“In fact, only a few bodyguards were working around Leo six years ago, and two now work as personal trainers in a gym in Birmingham. They said they were looking for someone at the bar the night of June eighteenth.”
Wayne froze and asked, “What? Who were they looking for?” “They were looking for a girl,” Gabe replied, lowering his voice.
He was cautious about this. However, he didn‘t even notice that Tammy, who was eating a chicken wing, was intently eavesdropping on what he was saying.
“They said that Leo asked them to find this girl. Then he told them to blindfold her, give her pills, and send her to a suite at one of the Carousel Hotel.”
Wayne thoughtfully recalled what had happened that night six years ago. He remembered that he was a little tipsy back then. Since there were no lights on inside that room, he didn‘t look closely at that girl‘s face. Nevertheless, he remembered that the girl‘s eyes were blindfolded and that she had been struggling.
As Wayne recalled these details, he realized that the girl did seem to have been drugged.
“But they said that even though they tried every means to look for her all night long, they still couldn‘t find her anywhere.”
Wayne was taken aback when he heard Gabe‘s words. He asked, “Huh? What?”
Wayne made no attempt to hide his surprise. He thought, they didn‘t find the surrogate mother. But I did have s*x with a girl that night. So, who the hell is she? What the hell had happened back then?
Leo soon informed him that the girl was pregnant and brought Matthew home eight months later.
Gabe continued, looking at Wayne, “I asked them about it several times, but they insisted that they hadn‘t found the girl. Even after visiting numerous bars, they were unable to locate her. But Leo told them to stop looking for her in the early hours of the morning. Then, another weird thing happened. Leo told them to go to the hospital a month later to kidnap a young girl who was about to have an abortion.”
Wayne thought carefully about this information and then deduced roughly what had happened: the surrogate mother had not shown up that night for some reason. However, another girl who wasn‘t supposed to be in his room slept with him that night.
Wayne felt like one of the mysteries had been solved.
Then he realized why the woman he slept with that night had been shouting another man‘s name at his bed.
That night, Leo made a mistake and sent the wrong girl to his room. He didn‘t want everyone to know about it, so he made the wrong girl have Wayne‘s child.
Leo fired the bouncers and resigned, fearing that his actions would be exposed. When Wayne thought of the possibility, he realized it all made sense.
Gabe said thoughtfully, “Leo probably wanted to take the secret to the coffin. But, to his surprise, someone found out about it. That person not only questioned Leo about that but also knew that we were suspicious of it. That‘s why they killed Leo. So, Leo’s death was not an accident.”
“It appears that someone did not want us to know that the surrogate mother was swapped.”
“So, about her…”
Wayne wrinkled his brow, lowered his voice, and looked at Matthew, who was eating intently.
He continued, “Look into this for me. And you‘d better get Matthew‘s genes and ask the Birmingham Gene Bank about it.”
Wayne knew that the situation was far more complicated than he had anticipated. In fact, he had no interest in Matthew‘s birth mother and would refuse to see her. However, once he realized that things had gone wrong in the first place, he was eager to know the truth.
Hearing that, Gabe realized how serious the matter was at the time. “OK, I’ll get to work on it,” he said, nodding.
The press conference was scheduled for 2 p.m. At that time, many journalists had already arrived in the conference room of the Maple Leaf Hotel downtown.
Many of them knew that Anna and Wayne had dated, so they were eager to learn some titbits.
Anna was already backstage, going through the script Tony had written for her.
Just as she was about to go on stage in five minutes, she heard a staff member say, “Sorry, ma‘am, but you can‘t come in.”
“Ah! What do you wanna do? Hey, call the police!”
Anna noticed that the entrance to the lounge had become chaotic. Just as she assumed that something was wrong, or someone messed things up, she heard a woman say, “I‘m looking for Miss Gabriel.”
This commanding voice was familiar to Anna. Then, she was fuming when she noticed the door open.
“Aunt Selina!” she exclaimed, surprised.
Selina was standing in the doorway when Anna noticed her. She was dressed in a dark green cashmere coat with a beige silk scarf wrapped around her neck.
Although she was fifty years old, she appeared to be in her forties. Meanwhile, three bodyguards were standing behind her, preventing the staff from approaching.
Selina appeared to be furious.
“Anna, you don‘t have to attend this press conference,” she said as soon as she walked in.
“Huh? Why?” Anna asked in confusion. Then Selina yanked the script from her grasp at that precise moment.
After a quick glance at it, Selina tossed the script into the trash.
She stated, “Come on, Anna, that‘s bullshit. You know, this bunch of journalists just want things to get bigger and bigger. Even though your father is no longer alive, you must solve the problems he left behind. It‘s so annoying! You should do as I say, Anna.”
“No, I don‘t believe so.” Anna answered her with a worried expression.
She had everything planned out and hadn‘t expected Selina to show up and ruin everything.
Selina said angirly, “Why? You don‘t think I‘m helping you, do you?” Just as they were arguing, Anna heard Wayne ask, “What‘s going on?”
Anna then felt two hands on her thighs. As she lowered her head, she saw that Tammy and Matthew were clinging to her.
Tammy then raised her head to greet her, saying, “Hello, Mommy.”
Anna thought that things were getting out of hand. So, she gave Wayne a defeated look and said, “What the hell is happening? This is not a cocktail party but a press conference. What brings you all here?”
“Geez! I came here to tell those journalists what a terrible man Frank was. He didn‘t deserve to be your father, Anna. You know, you have nothing to do with the Gabriel Group! You really should have listened to me. Well, don‘t you want to do that?” Looking at Anna helplessly, Selina sighed after saying it.
When she saw Selina‘s angry expression, Anna was at a loss for words. She felt she couldn‘t go on any longer and had to say, “No, I‘m not.”
Wayne told the bouncers to clear the area, then shut the door and said, “OK, Auntie Selina, please listen to me.”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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