, i swear to you that i’m going to send that person to find my father wherever he is.
He’d been promised he’d have all the information he needed by the next day, and even though it was a bit too late, he had no choice but to wait. He’d almost forgotten about James’s situation with Maggie, but it wasn’t his fault his wife and baby might be in danger in the arms of a madwoman.NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.
-Did you let Damon know you were all right, Oli?” Maggie had asked him as they drifted off to sleep.
-No, you let me know that you didn’t want James to know where you were, so I know that if Damon knows, James will do everything he can to find out. He was with him and I’m sure he’ll understand that I’ve come to find you.
-No, but Olivia, put yourself in this man’s shoes. He only found out today that you’re pregnant and that you almost lost the baby.
-I know and I promise you that tomorrow I’ll go home, I’ve got to sleep now.
The next morning, around five o’clock, Damon went to pour himself a stiff drink. He hadn’t closed his eyes for a moment throughout the night, because he couldn’t see himself sleeping while his wife was somewhere in danger. James had been with him all those hours, and he, too, hadn’t slept a wink. Maybe that comforted him, because all he wanted was his wife, but at least he knew he had a friend he could count on.
-You got a notification and I couldn’t help looking, it’s the address of the cab man, he lives half an hour away.
without waiting, Damon drank his glass in one gulp and they left the house. it might have been too early to knock on someone’s door, but he didn’t have to as long as he knew what he needed. after half an hour’s drive, they had finally arrived and the whole house still seemed to be asleep. Damon pressed the doorbell insistently and the door opened on a man in his forties or more, still rubbing his eyes but none of his business.
-May I ask who you are and why you’re knocking on my door at this hour of the morning?
-I’m Damon Dixon and I imagine you already know me. -Yesterday you transported a woman in front of the St Johns Clinic. She was wearing a black dress and…
-Yes, I see, she asked me to drop her off on the way out of town, but what’s going on? I didn’t do anything to her, I assure you, she seemed in a hurry to get there, so if you’d like to know more, please give her a call.
-You’ve got five minutes to get comfortably dressed and then you’re going to take us to the area where you left her. the countdown begins.
Damon had never used his power like this on people, but now he had no choice. For his wife and child, he was ready to do anything, and this was just the beginning. James hoped she was with Maggie, because if she wasn’t, then he wouldn’t know what to do. When the man got out, he got into his cab while James and Damon got into their car. After an hour’s drive across town, Damon finally entered the neighborhood and pointed to the building opposite them.
-That’s where she went in.
Damon nodded, praying that she was there. He really hoped she’d gone in there and that it wasn’t some shady affair. He didn’t even know the number of the apartment she was in and it was going to take him some time to look it up.
Olivia had just left the bed while Maggie and Elena had been up for a while making breakfast. Maggie was certainly depressed about what was happening to her, but she couldn’t leave her best friend without taking care of her when she hadn’t hesitated for a moment to come and see her. when everything was ready, she went to look for her in her room.
-Can you come and have breakfast, Sleeping Beauty?
-Not so fast Maggie, I still want to sleep, please.
-Your baby needs to be fed and if Damon ever finds out that you’ve been starving yourself, I think I’ll go to prison, so do me a favor and get up and eat.
she was perfectly right, Olivia found, her baby needed energy, so she got up and went to brush her teeth. She found them in the apartment’s little kitchen and Elena’s warm smile pleased her. Seeing the three of them, she had the impression that it was still their trio with Betty.
-What are you thinking about, Oli?
-I don’t want to accept it, but I think she’s behind that video and I wonder why she’s become so sadistic. She wasn’t like that before, all she liked to do was enjoy life and not destroy others.
-I don’t want to get into your conversation, since I don’t even know what she’s talking about, but I think pregnant women should eat now, and what’s more, I’ve got a class later on, and I hate science, especially reproduction, because our teacher is a real pervert with no limits, but if I want to pass, I’ll have to get to work, so be quick about it. and in the meantime, I’m going to take my bath.
Elena left the living room and Olivia couldn’t help but smile. This girl was really a bundle of energy. who would dare find her science teacher perverse, plus she was talking about science.