Chapter 229 - Barbaric
The last ti Lily had interacted with Cole, she could sense his negative vibes. He wasn't happy about seeing her. Everyday he had co to sit with her and looked like a duty. She couldn't break the ice with him, but was it possible that he would be interested in looking after the business? She hoped against hope.
Hertz left the hospital. He was half willing to call Cole. The way he lost in the court against them, it was simply shaful. And all because his clients never told him the shady details. He decided to leave a simple ssage to Cole. After that the child could decide what he wanted. Eventually the whole business was about to collapse and he wasn't interested in helping them rebuild the business—not after they conned him.
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Daryn had taken Dawn to the cottage in the mountains and for the next few days, they just relaxed. Neal and Cole would often co and they would all have fun. So many tis Neal and Cole had gone cliff diving much to Dawn's chagrin, but the sport thoroughly captivated Cole. He wondered if Quetz would like it and he wished that he went cliff diving with him.
Dawn's appetite had increased trendously. There was not a day that she wouldn't go eating in between the als also. It had been seven days and all of them were sitting on lounge chairs on the deck. Dawn was lying on Daryn's chest reading a book, as he dozed off to sleep. The sun was so good here and she was in her bikini. The cool breeze over the waterfall made the day's temperature so ambient that they loved spending the entire day over there.
Cole and Neal were playing chess, a ga that Cole had mastered with the help of Gayle. Wearing only plain Bermudas, the boys had gone to the length of applying sunscreen on their bodies. "It is frigging cold, though," said Cole as he applied the sunscreen.
"Wear it!" said Neal. "This place is high on altitudes and unless you want to get a sun-kissed skin or a tan-line, you would want to apply it." He had tossed the tube to him.
His phone had beeped with a missed call from one of his friends. And every ti soone called, he jumped. Hertz had ssaged him a week back. After all he had gone through, the ssage was unsettling.
The ssage was still stored in Cole's phone and he hadn't responded. The ssage said,
[Hello Cole, Your Grandmother, Lily wants to et you and discuss the business. Thanks, Hertz]
The word, 'Grandmother' left him seething and every ti he saw the ssage he had an urge to delete it.
"Check!" Neal said, drawing his attention to the ga. The white queen was about to take down the black knight and the king was under attack.
Cole easily defended his knight and saved the king too.
"You've beco pretty good Cole," said Neal with a shocked expression. He had to concentrate more to defeat this human. "I heard that Anne and Helena are planning to move to the Supre Court," asked Neal to Dawn.
She flipped a page of her book and said, "Hmm…" absentmindedly. Daryn had told her that they could do whatever they like, they were behind the bars for a long ti to co. Dawn was interested in only one thing, which was to get back to her family business.
Sensing her movent, Daryn tightened his grip over her waist and dozed off again.
"Don't you want to go and check upon your family business?"
Dawn took a deep breath. She laid the book flat on her chest and looked at the sky. She wanted to, but she didn't know how.
Cole was absolutely quiet. A muscle in his jaw feathered.
"I do want to go and review it but things aren't that easy. With Lily Wyatt still over there, I am sure she wouldn't let enter," Dawn said with a sigh. Her fingers circled Daryn's arms lazily.
"When are they auctioning the refinery?"
She shrugged. "Who knows? These things take ti."
Neal made another counter move, suddenly finding his white queen under aggressive attack from the black pawns and bishop. He frowned at Cole.
"Hey, What about the Wyatt's Golf Course? Don't you want to go and see that too?"
A smile word on her lips. "I would love to, Neal," she replied. But was hesitant in visiting. The ntion of the na brought forward so many mories.
Another hostile attack and Neal was grunting. "You don't have to be so barbaric Cole!" He pointed out his fallen chess pieces. "Aren't you happy taking them down?"
"No," he replied coldly and then took down another one of his white pawns.
"Geez!" Neal said, exasperated. He had never been over the edge for a long ti and this boy was just sending him there again and again. He made another move.
"Dawn, you must hit when the iron is hot," he advised. "Maybe it is ti that you make your presence felt." He pointed at Daryn with his chin. "Your husband has been taking over businesses, chopping them down to eliminate competition, or helping them grow, all his life. Why don't you ask for his help?"
Removing her book, she turned over to the other side inviting a groan from the man beneath her. "Are you fine baby?" he asked in a hoarse whisper.
She stroked his chest in answer and he went off to sleep.
"I don't want to burden him more than what he is already facing…" she replied. "I'll think of sothing." But at the mont she wanted to sleep over her husband. These monts were so rare. Quetz had been pushing her to resu exploring her magic, which she didn't understand why. These days she just wanted to eat, sleep and loll.
Cole couldn't hide it anymore. "Dawn?" he called her.
"Yes bro?" she asked lazily. "I am not going to fetch food for you guys. Do it on your own."
"Hertz had ssaged a week back."
Neal stopped playing and stared at the kid in front of him. He raised an eyebrow.
Dawn's body beca tense. She turned to look at him with inquisitive eyes. Why was the lawyer contacting him? "What ssage?" she asked in a low, urgent, nervous voice.
"Lily Wyatt wants to see ," he replied grumpily. "And I don't want to go."
"You got that ssage a week back?"
"Yes," he nodded.
Dawn poked her tongue in her cheek and scratched her forehead. She got up and sat in Daryn's lap. "Baby?" he frowned as he woke up, not liking to part from the warm body of his mate. She was looking intently at Neal.
Neal's eyes had a shine in them. He tilted his head and smiled.
"Whatever you are thinking Neal—I am not going to be a part of it," said Cole raising his hands up in the air realizing that Neal's mind was cooking up sothing. That woman gave him creeps and he didn't want to have anything to do with her.
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Lily Wyatt was discharged from the hospital after four days. She had repeatedly asked Hertz whether he had sent the ssage or not and finally when Hertz had sent her the screenshot, she believed in him. She was now waiting for Cole to visit her, but it had been seven days. She hadn't heard anything about them.
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