The Daughter Of A Mistress ?
Episode 6
Cynthia was lost in her thought as she watched the father and son locked in each other’s ti-ght embrace.
She was thinking that maybe if she was born a boy, her father might have loved her like Eric’s father loves his son.
But Eric’s father’s voice brou-ght her back into reality.
“Who is she?” The man repeated but this time he directed his question to his gatekeeper.
Before Cynthia or the gateKeeper would say a word, Little Eric responded “Daddy, she is my new friend, she saved me, she cooked a nice meal for me and she brou-ght me back home, her grandfather is also nice”
And Eric’s Father stared at Cynthia speechlessly, even though Cynthia was an actress, not everyone knew her, especially someone like Eric’s father, who was not only a businessman but a politician, he was wealthy, well connected but he never had time for entertainment.
When his wife died, he became more grumpy and colder, and he channeled his pain and sorrow into building an empire for his only son Eric.
He was Eric Senior, while his son was Eric junior. Eric Moore Senior was the most influential person in Port Harcourt and the country in general
Eric junior was his only child, and he doesn’t mess with him, Eric Junior was not only his heir but the only son of the Moore empire, he loves his son so much. Eric Junior had been missing for less than 24 hours but his father had died a thousand death, he was afraid, he had prayed for his son’s safety all night.
He had called the commissioner of police, the Inspector general of the Police for-ce, and even some Army generals to help find his son.
Last night, all his related staffs were in trepidation as they couldn’t explain how Eric junior had left the house without any of them knowing.
All of them had an expression that says disaster had fallen on them.
This happened because the CEO’s Son of Eric Moore Corporation was missing. Eric Junior had 4 bodyguards, 4 nannies, 4 cooks, and the other 4 caregivers for whatever their young master would need.
All these Employees trembled when little Eric was declared missing. The Bodyguards, the gatekeeper, in, fact all the related staffs were ashamed and guilty, as they hope against hope that Eric junior will be found soon, and at the same time, they feared for the worst.
They felt bad to know that Little Eric went missing right un-der their watch.
Their boss paid them handsomely and they were entitled to so many mouth-watering bonuses and allowances, they had one job and that was to protect and give care to Little Eric, and they felt ashamed that they failed.
Even though the boss didn’t yell at them, they trembled at the coldness in his voice, when he asked them how it happen.
That day, Eric Senior sat on the sofa, his face was chilly as well, not a single shred of extra feelings was showing on his body, but still, it was a frightening sight for every employee present, but no one knew that within him, he was boiling, his precious son has gone missing.
No one dared to utter a single word, in his presence, they talked only when he threw in a question. At the same time, their faces were teary as they feared for the little boy’s safety, his father had so many enemies because of what he represents.
No wonder when the little boy showed up the next day, the gatekeeper seemed excited, when he screamed out in excitement, Eric senior and all other employees, stormed outside the building.
An unexplainable joy was seen on their faces when the Father and Son hu-gged each other.
The employee stared at the duo, in pure relief.
“Little Eric, where did you run off to?” One of Eric’s nannies had asked as they all joined their hands together to give thanks to God.
After Little Eric introduced Cynthia to his father, his father squ-atted down in front of him and asked
“what happened? How did you leave the house without anyone, seeing you? And how did you meet her” he then pointed at Cynthia
And then little Eric explained, he told his father everything, and how Cynthia Found him last night and took him home.
And then Eric stared at Cynthia with gratitude written all over his eyes even though he still appeared cold.
Eric senior stared at Cynthia for a while, she is beautiful, he thought. Cynthia wore a fitted tailored green gown, outlining her nice figure and his indifferent expression was like that of a
Queen. He was mesmerized but still, he comported himself.
“Thank you for saving my son” he finally said, as he spoke, he abruptly lifted his eyes and fixed his gaze on her. …
His cold gaze seemed to pierce right throu-ghher, giving her the creeps.
Even though his gaze made her uncomfortable, Cynthia managed to say, so nervously
“No need to thank me, sir, Your son saved himself, if not that he likes to talk, I wouldn’t have known where to bring him to, he is a smart child, you did a good job raising him and now I know why he is so cute because he has a cute father”
“I’m cute… Huh,” Eric senior thought to himself and scoffed.
And then he said coldly “do you mean my son saved himself, but you brou-ght him home”
When Cynthia couldn’t respond, little Eric left his father’s side and walked closer to Cynthia, who tou-ched the little boy’s shoulder, as she continued to stare at the little boy’s father, whose presence was intimidating for her, she then remembered she recorded Little Eric when he found him last night.
When she played the recording, Eric Senior didn’t respond. He just nodded, he stood like an ice statue, if not because the father and son looked alike, Cynthia would never believe that a man as cold as him would bore a son as sweet as Little Eric.
It was as if they had been carved out of the same mold. It was obvious that they were biological father and son.
“Does he even Know-how or when to smile?” Cynthia thought to herself
And then, the man suddenly began to introduce himself to the young lady that saved his son and brou-ght him back home to him ‘
“my name is Eric Moore senior and you already met my son Eric Moore junior”
At the mention of the name “Eric Moore” Cynthia suddenly went into a daze, “Eric Moore, he is Eric Moore?, the owner of the Eric Moore Corporation” Cynthia thought to herself.
Eric Moore, the god of wealth, as termed by the people of Port Harcourt, he was like the uncrowned emperor of the people of Port Harcourt.
Cynthia wouldn’t have imagined that the little boy she saved last night would turn out to be Eric Moore’s legendary son. Eric senior could see the surprised expression on Cynthia’s face.
I thought she already knew who I was, I had guessed that she saved my son, only for the reward.
After a long while, Eric Senior finally believed that Cynthia now knows about little Eric’s identity and how much he was worth, so for bringing his son home, safe and sound, she would be expecting a reward, which was fair enough
“state your request” Eric senior entered coolly.
“My request, what request?” Cynthia asked, she did not un-derstand the word that appeared from nowhere.
“I know you are here to be rewarded, stop pretending, everyone wants money,” Eric thought to himself and then he spoke out to Cynthia
” I want to thank you for saving my son, state your request, you deserve to be rewarded..10 million, 20 million or 100 million or even more”
Everyone stared at Cynthia, they all had an expression all over their faces, that’s implies “you stuck gold this time”.
But Cynthia didn’t respond immediately, She stared at little Eric and the little boy smiled at her.
Eric Senior had signaled his PA to bring his checkbook and he had signed a blank cheque.
“Here, don’t be shy, I have signed this cheque for you, take it, all you to have to do is fill in your name and the amount you want, even if it’s 500million, you saved my son, my precious son, and from today your life would never be the same,” Eric said in a cold tone.
To Be Continued