Billionaire Maid

37.

Fernando blinked his eyes open and slowly rubbed them. The ringing of his phone registered as he sat up. He picked it up. It was an Unknown number that had been calling him for the past give days. He hasn't bothered picking up but it was becoming a burden and he didn't want to wake up his wife.

He let it finish ringing before he picked it up, silently he opened the sliding door and shut it.

Taking a moment to breath in the fresh air, he dialed the nuisance but it didn't go through.
Just then the number called again.

"What is your aim in disrupting my sleep--" he checked his phone for the time. "- at three AM in the morning?"

"You shut up and listen" The aggressive voice said. "I will be the one asking the questions here and your daughter will pay for any of your misdemeanours.."

At that moment, every cell in his body awakened.
"What?" He let out a gasp of breath at the mention of his daughter.

"Yes, I have your daughter and it will do you a great deal so listen carefully to what I have to say" Fernando took a deep breath, processing this information which was very hard for him.

"Haa I see you can't speak now...I will call you later it will do you good to pick up then." With that the line went dead. Fernando slowly brought the phone down. This man had his daughter. A money hungry man had his daughter.

He felt defeated. He had failed at protecting his family. He had failed as a father to his daughter. He could not begin to imagine how his daughter was which he had only held once was feeling in the arms of a stranger.

He felt the familiar warm arms of his wife wrap around his waist. He didn't know how long she had been standing there or if he should tell her. He didn't want her to see him like this.

His jaw was clenched so tightly as a way to prevent the tears he had in his eyes from flowing.

"It's okay to feel sad, Fernando. There's no point hiding it from me. It doesn't make me think any less of you. Who were you speaking to you?" Her soft voice that always had the ability to comfort rang in to his ears as she pressed her cheek to the sculpted muscles of his back.

There was no point in hiding it from her, it would only cause a fight between them when she found out.

He turned and wrapped his arms tightly around her petite frame. He loved the warmth she emitted, she tightened her arms around him.
"You know I love you, Sidney. So much." He said as he buried his nose in her hair, inhaling her scent.

"I love you too, baby." She said as she looked up into his eyes. She pressed her lips to his naked chest.

They stayed in each others arms enjoying the silence before he decided to tell her.
"A man called me, Sidney. He claims to know the whereabouts of our daughter.."

She jerked her head up immediately and moved out of his arms.

"Are you serious? What did he say? What does he want? You do know we have to give him any thing he asks for right? That's the only way." She said as she run her hands through her air. It was a habit that showed she was nervous only which Fernando knew too well.

He put his hands on her shoulder.
"Relax Sidney. I would do anything to get our daughter back even if it involves losing everything we have." His words were filled with assurance and confidence but he had none.

Tears welled up in her eyes.
"I just don't understand why someone would do this. Who did we offend so badly that they'll hurt us this way?" She wiped the tears from her cheeks. She didn't want to cry, she had to be a strong woman for her husband. She was not going to spend her time pitying herself.