CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

RIH

"Quinolones and sulfonamides were found in the food she ate earlier, she... The.. So... She lost the baby" The doctor said and bowed then scurried away.

Iver clenched his fist hard and his knuckles were sticking out. His eyes turned red and he closed his eyes for some while and opened it again. He stood up and walked to Rhida's ward slowly. He saw her lying on the bed, collecting drips and she was still sleeping. He wasn't himself again as he turned to the doctor in charge of her ward.

" Transfer her to Collins Family Hospital," He said authoritatively and left.

Donald and Dave bowed as they arrived in Iver's Study room.

" We have closed down the restaurant and the owner is with us," Dave said

" We are currently doing a non-government and lawless investigation. The owner has refused to talk" Donald said and Iver who was closing his eyes the whole time opened it

" And?" He asked in a cold tone and Donald looked at Dave.

" We are still doing the investigation and we will bring good news soon," Dave said and Iver stood up

" I will do things my way, you both should..."

" BOSS! Please leave us to it, Give us just a few hours and everything will be solved" Donald said and Iver looked at them as they both left. He sighed, ran his hand through his hair, and collapsed to a chair in his study room

Rhida woke up and saw herself in a spacious hospital room. She looked around and saw her friend's bags and she sat up. She was collecting drips, she touched her tummy and felt something strange, and then her friends came in having sad expressions on their faces.

" Elina! Anne!" She called out and they both fake smile

" Where am I?" She asked slowly

" Here? This is Collins Family Hospital" Elina said and Anne nodded

" You suddenly collapsed," Anne said and Rhida's eyes lit up.

" What about my baby? Is she okay? Nothing is wrong with her right?"

" What are you talking about? Nothing is wrong with her, she is okay" Elina said and Anne groaned, feeling uncomfortable. She was not good at lying.

" Oh my, Iver must have been worried, he will nag me for sure. Oh right! He has a meeting with his family today! Oh my. Oh right! Where is Anna? Did she bring me here?" Rhida asked

" No, she took you to a hospital and Iver transferred you here," Anne said Rhida nodded, smiling, and touched her tummy Then she noticed something off from Anne's face she knew something was wrong. Then a nurse came in.

" I'm here for your medicine," The nurse said and Rhida quickly grabbed her

" What happened to my baby? Did something bad happen to her?"

" Rhida what are you talking about? Your baby is..." Elina was saying

" Say a word or try to stop me and I'm going to commit suicide," Rhida said and Elina sighed, giving in

" What happened to my baby?" Rhida asked and the nurse looked at her, feeling queasy then the doctor came in.

" What is..." The doctor scanned the whole room, there was an awkward silence.

" Doctor, what happened to my child?" Rhida asked and looked at the doctor

" Well..."

" You must have told Iver right? I think I should ask him myself" Rhida started removing the drips from her body and they all shouted at once, stopping her.

" I will tell you," The doctor said and she stopped

" Actually, there was a drug in the food you ate and that caused your miscarriage, yo... We... The baby... We are sorry but we can't save the baby" The doctor said and Rhida collapsed to the bed, She didn't want to hear it and in the same way wanted to hear about her baby's wellbeing. She didn't want to hear this. She... She burst into tears and her friends went to her and hugged her, also crying.

In the late evening, Dave and Donald entered the study room and saw their cold and sad boss in a dark corner

" Boss, we bought some news,"

Donald approached him

" You almost spent thirty years to gather that "some" news," Iver said coldly and angrily. Dave trembled from behind

"We are so so.. Sorry sir," Donald said clenching his fist nervously and looking at Dave as he walked toward him slowly, nervously

" We searched the owner of the restaurant's office and saw a big bag that contained money. We took a picture of it. It was fishy and since he was refusing to talk, we looked at the CCTV camera. Right now, we have two suspects" Donald explained and looked at the nervous Dave, he was sweating

Donald collects the papers from Dave's hand and places them in front of Iver.

" These two are the main suspects and both of them have booked a flight. Right now, we have delayed their flight. The first suspect was an employee in the opponent company, the D&J and the second one was an employee of Collins Co. She was in the PR team. She is Annabelle Maria, also Miss Rhida's friend" Donald explained and Iver gave him a puzzled look.

"We are sorry but that was the information we got so far," Donald said and looked at his sad boss.

'Staying home alone will do him no good' Donald thought and removed the papers from his front

" Right, your friend, Drex, I finally talked to him. He said he is in for the drink!" Donald said with a smile to change his mood but he looked at him with a mean look and he suddenly stopped smiling

" I mean..." Donald was explaining

" Get me my suit, and I will go" Iver cuts in, and Donald's eyes widen. He watched as his boss left the study room.

