The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 95

On the next day after they had woken up and finished getting ready, Liam and his friends headed out of the hotel and straight to the luxe watch shop where they first spotted Ciara, when they got to the shop they saw the very same man who had attended to Ciara when she was here.

” Good morning gentlemen, how may I help you today.”

He welcomed them with a big smile on his face, as he thought that he had hit a jackpot with these three rich looking men that had just walked in his shop.

“Remember this woman? You helped her about a few months ago, we are looking for her.”

Liam took out his phone and showed the displayed picture to the shop attendant. The poor guy took the phone and spent some time looking at the picture trying to remember if he had seen the woman anywhere.

” Vividly yes I do remember seeing her, but I just can’t remember how I’ve helped her and certainly dont know where she is right now.”

Finnick took a step closer and assessed the shop attendant, we wanted to ensure that what he was saying was true.

” How about I help you remember, when this woman was here, she left a white apple phone on your counter , and it was switched off. “

It was rare to hear Finnick speak in public and when he did, his gravely voice always scared people and this time was no different as it seemed that the man instantly remembered Ciara.

” Ohw yes I do remember her, she was here to remove a tracker from her watch, which I really found it odd but still did remove it for her anyway . Hold on I’ll get the phone for you, we’ve been keeping it safe, incase she came back looking for it.”

He turned around and walked to back of the shop where the storage safe was being kept. After punching a few numbers on it, he opened the safe door and took out a phone among the many things that were stored in that safe..

” Gentlemen, I trust that this is the phone that you are looking for.”

He pushed the phone toward Finnick, but Liam reached out and took the phone to check it out.

Because the phone was switched off and was not in use for a long time now, the battery was dead and needed to be charged before they could be able to page through it.

” are you sure that’s all that you remember?”

Finnick asked again, just to make sure that they were not missing anything useful to their search.

” I swear!”

Since the man had sworn that he knew nothing, all they could do now was to just go back where they came from. They returned to the hotel where they charged the phone and Matthew called for room service so that they could enjoy their meal while waiting for the phone to fully charge.

As a busy man who ran a multi billion rand operation, Liam needed to check-in on his work every now and then. Even when he was out of town, he still had to do his work, so in reality Liam never really had a day off. He had instructed Larry to send him all the important documents that needed his signature and attention, so that is what he was currently busy with right now. He was engrossed in the documents that he was reading that he did not even notice when the food was delivered to their suite. His friend had to remind him that he needed to eat before he could close his laptop and stop working. He then walked up to the buffet setup that the hotel staff had set for them and dished up his meal. He then sat down to eat.

” Hey Liam, how big do you think Ciara’s belly is right now? Owh wait do you think it is a girl or a boy that you guys are having.?”

Liam scratched his head, he understood that Matthew asked that question so that he can lighten up his mood, make him look at the brighter side of things and encourage him not to give up.

He took a sip of the Mango juice in front of him and looked out in space through the window in the room.

” Owh Matt, let me say that your timing is really bad but if I had to answer you, I would love my child regardless of the gender. But if I really were to choose it would be nice if she was a girl. I will be able to protect her from all the harm and bad people of this world, she would be my little princess. But of course if it is a boy that’s also OK as he will help me protect his mommy and and run the family business. “

He smiled while thinking about these things, a future worth looking forward to. He continued to enjoy his meal now in a much better mood and when they were done with their meal it was time to switch on the phone and browse through it for clues. Luckily the phone was still working and the first thing they did was to check for the calls she made leading up to the day of her disappearance. After a few minutes of jotting down the numbers that were not saved, they started making calls, one by one they called those numbers from the list.

A long time had passed but they still did not replace anything useful from that contact list. They were hoping that she might have called a friend or maybe a relative to help her but as it turned out, she did everything on her own.

“Damn it!”

Matthew hit the table in frustration as he did not know what to do next , but the investigative side of Finnick never gave up. He deals with things like this daily at work, so this was nothing but a minor set back to him . He intensely looked at Liam and maintained an eye contact with him, it was as if they were both up to something.

” If you were Ciara and had no relatives or friends to depend on outside your city , what is the first thing that you would do when planning an escape?”

As he spoke, he was lazily sitting at the edge of his chair with his back against the back rest while his right hand gently tapping on the table.