Capítulo 15: Missing

Seeing that the boy refused to eat and seem to be scared of her; Clara took a bite, eat and swallowed it before passing the remainder to Leo. Seeing this; Leo took the food from her and eat it. Clara repeated the same process till the boy eat his fill and fell asleep.

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[Back at the present]

After repeating the process of feeding Leo through her mouth over and over, she finally felt that he has had enough and should be able to survive on that till the next morning, and stopped feeding him.

She did not dare go to sleep, scared that he might act up again, so she sat down and rested her back on the chair, fixing her gaze on the trouble in front of her.

Meanwhile, back at Leo's residence; Clara is not the only one suffering from all that is happening. Mick and the guards have not closed their eyes or eat as well. It's still okay that their boss did not return the other night, but now that he still hasn't returned today as well troubled them.

Mick has been calling Leo's line since the previous day but he's not picking up. After trying his phone for a long while, without any response; he contemplated maybe he should call Timothy but recalling what the boy said the other day about him exaggerating; he believed he might say the same thing and decided to keep calm and continue waiting.

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Meanwhile. Leo cell phone was inside his car at the front of Clara's house. The more it rang the more the battery kept draining. Now the battery percentage is at ten.

The next day. Leo's complexion is back to normal, but he still remained unconscious.

Clara was glad her effort was not in vain, seeing how he's getting better.

She ordered takeout and went to take her bath. After cleaning herself, she changed her clothes and tie her hair in a tight bun, and went back to seat beside Leo again.

After the food got delivered; Clara eat her potion and tried to wake Leo but he still refused to wake up. Then she decides to feed the food to him, but still; Leo spat it out again.

Clara came to a realisation, "don't tell me this shameless bastard wanted a mouth to mouth feeding again?" she questioned herself out loud and threw away the spoon in anger, "damn it!". she cursed.

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[Past]

While Clara was fumming in rage in the real world; she was smiling sweetly at Leo here in his hospital room.

"Here eat." Clara said, giving the food to Leo who was sitting down on his bed looking at her. He doesn't think that Clara has any ill intention towards him but he still hesitated.

Understanding this; Clara smiled and seemed proud of the boy and then began eating a small portion of the food before feeding the rest to him.

After eating to his fill; he drank some water and kept looking at Clara. After a while they heard footsteps outside and Clara stood up.

"I need to go now, promise me you will be fine." Clara said looking at him with worry.

Leo did not reply but instead stood up and move closer to Clara, wrapping his arms around her neck and hugged her tightly. The door lock turned and Mick came in with the doctor.

"Are you alright?" Mick ran to his side, seeing him staring into space.

He was looking at the spot where Clara has disappeared from and opened his mouth and uttered two words. 'I promise'

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[Present]

Back at Clara's house; she was busy feeding him from her mouth when all of a sudden, Leo hug her neck, which results to him pressing his lips against hers.

"You son of a b*tch!!!" Clara curses out loud as soon as she freed herself from him. Leo squinted his face as Clara break free from him and went back to sleep as if nothing happened.

"F*ck! F*ck! F*ck!" she doesn't understand why Sonya normally say this when she was angry but it's the only word she could manage to utter. Her face was red out of anger and it looks like she would explode any moment from now.

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"Hello Timothy!" Mick said as his call got connected.

"Mick? what's wrong? why is ur voice like this?" Tim asked, sensing the abnormality in the man's voice.

"Leo is missing?" Mick replied.

"What? since when?" Tim asked worriedly.

"It's been two days now. He left the house the same day I called you and hasn't returned till now." Mick explained.

"Have you tried his cell phone?" Tim asked.

"Yes. I've been calling him since then but he's not answering. And now his phone has been switched off." Mick explained with fearful tone.

"Why are just calling me now? damn it! gather the guards and have them search for him secretly, don't let anyone find out about this especially Jerry, I will be back the day after tomorrow." Timothy instructed.

Immediately he ended the call; he began contacting his business partners, asking if it's possible to hold their meeting the next day.

He knew it might not be possible but still gave it a try, telling them he has a personal matter that needed his attention back at home,

He came for three business deal, and out of the three; only one of them show some understanding and agreed to seal the deal the next day, while the rest of them claim they will be busy.

He hadn't expected any of them to agree beforehand, he merely tried his luck so he didn't persuade them further, his friend is more important than money right now, not that he's lacking money anyway.