Dave touched him to wake up and he shook his head. Then he rushed to his boss's dressing room. Dave wiped the sweat on his forehead and sat on a chair

" I'm going to die one day because of this nervousness," He said, breathing heavily

Iver arrived in the front of a bar and signed before he entered into the dimly lit room. He saw the familiar figure sitting in a corner

" Drex?" He called and the person turned to him and smiled

" Ivo! Been a while, how are you?" He asked smiling and Iver stared at him sadly, not replying to his warm greetings

" Yeah! Are you sad to see your childhood friend?" Drex asked and Iver sighed and sat down

" I'm sorry, can you think we have seen each other every day? I'm here for a drink" Iver said and Drex nodded. He has heard what happened from Donald

He quickly led him to a seat and he sat down gently, silently opening the whiskey in front of him. Drex watched him slowly as he drank one cup and then another one. He sighed, he shouldn't stop him, if he was drunk maybe the pain and sadness would lessen.

Anne entered a bar and brought a soft chilled drink. As she was about to leave she caught a glimpse of the familiar person. She watched closely and it was Iver. She got the urge to run to him and pull out his hair. How can a person who just lost his child be enjoying himself at a bar? She sighed, trying to control herself and she brought out her phone and took a picture of them, then she left angrily.

Getting back to the hospital, she saw Elina petting the red-eyed Rhida. She smirked and walked up to them.

" Yeah! You are here crying and that person you called the father of your child is there at the bar enjoying himself!" Anne roared and Elina and Rhida looked at her, didn't get what she was saying. Rhida on her own didn't believe

" Are you sure it's not someone else?" Elina asked and Anne smirked again

" I think Iver Collins is born twins then," She said and brought out her phone, showing them the pictures.

" Is this still his twin?" Anne said Elina quickly collected the phone and switched it off.

" It may be his twin, you know, we tend to look so alike with someone sometimes. Right?"

Elina said, trying to hide and erase the fact that the person in the picture was Iver.

" Yeah! How long are you going to hide and lie to her? Did you want her to end up like me? There is still a chance for her, she can start afresh" Anne said and Elina stood up angrily

" Anne! Why are you like this!"

" Why am I like this? You must have thought I was a bad person here right? Did you ever have an idea of what I face as a single parent? No one wants to employ me because I'm a single parent, I have to struggle, doing everything I can to feed my son! Rhida, I don't want you to become those actresses that have to offer their body for roles, I... I don't want you to be that way!" Anne shouted, crying and Rhida moved closer to her and hugged her. She touched Elina and the three of them hugged each other, weeping

Iver entered his dressing room, changing

" Boss!" Donald cried out from behind

" Did you want to lose your Job?" Iver asked coldly and Donald went silent and collapsed to a corner and watched as his boss changed into black clothes. The black cloth and his dark aura are ominous

" Lead the way," He said with an emotionless face and Donald sighed and stood up, leading the way as he ordered

Donald entered the underground and led the way toward the room, Blood was everywhere and some people were hanged, while some were tied.

Iver didn't look at them nor did they catch his attention, They all became silent because they knew the fact that he was here, and he would not do any good thing to anyone he took.

Iver entered a room and saw Dave, forcing the predator to talk

" Can't you just talk? Did you want to learn in the hardest way?" Dave shouted from the distance but he looked away instead

"There is no need to force him," Iver said and walked up to them. Dave looked at Donald behind the boss and gave him a questioning look. Donald gave him the look to step down and let the boss take over and Dave nervously put down the papers and went to Donald.

Iver moved closer to him with an evil grin.

" Who is the person that sends you to drug the pregnant woman?" Iver asked with an evil smirk and he looked away, refusing to talk Iver looked away, removing a scissors.

" Alright, I will take that silence as a confession. You send yourself right?" Iver asked and he put the scissors in a fire behind him

" Did you think that would scare me? Never!" The man said and Iver nodded, a wicked smile crept at the corner of his lips and he removed the scissors and used them to cut off his thumb. He groaned in pain, shouting then Iver burst into a humorless laughter, then he put the scissors into the fire again and turned to the man who was sweating hard and crying, his snot dripping toward his mouth and begging for mercy.

Dave clenched Donald's cloth, sweating profusely and shaking. While Donald only stood straight, he didn't budge nor shake, he stared at the scene in front of him nonchalantly.

Iver grinned wickedly and watched as the man groaned in pain.

" Who sent you between the two girls?" Iver asked and placed two papers that contained the pictures of the two suspects in front of him and the man groaned, not talking then Iver nodded and removed the scissors from the fire and cut another finger.

The man groaned in pain and shouted, blood dripping down. Iver took the scissors and wanted to cut another finger then he shouted

" I know!!!!!" Then Iver stopped and looked at him with an evil aura around him

" Who is it between the two?" Iver asked and he watched as the man pointed to the woman at the left-hand side before he collapsed.

Donald's eyes widened and rushed to Iver who still had that cold and evil aura around him >" I want her to rest in hell, find her, and make her taste hell. All I want is for her to Rest In Hell. RIH