Bethany, set out to Evas flat as it was just two avenues from where she lives.
She put up with a hack and put on her location hurrying to reach her as she has never heard Eva behave the way she did over the phone.
Henry too was on his way already, hoping that everything was fine with her, as h could not bear to see or hear her hurt by anything or anyone.
Duke was still at his office, thinking of Bethany as usual, and he was ready to change his lifestyle if only she could give him a chance to love her.
The dusk could already be seen as the sun slowly disappeared behind the mountains, giving way for the dark to impose itself.
Eva was still shaking as she looked out the window but she had noticed that there was no one standing outside her building again.
Her senses are brought back when she smelled something that was displaced in the apartment.
“What is that smell?”, Eva asked herself if she was lost in her thoughts, but when she later realized that it was a burnt smell, Eva rushed to the kitchen to find the whole kitchen set a Blaze.
Taken by panic, she tried to quench the fire but it was too broad, so she rushed back to the living room, waking her sisters up and asking them to rush outside as the house was on for.
“Rachel wakes up and takes Glenn outside, I will try to get the important documents from the room”, she said, holding her sister’s hands as she opened the door.
Glenn, waking up from her sleep and seeing the house in flames as she was been dragged outside by Rachel, called Eva’s name crying harder but Eva promised to be out before they could reach the street.
Holding her head in confusion and crying profusely, Eva went inside the room to save some documents and dresses, as he mind was filled with a lot of thinking.
The fire had already attracted the neighbors and passersby and they had taken the innovative to call on firefighters to signal a fire incident happening in that area.
Bethany, moving toward her friend’s house, saw the burning flames from a distance, and the enormous nature of the flames, flashed in her eyes as she remembered the incident that happened at the hotel.
Panicking at the back of the cab, Bethany decided to go back to her house, but when she looked keenly in the direction where the fire was coming from, she realized that it was her fruits building.
” Drive faster driver, there’s a fire at my best friend’s building”, she spoke out in fear.
The phone rings and Henry waits for someone to pick it up but Eva was not closer to her phone anymore, and it worried him, as he accelerated his car again, hoping to reach her house faster.
Rings the bell and the maid opens up.
“Hi Ms., how may I help you?”, she asked the lady standing outside the Mansion.
“Come in Sylvia, I have been waiting for you”, Mrs. Chase spoke out as she had heard her maid talked to a person standing outside and she had figured out it was Sylvia.
Mrs. Smith was precipitously waiting for Sylvia to come to narrate to her how her meeting with her son went on since she had called that she was coming to meet her.
Sylvia, raising her left brow in contentment as to let the maid know that she was in control, hoisted her to one side while she entered the house.
” Hello Mrs. Smith”, Sylvia spoke out with a smile on her lips and they both fondle each other.
“Do have a seat and tell me everything”, Mrs. Smith, said to Sylvia, turning her head to call out on her maid to put together two mugs of coffee immediately.
The maid nodded and left the sitting room giving space for her dame to have a conversation.
A hint of a smile curved her mouth, as she adjusted herself on the chair caressing her hair while speaking out to Mrs. Smith.
” Everything was fine, I was able to convince him to have lunch with me and I had plans to take him to my apartment after that”, she related the story to Mrs. Smith while shaking herself in fulfillment but her smile room vanished and Duke’s mother was able to realize that.
Wondering on why Sylvia, had suddenly gone silent, she asked,
“What happened after that, did you both get the chance to go for the lunch date?”.
With a deep sigh, she nodded in denial as she remembered what had taken place in Duke’s office that afternoon.
” A girl came into his office when I was already in control of the situation, but at the sight of her, Duke let out a smile as though he is in a relationship with her and the girl was shocked seeing us together”, Sylvia said everything as it happened without missing a word.
Mrs. Chase rising to her feet, walking around a portion of the living room, asked Sylvia,
“What did it look like to you after seeing both their reactions”.
Sylvia, with skepticism in her mind, muttered that she could not exactly say what they have together, but she was certain that Duke could not have anything with that lady as she looks like a nobody.
Mrs. Chase was happy listening to what she had just said, as it only meant that, Sylvia could do whatever she wanted her to.
There were some seconds of silence again when the maid had walked into the place to serve the cups of coffee she was asked to prepare.
