Chapter 125: Unexpected Bad News

"Charles, so you are still alive, and after everything you did, you still have the guts to call me?" The old man asked him while trying to suppress his anger. "Yes, I'm still alive, and I wanted to let you know that I saw the gift you sent to me, and I really loved it, so be preparing to receive mine very soon," Charles said to him before hanging up. Once he hanged up, the old man immediately placed a call across Adrian to ask him what was still preventing him from doing what he asked him to do, but Adrian's phone wasn't going through, and when he tried calling that of the guards that accompanied him, theirs too weren't going through. _________________________________________ Thinking that Adrian and his men were busy or in the middle of the operation they went to Italy for, the old man dropped the phone on the table before lying down on the bed, and in no time he dozed off. But after sleeping for some hours, he jolted up from the bed while sweating profusely and panting heavily; he just had a terrible nightmare about Adrian dying in an explosion while trying to capture Charles. Without hesitating, he quickly reached out for his phone and placed a call across Adrian with trembling hands while praying that he picks up. Adrian was his only son, and if something ever happens to him, then he's going to have a heart attack. Even though sometimes he treats Adrian as if he is not his son, he still loves him with all his heart, and that was the main reason why he hid his identity from everyone so that none of his enemies would try to get back at him. If he treated him harshly like everyone, it's so that he would be strong and be able to defend himself no matter what. With hot sweat pouring down his face like someone who a basin of water was poured on, he kept on praying that the call would go through, but unfortunately it didn't. Without hesitating, he placed the call once again, but just like the first time, it didn't go through. Due to how frightened he was, he couldn't even hold the phone properly as his hands kept on trembling nonstop like someone who was suffering from a stroke. Happily he had some contacts in Italy, and also Adrian had sent to him the name of the hotel in which Charles was lodging, so he could easily call some of his friends over there to ask them to check if Adrian was lodging in the same hotel with Charles while waiting for the perfect opportunity to capture him, and also if everything is okay with him. Searching through his contacts, he immediately found the contact information of some of his contacts in Italy, and without hesitating, he placed a call across one of them, and after some minutes of ringing, the person picked up. "Good morning, Mr. Logan. How are you?" The old man asked him after picking up the call. "I'm good, Mr. Eric; this one you are calling me; hope everything is okay." Mr. Logan's voice sounded from the other end. "Yes, everything is okay; I just needed your help with something," the old man said to him. "I knew it, Eric; I knew that this day was going to come when you will finally need my help," Mr. Logan said to him through the phone, but he still remained, allowing the man on the other end to finish talking. They were actually business partners until he decided to put an end to the partnership seeing that the man's company was slowly going into bankruptcy, and when the man tired confronting him, he made it clear to him that he would never need his help in the future, but it seems like things didn't go as he had thought because he now needs the man's help, and he can't just hang up on him because he's not even sure if the others will even pick up the call, talk less of helping him to check up on his son. "So, Mr. Eric, what is it you want me to help you with? I hope it has nothing to do with money." Mr. Logan asked him through the phone. "No, it has nothing to do with money. I actually sent some of my men to Italy for a very important mission, and I haven't been able to reach them for a while now, so I wanted you to send some of your men to the hotel where they are lodging to check up on them," the old man said to him. "And why don't you come over yourself or send some of your men to come and check up on them?" Mr. Logan asked him. "I want to tell them something very important, and we both know that it's going to take up to nine to ten hours for me or my men to get to Italy," the old man said to Mr Logan, who heaved a sigh. "In which hotel are they lodging so that I can send my men to go and check on them, also their names," Mr. Logan said to him, and with that, the old man told him the name of the hotel and also the names of the men who were sent to Italy, including that of Adrian. "Wait just a minute, are you sure that it's in that hotel they are lodging?" Mr. Logan asked the old. "Yes, is there a problem?" The old man asked him. "Yes, there was an explosion in the hotel last night and many people lost their lives, so if none of your men are picking up their calls, that means they are actually dead, or severely wounded" Mr. Logan said to the old man, and without realizing it, his phone fell out of his hand, and at the same time he recalled what Charles had told him last night, that he received his gift and that he is going to receive his very soon. 'Was this what Charles was talking about?' he thought inwardly while panting heavily, and at the same time he heard a loud bang on his door. "Who is that?" He asked with an angry tone "It's me, boss; there are some military and policemen outside looking for you, and they are threatening to break in if you don't come out," one of the guards said to him from behind the door with a panicked tone. "What!!" The old man exclaimed in surprise. To be continued...