Myra must be protected

Chapter 62 Myra must be protected 'Boss, you might need to hear this," he said. It was quite late in the night and all I wanted was to get my beauty sleep but I was deprived of it when Patrick, one of my favourite men, came into my room. 'This better be important," I said with a grumble and slid out of the bed. He passed me the mini recorder in his hand click the play button I listened carefully to the words being spoken and I froze. 'Who's this?" I queried with fright 'Apparently, he's Royce's PI,he met with doom while pursuing Myra's ID. From the look of things, he was beaten to stupor," he said and then I remembered. Myra had been wary of this exact situation. It was as if she already knew that Danni would have made sure to clear anything disturbing his path. 'This is getting worse," I muttered. 'Get the car ready," I said to Patrick, who bowed respectively and left the room. Immediately, he left,I got ready to leave for Carl's estate. I need to have a meeting with both him and Percy. After the event at Myra's wedding, I had told Percy about Carl and that he now knows that Myra is his lost daughter. Of course,Perct was furious that Myra didn't tell him before revealing her identity but I managed to assuage his anger. About ten minutes later, I was ready to leave the house. I took the mini recorder with me and got into the car. The driver zoomed off with speed and within minutes,I was at Carl's house. The security at the gate was adamant and refused to open the gate for me because he wasn't informed that I was coming. With a single call, I got across to Carl who called him. After speaking with the security guard,he opened the door for me and apologised. Ordinarily, I'd understand that he was only being security conscious but I wasn't in the didn't right now. I muttered a curse under my breath as the door zoomed in. 'Fucking time wasters," I said as I got in. Carl was already waiting for me in the living room when I got there. My call must have woken him up because his eyes were red and puffy. 'What happened to my daughter?" That was the first thing he asked when he saw me. I sighed in frustration and wondered if I made the right decision by coming to him. I wasn't sure if he'll be able to think straight considering how he's Myra's biological father. 'She's fine…for now I added. Please sit," I said and laid my laptop on the center table. I checked my wristwatch and calculated the time difference between New York and Italy. ‘Not like you have another choice,' I thought, my call might be inconvenient for Percy but it must be done. This is about Myra, if anything happens to her, he'll feel the impact too. As I connected my laptop, Carl wouldn't stop asking me questions about what I meant by ‘for now' but I said nothing and focused on what I had at hand. Percy connected the very second I made the call, his face clear from any sleep. He looked clean and crispy as opposed to what I had expected. 'There's fire on the mountain," I said. I noticed how he clenched his teeth as he saw Carl besides me,he still doesn't like that Myra involved him. Taking the recorder from my left pocket I played it Myra isn't someone you should get on her bad side,the voice said 'That is the voice of Royce's PI. Somehow, things got mixed up. We didn't have anything to do with his current situation but he thinks we have and now, everything is pointing towards Myra." I explained. 'And now Royce would begin to connect the dots," Percy finished and I nodded in agreement. 'You mean she might be in danger for the second time?" Carl asked. 'I knew this was going to happen. I told her to pull out but she wouldn't listen. My goodness! I'm going to lose her again?" He but none of us said anything. It wasn't the time to panic at all, all we needed was strategy to guide and save Myra. 'What we need to do now is get on this before Royce. He's a crook, with the way his PI quitted,he'll improvise with anything to find out what's really going on." I said 'Our time span is small then. If care isn't taken, we'll lose Myra the second time," Percy said looking towards Carl. 'What's the way forward then?" I asked. 'What if we send him the wrong answers anonymously? The main reason why he's been edgy is because he has nothing on her. If we paint Myra as connected to maybe, someone who's highly connected on the international level. He might just let her be, seeing that she can't be messed with. I have just the right person to send to his path, he'll make sure to slow down the investigation process. With that, we'll be able to buy Myra enough time till she's through with…whatever you want her to do." Carl said, sending a weird look towards Percy who immediately caught it. 'You need to realise that more than half of what she's doing right now is her conviction, no one forced her. If I get the facts right,she finally agreed to show her face to the world because of you and your company. So, don't make it look like I'm the one pushing her to do all of this." Percy countered. I rubbed my hands over my face, suddenly tired of their bickerings. 'Gentleman, this is no time to fight. We are all on the same table. What we want is to help Myra, right?" I asked and they both nodded in agreement. 'Then, let's do that, the more time we waste,the less time we have." 'I think it's high time Myra exposed her identity. If we keep protecting her, Royce will keep closing in on her. She won't be safe any longer," Percy said to my amazement as well Carl's too. 'She won't be safe either if Royce finds out that the wife he thought he had killed is back! Do you even know all he did to her and how hard he tried to cover it by lying?" Carl asked in shock. 'Of course, I know but Myra is almost done with her job. It's time Royce felt a bit of anxiety and panic. He needs to know that his secret is out. That way, he'll make some mistakes that she can finally use against him" Percy added. 'If we do that,we'll have to tighten the security around Myra and knowing her, she wouldn't want that. She believes she can do this alone." I reasoned. 'This isn't her choice alone, we'll make her see the reason to get all the help she needs. Christian?" Percy called. 'I need you to keep an eye on Royce. He's a witty man,we can't trust him." He commanded. 'What if all of these don't work?" Carl asked after some moments of silence 'Then we do what I've been thinking of doing since I left the correctional centre." I get Royce killed,he said, making both I and Carl stop on our track. "Well, I hope it doesn't get to that but if I notice anything out of the ordinary, my daughter is out of whatever game you are playing," Carl said strongly. I and Percy didn't say anything to him and kept quiet. We realise where he's coming from. He's Myra's father afterall. 'Let Myra know that we need to talk, " Percy said and ended the call from his side, leaving me and Carl with our thoughts.