Seeing Chaney walk away, Brian felt much better. He waved at Abby and smiled. “Abby, do you want to eat pizza?”
“Yeah!” Abby answered excitedly.
Brian picked Abby up and set off together with Diana to the local pizza place.
All the while, there were people following and watching them. And none of them were there with good intentions.
“What should we do? We have no chance to do it! Carl is going to be mad at us!” one man said.
The other men stopped him at once. “Shut up! What if someone heard that?”
The man who spoke first immediately stopped talking.
At the same time, sitting in Simon’s house, Antonette was rather anxious. Simon had taken back any power she had gained in operating the company, and it made her frightened. The worse her life was, the more eagerly she wanted to make Diana suffer the same pain.
Antonette called Carl. “Hello, Carl, how’s it going?”
Carl was out drinking in a karaoke bar. He sounded annoyed at the interruption.
“Wait one minute. I will call them,” Carl replied impatiently and then ended the call.
Carl called his guys to check how it was going.
The two men were hiding in an alley and answered with a shiver, “Boss, there’s been no opportunity to do it.”
“Loser!” Carl shouted. He lashed out at the glass next to him, sending it smashing against the wall.
The bar girl sitting beside him was shocked. “Carl, what are you mad about? You’re scaring me…”
Carl pushed her aside and scolded her, “Can’t you see I am busy? Stupid whore!”
The girl stood up in anger and hurried away.
“Do what I asked you to!” Carl ordered. He ended the call and then called Antonette back.
Antonette picked up after a single ring.
“How is it? Did they do it already?”
Carl was vexed. “No.”
“Carl, if you don’t finish the job, I will not give you the rest of the money. I am serious,” she warned.
“I know. I will call you when it’s done.” Carl ended the call indignantly.
In the pizza restaurant near Diana’s apartment, Diana was sitting with Abby and Brian.
Seeing Abby’s face covered in cheese and tomato sauce, Diana thought she looked so funny. She took out a tissue and wiped her face clean.
Suddenly, Brian’s phone rang.
“Hello?”
As often happened with his business calls, Brian’s eyebrows knitted into a deep frown whilst he listened to the person on the other line. A few minutes later, Brian ended the call.
What is it?” Diana asked confusedly.
“Problem at the company. I have to go back to check on it,” Brian uttered.
Diana nodded. “Okay, sure, we’ll see you later then.”
Brian hesitated. “Will you be okay with getting back yourselves?”
“Of course. We can walk home,” Diana said.
“Yes, Dad Brian, I’m strong and powerful!” Abby said determinedly, hitting her chest like a gorilla.
Brian touched her face and said to Diana, “Call me once you are home.”
“I will.”
Thus, Brian got up and went to his car.
Diana sat with Abby to finish the pizza. As the light was fading, Diana hurried Abby along; she didn’t want to walk home in the dark.
They set off in the direction of their apartment. Abby was running and jumping around, playing games as she went. Diana watched her carefully. She followed close behind to ensure that Abby was safe.
All of a sudden, Abby tripped over and fell to the ground.
“Watch out!” Diana shouted in worry and ran to help her up.
“Mummy, I am sorry…”
“Be more careful next time, got it?” Diana uttered seriously. When it came to the topic of safety, Diana was always severe.
“Yes, Mummy…” Abby nodded and came obediently to Diana’s side.
It was at that moment that the car that had been following them veered out and headed straight towards them, the bright headlights blinding Diana’s vision.
Diana pushed Abby aside instinctively and then collapsed to the ground.
Brian rushed to the company, where his assistant reported to him what had happened in detail.
“Boss, one of the designers, has left for another company and taken all our designs with them!”
Somehow, Brian felt he had gone through something like this before.
“Didn’t this happen to us previously?”
The assistant was confused.
Brian then recalled that his current assistant was only employed after he had lost his memory.
“You can leave now. Tell Ken to come to my office,” Brian instructed.
“Boss, what can I do for you?” Ken walked in a few minutes later.
“Did this happen before?” Brian asked.
Ken nodded. “That one was actually much worse than this as we had already produced the newly designed products.”
“I see.” Brian fell into silence.
“But there is still a problem. This time, the designer in question was in charge of the whole design process. We don’t know who can take her place in such a short time.” Ken certainly seemed anxious, which didn’t happen very often.
And then he suddenly thought about something.
“Boss, could we ask Sybil to come back to be our designer?” he said excitedly.
“Sybil?” Brian frowned.
Ken nodded. “Yes. She majored in design, and she worked in the company before.”
“Okay. It’s fine with me.”
Just as Ken was leaving, Brian’s phone rang.
“Hello? Is that Brian William?” A woman said over the phone.
Brian felt anxious. He replied at once, “Yes, who is speaking?”
“Your daughter was hurt in a car accident. She requires an urgent blood donation. Can you come to the hospital now?”