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One of the detectives called me, so I needed to answer my phone, but I couldn’t do that in front of her. I didn’t want her to hear anything that might upset her,
“Hello Detective Wilsons,” I said once she picked up. “I’m sorry for my inability to reply immediately. I was with Amelia and I didn’t want her to listen to our conversation.” To the police, she was Amelia Eddings and it felt weird to use the official name, but I knew that I had to do it.
“It’s okay. I just want to let you know that we’ve just caught the shooter. I was informed about your desire to attend the investigation.” That was true. I pulled a few strings and asked them to attend the investigation once they caught the perpetrator. It seemed like they caught him.
“Who did it?” I asked her.
“It’s Jeffrey Harolds. Her father.” I shouldn’t have been surprised, yet I was. How did he find it in his heart to do that to his daughter? He had spent years mistreating her and now he wanted to kill her. What kind of man was he?
“Listen, I don’t want to leave her alone, so may you please give me a couple of hours until I get my sister or her friend to be with her? I know I’m asking for too much, but she has a fear of hospitals and I don’t think she would be okay on her own.”
“Of course, Mr. Kensington. Give me a call once you’re on your way.”
After ending the call, I quickly called Harper to tell her that Emily was finally awake. I asked her to come as soon as possible and gave her an update about what I had just been told. She too was shocked. Who wouldn’t be?
When I called Sam and Maya to assure them that Emily was okay, they couldn’t believe it when I told them who did that to her. Nobody in their right mind would take such news lightly. I was going to do whatever it took me to make sure that he would rot in prison. I wasn’t going to let him get away with hurting her like that. He almost took away her life.
I spoke with her doctor to understand the steps of recovery. Luckily, she was doing well and she was going to be discharged soon. I requested to allow her to have somebody who could stay with her due to her fear and although it wasn’t something that the hospital approved of, I managed to get them to agree.
Donations could do wonders.
I immediately returned to her once I was sure that everything was under control. I loved how her face would light up whenever she saw me.
“You’re getting out of the ICU,” I told her as I took a seat by her side and reached for her hand.
“I want to leave,” she murmured, looking down.
“Well, I know that this isn’t an ideal situation, but would it make you feel better if I told you that I’m going to be staying with you until you’re out?” The smile on her lips proved that it did make her feel better.
“Thank you for accepting my fear,” she said.
“I love and accept everything about you, Sunshine. I need you to be sure of that.” I brought her hand to my mouth and kissed it.
“Did they… did they find out who did it?” Her tone was nervous and cautious.
“They did.”
“Who did it?”
I took a deep breath before answering, “Jeffrey.”
I hated the sad smile that appeared on her lips.
“I had a feeling that it was him.”
“What made you think like that?” I asked, frowning.
“He came to my office a few months ago and demanded money from me, saying that I was the one behind what happened to him. He told me that he never wanted me as his child because he felt that my mum trapped him…” A single tear rolled down her cheek and I reached to wipe it away.
“He’s not worthy of your tears. Hell! He isn’t even worthy of the second you take to think about him.” I leaned in and kissed her lips. I didn’t want to see her cry because of him. I was going to make him suffer for what he did to her. Nobody was allowed to hurt my sunshine.
“I love you,” she whispered once we pulled away. She had said those three words a lot, yet they never failed to make my heart flutter.
“And you’re my everything. I love you so much.” I kissed her hand again. “Listen, I have to go, but I’m not going to leave you on your own until
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Harper or Maya arrives, yeah? I promise I will be back tonight. You’re not going to spend the night on your own here,” I assured her.
“If you want to leave now, it’s okay,” she offered, but I shook my head. I didn’t want her to be on her own. “By the way, I noticed men in suits outside. Who are they?”
“They’re here to guard you,” I said, making her smile.
“You don’t forget anything, do you?”
“Not when it comes to you.”
Were we cheesy? Probably, but I didn’t give a fuck. I made it my mission to shower her with love because she deserved to know that she was absolutely loved. I wanted her to be sure that she was always going to be the girl who owned my heart.
After Harper came, I left and made my way to the police station. I was fuming and wanted nothing but to kill the man who wanted Emily dead, but I knew that I needed to be in control of my emotions.
“Why did you try to kill Amelia Eddings, Jeffrey?” the detective in the interrogation room asked him. I was watching from the two–way mirror.
“I lost everything because of that bitch,” he hissed. He didn’t even try to deny it.
“Let’s keep our wording civil. Did she take anything from you?” the detective questioned. She took nothing. He was the one who took a lot of things from her.
“My wealth. The fortune I kept growing year after year.” It wasn’t even her who did that. I’m the one who did it. “I lost my wife and the daughter I loved because of her.”
I wasn’t aware that Maggie and Fiona left him, but it was expected anyway.
“How did she take the fortune you’re talking about?” Another question was thrown at him.
“She pushed her puppet to do the dirty work for her.” He meant me.
“Who are you talking about?”
“Julian Kensington,” he replied.
“As far as we know, Mr. Kensington and Ms. Eddings didn’t have any contact with each other for five years. How did she manage to get him to do that? Not to mention the fact that Mr. Kensington is a well–known businessman and his reputation is impeccable.”
He didn’t comment and chose silence. He didn’t have anything to say. He was aware that Emily had nothing to do with what happened to him. It
was all me.
“I wanted to hurt him,” he muttered, catching my attention. “I wanted him to lose the woman he loved the most.”
He tried to kill her to get revenge on me? He had officially gone crazy. How could he find it in his heart to do that to her? She was his daughter, for God’s sake!
“And why is that?”
“Because I lost a lot because of him. He should taste his own medicine.”
I wanted to kill him. If I was given the chance, I would kill him!
“He needs to rot in prison,” I muttered.
“Don’t worry. He admitted that he tried to kill her. This will land him in prison for a long period of time,” the police officer beside me assured me.
After he was taken back to the cell, I left. I needed to get back home to check on Rosie and take her to Harper and Ansel’s place. I didn’t want her to be on her own. She was surely going to ask me about Emily. I wanted to take her to see her mum, but Emily asked me not to do that as she didn’t want Rosie to see her in a hospital bed.
“Hey, cupcake.” I hugged her tightly as she held onto me. “How is my favorite girl doing?”
“I want to see Mommy,” she said, looking down. She looked upset, which was unusual since she was a cheerful child.
“She will be back in two days, sweetheart,” I told her, but her frown deepened.
“Why can’t you take me to see her?” she asked. How did I tell her that her mum didn’t want her to see her in the hospital?
“Hospitals aren’t the nicest place, cupcake.” I hoped that I was doing a good job.
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“Can I at least call her?” She sighed. “Did… Mommy go to the place you were in?” I frowned at her question. “The one that didn’t have phones or
internet.”
Shit! We didn’t think that she would think like that. Maybe I needed to take her.
“No, I promise you Mommy is coming back.” I kissed her cheek. I set her down and told her to wait for me in the living room. I needed to call Emily and tell her about that. Maybe she would let me bring Rosie.
“Hey, Harper. Can you give the phone to Emily?” I said through the phone.
“Hi, Julian.” I heard Emily’s voice.
“Hey, sunshine. Listen, maybe you should let me bring Rosie. She is scared that she might not see you again and asked me if you were in the place I was once at,” I told her.
“Oh… I didn’t think about this.” Emily sighed. “Fine, bring her.” She gave in.
I sighed in relief and hung up then made my way to the living room.
“Who would like to get dressed to go see Mommy?” The smile that was drawn on her lips was enough to light up my entire world.
