Chapter 63: Chapter 63

Isabella's pov;

I came to Mr Martinez's house to confess my love properly to him. When I entered the premises, there were a lot of guards patrolling outside the house.

One of the guards asked me, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"I'm Isabella. I came to…"

Before i finished, the guard who knows me came and explained to the new guard and let me in the house.

Why are there so many guards out here? I walked in the pathway and entered the house. When I entered the house, it felt like I'm entering a police station because there were a lot of cops inside the house and there was equipment placed here to there in the house. Equipment which is used by the cops. One was operating a device which looked like a scanner, some were talking in walkie talkies…

One of the cops came to me and asked, "Who are you? Who let you in?" And informed in the walkie talkie that, "I asked you not to allow anyone inside the house, then why did you let her in? Over."

The guy on the other side replied, "Sir…"

While he was talking on the walkie talkie, Rose came and said to the cop that, "Mr Martinez knows her well. I'll take her inside." And took me inside the house.

"What is happening here? Why are there so many guards outside the house and cops inside the house? Was it a thief again?"

She shook her head and asked, "Didn't anyone tell you?"

"About what?"

"Mr Martinez got kidnapped by someone."

"WHAT!?"

"Yes, that's why all the cops in the city are gathered here."

"Where's Big brother?"

"He was searching for Mr Martinez out there."

"Did you know that he really got kidnapped? Maybe he went somewhere without telling us. There's a possibility, right?"

"Come with me."

Rose took me back to the hall where all the cops were gathered and asked one of the cops to play something.

The cop played some surveillance camera video, when the video started playing, i saw Mr Martinez walking to his car. Suddenly, someone who was wearing a mask hit him on the back of his head with something like a rod. Mr Martinez fell on the ground. A car came and some guys came out of the car and took him inside the car and drove away.

After seeing the video, I screamed, "Those guys kidnapped Mr Martinez!"

Everyone gave a stare at me when I screamed out of my lungs and went back to their work.

I turned to Rose and asked her,"Who are they guys? Why are they kidnapping Mr Martinez? Did they kidnap the wrong person?"

"We don't know who it is yet."

I asked the cop, "Did they make a call? Those guys who kidnapped him?"

He shook his head and said, "If the kidnapping was for ransom money, we would have got the call already but they didn't make a call yet."

"What does that mean? What do you mean they didn't kidnap for money? Why did they kidnap him?"

"We're investigating so please calm down, mam."

Some guy, who liked a higher position came to me and asked, "The crime scene unit is in front of the house you were staying in. You are on the list of people to investigate, but you're already here."

Rose said, "Sir, she's Mr Martinez's partner."

The officer said, "When the list was made for the investigation, the partner name will be the first name to be on that list. If you may, can I do my job?"

Rose said, "It's fine. Don't be scared. Just answer him casually."

I nodded and sat with him.

He started, "Can you explain to me how Mr Martinez, who is a CEO of Skyland corporation, has to do something with a girl who has debts?"

"I don't have debts anymore."

"Because Mr Martinez paid for you. Did you become his lover for the money he has?"

I shook my head and said, "I never asked for money from him. He's the one who paid for me."

"You made him pay for you?"

I shook my head and grinded my teeth and said,"I didn't."

"Mr Martinez and you were in the hot search two years ago, and you disappeared. What happened then?"

"Are you here to investigate how Mr Martinez got kidnapped or are you here to know whether I slept with him for the money?"

"Mr Martinez was kidnapped in front of Mr Williams' house. I wonder how you got to know every rich man in here, Ms Garcia?"

"Harry and I are classmates."

"If you are a partner of Mr Martinez then what are you doing in Mr Williams house? Did you kidnap Mr Martinez since he found out about your affair with Mr Williams?"

I controlled myself not to cry and said, "There's nothing between me and Harry. The only person I'm in love with is Mr Martinez. We had a little conflict between us but it's not related to Harry in any way."

He smiled and said, "Investigation part is over. You may go."

"Will you investigate Harry too?"

"Definitely, Mr Martinez was kidnapped in front of his house. We took the evidence from Mr Williams' surveillance camera so he's our prime suspect like you."

"Well, I say this again to you, Harry has nothing to do with this."

I came to stand along with Rose again.

The officer announced to their people, "There are no witnesses and there are no calls from the people who kidnapped him. It looks like it's more than just kidnapping so this case is going to be a little hard for all of us but we're going to find him somehow." And sat in his seat.

