"My Dad..." Doris paused again and sighed
"My Dad and Linda's parent were reported involved in an accident three years after Linda and Anderson got married" she paused when she realized a tear drop from her eye and Fred pulled her closer
"I'm sorry Mom" he muttered and she just smiled and nodded lightly
"Chris' death, according to what I got from Linda, is an accident. Linda couldn't stop herself from loving Charles so she do sneak out to meet or visit him and due to this she couldn't give enough attention or love to her husband, Anderson. Unknown to her, she had people stalking on her and this people reported information to Anderson. Two month after Linda's parent death, Mr Bernard's, the sole owner and founder of High Fantasy tech, death was reported."
"What?" Lucy queried surprisingly
"How come they're all dying like that?"
"That was unknown to anybody, the only news we received about his death was that, as an hypertensive patients, he died of the sickness after being unable to get over his best friend's death"
"What about his wife?" Fred asked
"His wife has been dead years back according to his story. I don't know about his wife though but I only knew him as a single parent and a very nice, easygoing and a successful man of his dream."
Fred sighed and shook his head "so, how did Dad got killed? Why? Why do you say it was an accident?"
"That's because Linda gave me the report"
"Few months after Mr Bernard's death, Anderson made Linda know that they'll be relocating to New York since his father who is managing the business over there is dead and he wanted to take up his dream but Mr Bernard had a business associate whom they work together hand in hand in the company, the report has it that they're best of friends due to their. People also believed they'd start the business together so they're both the founder of High Fantasy"
"Mr Ben?" Fred asked and Doris nodded
"You know him?" She asked
"Not really, but I made some research about him and that was the same news I got" he explained and Doris nodded again.
"Anderson couldn't pronounce himself as the full owner of the company after his father's death yet due to the presence of Mr Ben so he had to work together with him, hand in hand as his father or even not up to the standard of his father since Mr Ben still got authority as one of the founder of the company. So Mr Ben supported that Linda and Anderson should fly to Paris few months after Mr Bernard's death, though all those whiles she never hid any of what was going on to me. I had stopped living with them since I got married to Chris but I do pay them visit and she do visit me often but the last time she visited me before leaving to Paris was the day after Chris and Charles' death, she was not really herself the day and doesn't dressed as her usual But instead she was in disguise, a red wig and sunglasses, though I didn't notice her dress but I know they were unlike her when she came to console me" She paused
"The morning of the day the incident happened, Linda had called me to inform me of what had happened the night before in their residence, what she'd overhead Mr Ben and Anderson discussing secretly of the person she'd been going out to see which had not been giving Anderson opportunity to receive any love and attention from her even though she'd given birth for him. Linda said their discussion seemed to be in trio with the third person providing information of who she'd been seeing and the locations then she realized she'd been spied. With fear, she said she couldn't finish listening to them when she felt someone might be spying on her again but she was afraid and her fear made her called me immediately the next morning"
"And the night Dad and his twin was killed?" Lucy asked and Doris nodded
"Linda made me know their mission was to kill Charles, she said she felt that something was not right that night when the escorts guarding their house got empty with only two of them remaining the night. She doesn't hesitated to call me the night and explain the sudden changes to me, she made me know she was afraid and felt that something wasn't right. She'd been informed that day by Mr Ben, not to go out at all the whole day and the escorts had been around the whole day to guard her movement till night when they suddenly got empty but Mr Ben was there in the living room to send her to her room so she couldn't go outside." She paused again and resumed
"The night Linda told me this, I immediately felt something was not right so I decided to call Chris but he was not picking up, I called him several times but no response. I didn't expect him to be with Charles cause he didn't tell me he would be going to him the day so I called Charles and when he wasn't picking up too. Finally, I decided to visit him since that's the only place I knew Chris could be at the time if not home, though he usually take Fred along almost everywhere he's going if they are on holiday. Moreover, I felt I could equally inform Charles of his safety regarding what Linda had told me since I was waiting for Chris to come back before, so I could tell him first. But by the time I got to Charles's place, I met what I had never expected, people were all gathered running around to help while the fire extinguisher was trying to pull off the fire from Charles's house." She paused and let the tears in her eyes flow freely
"The only survival in the house was Fred" she concluded and brushed away her tears with her forefinger.
"I don't know how"
"I was saved" Fred cut in and Doris eyes met his
"Someone saved me but I don't know who the person was" he added
"But you never told me that when I asked you?" Doris asked surprised
"I was too young and speechless, I couldn't bring myself to talk about it then" he explained and the tears find it's way down Doris's eyes again
"I'm sorry" she muttered
"You shouldn't be sorry, you didn't do anything wrong" Fred explained and cleanse her tears
"Listen to me Fred, I just want you guys to be safe and not end like your Dad. The Mr Ben and Anderson are very wicked and someone that you shouldn't or must not meet"
"Why Mom?" Lucy queried
"I mean they already achieved their plan of killing Dad and his twin so why come against us again?"
"I don't know" she replied
"Linda told me the reason she had to disguise herself the last day she visited me was to confused whoever might be sent to spy on her again so they wouldn't know she was visiting me. She said she did this by parking her car by a restaurant and after leaving as if to go eat something, she went to the restroom to change over in a different clothes unlike her as she put her wig on with the glasses and when she got out she took a cab instead of her car and this was all done to prevent them from knowing who she was visiting. She made me know that the morning when NeWS had taken the incident and Mr Ben was watching in the sitting room while she was in the kitchen, she'd overhead him asking one of the escorts why there have to be a survival who apparently was you" she said nudging at Fred
"Whereas the Press had already realized you and gathered the information before my arrival but they made sure they did some videos and snapped me as they saw me grabbed you and took you from them, they asked me what my relationship is with you and i innocently told them that I'm your Mom, not knowing the news of it will get to the murderer and when Linda told me how they'd watched the news and Mr Ben's reaction to it that the escort should have make sure that there's no survival as it's risky no matter how small the survival is. Linda told me to flee and hide till their fly to Paris and also told me Mr Ben would be following them"
Lucy sighed and raised her chin "but you kept all these from us all these days"
"I'm sorry" Doris said again
"It's okay, we're fine now" Lucy quickly said as she stood up abruptly, Doris was a bit surprised cause she'd expected her to be sad, scared and helpless after the story but it doesn't seem she was, she was all strong...or acting strong.
"Lucy are you fine?" She asked when Fred also stood from the armchair
"Of course, sure Mom. I'm fine"
"We've got this"
Tbc....
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