Around 1:00am, the shrill cry of a baby could be heard, alarming the woman sleeping in the sa room as the crying child. Bai Renxiang imdiately rolled to the left side of her bed where the baby's crib was to check on her son. She quickly scooped him from the bed and cradled him in the crook of her arms.
"Hey, what is wrong? Why is my baby crying? Is it because mummy did not sleep with you in your crib?" She asked in a croaked voiced. Anyti baby Jin cries, she tends to beco emotional and cry too.
"Renxiang, what happened to him? Did he fall off the crib? Should I call Shin so to get the car ready for us to et a doctor?" Jiang ilin rushed into the room in a worried state. "No, mum. He did not fall off his crib. I do not know why he is crying. What if he is sick or..or had a bad dream? Oh my God, I do not know. He can't speak properly," Bai Renxiang ranted causing baby Jin to cry more.
"Stop it Renxiang. Stop it now. Look he is not sick or have a bad dream. He is simply hungry. But with you panicking like this, you are scaring the poor baby," Jiang ilin shook her head in disbelief at her daughter's action.
"Really? He is just hungry?" She asked.
"Yes. Hurry and feed him before he cries his lungs out and wake the whole neighborhood up," Jiang ilin nonchalantly said. "Ssh ssh, here my love. Suck up and cry no more. Mummy will make sure your little tummy gets filled," Bai Renxiang coaxed as she fed him.
After a while, he slept with Bai Renxiang's breast in his mouth. Jiang ilin and Bai Renxiang sighed in relief seeing the baby finally sleeping. "You can place him in the crib and take so rest. You really need it."
"Alright mum. Good night," Bai Renxiang greeted. Her eyes focused on her baby while she patted his side, careful not not to wake him up. "Are you not going to place him in his crib and sleep?" Her mother asked as she did not make a move.
"No, I am not. I do not have the heart to disturb him when he sleeping so soundly. What if I take it out and get starts crying again? His eyes will hurt by tomorrow and I do not want my handso baby to have eye bags when his life has barely begun. I am not willing to take any chances. If it ans for to sleep like this, then I will," she blurted out in a low voice.
"I know what you an. I just want you to rest because tomorrow you might get tired of lack of rest and have no energy to care for him. You know what? Just don't stress yourself. You can lie down sideways so that your hungry baby could still have his source of food in his mouth and you can get enough sleep." She walked towards the mother and son pair and placed light kisses on their foreheads.
"Good night honey."
"Good night mum. Sweet dreams," she waved at her mother.
************
Sowhere in City A, in a dimly lit room, a man sat behind a desk that with a cigarette between his fingers of his right hand. He held a picture of a woman in her late forties sipping a cup of coffee while sitting in balcony. She seed to be lost in thought.
The other picture was of a younger woman between the range of tweny-one to twenty-four years of age coming out of a hospital with a baby in her arms.
"We could not trail them to were they lived. The two n with them were quick to know of our presence. What do we do now sir?" The man's sitting opposite the mysterious man reported.
"As expected from that old man. Tell them to lay low for a while. In the anti, make sure no harm befalls them especially the baby and its mother. Protect them secretly," the mysterious man ordered. After a while of silence, the man noticed that his assistant was still seated, he cocked his black brows in askance.
"Whatever you want to say, let it out. Your presence here is disturbing," he said lazily as he lolled in his chair.
The man spoke after he was granted permission to do so. "Ehm, boss. Soone has been trying to get information about the woman for a long period of ti now. The person seems very persistent about finding her," he said reluctantly.
"Sotis I wonder if you are stupid or just foolish. A person has been searching for that woman for a 'long' ti and you are telling now," he bellowed. "Who?"
"Their identity is hard to figure out. But we could only guess that it might be from one of the feared gangs since their technology is top-notch." The mysterious man let out a small laugh that sent chills down the spine of the assistant. This boss of his is terrifying.
"Top-notch huh. Make sure no information about her gets leaked.. or else. Now scram." Imdiately those words fell out from his lips, the assistant rushed out of the room after giving a brief bow to his scary boss.
The room was silent once again. The mysterious man blew out a thick smoke from his lips. Staring at the picture of the older woman, he smiled. "We have been too far apart from each other like you wanted. But no more, my love. No more. I will be back and this ti, I will never let you go no matter what. But till then, be sure to miss . A lot."
Trouble is brewing. Secrets will soon be revealed and DEATH is looming in the air. If you want to unravel the mysteries and happenings of future events of this book, stay tuned. Read, comnt, vote and review. As for those who are supporting , I appreciate it alot. Pooh loves you all 💖😉
Reviews
All reviews (0)