Mine novel Chapter 44

Mr. Wright was now beyond worried about his daughter’s whereabouts. He had called the cops after it was impossible to reach her. The worse part now was that, she was nowhere to be found. Same thing as Ian who was long due to have returned back to sea.

The cops had searched every resort, hotels and any other place they could think of, in California, but there was still no trace of Kimberly or Ian. This is getting more frightening as the possibilities of his daughter being kidnapped or even killed ran through his mind. He shuddered at those thoughts, hoping none of them were a reality. He prays his princess, his world and pride was okay, because if something bad happens to her, he doesn’t think he'd be able to live.

At that moment, his phone rang. He didn’t bother checking the caller ID, hoping it was the cops calling with good news.

“Ben, it’s Tony”

He let out a disappointed sigh

“What is this I’m hearing?” Tony asked in a worried tone.

“I don’t know what else to do, Tony. I only hope my baby isn’t dead” Ben replied, his voice cracking at the end of his sentence.

“How far have they gone with the search?”

Ben couldn’t blame Tony for asking that because he was out of the city, when Ben got really worried and went over to his place to enquire if they were aware of Ian’s whereabouts.

“They’ve searched every damn resort and hotels, there’s still nothing”

There was so much frustration in Ben's voice.

“Resort? What are you talking about?... Was that where she told you they'd be spending the vacation?”

“Yeah?... Why?”

There was silence at the other end of the phone, making Ben quite impatient.

“Ben… I don’t want you getting mad at her. Whatever she did, she had her reasons”

“Okay?...”

“Kimberly and Ian didn’t go to a resort like she had told you”

“Where are they, then?”

“Hmmn. Actually… they went camping in the woods”

Those weren’t the words Ben expected to hear. It was like everything around him started to spin.

“No, no, no”

Those were the only words coming out of his mouth as he dropped his phone.

“Hello? Ben, are you alright?” Tony worriedly asked several times before the line went dead.

Ben couldn’t believe this was happening to him. No wonder he wasn’t one bit at ease since she left for the vacation. Why didn’t he think of this when he couldn’t reach her on her phone? He is such a terrible father. Now more than ever, he is scared about his daughter’s well being.

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“I’m sorry about that” he apologized to an abashed Kimberly, who only nodded, her eyes not meeting his, as she was unable to look at him after what just happened, neither was she able to form any words.

He squatted in front of her and lifted up her chin with his finger.

“Will you be okay?” he asked in concern, causing Kimberly who was still embarrassed about the whole situation to give a small smile, hoping that would make him less worried.

“I’ll be back soon” he whispered, slowly placing his lips on hers for a soft kiss.

He joined Elijah in his car and they headed for Alan’s house.

Roy walked into his uncle’s living room and found him sitting quietly on the couch, with a distant and worried look on his face.

“Uncle…” Alan whirled his head around towards Roy’s direction, that worried look never leaving his face.

“How did it go?” He asked

“He wants her too” was all his uncle said

End Of Flashback

Roy tried shaking off the thoughts of Hugh taking his mate from him, but it was difficult as that was the only thing that ran through his mind since he returned home.

He stared at Kimberly one more time and held her closer against himself.