My Turkish Heart

Chapter 49: Cat and mouse game

Kyle helps fill in the discharge forms on Izzy's behalf, while she gets dressed. The previous evening, they had received the surveillance footage from the lodge and all they could see was the waitress adding the drugs to Izzy's coffee before serving. It puzzled Kyle and Izzy who could have done it, they suspected Serkan, as he was the one with her. They tried to find footage from the other cameras, but there was nothing that connected Serkan and the waitress. After discussing all night, they agreed to try and use Izzy as bait to lure out whoever was trying to harm her.

"Izzy, I still don't feel comfortable with this idea. I'm worried about your safety.." Kyle said, as he handed her the discharge forms.

"I know, but we have nothing to prove until we do this. Even if you don't trust the plan, just trust me.." she pleaded.

Kyle was slowly falling more and more for Izzy, as he couldn't say no to her especially when she looked at him with her puppy dog eyes.

"Fine!, but I want to be apart of everything you plan. No exceptions!" he stated.

"Yes, yes! " she mocked him.

He came closer and reached for her hand, Izzy's first reflex was to reject him and pull her hand away. Kyle didn't let that stop him, as he reached out again and lifted her hand to be placed in the palm of his hand. Izzy swallowed hard, as she wasn't sure what Kyle had in mind, but she could sense that he wanted to protect her.

"I'm taking your hand in mine, because I want you to promise me that you will be careful. Everything else you need, I will take care of. Your safety is my first priority! I don't care who you have in your heart, but please know that my intentions towards you are genuine, cross my heart"

Kyle said that as he raised his hand in the air, as if he was taking an oath. Izzy smiled at his sincerity and squeezed his hand lightly as an agreement. 

"Let's get back to the lodge. Remember we can't be seen together too often as it might make whoever back down on whatever they had planned" 

Kyle reluctantly agreed and they left the clinic to return to the lodge.

Arriving at the lodge, they went their separate ways and kept in touch via texts only. Izzy felt strange being back in her room, as she was sceptical of everything and everyone now. After refreshing herself and changing into different clothes she felt  a bit better. Her phone rang and she almost had a heart attack from the loud ring, as she felt so tensed up by the whole situation.

"Hey Iz! How are things?" Daisy asked.

"Hey sis, everything is going well. How are things at home?"

"Everything is good here too. Dad's recovery seems to be going well as his vitals are improving day by day. Mom is also less stressed now, knowing that he might wake up from the coma soon. I haven't told them about the payment issue, as I wasn't sure if it might break Burak's reputation with mom..." Daisy trailed off.

"Yeah, thanks for not telling them. I'll talk to you about things when I get back, it's best to discuss in person"

"Ok, good. Iz... are things okay between you and Burak?"

"It's a bit complicated to be honest. I'm still trying to figure things out..."

"Hmm.. well if you want to talk then you can always call me" Daisy comforted her.

"Thanks sis! Where's Emma? Still in a weird mood?"

"No, she went on a trip with some friends. Left early this morning and was extra cheery"

"Friends? I didn't know she still had friends here back home" Izzy said surprised.

"Yeah neither did I. She's been abroad for so long, but something is definitely up with her, she's been acting strange since she arrived"

"Hmm.. odd"

As Izzy was still talking to Daisy, there was a loud knock on her door that made her give a small shrill scream in her moment of surprise.

"What's that Iz? Is everything ok?" Daisy asked concerned.

"Someone is at my door, I'll call you back later"

She hung up before Daisy could reply and then took a deep breath before opening the door. When she opened the door she sighed loudly as a sign of relief, as it was Kyle.

"You gave me a fright! What are you doing here?!"

"I was texting you and trying to get hold of you, but it kept telling me that your line was busy"

"Oh yeah, I was talking to my sister. What's so urgent that you had to come all the way ?"

"My dad just called and said the main guest for the seminar weekend can't get a flight back soon, as he fell ill. He was about to call your company to inform them what was going on, but I said I'd come tell you first to save time"

"Shit! What bad timing! Is there anyone equivalent to the main guest that could replace him?"

"No, Professor J was going to discuss in depth his new project and also how it will affect different fields. Besides him, no one else can take over the main part of the seminar, so we might have to cancel"

"Cancel?? Is that the only option we have now?!" Izzy asked flustered.

"Unfortunately! My father and the rest of the board members already discussed it in detail and no one is qualified to take over. Also, all the attendees are high ranks in the medical field, if we replace it with anything too mediocre they will be offended" Kyle explained.

"Understood! Let me give my boss a call and then I need to cancel everything"

"Do you need my help with anything?" Kyle offered.

"Seeing that everyone is at the afternoon tea gathering, I will wrap up my talk with Rachel and then we can head over. I'll try and explain it to everyone, but might need to use your identity as credibility" she grinned.

"Sure,sure! I'll wait for you by the entrance and then we can head over to the venue"

After Izzy wrapped up her call with Rachel, she headed over to the venue with Kyle and addressed all the guests. Thankfully everyone was understanding and even less upset by Kyle's presence, after he conveyed his father's sincere apologies. As he was swarmed by the guests trying to greet him and chat him up after his identity was revealed, Izzy could speedily cancel everything arranged. When they finished everything and ensured all the vendors hired for the weekend was paid and left, they were both quite exhausted.

"Want to grab a glass of wine?" Izzy suggested.

"You just recovered, you shouldn't be drinking"

"Don't be a bummer Dr Fletcher! Just one glass as a reward for this tough day" she tried to persuade him.

"One! Only!" he insisted.

"Yes sir!!" she said with a big grin.

As they were about to head out from the venue to walk back to the lodge, Kyle got a call from his father.

"I'll take this and then we can head back. Wait for me" he told Izzy.

She nodded in agreement, but the longer the call took the colder Izzy got. Izzy signaled to Kyle that she was heading back first because she was getting cold, he wanted to take off his jacket to give to her. Refusing his offer, she whispered she would run back quickly to her room to get a jacket. He reluctantly agreed, as his father was not done talking to him.

Speed walking back to the lodge, Izzy was close to the entrance when two guys grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth with a cloth dipped in chemicals that knocked her out. She tried to resist them for a moment, but the chemicals kicked in too soon. Shoving her in the backseat of the car and tying her hands together before she woke up. Izzy sat motionless in the car, unconscious to the fact that she was being kidnapped.

"Sorry Izzy, this is the only way.." a familiar voice said.