by Beth Hoyer
only to feel a hand tapping his arm which he jerked his eyes open to see the driver leaning over him from outside the car.
He heard the driver speak “We’re in the castle. I had to drive all over the place to avoid some news van following us which I managed to lose them.”
He got out of the car taking a route to the penthouse to meet Gustav there that looked upset by the butler’s face. He felt himself too wide awake to sleep went to the kitchen to sit at the bench staring out the window as if in a trance till a hand touched his shoulder breaking him out of it.
He looked to see the hand’s owner was Jacqueline who spoke “The hospital called and said that Victoria is doing alright according to them but they added about transferring her to a specialized hospital focused on children and didn’t say where it was.”
He bobbed his head as Jacqueline added “The caller was a Highlander without saying his name but said that he was in the Highlander group Scotland and didn’t say anything else to answer my questions about Victoria by saying this mysterious comment that Victoria is out of harm’s way and that you know what he means.”
Jinks again gave the short bob before turning his attention towards the window lost in a trance till he felt a hand touch his shoulder looked to see Gustav.
The butler spoke “Go to bed Master Jinks. There’s nothing more can be done for Victoria who’s in good hands.”
Jinks got up without a comment as Gustav released his hold on his shoulder which he took a route to the bedroom closing the double doors and once inside fell to his knees crying tears and sounds of anguish. He slid to the floor curling into a ball still having his breakdown till his tears stop and his throat felt raw with pain. He felt sleepiness shut his eyes to pass out unconscious and dreamed of himself facing Lance on the beach. He saw his father looked angry that made him grimace.
Lance spoke with a furious tone “I planned for Burke Billbug to attack Victoria from behind who would use the karate on him to demonstrate to the girls the importance of learning self defense just to get them impressed with her to be friends with her. I didn’t foreseen Burke would shoot Victoria from behind which tell me that someone else manipulated the situation to have that kid shoot her.”
He grimaces forming it on his face as Lance continued to speak “I asked the Meritanians for help in finding who manipulated Burke to shoot Victoria for I know he didn’t shoot her on purpose judging by the boy’s reaction to you looking at him.”
Jinks growled an angry sound feeling himself getting angry as Lance kept talking “I alerted Scotland with the Meritanians’ help about the manipulating which they managed to transfer Victoria once she was stabilized to out of state to a home in California own by you and roped your son with his wife to watch her.”
He felt himself angrier as Lance abruptly put hands on his chest and forehead which he found his anger removed finding himself calmer.
He frowned as Lance spoke “From the look of things this same someone manipulated Burke to shoot Victoria appeared to have told the news crew about you being the one the tabloids were talking about. This tells me that someone had personal experience with you to view you in a negative way hence your daughter’s shooting and the news crew in your face.”
He found himself remaining calm as his father kept talking “I’m sure that this manipulator will blab your home location to the news affiliates. I mentioned what I told you to Scotland who said that they’ll look into that and beef up security to your home in case this happens.”
Jinks groaned as his father paused to shake his head with disgust on his face before adding “I told Scotland to keep the information on Victoria out of people’s hands and told them not to tell the servants of yours about that for I’m not sure if the manipulator is either a Highlander or has Highlanders working for this fool.”
He heard a new voice speak “We found who manipulated the situation.”
He looked at his right to spot the three Meritanians as Lance forced his eyes shut and he came to find himself lying in bed still wearing his clothes and eyed the clock seeing it said nine o’clock in the morning. He felt himself much better but still upset got up to hit the bathroom for a shower the hit the closet for some clothes which he put on his form and did his hair in the bathroom before heading out of the room to meet Gustav who looked nervous by his eyes showing it. Jinks went to the dining room pausing to see that the familiar newspapers were gone from the table as Gustav darted into the kitchen practically running. He got a bad feeling as Jacqueline arrived carrying a tray full of dishware holding food which he noticed she had nervousness in her eyes as she set the tray down on the table. He frowned as the bad feeling became stronger that told him that the servants know something he don’t know and are keeping it from him. He ate the food and drink before getting up to go to the TV room intending to watch TV. He found to his frustration the TV refusing to turn on which he got up to examine the flat screen hung on the wall to notice its not blaring its familiar blue light in the corner that told him that the TV had been shut down. He felt annoyed went to the kitchen to see the servants clam up from talking seeing him and saw them all looking nervous by their faces showing it.
