Chapter Thirty

LEONARD

It has been five days since Diana was kidnapped, three days since I woke up and found myself in this fucking hospital. The first thing I did when I woke up was to look for Diana, I tore off the IV tubes connected to my hand and ran out of the room, feeling numb to the pain in my shoulder. The pain wasn't my priority, Diana was, and I could bleed all day trying to find her, I didn't care. All I want is my Diana back here, safely in my hands as we plan our family.

Liam was the first person to see me and tried to make me go back to the room while my Diana was out there somewhere scared and lonely. I tried to move past him, but Mum came at that time, so he and mum held me and told me the police were doing their job, but I would rather not hear any of it, I wanted to look for her myself, I wanted to be the one who rescued her and bring her home, so I started screaming, then I felt a niddle pierce my hand, so I turned to see a doctor standing there with a syringe and the next thing I know I was blacking out.

The next time I woke up was at midday and I tried to stand up but found my hand handcuffed to the bed. I was beyond pissed, I was angry as I lashed at everyone and refused to see anyone, and it has been like that since then.

I heard the door opened but didn't turn to know who walked in.

"Leonard." I heard Mum called, but I remained quiet. She can say whatever she wants and leave.

"Leonard, please talk to me." she sniffed and held my hand, I didn't like seeing her in tears but for the past few days I felt numb, no pain, no happiness just numbness.

"Leo, I know you think whatever happened was your fault, please baby it isn't, nobody planned for it, nobody knew what was coming. Please just eat something." she said, crying softly, and she is right, it isn't my fault, but I couldn't help but blame myself. If I didn't insist on going home that night, if I had listened to Jeanne, maybe all of this wouldn't have happened.

"There are some people who are from the royal family outside, they have been here for the past five days, and they are requesting to see you." she said after few minutes of silence and that grabbed my attention. I opened my eyes and stared at her.

"What do they want?, I don't know anyone from the royal family." I asked in my hoarse voice and licked my dried lips.

"They said they are looking for Diana, something about being her parents or so." she replied with a little smile on her face and I know the reason she smiled was because I spoke to her. I sat up instantly.

"You said her family." I asked, and she nodded, "let them in." she walked out and came back inside with dad, an advanced man, a young boy who have a little resemblance to my Diana and another middle – age man.

"You must be Leonard." the advanced man said, and I nodded.

"I'm Charles king of the United Kingdom, that's my son prince Derrick and my personal assistant Ben." Charles introduces.

"Nice to meet you, can you tell me the reason for your visit." I asked, going straight to the point.

"I'm here for my daughter Diana. You see, I've been looking for her for the past twenty-three years, she was just a three-day-old baby when they took her from the hospital. My wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl which are Derrick and Diana, but some bad people who want my throne and who I'm still trying to find took Diana instead of Derrick, thinking she was my heir. I've lost hope of ever finding her because we only searched the United Kingdom, we didn't know that she would be taken to another country or state, but I was excited and my hope was restored when Derrick showed me a picture of her in a magazine and when I saw that picture I thought I was staring at my Amelia but a younger version, so I quickly told my private investigator about it and when he saw the picture he gave me two options either she's my daughter or my wife's doppelgänger but I had that faith and believe she was my daughter, so I asked him to gather every information on her and that was when I found out she was an orphan who was adopted at the age of four, and she started living alone at the age of seventeen when her foster parents died in a car crash. My PI took a strand of her hair and conducted a test on the three of us, me, my wife and her, which surprisingly came out positive." he explained and cleaned a tear from his eyes, the PA handed the envelope to me. I didn't know all this story about Diana, I didn't know she suffered that much.

I looked at the envelope and opened it with shaky hands. I just prayed the result is positive, like he said, I want my Diana to have her family. I stared at the results and found my answer there written boldly *WITH THE NECESSARY TEST CARRIED OUT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT PARTY A IS RELATED TO PARTY B AND C 99.99%* I signed loudly and smiled *your parents have found you Diana, it's time for you to come home*.

"I've been around for the past Five days, but I haven't seen Diana, I know she's your wife. She supposed to be by your side in this hospital, but I can't find her, so where is she? Am I the reason she is not here,d..doesn't she want to meet me." King Charles asked and my face fell. I know the pain he must have faced when he lost his daughter, and now he has found her, she has once again slipped from his fingers.

"D… Diana was abducted." Mum answered and King Charles And prince derrick gasped.

"When, why?" the word barely left his mouth.

"Five days ago, and we are yet to receive a call from her abductors." Mum said and burst into tears, dad was immediately at her side hugging and trying to console her. King Charles whispered something to his PA before sitting down and he (PA) walked out and came back 20 minutes later with another man.

"Everyone, this is my P. I Cole, and he will do his best to find Diana." King Charles said and the Cole guy cleared his throat before facing me.

"Hi Mr. Leonard, I would like to ask you some questions." he asked, and I nodded my head giving him the go ahead.

"Has Diana ever offends someone as in have any enemy."

"No, Diana doesn't have any enemies, she has just entered the modeling world." I snapped at him, which wasn't right, but am tired, and I needed to see Diana.

"Am sorry if my question offends you, but am just doing my job to know where to start from." he apologized, and I nodded.

"It's okay, you can go on." I signed.

"Did she have any stalker, an obsessive ex or crush." Diana doesn't have any boyfriend then my mind flashed to that guy that almost raped her the other time, What was his name again Mig....something Yes Miguel, but that doesn't count right, he wasn't her boyfriend. *anything is useful right now*my subconscious mind snapped.

"She doesn't have any stalkers or obsessive ex, but there was this guy at her old house who almost raped her." I said and mum gasped.

"Do you know his name, where he lives or what he does?." Cole questioned writing in his book.

"I think I heard Diana calling him Miguel, and I don't know where he lives or what he does." He jotted what I said down before facing me.

"Where is this Miguel now." King Charles asked with gritted teeth and clenched fists.

"I got him arrested, but the fucking cops granted him bail without my permission, so I seized their license and made them broke." I uttered, still mad at what they did.

"That's good."

"When you got him arrested, can you recall the exact words he said."

"I think he said something like it's not over yet, Diana, I must have a taste of you." I said, not feeling sure if it was correct.

"Miguel is our first suspect, if I may ask, do you like have any tracking device on her since you are Mr. celebrity and all that." he joked.

"I had on her phone, but she isn't with her phone, but I proposed to her an......." realization dawned on me fuck THE RING, I put a fucking tracker on the ring to know wherever she was, could surprise her. Didn't know it would be helpful.

"Her ring, there is a tracker in her ring." I said excitedly and asked for my phone, which Jeanne passed to me and I, and I didn't even know when they walked in. I opened the app and found the signal, I gave the phone to Cole, and he looked at it for a while.

"It seems they are out of town." he brought his laptop out and started typing on it and after sometimes he raised his head and smiled.

"I've got the address." he said and relief rushed through me. Hold on, Diana, I am coming.