The deal

Camilla

I was working when a message popped on my phone's screen. It was from Mr. Calloway.  Sighing I opened it, only to get engulfed in  shock. It was a picture of Ash crying, tied to a chair. 

I looked at photo panicking, and called Ivan right away to confirm that each and every picture was edited. All of this was a lie. The call was answered immediately.

"So, what is Ash doing?"

I asked with a hint of suspicion in my voice.

"Camilla....."

Ivan said.

"Yes, I am listening. "

I said almost panicking

"Camilla I think Ash is with Mr. Calloway."

"What???"

I stood up almost at the verge of bursting into tears. My baby is tied up and crying and I am here. He is all alone. Tears poured down one by one, I couldn't understand a single thing. I heard Ivan saying something but couldn't process it. My mind was all about how he is right now?

My knees weren't able to support me, I fell on the ground. The day I dreaded has finally arrived.

Ivan

I kept asking Camilla about, how she was? I asked her not to overthink and panick. I was repeatedly telling her would get Ash safe and sound but no reply came, everything went silent and then a thud was heard.

I immediately panicked running towards my car. I started the engine driving as fast as I could. I have to get to Camilla before its too late. I hope she is safe. I hope Ash is safe.

Arriving in her office, I hurriedly ran towards her cabin. Many people following me,asking what happened but I didn't care. I was sweating.

Panting I arrived at her cabin and opened the door only to find her unconscious on the floor.

"Camilla"

I screamed bending my knees on the floor. Shaking her body I tried to make her come to her senses. But her body didn't budge.

I picked her unconscious body from the floor. Running towards my car, sweat dripping off my forehead, my mind hazy.

No information regarding Ash and now Camilla is like this.

I felt a boil of anger in my blood, an ache of panic in my chest, a tremble of nervousness in my legs and a ringing sound in my head.  A ringing sound alarming me.

As I settled Camilla on the backseat of my car, her phone displayed a message, I picked it from her hand noticing the chat was still open and an unread message that said

"Don't ever bring the thought of telling this to someone in that little head of yours. Cause I will not give a fuck about shooting your little baby."

I clenched my jaw hard. This asshole will die by my hands, it will be your last ill-deed. You fucking bastard.

I noticed one more message, it was an address of a place in the outskirts of the city.

The next message said

"Come here to pick your son up and you are smart enough not to call the police and know you won't get out without a deal. See you soon"

I squeezed the phone in my hands throwing it on the front seat. I then closed the car door of backseat and then entered the car sitting on the driver's seat.

My knuckles turned white as I kept a tight grip on the steering wheel.

As I kept driving I noticed Camilla shifting a little from the rear view mirror and stopped the car to look at her. I noticed her gaining consciousness. She opened her eyes hazily and after a moment of pause she shot up and sat straight like she was reminded of what was going on.

She looked at me panicked

"Where is Ash?"

She asked.

Her eyes filled with tears once again. I just looked at her with a state of pity, I couldn't do anything. I was helpless.

"Where is Ash, Ivan? Tell me. Tell m..e

Iv..Ivan tell..tell me"

She shook my body with her both hands urging for an answer but when I didn't answered and looked at her with a knowing look, she started crying more violently with her head in her hands, her knees coming closer and closer to her head untill she was all crouched up.

I held her hands to which she looked up to meet my eyes

"Ash will be here within two hours, I promise you. You trust me, right."

She just looked at me for some moments, searching for something in my eyes and then nodded.

"I do trust you."

"Alright, now get off the car amd take a cab to home, I will get there alone."

"No, I wouldn't. He is my son, it's my responsibility."

"He is my son too, Camilla."

"Fine, if he is our son then we both will go, not one person."

I sighed turning to the front and starting the car again. We have to get there quick.

......

We arrived at the address as we noticed a simple cottage in middle of the fields. Noticing guards around the house we immediately understood this the house where we are supposed to go.

As we started getting closer to the house a sudden sweet smell entered my nostrils abd after that everything went black.

......

I woke up to a sudden splash of water on my face. I found me and Camilla in an old garage or old factory, tied up in a chair adjacent to each other and Mr. Calloway standing in front of us smirking.

"Well,here we have our Mr. And Mrs. Billionaire. "

"Ivan, my dear you were so talented, I used to give your ideas to my useless son but sadly you were trapped by the same vixen."

He said with fake pity in his voice and turned to look at Camilla.

"Oh, Camilla. Aren't you a man destroyer? First, you talked my son about some artistic shit and turned him against me. And now you gonna destroy Ivan's life by pity trapping him in your family problems.

You would have been better lying in my bed when you were sold to me at the age of eighteen. Look, where you refusal brought you, a way to heaven."

"Just fucking tell us the deal."

I yelled.

"Ah, ah, ah. Young man in such a hurry. So, here is the deal. As Ash's guardian you will sign on these papers allowing me to have the property which was initially given to Ash, and Camilla will record her voice. As a testimony that she always hated Ash because he was a stone in the roots of her success.

And if you don't then you better know that who is trapped in the next room."

As the words left his mouth a sudden sound of breaking something startled me.