As she was done and excused herself, Mrs. Smith told Sylvia, that it was time for her to initiate her plan and that she was going to help her with that.
” No one is going to stand in the way of me having my grandchild in my hands, though I will have to play dirty”, Duke’s mother murmured in her mind as she smiled at Sylvia.
Mrs. Smith had to know everything about the lady Sylvia had seen in her son’s office and also what she wanted.
She was despondent to have a grandchild but not from any kind of person and certainly not from a lady with no background.
“Hey, Boss”, Someone cheered Duke from behind as he was just about to enter his car.
Duke turning around, saw his friend and supplier of ladies standing behind him.
” Hey man, how are you it’s been a while”, he said as they both shake hands laughing out.
The fellow told him that he was not doing okay, as he has not been receiving phone calls from his favorite client anymore.
Duke laughing out so hard told him not to worry about that, as he has been busy lately trying to solve some pending issues.
“Boss, no matter how much you were always busy, you always called for me to send you one or two babes to cool down your head from time to time”, the guys shot him with those words.
His words came out like bullets as it made Duke discover that, he has been busy but not with work, rather from thinking about Bethany excessively and he has not been having the perception to play around anymore.
” Do not worry, I will send you some cash in your account for all your troubles okay?”, he said tapping the fella on his shoulder.
The man was very happy as he listened to Duke so he wished him a lovely evening while Duke entered his car placing the handkerchief Bethany had forgotten in his office later in the day.
He was planning to use that hankie as a means to stop by and see her beautiful countenance once more before leading the way home.
There was just something about Bethany, that Duke could not get his mind off from her as she was special.
She was not the most beautiful lady he has ever seen or had been with, but her unique style was one of a kind.
He is a decisive and strong you lady though her sense of humor was not the best and her impulsive character was always taking the best of her while looking into her eyes, he could see a fragile and innocent girl who has all it was to make a man crawl at her feet.
Taking out his phone he called Bethany’s house and her mother was the person who picked up the call,
“Hello, who is on the line please?”, Mrs. Marvin raised a question waiting for the caller to identify himself.
Duke, letting out a smile, said to her that he was calling to find out whether Bethany was at home as she had passed over something in his office earlier that day.
Her mother informed Duke that she was not home as she had gone to Eva’s house to check up on her.
Adding to what she had just said, she said that Duke could go meet her over there to hand over what she had left in his office.
Duke was very delighted to know that, her mother was comprehending the situation as an antique person that she is.
Mrs. Marvin knew exactly what she was doing when she said that, she liked Duke, and knowing that he was only using the handkerchief as an excuse to see her daughter, why not help him to achieve his goals.
She gave him the address to Eva’s house and Duke was appreciative of her help and he wished her a splendid evening as he hung up his phone.
Thinking back to the fact that his friend had not called back to say whether he had reached out to Eva or not, he called Henry who was driving and he did not hear his phone ring as it was on silent mode.
Duke turning on his location map in his car, inserted the location that Bethany’s mom had given to him, and he began following it as it was not too far from where he was.
Bethany was out of the car and standing in front of the burning building she did not know where to start finding her friend and her two little sisters.
Bethany, cradle her face in her hands as he was frightened about the situation she was facing.
She tried asking the people around if they had seen any victims from the building come out, and a lady answered from behind saying that she could not say whether the lady living on the other side with her two sisters have made it out, as the fire started in their building.
On giving attention to what the lady had just said, Bethany’s tears could not hold themselves as they had to drop down from her eyes.
Henry was already at the scene and the fire was too hot that the firefighters too had arrived at the place.
Bethany, having a glimpse of Henry, rushed to him crying that her friend’s flat is in flames and she could not do anything as she was not seeing anyone.
As they were thinking hard to find a solution, Bethany felt someone holding her form down and she turned to catch a glimpse of who it was and there was little Glenn, holding her dress as she had recognized Bethany from the crowd.
” Glenn darling, what happened, and where are Rachel and Eva?”, Bethany asked as she took the little girl into her arms.
Bethany tried her best to console her but she could not stop crying out pointing into the building and calling out Eva’s name.
Henry who has been watching her point to the building asked if Eva was still trapped inside and she nodded in confirmation.
Without thinking twice, Henry rushed into the burning having just one thing in his mind, which was to save the woman he has fallen in love with.
