Chapter 43

Martin Moore’s POV

I pounded the table in front of me when I received a call from the police saying that they had closed the case of Freshia's disappearance that I previously reported because they said that Freshia had been found. I asked where she was now but the police only said that Freshia was safe because she was under the supervision of his boyfriend.

I couldn't hold back my anger any longer and immediately decided to go to Eros's office to meet him. But again the secretary said that he was not in the office. I, who couldn't stand it any longer, forced myself to break into his room and ravaged the contents of the study. After that, I threatened his secretary to reveal where Eros really was at the moment. But it's useless, he doesn't know anything.

Finally, I decided to call Mr. Smith, one of the police officers previously tasked with solving Freshia's disappearance, and ask to meet him. Luckily he accepted my invitation.

"Actually, I feel there are many oddities in this case." Said Mr. Smith when we met at a coffee shop not far from the police station, where Mr. Smith is on duty. "Indeed, I have seen Miss Freshia's condition with my own eyes and have interrogated Mr. Robinson. However, I feel that this is not enough and I intend to meet with the doctor who is responsible for Miss Freshia. I want to know what actually caused Miss Freshia to fall so sick that she had to be treated. I want to check the medical report. But when I was about to go back to the hospital, suddenly my boss called me and asked about this case. There he said that this case was over because we had found Miss Freshia and she was under proper care, which was carried out by her boyfriend. Therefore, my superiors told me to close this case and I no longer have the authority to investigate it.” Mr Smith explained his opinion to me.

From there I thought that Eros was also the mastermind behind the closure of this case. Of course, he contacted the police chief and told him to immediately close this case so that he would not continue to be under suspicion and would no longer have anything to do with the police. However, from my conversation with Mr. Smith gave me the idea to go to the hospital, where Freshia was being treated, and I had to find out her medical history and what caused her to be hospitalized.

Therefore, this morning I went to the hospital that Mr. Smith yesterday. I immediately asked the receptionist about the patient named Freshia Ava. However, once again everything is complicated. They said they had not found a patient with that name. Therefore, I immediately mentioned the name Eros Robinson, but again to no avail. They said there was no such name on their patient list either. Eros is really impudent, I thought.

While I was silent and asking myself whether it was true that Freshia was being treated in this hospital, suddenly I saw someone I knew passing not far from where I was standing. I knew that the large figure was Eros's subordinate, who was often nearby. I immediately followed without his knowledge. He was seen entering an elevator and I deliberately stood still in front of the elevator he was in after it closed, in order to see what floor the elevator stopped on. I'm pretty sure he went to see Eros and that means Freshia is in this hospital.

The elevator that Eros's men were riding just now stopped on the 20th floor. Without thinking any further, I immediately pressed the elevator button and took the elevator to the same floor. When I arrived on the 20th floor, I saw that there were five VVIP rooms there. However, it is true that there is no Freshia name in any of the rooms. I doubted again. Where do you think the man went? I asked in my heart. But I didn't wait long, the man I knew as Eros' subordinate came out of one of the rooms there and I immediately left my place to hide.

After seeing him re-enter the elevator and disappear after the elevator door closed, I immediately came out of hiding and walked towards the room I had previously seen him come out of. In front of the room, there is a nameplate that says Dr. George Roberts, but there is no patient's name on it. After gathering my courage and confidence, I finally decided to open the door in front of me and enter the room.

I found Freshia who was lying on the patient's bed and Eros who was sitting on a bench not far from Freshia. Eros then turned to me and immediately got up from his seat after realizing my presence. "Apparently, you can also find this room, huh?" He asked casually, without the slightest feeling of guilt.

Without answering his question, because I was too fed up with him, I immediately stepped forward to close the distance between me and him and immediately threw a fist as hard as I could at his face when I got close to him. I threw my fist so hard, it made Eros' body stagger several steps back and injured my own hand. “How dare you claim to be Freshia's lover after kidnapping her! There is no other nickname that deserves to be given to you other than the word savage, Eros!" I said loudly in front of Eros who was still not standing straight.

He then looked at me and rubbed the part of his face where I had just hit him. Then he wiped the corner of his lip which was bleeding, which seemed to have been hit by me just now. He looked at me sharply and then grinned. A grin that I really hate and is also capable of making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I know him very well, that grin is a sign that he expresses his greatest anger but manages to defeat the opponent in front of him. I was very sure that he had planned something.

“It seems that your life has been so free lately that you have interfered with mine. Even though all this time I have let you live in peace out there. However, this is your reward for my kindness, right?” Eros said full of arrogance.

I spontaneously laughed at his words. “I live by my own efforts. Not because of anyone's help, especially you." I answered his words loudly. "Nonsense!" I said again seriously.

Eros grinned again. “Yes, therefore, keep trying,” Eros said again. Then a split second later, his grin disappeared and he looked at me flatly. "Continue trying to make your and that woman's life comfortable without having to interfere in my business here. Go back to your rightful place Martin. You don't know what I could do to that woman over there.” Eros exclaimed.

Right after that, my cell phone rang and showed a call coming from abroad. I immediately picked it up. In less than a few minutes the call took place. I looked at Eros angrily after ending the phone call just now. "Damn you, Eros! What did you do to my mother that made her go back to the hospital?" I said emotionally.

Eros was seen shrugging his shoulders and smiling again. “Go home so you can find out for yourself what happened to her. Remember Martin, your life must be immortalized for her because she has chosen you to be her only child. I'm only here to remind you of that and make you a dutiful child. Also, so that you don't keep interfering in my affairs here. Apart from that, I want to make you remember that your happiness is my blessing. Because actually, if I wanted, I could have destroyed your life and that woman's life for what she did to me in the past, Martin."