Mr. Edwards had spent the past few days relentlessly searching for Rachel, hw already knew how important she was to him. The journey had taken him through countless cities, following leads that seemed promising, only to end up as mere dead-ends.
The weight of responsibility weighed heavily on Mr. Edwards’ shoulders, as he knew how much this meant to Mr. Charles. But he didn’t seem to give up. He had hope, but he knew it might take a long time to find her, if she didn’t want to be found.
Just as hope seemed to dwindle, a ray of light emerged from the bustling city of Las Vegas. One of Mr. Edwards’ associates had sent him a message, claiming to have found Rachel.
Excitement surged through his veins as he read the words on his phone screen. Without wasting a moment, Mr. Edwards made the necessary arrangements and booked the first flight to Las Vegas.
He wanted to be accurate, before he broke the news to his boss, he didn’t want to give him any false hopes.
As the plane touched down in the city that never slept, Mr. Edwards felt a mixture of anticipation and nervousness. He knew that this moment could potentially change the lives of Mr. Charles forever. With a renewed sense of purpose, he hailed a cab and directed the driver to the address provided by his associate.
The cab weaved through the vibrant streets of Las Vegas, passing by iconic landmarks and flashing neon signs. Mr. Edwards’ mind was consumed by thoughts of the impending meeting. He imagined the joy on Mr. Charles’ face, the happiness he would feel, that there was someone to finally carry on his legacy.
Mr Edwards mind flashed back to the scene a few years ago, he knew the kind of humiliation Rachel felt, and how bad her father treated her that made her leave, but he understand Mr. Charles more than anyone, he knew he did this to protect his daughter from his mistress, but he couldn’t seem to explain it to Rachel.
Arriving at the address, Mr. Edwards paid the driver and walked towards the bustling shop in the heart of the city, it was packed with consumers purchasing items, a smile curved on his face. He always knew her to be a determined young lady, her dream to be a perfume producer was known by him.
He walked into the shop, using his eyes to search for Rachel, but she was nowhere to be seen in sight, he saw a group of people piling up in from of a door, he hoped she would be in there, as he was about to walk there, a young lady with bright red hair, putting on a white coat stopped him.
“Sir, I’m sorry but you can’t go there” she said politely with a smile.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I wanted to see Miss Rachel, could you help me call her out?” he told her, still looking at the door.
His face didn’t seem familiar to her, she was Rachel’s new secretary, she knew almost every client who came here, the man’s face was unfamiliar, “Do you have an appointment with her?” She was the one who always made the appointment, she needed to know if it was a person appointment she didn’t know of.
“No, but I have something very important to discuss with her” Mr Edwards was surprised that Rachel was doing so well, that one couldn’t meet her without an appointment.
“I’m sorry sir, but I can’t help you, my boss is very busy at the moment” she said politely, although she didn’t know who he was, he didn’t seem like a bad person so she didn’t want to offend him.
“I know, just relay this message to her, she will understand, tell her Mr Edwards is here to see her from Black Armored Pack” he said with a pleading face, he couldn’t coke all the way here, and leave without seeing her.
“Sir please I….” He gently grabbed the girl’s hand in a pleading manner, “please, I beg you” with the way the man was acting. She felt it was really urgent then she finally decided to help him. “Fine, just wait,” she said and left.
After a few minutes she left, Rachel was shocked by the news, her Assistant Cathy broke to her, she had never expected to see any one from there, it had been a whole five years, she was curious to why their family butler was here, she stood up and left heading to where he sat.
“Butler Ed”, was what she had always loved to call him from child, she wasn’t able to stop it, as her voice echoed, Mr Edwards Raised his head, to see her beauty and loving face, one he had missed, but she was no longer the little girl from before, she was now a lady a woman who could fend for herself.
“Young miss” ‘ he said with a smile, as his eyes began to water, a lone tear fell from his eyes “am I really seeing you?, I can’t believe it”.
“Yes” Rachel smiled and hugged him, he was the only one who treated her and her mother so well back then, she would never forget his kindness, when her father asked him to throw out her mothers body, he was the one who buried her secretly for her and offered prayers with her.
She took him into her office, while Cathy on the other hand was surprised and grateful she hadn’t hastily turned away the old man, she would have been making a grave mistake , she smiled and got back to her work.
“How have you been doing all this while?” he asked with concern.
“Well, I’m doing great now, as you can see” she smiled at him.
“After you left, I organized a search party to find you but there was no trace of you, I was really sad, I thought you must have..” He couldn’t seem to complete the sentence because it broke his heart, he knew she must have suffered a lot.
“Oh so you’re the one who sent them, I thought it was my father, I thought he sent them to kill me that why I hide” he said those words with no ounce of emotions, her face was cold and plain anytime she mentioned her father.
“I know you must have misunderstood, but it’s okay . I am so happy you are fine and doing so well on your own” he smiled brightly at her, he saw the cold expression on her face.
“So Butler Ed, what had brought you all the way to Las Vegas, did you come on a business trip on his behalf”.
“No Rachel, I came for you, more specifically I came looking for you”.
“Is there a reason why?. She asked, because she didn’t quite understand what he meant by that.
“Your Father” he paused to gauge her expression and as he expected it turned cold and dark, he knew he hated him “he asked me to find and bring you back” he finally said it.
A cold sinister laugh left her mouth, as her expression began very dark, the room had dropped to a zero degree due to her anger.
Her eyes flickered with a golden hue color for a second and then it was Gone but it didn’t escape Mr Edwards eyes, he was shocked, he knew she had no wolf so what was there, were there wrong.
When her laughter had died down, her face was now very serious and void of any emotions, she could feel something swell in her chest, “My father, want me back, ya’ all must be joking, did you forget I was banished by him never to set foot there again”.
“Listen to me Rachel, it not what you think, there’s a lot you don’t know”
“Oh really, then please enlighten me Mr Edwards”, he now knew the extent of her anger, since she was now addressed to him by his name.
“He was doing it to protect you,” he said softly.
“Protect me?” She laughed out coldly “my mother died he didn’t bother to find and punish the offender, he covered up her death, because his reputation was more important than her life, seeing I was a useless trash, he banished me from the pack, all this is to protect me right?
Mr Edwards was quiet, he didn’t know what to say, all this she said was right, her father indeed wronged her in many ways. “Please calm down young miss’ ‘.
“Go back and tell Mr Charles Deven that he no longer has a daughter, her father and daughter relationship ended that night 5 years ago” she said those words and turned her back on him facing the small window.
“Rachel listen to me I” she cut him off immediately “you’re dismissed Mr Edwards” she said coldly, he knew the young miss attitude all too well she never got angry always but once she was angry it was over and she would never change her mind on this, he stood up and left the office.
Rachel collapsed on the chair, as she felt her fingers itching so badly and her teeth, she felt pain in some areas, tears flowed down her eyes freely, just then Zech opened the door and entered her office, he saw her crying and he rushed toward her.
“Hey Hey are you okay?” He tried to touch her but she backed away from him. He was hurt by her actions, but he didn’t complain.
“I’m fine” she said wiping the tears from her eyes “just leave I want to be alone”.
Zech tried to approach her again,”I said leave” she hit her fist on the tap with force which broke the wooden table into two, she was shocked by what she had just done, she was so confused.
Zech too was too shocked to even move, how in the hell did she do this, it was a very strong wooden table, he knew she was human so how, something must be wrong, amidst his thought Rachel had already fled the office in confusion.