Bethany tried to stop him, but he was adamant to get inside to rescue Eva no matter the danger.
Henry took off his suit and used some water by the side to drench himself up with.
Duke had just arrived at the location indicating on his tracker and he was appalled by what he was seeing as a whole structure was burning down.
Looking at what was going on, he came down of his car and quickly held a passerby asking what the hell was going on there, and he narrated that the building had caught fire.
The firefighters at the scene tried to keep everyone out of there as they band the place saving those that were coming out running.
Eva was caught up in the burning house and she was trapped as she could not find her way out.
Screaming for help but no one could help her, she tried reaching for her phone but could not recall where she had dropped it.
The smoke had gotten half of her apartment, and she had battled to leave her room to the sitting room where she kept on screaming.
The entrance leading to the door was already in huge flames and the curtains, and Eva dared not approach it as she will be burned like a sacrifice used for a purification process.
Struggling with all the strength in her, Eva thought of her two little sisters and what she will become without her.
Bethany, taking Rachel and Glenn off the setting walked to the other side of the road as she was worried about her friend but at the same time, she could not stop the memory of what had happened to her that night from coming back.
“Are you okay Bethany?”, Rachel who had noticed that Bethany was acting all weird and volatile asked while holding her hand?
“I am fine, just have a minor headache dear”, Bethany replied to her with a smile so as not to get her more worried than she was.
Duke who was standing at the other side, saw Bethany with some two girls, and she hurried to meet her to further inquire what was happening.
Some firefighters went into the building with waters they began to quench the flames down.
Henry who was already reaching Eva’s flat, saw some people running out and he asked if there were okay and continued his way.
Eva’s eyes were already closing up out of shortage of breath, as she struggled for her life crawling on the floor like a snake who had seen the danger and wished it had limbs to run.
“Help me, anyone, my sister needs me I can not die now”, Eva cried out in aims thinking of how her junior ones will cope if she had to die.
Henry held on calling out Eva’s name from the passageway to the building, and she heard her name and the voice echoed in her head as she heard it passed the first time.
Duke held Bethany from behind, and she screamed out of fear, making little Glenn shake in fear hence the poor child burst out in tears again.
” It is okay girl, it is just me do not be afraid”, Dyke spoke calmly as he had noticed the dismay in her.
Taking a deep breath of relief as she saw that Duke was the person who had held her shoulder from behind, without any thinking about the situation she was finding herself in, she embraced him with tears flowing down her eyes.
Rachel and Glenn opened their eyes and mouth in surprise as they had never seen Bethany that close to any man before.
Duke was surprised to see her hold him, but he cared for every bit of the moment as he felt her heartbeat against his chest, while she clenched on him so close.
“Stop crying now, I am here with you so you need not be afraid of anything”, Duke let out gently as he rubbed her back in consolation.
Duke asked her who the kids are going down on one knee and stretching his hands to Glenn, as a sign for her to come to him.
Glenn looking up at the tall, big and handsome man standing in front of her, ran behind Bethany to seek refuse as she was scared of him.
Bethany smiled and carried Glenn, telling her not to be scared of him as he is their boss at work.
Rachel is a smart kid, immediately asked,
“Bethany, do you mean to say that he is yours and Eva’s boss?”, she raised a question staring at Duke in the eyes.
Bethany nodded in acceptance and she told Glenn, not to be worried as he will protect her.
Glenn, went into Duke’s arms while holding onto his neck tight for fear of falling from there.
“Where is Eva, I cannot see her here”_ Duke interrogated looking around for her but Bethany told him that she was still inside the fire and before she could continue with her statement, she had noticed the silence in Rachel as she could not stop gazing at how the building was still burning and her sister was not yet out of the fireplace.
The firefighters had gone inside the building and they were quenching the fire as much as they could.
One of them came out squealing for the people to move back as there was no one left in there again, but Bethany and Rachel on hearing this, cried out saying that her both friends were still trapped inside the fire.
Duke who had given attention to what Bethany said, asked in terror who Eva was inside the build with, and Bethany narrated how Henry arrived at the scene and discovering how the fire was spreading and the firefighters were not yet there, he decided to go into the building to rescue her.
Bethany explained to Duke how he tried stopping him, but he just did not listen to her.