Chapter 73
I waited with determination to tell her everything when the came with my food the next day but my wait was futile.
bever came even after waiting for two days.
The doctor discharged me and told me to rest at home and avoid stress. Veronica was with me all the while, I guess she was waiting for when Ana
After spending the evening at home, I couldn’t wait anymore, I had to go see
Ara myself
for some fresh air. 1 voiced the moment Fleur came in. He nodded and opened the door for me. new that I’d been restless ever since Ana’s last visit.
The doctor lgboend her
He knew where I wanted to go
bet I couldn’t call the head of security I put in place to watch over Ana and her family with Veronica watching over me like a hawk
i should rest. Don’t you think you should rest for some days before you leave the house Veronica sounded reasonable but I
kim tio time” Was my curt reply before walking to the car
seen calm throughout these past days but I knew that she was capable of hurting Ana if the opportunity presented itself.
dont you think you should rest a bit The chick probably doesn’t want to see or. She probably don’t even think of you the way orried about her. I mean who would want to care for someone who didn’t care for them in the past?” Fleur wid thoughtfully and 1
A mixed feeling of regret and anger surged through me.
Th
(you. Fleur. thank you for stating your point clearly. But what if something had happened to them! I haven’t even beard from Grandma
both know that it’s unlike her. My men are yet to give me reports. What if they’re scared that I would deal with them if 1 End out that led the task of protecting Ana and her family?” I spoke and Fleur kept quiet, I knew he was prooving my words
You uw the way Veronica looked like she was going to snap Ana’s head off. Even though she says she’s not going to go after heror her family again. I can’t trust her words. She still hares Ana and we both know that the only reason why she didn’t pounce on Ana on sight was because I was there
conditions on our relationship” 1 explained fumber
sighed deeply and shook his head. And just as I expected, he said the exact Words I expected him to say
ruman, and you brought this upon yourself.”
thank you for the reminder,” I replied firmly.
get used to hearing that for the rest of my life now else I’d grow old from getting pissed.
aurant and placed our order while I scanned through the space in search of Ana
valmost unbelievable that Ana’s restaurant had become my best restaurant to patronize. At first, I patronized her because I wanted to see her always but toy frequene patronage was a result of how tasty her food was and the top–notch customer service.
saw her directing some of the staff to take an order to her table.
pointed in the table that had the order on the tray, her eyes mei mine and the paused for some seconds
red to unr dat she was okay but then I felt hurt knowing that si
she was okay and didn’t come
come to see me.
hand to signal to her to come over, she looked behind her to check if there was someone behind her and turned back to me with a
nown by now that she was the oor who always attended to me so they didn’t come to my table.
jotter and pen in her hand.
1 gr for your the asked lo
looking from Fleur to me
fried rice and plum sauce while I stared at her with a sad face.
(the while at the hospital even after giving your word that you would come!” I asked instead of
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She looked at me interested in my rants,
“What would you like to order Mr. Quinn, I don’t think you know but we have a policy that prevents our workers from talking about personal business in the restaurant” She spoke politely but without interest in having any discussion with me.
I had an idea of what she talked about, some workers in some restaurants have gotten used to the habit of discussing their personal lives and issues with customers who come to patronize and some even go as far as asking customers for money so most restaurants started this no–talk policy that keeps their staff under control of what they spew about themselves.
“Wow, what a way to talk to someone who risked his life to save you. I told you not to do it from the start but you’ve made it a habit not to listen to me Fleur voiced, angered by the way Ana treated me.
“What are you talking about?” Ana asked confused.
“Tell her man, tell her how you went around playing CIA to get info on the criminal. Fleur nudged at me and Ana’s haze shifted from him to me.
I brought out hand copies of the pictures of the criminal in the car before he hit Grandma Mira, the criminal at the seaport and when he drowned
the car.
Fleur was surprised when I threw the pictures on the table. He was surprised that I brought them with me. We left the house together and he didn’t see me with any of these pictures.
While Ana stared at the pictures confused, 1 brought out my phone and replayed the CCTV footage of the day he hit Grandma Mira, where he ran to the seaport and when he returned.
They were short clips so it didn’t take much time for her to finish seeing all of them.
“I managed to trace him to a slum area and I was trying to catch him before he was shot on sight by the police, I couldn’t get the details of who sent him before he was killed.” I explained looking intently at her as she stared in disbelief at the pictures,
She staggered backward a bit but held herself together when I was about to hold her.
I could only imagine what went through her mind seeing someone coming for her family.
“You, you did this for Grandma Mira?” She muttered finally, her gaze still fixed on the pictures now in her hands.
I let out a sigh and a smile followed, if only she knew that what I did was for her sake, because of the way I felt about her.
