Chapter 4
Hunter knocked and entered the study
"I am taking Rosie suggestion of taking Eva with me, what do you think" asked Mrs. Bradfield
Hunter was shocked for a second but later he regained and said "That would be good for Eva Madam"
"Do you know me taking her means she will be away from you" said Mrs. Bradfield
"Yes, but she can grow and breath freely under you" said Hunter honestly
Hunter thought "He will miss her but with her grandma she will be safe and happy"
Suddenly Rosie laughed and said "Stop teasing him Julia"
Hunter got confused and stared questioningly at Mrs. Bradfield but all he got was a broad smile
"Stupid Hunter you can strongly stay away from her but do you think she will do the same" said Rosie thoughtfully
Hunter got stilled, Yes Eva got attached to him in the past few days, but he cannot let her stay here and suffer
"No, I will avoid her as much as possible so that she moves away with you happily" said Hunter hurriedly.
Both women frowned listening to his words
"Don't do anything stupid Hunter" said Mrs. Bradfield angrily
Hunter remained silent
"Hunter take my command" said Mrs. Bradfield firmly
Hunter kneeled raised his head to listen the painful command of him staying away from Eva, but to his surprise the command was
"I Mrs. Julia Bradfield appointing you, Mr. Hunter as the head of the security of Lake view Mansion and you will only follow my orders" said Mrs. Bradfield firmly
"Yes, Madam" said Hunter placing his right hand on his heart and bowed his head before standing up.
"Rosie as the witness, inform George about this and even about our departure said Mrs. Bradfield. She turned to Hunter and said "We will leave tomorrow night, so make preparations"
"Yes, Madam" said Hunter and Rosie in unison and left the study
Outside the study door
Rosie laughed and said "Look at you the smile on your face is enough to guess how happy you are"
Hunter just smiled as reply and left.
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Next day morning
Mrs. Bradfield informed Eva about moving out. Eva initially wanted to oppose as she wants to stay with her family but her little mind decided that she staying here will cause pain to her family, so she obeyed her grandma.
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Around afternoon inside the study
George and Amber sat on the couch while Mrs. Bradfield standing firmly and looking outside the window.
"Are you both okay with me taking Eva away" asked Mrs. Bradfield still looking outside
There was no response
"Rosie" shouted Mrs. Bradfield startling the people on the couch
Rosie who was standing outside entered the study and walked to Mrs. Bradfield
"Show them the papers" said Mrs. Bradfield
Rosie took the file from the table and handed it to George
George opened the file, his expression turned ugly after scanning the contents. Sensing her husband change of expression Amber moved closer and read the contents of the file. Even she made a dark face.
{Summary of the document:
1. The Bradfield house (present house, where George and family lives) belongs to George
2. Shares of Empire estates division
15% belongs to George and 7% each by Amber, Emily and Ethan
Whereas 20% belongs to Mrs. Bradfield, 10% to Eva and remaining 34% belong to outsiders.
(in outsiders 4% were under Hunter anonymously only Mrs. Bradfield knew about it)
3. All remaining properties or shares of other companies will only belong to Mrs. Bradfield
Even though Bradfield's are not extraordinarily rich, but William Bradfield was farsighted and invested money in good places.}
Contents of the document made George trembling with anger, his mother is almost demoting him and disrespecting him
"I don't want any of these, you can also remove me as the CEO. I am capable enough to feed my family" said angry George
Mrs. Bradfield slowly turned and faced her son and daughter in law and said
"Are you thinking that I am punishing you by taking properties back No, absolutely not don't think so highly of yourself, I am just securing my last days so that I don't die of hunger and now I even have a small soul to feed. You have maximum shares so you have final say because at the end of the day you are my own flesh and blood who I can't hate".
Her words left both speechless
They understood that she lost faith in them
George thought "did I disappointed her so much that she felt he would not take care of her and starve her to death" he felt hurt.
Amber felt that the last words of Mrs. Bradfield's speech are directed to her "you are my own flesh and blood who I can't hate"
They both are still lost in thoughts
Mrs. Bradfield said "I am leaving right know. I will bring Eva on every birthday of your father" and left the study.
Rosie helped Eva pack her luggage.
All things are already placed in the car
Eva wanted to look at her family on last time before leaving but no one came out to send her off
Hunter saw the dejected Eva standing in the middle of the living room and walked to her, understanding that its time to go
Eva turned and walked to door holding Hunter's pinky finger in one hand and a plush toy in other hand.
But they failed to notice small Ethan holding the railing of the stairs and looking sadly at the leaving figures.