Chapter 13: Chapter 13

We went downstairs after David checked her. We went to my office to have a small chit chat. David is off duty today from the hospital and his clinic is closed. I called one of our maids to bring us some wine and cakes.

"So how's your search for Rick's mother?" David asked. I told him everything about my life. I am the only son and David is like a brother to me. He knows everything that I went through. I sighed deeply.

"Same status. It's been a year but no progress I started to think someone's is making a sabotage to the investigation." I said while thinking deeply.

"You want me to help?" David asked. I looked at him in doubt.

"No thanks. You won't help without asking something in return." I said with a fact.

"You're hurting my feelings bro! How could you say that?" He said while dramatically holding his chest.

"Yeah right. I know you." I snorted.

"Let's be serious here." David said with a very serious face. I can't help but laugh in how he looks.

"Wow, coming from you huh. Serious is on your vocabulary? Like, seriously?" I said sarcastically. It's my turn to tease him. At times like this and with that face I know annoying him at this point really works.

"You don't want me to get mad, aren't you Altagracia?" He said in a very serious tone.

David only gets serious once in a blue moon so I don't want to miss this opportunity. Aside from that I really want to find Rick's mother. I want to ask her why she did it. I'm willing to forgive her whatever her reason is. I just want her to shoulder her responsibility to my son. I am ready to give her everything she asks.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's get serious." I said then motioned my hand on the visitor's chair to send him a message to take a seat right in from of me.

"So what's your investigator's update?" David curiously asked. I took a deep breath before shaking my head.

"You know I never slept with another woman. I was loyal to my ex but she's not even worth it." I said while clenching my jaw. I can't even say her name. I can feel full disgust pronouncing it, I feel like I'm going to throw up if I do.

"Yeah, you told me a year ago you woke up in a hotel. You didn't remember what happened the night before." David said remembering the past what I told him.

"Yeah the hotel lost the CCTV footage on that night when I went there. That's the only chance I have to find out the identity of Rick's mother." I said hopelessly.

"I have been telling you for almost 2 years now to leave it up to me. But you won't listen. You're underestimating my abilities. And look at my Godson I can see he's longing for a mother's love. We need to find her as soon as possible." David said full of determination.

I nodded showing I totally agreed in him.

"Okay, I'll call my investigator. I'll ask him to come over so he could turn over the case." I said.

"At last you finally realized I can do better than you. I'll send Chuck over too. He's my patient before and he's a very good detective. I know he can have all the information you need in no time." David said full of confidence. I really do hope this Chuck could really resolve the case and find my son's mother.

To be honest I have blurry memories about that woman whom I suspected that she is Rick's mother. I am so sure that my son's mother was the woman I had been with in a hotel almost 2 years ago.

My heart was broken into pieces, I just found out my fiancée was cheating on me. She just wants my money. For all those years I did not even noticed her fake love. The most hurtful part was that I heard it with my own ears she told him that when we got married she's going to get rid of me after getting all my riches. I saw with my own two eyes how she wrapped her arms around his neck and lean forward to kiss him.

I want to kill them both but I thought of my parents. My mother will be devastated if I'd turned out to be a criminal. They're not worth it. Their filthy skin is not worth it for my hands to touch. Their disgusting blood is no match for my skin to be in contact with. So I breathe deeply before facing them.

The look on her face and the fear on her lover's eyes are still do clear to me even it happened a long time ago. She begged me and kneeled in front of me but there's no mercy left on my heart for her.

Then after a few hours I found myself drowning in alcohol getting wasted. I don't know where I found that woman I went to bed with. But the way her body smells, the taste of her lips, and how tight she was, her screams of pleasure and pain. All of it were still clear in my memory. I just can't remember her face and it really frustrates me every time.

The woman I had a one night stand with was a virgin. I can still remember and the blood stain on the sheets are strong evidence that I was not just dreaming or hallucinating. She was gone the next morning when I found myself lying in bed confused with a hangover. What I had that morning was a bed with blood stains and the blurry memory of her.

I was brought back to reality when we heard a scream upstairs. "Hell. What was that bro.?" David asked while holding his chest showing how surprised he was.

"Must be your patient." I simply said. We both went outside my office and ran upstairs to check what was happening.

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