You changed my life [Rammstein]

Chapter 43: Gabriel Carter... Secret unveiled

-What is it, Daniel?

-Get me Reinke. He asks in a weak voice. I will talk with him.

I give the cellphone to my boyfriend who just came back from the kitchen with my food. This one gives me my dish then carries the handset to his ear and starts talking with my brother.

-All right... yes I know, not at all. Says my guy but I don't understand anything about this bazaar. We'll arrive tonight...

-All right, Em? I ask him, really worried.

-One minute. He tells me then sends a message before returning to me: Prepare a small suitcase for us two, we will take the first flight for America.

-Why ? What's the matter ? I ask, anxious.

Emil doesn't answer but rather shifts his attention to his cell phone and calls the travel agency to ask for two tickets for tonight. In my side, I prepare a suitcase and then go back to the lounge to taste my fries.

In the evening, we take the first Hamburger-Washington flight but I still don't know what's going on around me. We arrive at the city only after 2 hours of exhausting travel.

I notice that Rammstein's private car is waiting for us in the parking lot. It was surely Emil who asked for it to get us quickly to the Carter's villa. I fall asleep in the car while the driver takes us to the streets of the big city.

-My love, we are home. I hear the soft voice of my schatz, waking me up.

-I feel suddenly nauseous, give me a little more time. I say as I stretch.

The driver comes to help him get me out of the car and then brings me up to the front door. Emil thanks him and he leaves without another word. I knock on the door and wait for the residents' response, a moment passes and then the door opens.

-Mister Carter is waiting for you in his room. Says a woman I don't recognize.

I take a step inside and the doubtful calm strikes me in the face. I really want to know what's wrong with Carter. We go up to my father's room and then enter the room.

To my surprise I find the great director of Carter Corporation lying on his bed. I no longer recognize him in this weak and skeletal body.

-Father! What happened to him, Dany? I ask, shocked.

-He had a trauma. Answers my fiance who stands before the bed. Carter doesn't seem to be all right.

-A trauma ? Why ?

-Samantha had cheated on him... with Simmons, our lawyer. My brother answers helplessly.

I run, dragging my heavy weight, towards my father's bed and then fall next to him. I try to wake him up but it doesn't work the first time. After several attempts, Gabriel moves finally, then opens his eyes and looks at me.

-I was waiting for you... He says weakly. I wanted to see you before leaving...

-No, don't say this daddy, stay with me. I begin, trying to hold back my tears.

-Forgive me my daughter... For hiding the truth from you all this time.

-What are you talking about, dad? I ask with interest.

-You remember the frame of the two of us in my office? He asks and then adds: Remove the picture and you will find the answers you seek...

I peke a kiss on his forehead and then get out of the room to fetch the frame he's talking about. He had always forbidden me to touch it and now I want to know what kind of secrets he hides...

POV EMIL:

When my brother-in-law told me that the boss was not doing well I panicked. Yes, I admit it, it's Gabriel Carter my boss and it's him who had asked me to kidnap Jimaima so that she would be closer to her true family.

But he had turned against me at the last moment during the trial. He had promised me that the girl would be mine if I succeeded in putting her on my father's road, but he had betrayed me and sent my ex to get between my brunette and me.

I remember very well our conversation once, when he asked me to kidnap the girl.

~ FLASH BACK ~

-I have something to ask you. Gabriel says to me once in his office.

-You've helped me a lot in the last few years, boss, I'm willing to give you my life in exchange. I say watching him carefully.

-Your life is more dear to me, Emil. He shakes his head. What I want is that you kidnap my daughter.

For a moment, I look at him with bulging eyes trying to figure out if it's a stupid joke or he's serious. But his expression remains stable and his face impassive.

-What, are you serious ?! I ask, shocked.

- Absolutely serious, Jimaima is not my daughter and I want her to be close to her real family through this kidnap.

-I really don't understand anything, you want me to kidnap your daughter who is not your daughter for her- I start but he stops me with a hand gesture.

-And who is her real father then? I ask, very curious to know.

-He's one of the members of the rock band that she loves. He answers, clasping his fingers over the desk. Make your father come and get her.

~ END OF FLASH BACK ~

And now I'm standing in front of him, once again, to fulfill my duty to him. I think back to all the things he had done for me, starting by getting me out of my black world by engaging me in the midst of the actors, ending up with the greatest gift I had ever imagined to have, Jimaima Carter Landers.

-Emil, son... He says, watching the brunette getting out of the room.

-Boss, I don't want you to leave us. I start, grabbing his hand.

-My duty is finished here, now the girl is in good hands.

One question is always gnawing at me from inside, that of why he hadn't said directly to his niece who is her real father without turning around the bush. I really want to know.

-Father... so it's real? Asks Dany who was silent since the departure of my girlfriend.

-Yes Daniel, Jimaima is not your sister but rather your cousin, my sister's daughter.

-And why didn't you tell her directly about her real father's identity? I ask in my turn.

-I wanted her to be closer to him before discovering the secret. Responds my father-in-law. Her father had done a horrible thing.


Gabriel doesn't finish his words and begins to hiccup, Daniel rushes to him and grabs his hand. I wipe away my tears, which threaten to fall, with my other free hand. Gabriel looks at me with supplicating eyes for a few seconds before releasing his soul in a long sigh.

-Boss... I murmur, closing his eyes. Rest in peace.

At this same moment my dulcinea returns from her uncle's office holding an old letter between her fingers. Seeing the expression her face displays, I conclude that she is finally aware of her real father's identity.

-Uncle Gabriel... She whispers as she looks at the lifeless body.

-Jimaima... I start looking at her sadly. He is dead...

-Emil, I'm losing the waters !! She screams, holding her stomach. The twins are coming...

-Daniel !! Quickly, calls an ambulance...

to be continued...