Chapter 29: Chapter 29
-28-How did she save him?
"It's your life, you have to live it. And when you will live it for yourself it will create magic for you. When you live for yourself, Your experiences will guide you and make you upgraded. So love it and live it with gratitude. Withstand the storm, but without regrets."[Ifveen]
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Though it would irk Stuart to admit, But Christian Evercast had displayed a spectacular and distinguished aptitude in the line of business. He was an absolute self-made man. He had proven his worth even exceeding his family name. And he has risen higher than his father as the President of the shining group in the last two years. So it was fine for him to make us wait. Though he did hope to be accepted by him.
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[Next Day]
"Sir here is the information of Mr. William you asked for. His full name is Stuart William. He had been living in Brooklyn with his family. Also, there is no indication of his presence in Newyork city in the last 2 years."
His name brought an indestructible memory to his head. Wasn't Riley's Childhood sweetheart name Stuart? What was happening?
He turned back, Glancing at her with a stiff smile, He asked her to find more about him with a gruff voice.
"Find out if he has been related to Riley in any way in the past. And do make sure to check out thoroughly. I won't forgive you if you failed. Don't take this matter lightly Cynthia."
"Okay, sir. I will keep it in mind."
Cynthia straightened, feeling a little scared of him. She had not expected him to threaten her like this.
Hearing his name brought a lot of memories to his head, he still remembers what happened that night. The memory was not less than any agony to him.
He still remembers the day of the accident when Riley Brown had saved him. It had been two years and three months since the accident. He was kidnapped on his way to a meeting in New York City for which he had flown from San Francisco.
Some people were tailing behind their cars from the airport when they landed. Just when he and Andy stopped to see if it was true or not. Some Goons who's faced we're covered with black masks attacked them. They were outnumbered but fought till they could.
His eyes had collided with andy's anxious black ones as they both fought with the kidnappers. But a new van stopped beside them and a man from his back injected something into his neck. Shortly, his eyesight became a little blur and the men around him dragged him into a black van.
"Fuck." He had seen Andy shouting behind it in an attempt to stop them but it was too late the man with masks had already ignited the engine leaving quickly as he lost consciousness.
He had tried to stay awake but it felt too difficult to even open his eyes.
When he woke up again, his eyes were covered with a blindfold. His arms tied behind his back and legs tied from the ankle together. And then suddenly he was dragged to somewhere where the smell of blood had penetrated through his nostrils almost making him retch. He had controlled if. He did ask several questions to the people who dragged him earlier but there was no explanation.
They just dropped him into the room and left without a word. After a day of hunger and maintaining his pee pressure, he woke up to a few punches on his face. While someone kicking him in the abdomen repeatedly till he failed to scream.
The next day, he woke up to a rumbling sound again, There was no news of Andy. He was tortured for two days without any food. His questions were unanswered. It almost seemed the people were dead set upon killing him in the worst way possible. He had tried to break through those chains he was bound to. But it was of no use. He was covered in his sweat and blood. Hungry and injured.
His eyes were covered for two days, so he was sensitive to slight voices. He comprehended there was only a single man who had come inside this time. As the man came closer, he held his face removing the blindfold from his eyes. As the blindfold fell from his eyes. Darkness surrounded him. There was no light. No window. Not even a small one. Just Darkness. He was trying to notice something in the dark when a heavy punch directly landed on his jaw.
"Christian Evercast you are going to die worse than a dog." Immediately after that, he heard some quick shuffling and heavy footsteps of people running inside the room.
A few of them ignited a fire outside the large room and entered inside fully armed. Only voice was the thing that was making him aware of the surrounding. The light reflected inside on the black-masked men A few of who were carrying wooden sticks while some iron rods.
After that everything he felt was etched in his memory like a bad dream. Those goons were kicking him while a man was hitting his face with a burned iron rod burning his skin. He was tortured for hours in the dark that day. His miserable cries were ignored by the laughing voices of those cruel monsters.
"How does it feel to die like this Christian Evercast?" The same man who had removed his blindfold had asked him again laughing menacingly. While he was beyond tired. So, he did the only thing he could do. He spits at him. But after that, he was hit more severely than before. His body was burning as the cold blood gushed out from his body.
It was too cruel to imagine that he had gone through such sort of pain. He was half dead when a man out of those finally spoke again.
"Don't kill him yet. I want to see him beg people to save him on road. Take him to a deserted road." He will never forget that voice it was the same voice he had nightmares of for the last two years.
"Yes, boss. That would be awesome. I want to see it."
A few men dragged him into a car despite his little struggle. The ground was painted with his blood as they dragged him into the car. After ten minutes, he was thrown out of the car on an abandoned road and it was raining heavily. He was almost certain to die that day.
The wet clothes stuck to his wounds paining him but at the same time giving him a little relief. As the burned areas were showered with cold water. Just when he was ready to welcome death he saw with half-opened eyes a beautiful woman sprinting towards the end of the road where I was dumped.
"Hey, Ril-boo. I am sorry baby. I promise I will make it up to you. Come on don't do this."
Just when she was turning towards him he saw a man holding her wrist making her stumble.
"He. Help." He tried to scream but it came out as a small plea.
"Don't run after me, Stuart. Go away." She said that to the man behind her and started to walk towards him again.
While Christian held his breath, praying that she might come to him since he wasn't able to speak.
"Please hear me out once Ril-boo." He said again stopping her from his arms.
"Let me go, Stuart. I will talk to you when I will be calm. But please till then let me be." She pointed her fingers towards him nearing him again.
"Okay. Fine. Then Let's walk together."
Just when they turned towards him, he screamed and this time his voice was a little louder than the first one.
"H. Help."
Sprinting towards him the woman with warm black eyes, immediately held him in his arms asking for her friend to dial emergency. There was a bag of milk in her hands and seeing Christian's condition. She immediately tore it open splashing him with the milk. Which automatically cooled his burning sensations.
"Please take deep breaths. You will be fine."
"Stuart please call the emergency hospital."
"Riley. But we don't know him. What if cops blame us for his condition. We should just go from here."
"You don't have to worry about it, Stuart. Can't you see his condition just call them? I will handle everything else."
Just when he was busy calling the emergency, She directly tore open her t-shirt bandaging his wounds stopping the blood. Her hands were shivering, and her body quivering but she still managed to take him to the nearest place that was covered with the roof.
To stop his condition to worsen, she blocked the area out of which water was flowing upon him by cornering him to a side and sitting in the cold rain herself. Her body too quivering to do that but her heart too big to withstand it and save him.