Filed to story: The Billionaire’s Regret Novel By Symplyayisha
“That’s my wife! The phone is on speaker.” Oscar clarified.
“Good day, Ma’am. It is terrible to know that she was there but hopefully, it is not too late. The conversation didn’t show what the package was. Just an urgent notice that Bessie needed to be at the party by all means to deliver the items.”
“She has been Greg’s accomplice all this while?” Oscar said in shock, looking down at his phone on the bed.
“Yes! There have been some messages between her and Greg in the past which we have been trying to decode. Bessie only started having frequent communications with Cynthia days before Greg was arrested.”
“If you want Greg to stay in jail forever, I think you are going to have to strictly monitor him. Not you directly, Sir, but you could place that duty in the hands of someone you trust.”
“You are not in the country right now but the gossip news is a mess. It has been since the day Ingrid started with the fake rumors. Your ex-wife and your ex-best friend are in jail and that has triggered a lot of trending topics.”
“What I mean is that out of the three of you, you are still the most influential one and it is no doubt that their families and friends would do nothing but spite you, especially now that they are both locked up. It is definitely going to affect their reputation which is why they would want to see you go down.”
“But how is that even possible? How would their family still support them after everything? For fucks sake, they almost murdered me and my babies. They almost took three lives at a go.”
“I understand you ma’am but you should know that not everyone is reasonable enough or should I say people will always care about themselves and their families alone not giving two fucks about the wrong they have done or whom they put in danger.”
“My source has it that Ingrid’s parents are doing all they can to bail their daughter. Did you talk to your parents recently, Sir?” The PI directed the question at Oscar.
“I don’t relate with them anymore. Why do you ask?”
“Ingrid’s parents made several threats to them about suing them for not playing their role as to the marriage contract between you and Ingrid.”
“I am tired of people trying to play victim around me. The Judge took note of all these and that is why Ingrid was given almost half of my inheritance. She honestly didn’t deserve it but because I was eager to get rid of her, I gave her everything so I wonder what her parents are fighting for. I won the divorce on merit and Ingrid was settled fairly.”
“I honestly don’t care about my parents. They brought all these upon themselves by forcing a marriage upon us. I really don’t give a shit about them. I am more concerned about my wife and my kids.”
“We have a restraining order against them and I have doubled security for my family. I will contact my lawyer to take the necessary steps to make sure Ingrid and Greg don’t escape from jail. I will do my best to make sure they stay there forever. Their accomplices will definitely be joining them soon.”
“I will try my best to dig out all the sneaky information on them so we can press charges”
“Please do! I would appreciate that.”
“We would go search for the gift and let y you know what we find.” “No problem, boss, I will talk to you soon.”
“Yes, thank you!” Oscar mumbled, ending the call.
Victoria got down from the bed as fast as she could despite her bump and Oscar did the same. She rushed out of the room and he followed suit.
“Holy shit, where do we start from now?” Vee sighed with a hand on her head, looking at all the gifts brought by Sophie’s guest. There were lots of them, neatly arranged in a corner of the living room.
“Just a few of them have tags from who gifted them but most don’t. How are we going to find the one the bitch brought? Sophie is never going to talk to us again if we open the gifts without her!”
Oscar sighed, knowing she was right. But then again, something had to be done.
“Did you note the color of the gift bag she brought?” Vee asked him, staring with hope in her eyes.
“I honestly didn’t pay attention. I only remember directing that she could put the gifts in the gift corner,”
Victoria sighed, not knowing what to do or say again.
“I am really sorry for putting us in this mess. If we have to open all of the untagged gifts just so we can pick out what we are looking for then I think we have no other choice. I will try to fix them before Sophie wakes up.”
“You don’t have to do anything. It’s been a long day and you should be in bed by now.”
“How can I sleep after hearing all of these? My daughter’s life is in danger, Oscar!!!!”
“She’s my daughter too, Vee and I wish you could feel how terrible I feel about all of these.”
“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to talk that way, I was just really concerned about you. You’ve hardly had any rest since morning and I don’t want you to stress any further.” Óscar said, closing the gap between them. He could see the worry in her eyes.
“She was lucky I couldn’t treat her the way she deserved because I didn’t want to ruin my daughter’s party.”
“I wish I could see her now so I can show her what it takes to mess with me.” “She is not going to escape this. I promise you!” Oscar assured Victoria. “Let’s go find the gift.”
Oscar shook his head. He connected his hand with hers and led her to the closest chair. And once she was seated, he went back to where the gifts were and began searching.
Oscar started by separating the gifts. There were almost 39 gift bags. He started by separating the ones with tags away from the ones without tags. Then he focused on the ones without tags, looking at them carefully.
“I think this is it?” He lifted a big yellow-sized gift bag.
“You sure?”
“I think so. I think I saw her holding this but let me check.”
Oscar came to where Vicky was seated so they could see what was in there together.
He brought out the wrapped gift in the gift bag and then started unwrapping it.
“Oh my God!” Vicky’s hand went to her mouth instantly as tears welled up in her eyes.
“Who in the fucking hell would give this to a child?” Vee said not knowing when the tears she was holding started rolling down her cheeks.
“Are there no people in this world with decency and integrity anymore? Who the hell would think of doing this to an innocent child?” She sobbed.
“Anyone that has issues with me should come face me physically and not my children.”
Oscar’s heart broke as he saw Victoria crying and voicing out the pain in her heart. Words couldn’t describe how horrible Oscar felt too. He felt all of these were too much for Vicky to handle, He couldn’t live without her but on the other hand, his presence was bringing her so much pain. He had too many enemies who knew his family was his weakness and they were trying their hardest to make him lose his sanity by attacking his loved ones.
Taking a glance at the items on the floor, Oscar’s heart broke into a million pieces all over again.
A picture of Sophie with dried blood stains all over it and the words “Dead soon” written on her forehead in the picture, A very tattered doll that looks more like a rag with dried blood stains all over it, and a box of chocolates. Even without opening the chocolates, Vee and Oscar knew that it was probably not eatable
He knew he was the worst whenever he was angry but seeing how devastated Vicky was, he knew he had to keep calm and most importantly, be there for her.
Oscar approached her, crouched to her height, he was about reaching for her hand to calm her when she stood up abruptly.
“Where are you going?” Oscar asked
“I’m going to show that bitch that she messed with the wrong person!!!!”
Oscar rushed to Vicky before she could go any further and possessively grabbed her hand.
“No. No one can stop me this time around. Not you or anyone else. I am going to show that bitch that I am crazier than she can ever be.”
“I’ve always been so damn suspicious of her. She had bullied me severely and I have always kept my cool. I have always ignored her because I thought people like her didn’t deserve any ounce of attention. But I am not going to let this slide. She messed with my daughter and I am going to give her what she deserves.”
“Babe, please calm down.”
Vee shook her head. I am not going to calm down. I won’t stop at nothing until I put her in her place.
“I will take care of it, I promise. I just want you to calm down. Worrying is not good for you and the twins.”