Ethereal love: love born from a wish

seven(Alexander)

                

         I stood outside waiting for the driver. He went to bring my car for me since I didn't want to leave Cecilia in there. I called him about thirty minutes ago and he has not arrived. I was still contemplating what to do when he finally parked the car in front of me. Cecilia was still leaning unto me. I was still wondering why she decided to drink. She didn't look like someone who was used to taking alcohol.

      
       "Where to , sir?" I didn't even know where she was living. The house I met her was given to me by her mother so she couldn't possibly be living there. I had no other choice but to ask her.

        "Cecilia, where do you live?" I tried asking her. She looked at me for the first time since I've been moving her around.

      "Just down the street, Dream" I turned to the driver to see his reaction but he did not react like he heard what she just called me. Maybe I was the only one who heard.

        "Why didn't you come back? I was expecting you. You couldn't find who murdered my mom, right? They've ended it as a suicide anyway" She continued talking. I found myself smiling at the fact that she was expecting me. But I quickly stopped smiling when I recalled she just said they rounded up a murder as suicide. Who in their right senses would do that?

       "Why?" I was furious. What was most important was since no one was arrested, Cecilia was in trouble. Her mom didn't make her public but it won't take long for people to get to know her. Who knows... what if who killed her mom found it necessary to go after her or even her siblings?

         "I don't know" She entered the passenger's seat of the car while pulling me into the car. I could have hit the car if I didn't duck quickly. As soon as I entered, she started laughing.

     "Why were you drinking?" My headache was getting worse. I should have gone home when Collins left but I had a lot of work to do and I was ditching it because of the girl in front of me.

      "I just wanted to try it. You know those girls behind me were talking about me. I don't know what's wrong with being a secretary. At least I'm not a thief." She looked pained and I suddenly felt guilty. If I had just tried to get the culprit myself, she would have had her companies by now. She would have been a CEO, not a secretary. She would not have been laughed at. I rubbed my head again. Collins found nothing about the killer and he was the best person I could trust the case to.

     "Ignore them" I said to her while looking outside the window.

     "Thanks for keeping Lucas away. He is annoying. He broke up with me and he still had to talk to me like that" I was right about that guy being Lucas. I could have beaten him up there but I doubted he was the one.

     "Ignore him" That was all I said.

    "You know I'm grateful we broke up because I got to meet you. I like you a lot but..." She paused for a while. Why was there a 'but'?

     Then she continued, "You passed only two out of her three conditions" She chuckled right after saying that.

    "And what's the third condition?" I found myself asking before I could stop myself. I was staring at her now hoping the third condition was something I could do because this night showed me I wanted her more than anything.

    "She said I needed someone who could fight for me. I still don't know why. Can you fight, Dream?" She asked tilting her head towards me.

       "I can always try. When did she tell you this though?" I needed to know that to be able to solve her mother's case.

      "A month before I met you. She was so tired of me dating Lucas and she looked scared for some reason" And that was it... the reason why I couldn't find the killer.
I foolishly assumed that the threats started about a week before she died.

        I couldn't take my eyes off her. She seemed to be doing well. She was so sad the night I met her. I always felt she would not want to talk to me again. Maybe it was because she was drunk but it looked like she was happy to see me. I found myself smiling like a fool.

        "My house is here. Stop" I came down first and went to open the door which was a bad decision because she decided to open the car door at that time. My legs were hurting but I tried my best not to shout. I knocked on the door and a tall young man came out. Did she have a male roommate?

      "Did she get drunk or something?" He asked with disbelief as soon as he set his eyes on her.

     "Mike" She shouted as she rushed to him.

   "Yes. She was drinking a lot" I tried to say as I kept pushing the fact that she had a male roommate out of my mind

     "Thanks for bringing my sister home" Oh! He was her brother. I was happy to be mistaken.

      I didn't reply him and just headed for the car. Normally, I would have gone home but I needed to go to the office and continue my work. I had already wasted a lot of time.

     The journey back to my office was quiet. I just left Cecilia but my mind was still with her.

    I got back to my office finally. I looked through the letter Clara Martel wrote for me before she died.

          'Mr. Alexander, I have been under a lot of threats lately. I think they want to kill me. However, I would give my companies and properties to you hoping you help me. And if it is too late for me, please help my children especially my daughter Cecilia, she is supposed to inherit my companies. You can take the profits as your pay. Just help me'

      That was the letter she sent a day before she died but I was too busy covering for my sister. If only I read the letter, maybe she wouldn't have died. Maybe... I hit myself hard. I needed to focus. I looked through everything Collins found but no one threatened her the day she sent the letter.
I slept off while checking to see if I would find anything.

       "Boss, I found something" The sound of Collins woke me up.

   
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