6

Five years later, a knock came on the front door of an apartment in Braeton city.

The woman living in the apartment had been poring over her designs with her maid Emma, when she heard the knock. A little bewildered, she walked up to the door and pulled it open unhappily. When she saw the two men in suits, she asked, "Who are you looking for?"

"Are you Miss Nicole Chapman?" one of the two men asked her.

"I am. And you are?" Nicole pressed.

"We were asked to look for you. Your mother, Freya Dort, saved our young master's life back in the day. The old madam whom we serve wishes to see you."

She frowned at this. "Who's the old madam you serve?"

"Old Madam Butler," the first man answered respectfully.

Upon hearing this, Nicole understood what had brought these men here. Old Madam Butler was the woman behind the Butler Group, the foremost conglomerate in the country.

Years ago, Nicole’s mother had sacrificed her life to save Old madam Butler’s oldest grandson. It gave Nicole great pride to have been born to a police officer as capable and righteous as Freya.

"I'm sorry, but I don't intend to see her.” Nicole said decidedly. She had a feeling that the Butler's wanted to repay Freya's great deed, but she had no plans of accepting their gesture whatsoever. She went back to continue her design with her maid Emma.

“Madam, who was it? Are you going back to Q city?” Emma asked as a frown came on her face.

“Of course not Emma, just some random strangers..” with a smile, Nicole said as she focused on the design.

After Nicole was kicked out of the house by her father and discovered she was pregnant, she had traveled here in Braeton city to start life anew. Giving birth to triplets was another huge responsibility for her that was what prompt her to employ Emma to take care of her kids while she worked numerous job to provide for them.

Just then, three childish and curious voice's sounded from somewhere inside the apartment, asking,

"'Mommy, who is it?" Drea, the youngest among the three kid asked.

“Mummy is it perhaps daddy?” Elis, the second to the smallest threw.

“Mummy is it someone we know?” Pete who was the elder among the three kids asked.

"No one…” Nicole replied hastily. Then, she turned to address the men at the door, "Sorry, but I'm really not in a mood for guests at the moment." With that, she closed the door.

...............

Meanwhile, back in the country, a man was seated on the couch inside the villa tucked halfway up the hill. "Have you tracked her down?"

"Yes, Young Master Drake. The girl from the clubhouse five years ago just sold off your tie clip at the second-hand market."

"Find her" said the man on the couch, his voice deep and authoritative.

"Yes, sir, we will definitely look for her!"