Omer’s pov :
“Hello! Are you still stuck in that place David? ” I yelled into the phone getting angry by each second. Why don’t they complete their work on time? He is taking a lot of money from me for this investigation but still there is no lead. Ugh what i am going to do now. Everything is getting to me now the stress, lack of sleep and food and the thing which is piercing me is the fact that I didn’t want to see Scarlett off. I tried to make it on time to the hospital or her apartment but I’m stuck with this investigation because I can’t keep her in harm’s way any longer. Once this case solved and the attacker went to prison I can spend as much time as I want with Scarlett.
” You have only one day left David and I want you in my office by tomorrow with good news. ” I warned him, hoping he will do his job properly this time.
” Yes Mr Yusuf, got it. I’ll be there in time ” he answered and I ended the call. My head is throbbing so hard making me dizzy.
After getting out from the hospital that day I went straight to my office to start the investigation on the attack which happened in my office on Scarlett. I watched the cctv footage again and showed it to police and the private investigators. I want to catch that attacker as soon as possible. Till now no one knows the reason of the attack. Police are saying may be it is a burglary case but I know better not believe it because I saw that woman at the hospital. She has some motive for attacking Scarlett and I am going to find out what and why.
It’s been a week since I haven’t seen or talked with Scarlett. She went to her hometown with her parents and it is good for her. She will be safe with her family. I purposely avoided calling Scarlett or even texting because if i hear her voice then with our thinking anything I’ll be in my car with only thing in my mind ro reach scarlett’s place. I want to solve everything here, then I will go to her and surprise her.
I was brought back from my thoughts by my phone’s ringing sound. Without checking the caller id I answered the call and instantly regretted it because I have to go to the hospital to check my broken eardrums.
” where the hell are you omer? Do you know how worried iam and how sad scar is?” Zayreen yelled into the phone, hurting my ears.
“Calm down zayreen, and don’t shout please! My ears are hurting “.
” Whatever omer and it’s good if your ears are hurting, it will teach you a lesson for being Mia” she grumbled.
” seriously zay? What are you, five? “.
” ugh! So tell me why are you not answering your calls and not calling Scarlett and not even texting her. Do you know how much she is hurting and she thinks you are purposely ignoring her” zayreen said making my heart clench painfully.
” I am not purposely ignoring her, it’s just I am busy with work and I didn’t have any time.” I said softly into the phone signing. I want to tell zayreen about everything but she has a big mouth and she worries too much and she will tell everyone and I don’t want that to happen.
” Still, you should have called her once. Earlier I called her and she is sounding pretty upset” now she is making me guilty.
” Okay zay, I will call her when I get off from work” I replied hoping she will believe me.
” Okay you Better call her”.
” Okay then I have some work to be done. I will talk to you later. ” I said ready to end the call.
” I’ll leave you to your work and don’t stress yourself much and take care. ” she said softly and it instantly brought a smile to my lips after a long time. Between all siblings, zay and I are pretty close and a love eachother very much.
” thank you and you too take care”.
” Okay then and omer?”
” yes?”
” How is the investigation going on? Have you found the attacker?” Zayreen asked, shocking me. How did she know that Scarlett is attacked and I am investigating erything?
“How do you know that Scarlett is attacked?” I asked, getting confused and curious.
” i am your sister omer and my brain works Same as you and Scarlett has the bruises which indicates someone has beaten up her” zay said in a duh tone.
” Okay? Have you talked about it to anyone?” I asked fearing maybe she has told Scarlett about it and freaking her out.
” No, I didn’t talk to anyone about it and your secret’s safe with me” she whispered, making me roll my eyes.
“We are not playing detective detective zareen and it’s good you didn’t tell anyone and don’t talk about it to anyone in the future okay?”
” I understand, but I have a request and if you accept my request then I won’t talk about it with anyone” I can clearly see her inner detective from the phone and this is bad.
“This is serious zayreen and like I said we can’t play detective detective. We are not kids anymore” I said sighing.
” I know omer we are not kids anymore and we are not playing a game but please I want to help you and my friend” zay pleaded.
” you can be in danger too zayreen and I can’t take that risk”.
” yeah maybe but I know and I trust you that you will always be there to save me. So please let me help you and Scarlett. ” she pleaded again and I sighed for the nth time feeling like I don’t have any other way.
” Okay zay but you have to wait for me to tell you what you have to do and what not to do. Okay? If you agree to my terms then you are welcome”. I warned her.
” I got it and I’ll follow you. ” Zay said, screaming into the phone and I can hear her jumping around her room happily.
I hope i’m not making any mistake by involving zayreen in this.
” Okay then I have to work, zay. I’ll call you later”.
” bye and take care omer, don’t forget to make a call to Scarlett, ” she said.
I rubbed my temples to relieve some pain and sat on the couch resting my head and closing my eyes for a minute. I should call Scarlett and talk to her and clear her misunderstanding that I’m ignoring her.
Listening to zayreen that Scarlett is upset making me more guilty and angry on myself and the attacker.
Suddenly I’m hit by the fact that if zayreen can catch onto it then Scarlett can too. How dumb iam to not think about this? Scarlett definitely knows that she is getting stalked by someone because I clearly saw her panicked face when she is being stalked from the office to her apartment by the black suv. I clearly saw the CCTV footage.
Maybe Scarlett has the answers for everything and maybe she knows the person who is stalking her. Talking to her is the best idea to have all the answers.
I hesitated before calling her number because what if she didn’t know about the stalker thing and with the information I will give maybe she will freak out and get hurt.
With all these thoughts swirling in my head I made the decision whether to call Scarlett or not……