Fred woke up in the hospital, opening his eyes lightly and slowly and catching glimpse of the ceiling before he shut it and finally opened again, this time wider and clearer
"Oh where am I?" He flinched, lifting his body abruptly but later winced at the pain from his back
"Oh my God, you're awake" Doris gasped and held unto him to rest back while Iris who was a bit distant from them holding a medical pan in her glove covered hands dropped it and hastened up to him.
Fred looked around and realized they're in the living room of their new house in Paris.
"What happened?" He asked Lucy curiously and when she hesitated to answer he asked with a frown
"Where are they?"
"He escaped with his escorts"
"What!" Fred thundered raising his body again to sit up, even though the pain was there and he winced but he successfully lifted his body and let his hand traced to where the bullet has been removed and plastered by Iris
"You mean Ben escaped" he asked again
"Yes. But we got Anderson" Lucy replied and he just snorted and stood up abruptly
"Where's Carl?" He asked still looking annoyed
"He's inside, working on the next possible plan" Lucy replied and he headed in.
"You should lay down Fred, you still need to rest" Iris consulted before him
"I'm fine" he snapped and left.
"Hey Fred, be at peace" Carl said when Fred flung the door opened and stormed into his room. He was busy with his laptop on the chair beside the bed
"What's the meaning of this?" Fred growled
"I mean how the hell did he get to escape?"
Carl sighed and shook his head,
"Look Fred, let's get over that now. You were dying and loosing so much blood that we couldn't leave you in such risk to get at the Mr Ben, even the cops went against him but loosed
"So what about him? He's just escape like that?"
"Nah, don't worry about him too much. We got our eyes on him" he said directing his two fingers from his eyes to the screen on his laptop
"What?" Fred frowned, not understanding what he's trying to bring out
"You think I was just playing while I was outside then? No. I set trackers on all their cars"
"Oh really?" Fred eye widened
"Yeah, and here they are thinking they are taking refuge" he said pointing at the location they are on the map.
Fred took a glimpse at it and asked;
"How did you know they haven't fled from the vehicle and probably take another one or abandon it"
"No, they didn't. I set it so that I can listen to all they are saying inside" he said pointing at the Bluetooth in his ears
"So they have no plan of abandoning the car" he added with a smirk and Fred grinned and slap his shoulder
"Wow, you're such a bad guy"
"Am I?"
"No. You're the best" Fred winked
"No Buddy. You're the best" Carl laughed but he looked serious and Fred knew this. When Fred and Carl had became friend and Fred had offered to help him through his studies, shelter and feeding after hearing out his story, Carl had consequently vowed to repay him by helping him back in the story of his life to bring justice to the death of his father.
"What do you think about Anderson?" Fred asked and twitched his lip
"He's just a confusion" Carl confessed with a frown
"He's just so confusing, I mean why do Ben have to shoot him if they're together"
"No, he doesn't shoot him intentionally"
"What?"
"Mrs Linda said he took the bullet for her"
"What! I mean that's crazy"
"Yeah, so crazy"
"Fuck that man!" Fred scowled suddenly
"What the hell did he think he's doing, playing with the woman's heart?"
"I must tell you man. The woman is a load of fear by now. She was soo happy when she saw Lucy but she doesn't pay her any attention"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah. And Arthur came inside after the cops, he was really surprised at whole scenario"
"What about Lucy then? Did she see him?"
"Yeah, but she doesn't speak with him either. Both Lucy and Iris doesn't stay long, they had to rush you down here to get you treated before it get too late"
Fred sighed and pulled back,
"I'll have to see that Anderson of a man"
"For what? The cops are doing their job on that so we shouldn't get too involved, I'm sure the cops will soon come back on him after the truth might have revealed itself."
"Why are you too sure on that?"
"Well, they caught one of the escorts, who had shoot you but that's not really the main as we need to get information from the Mr Ben when next we're meeting him"
"You're making matter worse Carl, you think he'll want to tell you stories?"
"I'm sure he'll like to" Carl shrugged
"Well, there's nothing bad in that, maybe it's as good as giving it a trial" Fred shrugged and nodded
"But we have to get ready for that now?"
"What! Man you still have pains at your back" he said nudging at where the plaster is at his back
"Which is not as painful as the one in my heart" he added and stood up
"Keep eye on their track, I'll just go and get change now"
He said and left
TBC...
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