Rose asked me, "What did they ask?"

"About my relationship with Mr Martinez. Since I'm poor, they thought I was leeching on him for his money and said if anyone has the motive to kidnap him, they said it's gotta be me."

Rose hugged me and said, "Don't worry, I know you're not like that. Don't worry about the words coming out of a stranger."

I smiled and hugged her back.

While everyone was doing something to find Mr Martinez, I was thinking about what Mr Martinez said to me which knocked some sense into me.

I walked to the officer and said, "I want to have a talk with you, Sir."

"What is it?"

"It's an important thing, so I want to talk with you in private."

After we came away from everyone, I said, "Mr Martinez said he had an accident when he was a little. He said that accident was supposed to kill him and his mother but his mother saved him and died in that accident. Many years later, Mr Martinez's father passed away. It wasn't a natural death like everyone says. He had scopolamine in his blood when he died."

"Scopolamine?"

"Scopolamine is a drug that is given to patients who are suffering death rattle. Here, scopolamine was given to Mr Rodriguez to make him lose his memories and he died in his sleep. I think they were giving him continuously in smaller amounts to make him fall sick."

"Where did you get all this information from?"

"I investigated on my own for some reasons but that doesn't matter now. I think the person who killed Mr Martinez's mother by a accident is the one who murdered Mr Rodriguez too. I think the two of them are the same person. If I'm right, the person who is responsible for those murders is the one who kidnapped Mr Martinez too. What are they going to do to him? I'm scared even while thinking about that. Please find him soon, officer. Please find that person soon, officer."

He gave a nod and left.

Rose asked me, "What did you say to him?"

"I said what I've found in Mr Martinez's working space and that hospital thing."

"Goodwork. I hope they find him as soon as possible. After hearing from you, I'm afraid that who kidnapped Mr Martinez is the person who said."

While I was passing through a room, I heard an officer's voice talking with someone.

"Why did she take you alone, Sir? What did she say to you?"

"She's spouting nonsense. She's saying that Mr Martinez's mother was killed in an accident intentionally and the person who killed his mother killed Mr Martinez's father too. She was uttering something about scopolamine drugs too. I came to investigate Mr Martinez's kidnapping case but she's asking me to investigate the case which happened some 10 or 12 years back. Is she thinking me as an idiot to believe all her stories? I think she's the one who kidnapped Mr Martinez and spun stories on another person to get free from this case."

"Sir, what if it's true?"

"You believe her? What made you believe her?"

"I don't believe her, Sir. She's one of her suspects but it feels like there's something true in her story."

"If you're so interested, you go and investigate what she said to me. Find out Mr Rodriguez and Ms Martinez's case file. Find out if she's telling the truth."

"Yes, Sir."

I walked away from that place. Even if they didn't believe me, at least they decided to investigate it in the end.

Why does it feel like they're not serious as they seem in this case?

While i was in my room, I was informed that Big brother came back home so i came downstairs to look for him.

"Isabella?"

When I saw Big Brother, I ran and hugged him tightly.

"When did you come?"

I broke the hug and said, "Did you find him, Big brother?"

He shook his head and said, "We will find him soon. Did you eat anything?"

"I don't want to."

I dragged Rose along with me to the kitchen and said to Big brother, "She didn't eat anything too, Big brother."

"Then let's eat."

He held my hand and took me to the dining table and made me sit and asked the cook to serve me food.

Rose sat beside me and started eating the food.

I said to Big brother, "I don't feel like eating anything, Big brother."

"If you want to look for him, you have to be energised, right?" And patted my head.

"What about you? Eat with us, Big brother."

"I ate before coming here."

I saw the officer looking at us so I removed Big Brother's hand from my hand and started eating.

He asked me, "What happened? Why are you acting weird?"

"I'm not." And continued eating the food.

"Did anyone say anything?"

I shook my head.

He lifted my chin and looked at me and asked, "Then why do your eyes look like you cried? What happened? Tell me. If Mr Martinez was around, I was the one who was supposed to take care of you. What if Mr Martinez questions me that I let you cry when he's not around? Did anyone scold you?"

I said what the officer said to me.

Big brother got mad after hearing from me.

I held Big brother's hand and said, "Where are you going? Are you going to hit him? What if he stops investigating and leaves?"

"It's not like he's the only officer this country has."

