The billionaires best friend

Chapter twenty

I couldn't hold back so enjoy your second chapter today ;)

Ben's PoV

"Knock, knock. I'm sorry to interrupt your moment but you can go see your brother now" Noel says as he pops his head in the door. Not needing to be told twice Dar takes my hand and we almost run for his room. Once there Dar flies into Ramos' waiting arms hugging him and repeating "your ok, thank heavens your ok". Ramos looks as shaken up as Dar but I know it's because of Sophia. Darius leaves his brothers arms and winds his arm around waist yet again.

"I couldn't wake her Dar, is she ok, I couldn't.. I tried so hard but I blacked out.. Where is she?" He asks in a rush. We part and walk to either side of his bed taking a hand each in one of ours in order to comfort him. "They are still working on her, you got her out but I don't know anything more than that. She will be ok, you got her out that's the main thing so don't beat yourself up over it alright" Dar tells him. We are quite until Ramos speaks "this was no accident guys. That was too much fire too fast for it to be anything other than deliberately set. It was everywhere and the smoke alarm had only gone off. Theses things go off if you over burn toast, trust me as a Bachelor who can't cook for shit, I know these things".

I nearly laugh at that comment but the situation is too serious for that. I tell him "we know, somebody is targeting our family and we don't know who it is or why. They knew you both were in that house because they burnt a message into the grass outside, it said "nobody is safe". I'm sorry you guys got dragged into our problems but we will stop at nothing to find the person who did this and the other things to us. Your father offered for us to all come stay at his home, which I'm presuming is big enough, he is talking to Tom and Rick right now" at the mention of his father his head shoot to Darius. He's gauging his reaction.

"Don't worry so much bro things are going to get better from here on out. Today has made me realise how precious life can be. All we need now is Soph  to wake up and once we get the bastard who did this we are getting our family back together." Ramos looks like he might cry but holds it in. Rick, Tom and Darius' dad enter the room and it takes a few minutes of hugging and fretting from their dad over Ramos before we can talk. Tom starts "ok, I think the offer from Mr grey is a solid solution. They have a large estate that can accommodate all of us. It's gated and has high security tech that will keep everyone protected. We need to assess the situation with Ms Grey after the doctors consult with us before we can decide when to move her but everyone else is to go home and pack for three days. Darius and Ben do you need to be escorted to your own house to get any belongings?."

I shake my head no because we have our own room at Rick's place and its stocked. He nods "good that saves time. I will leave Jackson and Ralph here with Ms Grey when we know more of her condition. Until then nobody is allowed to even go to the bathroom alone. I have ordered Bob and Lenny to escort Ms Kate here I want everyone in three's at least. Whether it is one brother and two guards or vice versa groups of three's only until we reach the new location. The others have been informed." With that he looks to Rick. Rick simply nods to say job well done, not that Tom was looking for the praise in the first place but that's just Rick loyal and humble.

It's two more hours before the doctor comes into the room, we immediately swamp the poor woman with questions but who could blame us. She gives me a nod to say hello. She holds her hands up and we quieten down "hi my name is Tegan Ryan, your daughter suffered severe damage to her lungs. The right one collapsed and we needed to preform surgery to save it. It was successful thankfully but she will have problems throughout her life because of the damage. She will always need a set of inhalers with her at all times. We are not sure as yet if she will need to have a ventilator at home, only time will tell on that front. She was saved just in time another two minutes in that environment and she would have died. The fire chief said someone burned rubber tires at the side of the house Ms Grey was sleeping at and the fumes from this are deadly dangers to inhale, that's why she was more severely effected than you were Mr Grey-"

"Ramos, Dr Ryan please call me Ramos" he actually blushed when she smiled at him and I wanted to fall down laughing but again the situation didn't call for that behaviour. "Ok, Ramos, well then I'm Tegan, I'll be here treating you overnight so if you need anything call for me ok" he nods. "Anyway Ms Grey will be fit to be transported by ambulance in two days as requested by Tom so I will personally escort her to the estate. Ben, I will be joining you for the three days, Lor doesn't want me to become a target, ok Sleepover buddy" she says as she winks at me.

Now Dar knows Tegan and I love to have a sleepover every once in a while with Katie but Ramos knows nothing and I can see the jealousy on his face when she mentions Lor's protective behaviour toward her. As soon as she leaves I whisper quietly in his ear "relax, Lor is gay, they are best friend since they were fourteen." He looks shocked and I giggle "don't worry I won't tell anyone you like her" he tries to splutter that he doesn't but I'm not blind.

Throughout the next hour or so we come and go between the waiting room and Ramos' room, it's boring but we need to be together. Tom decided against letting us go pack so he sent two of the guys on his team and said anything we were missing we could just buy. "It's not like we couldn't afford it" apparently, the smart arse. In this time Tom receives many phone calls and it's irritating him I can tell. After about the tenth one he calls us all and asks us to come to Ramos' room together, we leave Kate with her big best pals Bob and Lenny.

As soon as we enter the spacious private room he speaks "ok anyone in this room know a Layla Johnson?" We all pause thinking and as far as Im concerned I've never met anyone by that name. Everyone in the room declines knowing her so he goes on "she is downstairs begging to be allowed access to the Wallace boys. She claims she has something very important to tell you. So I need you to really think guys." Again nobody claims to know this woman. "What do you want me to do about her Rick?" Tom asks. "Have her thrown off the property immediately" Rick answers but it doesn't seem right to me. "No, don't" I say to everyone, shocking them. Search her thoroughly and let her in.

I look at Rick "she might be of some help to us, if not there are four security men, two muscle filled brothers, a built like a brick house Rob and the love of my life here, I'm sure one woman won't be able to do much damage. Sorry Noel your just a puny as me and Ramos your weak at the minute" I tack on so they won't feel bad, well Noel might but I speak the truth, hee, hee. Eventually they agree warning me to keep away from her.

Fifteen minutes later a woman who definitely doesn't stand a chance against this bunch walks in. I can tell she is fearful and intimidated but she holds her head high "hi, I'm sorry to disturb you all but I know you have been having some trouble lately" she glances at Rick who grunted in frustration at her. "Rick!" I scold. "Please continue" I say and she relaxes slightly when she focuses on me instead of the giants around her. "I didn't think he'd go this far, he used to rant and rave about you but he's gone to far lately" I walk over to her and put my arm around her. She is very afraid that much I can tell. "We will protect you just help us out. If you know who it is tell us and we will help you, I promise" I know I'm getting a lecture later but it's obvious this woman has been through some sort of abuse and I'm not letting her go back to it.

"We've been married for ten years, he's been hitting me for nine. I can take it but he's lost it and he's come after you boys. I won't stand by and let him kill you" I see Rick going to interfere but I put my hand up. So I ask "who is it love who is after us" she takes a deep breath and says "Jeffrey Wallace, your father."