He spoke “What’s going on with there being no newspapers and the TV not working?”
Silence from the servants was their response as he stared at them as the phone shrilled its noises.
He heard Jacqueline speak “I’ll get it.”
He watched as Jacqueline answered the phone speaking “Montreal Residence.”
Jinks frowned as she spoke “Ok tell the visitors to hurry.”
He folded his arms forming a glare on his face glaring at the servants as Jacqueline spoke “Master Jinks there’s a visitor coming up in the elevator which you should go to meet.”
He gave off a sound of disgust left the kitchen heading towards the living room to where the elevator stood in a wall watching a screen above it flash numbers indicating its ascending. He felt himself feeling impatient as the elevator finally reached the floor and with a loud ding watched the doors open and widen his eyes of shock seeing Barry and Tatiana both with frowns on their faces step out.
He exploded talking “The servants are hiding something from me as in keeping the newspapers away from me along with making sure the TV isn’t working.”
He cut off his talk seeing Barry’s eyes flared golden along with a glare on the Builder’s face.
Jinks frowned as Barry’s eyes stopped flaring followed by the Builder speaking with an annoyed tone “I called before arriving here and told the servants to take away the newspapers along with shutting off the TV for I prefer to inform you of a situation myself without you finding out by other sources. This is to avoid a very bad reaction by you finding out what it is.”
Jinks frowned as Barry kept talking “Go to the dining room and sit.”
He turned and led the way to the dining room to sit at the head of the table with Barry sitting on his left with Tatiana next to the Builder.
He looked at Barry questioning who spoke “Lance asked me to come and inform you of a situation fearing that you would react badly from other sources.”
Jinks frowned hearing Lance’s name as Barry continued to speak “Burke Billbug admitted to the cops the real reason why he shot Victoria is that his family was paid a huge amount of money worth for paying for four years at a major college.”
Jinks opened his mouth to speak and saw Barry’s glare shut his mouth as the Builder kept talking “The manipulator according to the Meritanians is a descendant of someone from your past named Donald.”
He stiffened with shock running through him as he recalled Donald from the past seemed to have a strong dislike towards him himself.
He frowned as Barry added “the descendant is a male who has taken up the name of Donald and has taken on the previous Donald’s vendetta against you by ordering the hit on Victoria and setting the news crew onto you which is not the only thing Donald did.”
He stared at Barry t
hat pulls out a folded newspaper from his coat and placed it on the table gesturing with a hand.
Jinks picked it up unfolding it to see it’s a newspaper he’s not familiar with, with his name blared on the cover “Jinks Montreal Human God!”
His picture showing him from the waist up which shows his eyes all black with a far away look on his face that appeared to be taken from a camera with the background the middle school site of the school dance at night time.
He felt rage to crumble up the newspaper and threw it to the wall and snarled out loud “This Donald has gone too far in ruining my life.”
He growled loudly to get a rage episode only to come too find he in a calm mood still sitting in the chair with Barry standing in his eyes sight next to him having a hand on his head which he felt his arms glued to the armrests. He frowned as Barry removed his hand which he felt the gluing feeling in his arms stop.
He heard Barry speak “Tatiana and me arrived to the building to see a crowd of various news crews gathered outside the front entrance with other people there all held back by rope barricades with Highlanders about four of them dressed in military gear looking heavily armed standing in front of the doors.”
He frowned as Barry went to sit down while pausing before adding “Tatiana and I gained entrance by the Highlanders scanning our minds which once inside I saw
