Afraid to Love
Episode 75
“How did it go?” Darren questioned Jeremy with his hopes high. He was standing right in front of Jeremy.
Jeremy breezed past him and found himself a seat. He rested fully on it and let out a loud breath. “It was good,” he drawled.
“What exactly happened?” Darren was already seated beside Jeremy.
“It was really difficult for him to come to terms with the fact that his one daughter’s missing. I felt his frustrations and pains.
I told him not to worry, things are gonna get better and we’d do it quick. Real fast,” he paused, reminiscising the event, “The good things is that he trusts me and is going to provide all I need to get his daughter back. I have his support.”
“You don’t really need a thing from him. You’re a billionaire.”
“Its the only way I can get him involved and to show I really value him as I do my father.”
It took several pleadings and expressions of trust and secrecy for Jeremy to accept the help of Mr. Aaron Theodore.
“Have you told your dad?”
“What? Do you want him to die? I’m not revealing a single thing to him. He shouldn’t find out. Aaron Theodore swore never to mention it to him.”
Darren didn’t agree to that. “What if the information just pops up and he gets to hear of it? He has to know.”
“Oh, no brother,” Jeremy refused to be persuaded, “He’ll only get to hear of that when she’s found. I’m warning you.” Jeremy was firm and definite. He knew that Darren would want to involve his father and if possible, the whole world to save Purity. It was his kind of person – the more people that knew, the problem was getting solved. Jeremy was not going to accept that.
“Fine, if that’s what you want.” Darren accepted defeat. “What’s my mission here?”
Jeremy straightened up and cleared his throat. “I want this to be a private investigation. Involving you, Allan and I. You are a great detective and I could really use your help.”
“What do you and Allan know about detective jobs?” Darren jokingly asked.
Jeremy smiled. “That’s why you’re here. We should not alert the cops. I don’t want the abductors to know we’ve alerted them. They could harm my precious, do something horrid to her. And I need to catch them unawares.”
“Hmm.” Darren mused over Jeremy’s words, silently. “I see your point, I get what you’re driving at. But this is a dead end. We don’t even know where they are or who he is? How do we go about this?”
A pleasant smile creased Jeremy’s face. “I have two suspects and I’m sure of it.”
“Yeah?” Darren was loving this. “Who are they?”
Jeremy let out a breath. “My cousin – Ernest Turner and my ex – Tricia Cayson.”
“Cayson? David Cayson’s daughter?” That name rang a bell.
“Yeah. That’s right.”
Darren was dumbsruck beyond any doubts. David Cayson had once been his boss. What in the name of God was Jeremy talking about? The daughter of a superintendent? His suspect and ex girlfriend? “You don’t know what you’re talking about. That guy is in one of the forces. He’s a law man. How can you suspect his only child? He’ll rip your head off your body.”
“I didn’t know her father was a cop when I started dating her. It was later on she revealed that to me. She too is part of it, but not active yet.” Jeremy glanced at his friend, “What’s getting you jittery? No one’s above the law. She’s gonna pay for what she has done. One reason its better private.”
“Good point, Jeremy. But he was nice to me when he was my boss.” Darren was suddenly confused. He couldn’t conclude whether to chase the daughter of his ex boss or not.
“Show your appreciation by making the man realize who his daughter really is. She has been stalking me and stuck to me even after I made it clear to her that we’re over. She has this intense hatred for Purity. She warned me that she’ll never share me with anyone again and if she can’t have me, then no other woman would.”
“A jealous woman’s talk,” Darren remarked.
“I had thought so too. She’s not just jealous. She’s obsessed with me. And my cousin’s helping her ’cause he’s into Purity. They simply won’t let us be.” A look of disgust was clearly seen on Jeremy’s face.
Darren laughed. “Why don’t they just get together? They’re the same.”
“That’s the problem. They’re alike. They don’t attract eachother.”
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