What we should know

chapter 15: what we should know

About few minutes later of driving round and round in the cab, Erica turned to her back and couldn’t see them anymore. She felt a huge relief and then sighed as she turned back to the front but then immediately a black car from no where pull away before them

The cab man immediately stepped on the brakes and hit the steering wheel angrily and sent Erica forward but luckily enough she was using her seatbelts if not she would have fallen over and get herself hurt.

“What kind of driver is this!!” He yelled and stuck his head out of the window to shout

“What the f*ck is wrong you man!!” He cussed

Erica took her hair away from her eyes and peeped to see what was happening ahead of them,

She turned to her back and saw the black car she saw last behind her. Her eyes went wide immediately

“You know what?! I’ll just get down here” she said to the cab man.

He turned to her immediately seeing she already opened the car door to step out and then he shouted.

“You haven’t paid for the fees yet!!”

“I am not running away with your money sir” she replied him and opened her purse, taking some cash out and paid him immediately.

Just as she turned her back to leave she saw one of them standing before her with no smile on his face.

“Ahh!” Erica screamed out. The thought of going back into the car jumped into her head but then the driver already drove away leaving her with those men.

“Grab yourself Erica, you are wonder woman”she said to herself lowly.

“Who are you and why are you stalking me!” she demanded immediately.

“You are coming with me ma’am” the guy simply replied and grabbed her by her arm.

The other men came to pick her load while she struggled to break lose from their grip.

“let—let—go of me you stupid idiots!!” She yelled at them but they were just too strong for her.

She saw one of them open the car before her and in no time she was sat in the car.

“Will you let me go!” she screamed out at him but he ignored her.

He went to the driver seat immediately and one by one they all went in making her seated in the middle.

“I don’t want to say this you will make me call 911” she sneered and touched her pocket to pick her phone but could not feel it.

“If it’s your phone.. be rest assured, it’s in safe hands here with me” one of them said

“who the hell do you think you people are to drag me with you!” she yelled at them all and wanted to step out but he already drove the car away.

“I think you should just be cool, we have no intentions of hurting you ma’am , just come with us” a cool voice was heard.

She paused for a while and then she sighed.

“To where if I may ask?” she replied folding her arms

“ You will see for yourself” he replied her.

And in less than 15 minutes, the car pulled away before a coffee shop.

“what are we doing here?” She asked but got no reply.

The doors went open for her to step out and she did.

“So what?” she stumped her feet on the ground clenching her jaw.

Another black car pulled away before them and then she saw someone familiar step out of the car.

“Miss Erica, I’m so sorry if I got you tensed up” Rowan said to her with a low bow.

“you… where have I seen you before?” she asked lowly and stared at his face, she couldn’t recognize him until he took off his shades.

“Oh! You! The guy at the hotel” she said immediately and saw him smile.

“Like seriously.. do you have to get these people anyways? Gosh like good Lord!! You almost creeped the hell out of me!” Erica slapped her forehead.

“What am I doing here?” she asked as she pulled her hands to her chest.

“Please come with me” Rowan replied her and led her in to the coffee shop for them to have a proper discussion.

20 minutes later.

She was seated on the table with him and have been talking for minutes, at the same time drinking coffee.

“So you are saying those men are yours?” she asked him gently as she dropped the mug down the table and inhaled deeply.

“Not really mine, but I’m their head” he replied her and sat up.

He had a recorder wrist watch around his watch, and not just a recorder but a camera wrist watch.

He put his hands on the table making it face Erica.

“so who do you work for that made you say not really?” she asked him as she folded her hands.

“Or where do you work?” she added

He didn’t give a reply but smiled.

“I’ll let you know that” he replied

“okay no probs then, you can take your time.. you don’t look like you’ll tell me” she shook her head and took a bite of the cookies in her plate.

“What’s your name?” she asked him

“I am Rowan, I think you asked me before” he laughed lowly and saw her smile.

“Yeah my bad I’m sorry” she replied with a low laugh

“I think it’s cool if we become friends.. what do you think?” Rowan asked her.

She stared at him for sometime before she shrugged.

“From your look, I think you’re cool.. but still, until I know your identity” she shrugged

“Then I know yours too” he replied her and she raised her two fingers in the air.

“No problem about that, though it’s a sad story.. but I think you might see me the way others do” she replied rolling her eyes at him.

“What’s that… everyone has a sad story” Rowan shrugged

“I am the only son of my family, I had a little sister years back….” He said lowly

“You mean you don’t anymore?” she asked him and saw him give a sad side smile.

“Yes—”

“What happened?? Oh my goodness I’m so sorry!” Erica said immediately with sincerity.

“She got sick…she was diagnosed of ischemic heart disease” he replied and Erica gasped immediately

“that one is really Terrible, it can’t be cured most times… were they able to treat her?”

“oh my goodness I am so sorry about that, I really can imagine” she replied him

“The doctors were trying their possible best.. it was really a tough one, the day she died was the day my parents got killed” he replied.

Erica cookies in her hands fell to the table immediately.

“do not tell me that.. for real? They were murdered, did you take the case up?” she asked him

“Yes they were murdered, I see no reason how our family house would suddenly go on fire, definitely someone set it up on fire.. and I think I know who, all my investigations points at him. Police dropped the case calling it. ‘fire outbreak' they were definitely bribed but it’s okay, it happened 2 years ago” he replied her with a shrug

“I hope you avenge their death, they really must have been bribed, I’m sorry about that Rowan” she replied him softly

“thanks..”

“Well here for me, I live alone”

“I think I noticed that” he replied

“Yeah…”

“what about your parents or siblings?” he asked her and saw her scoff

“I literally don’t have any” she replied. His eyes went wide immediately

“ For real? That’s almost impossible to believe” he replied with a low laugh

“Yeah I get you.. I actually do have but we are separated, my dad got mad at me because I dropped out from school after high school, I told him I didn’t want to further yet and my mom was also mad at me, we’ve never been in cool terms right from when I was little and I don’t know why. It’s like she hated me from birth” she replied

“I am so sorry about that, they don’t know what they are Missing” he replied

“But why didn’t you further?”

“I was looking at my dad’s pocket, at that time he wasn’t working well, I was going to school at the same time with my sister and the whole expenses would be much, so instead I told him let her go since she really wants to go and I’ll work to support him, that man!!! He got so mad and that’s when the whole issue started” she replied

“You were trying to be good and he didn’t see that” Rowan replied

“Exactly, I could not stay with them any longer with them there in Texas, they kept frustrating me on daily basis, you have any idea of how it feels to wake up and get insults from your parents as a good morning reply, I endured with them for some years but then I worked and saved my money to leave”

“Heard from them yet?” he asked her

“They didn’t call and I didn’t either..” she shrugged

“really good, they must have thought nothing good will come out of you but I’m sure you’ll prove them wrong” he assured her

“Yeah I believe that too” she replied him

“so you’ve been staying here alone working right?”

“exactly.. work in the bar and take night shifts.. room service” she replied with a shrug

“Really hardworking..” he replied and sipped from his cup.

“I should be.. I know right” she replied with a warm smile.

“I should not remain on the same spot where they left me, I want them to see a different me when ever they will eventually see me” she sighed.

“Definitely, they will”

“So what does your boss do?”

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TBC

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