"No, wait. He's the one who's investigating from the beginning so he's the only one who knows about this case clearly. Let him do his job, don't do anything stupid."

"But how can he talk like that to you?"

"He came today. He knows nothing about us so he gotta ask questions to know about us. It's not just him, Everyone will suspect me. Mr Martinez got kidnapped in front of Harry's house in which I was staying."

He patted my head and said, "You've become mature, huh?" And smiled at me.

After finishing eating,

"Can I come with you, big brother?"

"No, you stay here in the house. What if you got in the hands of the people who kidnapped Mr Martinez? Then, It will be hard for me to find you both at the same time."

"But I couldn't be here doing nothing."

"Who said you're doing nothing? You're keeping yourself safe by staying here. Look around, there are cops and guards in the house to protect you so stay in the house and be safe. We'll find Mr Martinez soon."

Big brother left the house to search for him.

Rose said, "If you feel uncomfortable here, you can go to your room and be there."

I nodded and left for my room.

I came inside the room and closed the doors behind. I walked into the room and found everything neat and tidy. He's been keeping my room well. I saw the guitar placed on the stand which I took from Mr Martinez's working space. I took the guitar and played some strings. It sounded so clear and perfect. He really searched for a firm and firm guitar. When I tried to keep it back in its place, I saw something written on the back of the guitar.

"Happy graduation -Alex"

I touched my writing on the guitar and I remembered how happy I was when I received the guitar from him. You weren't there when I got the package, you weren't there when I saw my gift. You weren't here when I belted out tunes.

While I was hugging the guitar close to my heart thinking about him, I heard something on the window. I let it go but I heard it again.

I placed the guitar on the bed and walked to the window to check what it was. I saw my friends in the garden, jumping and waving hands at me. They were all looked like hiding from the guards and waved at me. What are they doing here?

I opened the windows and shouted at the guards, "Mr Johnson asked you to be in the thirteenth square street."

One of them shouted back, "All of us, mam?"

I shouted, "Yes, he asked me to send you all as soon as possible."

"Yes, mam."

Every guard cleared the space and my friends came out of the garden when they left.

Noah signalled to take my phone.

I took a paper and wrote, "We can't speak on phones. The cops are tapping my phone calls." And throwed the paper from the room to them.

He gave a thumbs up and signalled me to come down.

I closed the room and took the guitar from the bed and placed it in the place where I took it and came out of the room.

I sneaked to the kitchen and through the window, I jumped from the kitchen to outside of the house. I landed in the backyard and walked to the garden to where my friends are.

I saw Noah, Evelyn, Sophia, Liam, Jenny, Carey standing waiting for me. They hugged me as soon as they saw me.

I asked them, "What are you guys doing here?"

Sophia asked me, "We heard that Alexander was kidnapped. Is that true?"

"Yeah, how did you know that?"

"It's over the headlines. The clip of him being kidnapped was running in all the channels."

"They said they'll keep it confidential but it still leaked. How did it happen?"

Noah asked, "You're believing what the cops are saying?" And made a smirk.

I said, "They're saying that they're searching for him but I don't think they are. I'm afraid of how Mr Martinez is now."

Noah poked my face and said, "You feel sad for someone? That's weird."

Evelyn hit him and said, "Her boss got kidnapped, what are you expecting her to do?"

Sophia comforted me by saying, "Don't worry, the cops will find him."

Jenny held my hand said, "Be strong. He'll be back."

I looked at Jenny and Carey and thanked them for coming to see me and saying comfortable words.

"Guys, I have something to tell you."

Noah asked, "What is it?"

"I fell in love."

Sophia and Noah hugged me and teased me and asked, "Who is it?"

When i looked at them, they looked very curious for my answer.

I let out a sigh and said, "Mr Martinez. My boss."

Everyone gave a different expression through their faces.

Noah asked, "That rings a bell when you feel sad for him." And patted my head.

"And, I'm going to find him."

Sophia asked, "What are you speaking? Did you see the clip? They looked huge and strong. Do you think you can handle them by yourself?"

"I didn't say I'm going by myself. Actually, I have a team."

"Who's that?"

I looked at them and smiled.

Sophia said, "No, no! Don't look at me like that."

Carey said to Sophia, "Come on. Your friend needs your help. We gotta help her."

Sophia, "That's a suicide."

Jenny held Sophia's hand and said, "Bella, count us in. We're in this with you. What do you want us to do?"

"Before that, we need some equipment."