The taxi stopped in front of Eric's mansion, and Drew paid the bill. The black driver who looked a little like Michael Jordan noticed her injured knee and couldn't help but ask: "Miss Barrymore, do you need help ?"
Drew shook her head: "No, thanks."
Having limped towards the door, she rang the doorbell.
The black driver couldn't help but look at the high walls. Thanks to the recent tabloids mania and noticing the paparazzi in their parked cars, he soon realized that this was Eric Williams' newly acquired mansion.
It didn't really matter to him though as he was only a cab driver, he only shrugged, started his car, and left.
"Yes ?"
Hearing the familiar voice coming out of the intercom, the absurd pain in her knee hit her and Drew felt like crying. It was only in front of Eric that she would show this side of her, because she knew he was the only one who cared.
"Eric, It's me." Drew said.
"Drew, wait, I'll be right there."
After a while, the door opened and Eric saw a distressed Drew hastily come in. He shut the door and a.s.sessed her before asking in concern: "Drew, how did you hurt your leg ?"
The girl said in aggrieved tone: "That crazy woman locked me in my room, I didn't have a choice but to escape from the second floor, so I tied some bed sheets together, and when I was climbing down, one of the knots got loose."
Eric felt he really couldn't understand Drew's mother, what a silly woman. He squatted to check the girl's knee and found out that it was a little bruised and sc.r.a.ped on the surface of the skin: "Let's go in, I'll handle it."
Drew held onto his sleeve and they walked two steps before Eric turned his head to look at the girl limping next to him. He sighed, bent his back, hugged her and walked towards the house.
On the living room sofa, Eric got a first aid kit and started to clean Drew's wound as he spoke: "Don't do this next time, it was really dangerous, it's fortunate that you only got yourself a minor injury.
And about your mother." Eric suddenly halted his words, he really didn't know how to evaluate the woman, so he said: "It won't always be that way."
Drew outstretched her white leg and allowed Eric to take care of her knee. After a while, she suddenly asked: "Eric, did something happen ?"
Eric who was about to bandage her, froze and said: "Do you know something ?"
Eric walked in front of the door and inquired about the person's ident.i.ty in the intercom: "Mr. Williams, I'm from the Los Angeles Police Department."
He opened the door and was faced with a fat man in a police uniform and a thirty-year-old woman. Just looking at the latter's appearance, Eric instantly knew who she was; after all, she really looked like Drew.
The police officer was really reluctant to face the young man in front of him. Although the lad's current reputation wasn't that good, his ident.i.ty was nothing to be trifled with, and the police officer really didn't want to get on his bad side.
However, he had no choice but to do this, otherwise the woman next to him would definitely make a fuss.
"h.e.l.lo, Mr. Williams, I'm Matt Bryson." The fat police officer shook hands with Eric, then said, a little embarra.s.sed: "Ms. Barrymore claims that you kidnapped her daughter."
Eric frowned, and sharply eyed Jaid. When the woman saw the youth look at her, she slightly raised her chin and tried to appear more dignified. However, faced with Eric's oppressive bearing, her eyes wavered, it was obvious at a glance that even she wasn't sure if her daughter was here.
"Drew is indeed here with me, however I did not abduct her, she came over by herself. Ms. Barrymore, I think we need to have talk."
Once Eric admitted to her daughter being there, Jaid's momentum immediately surged: "There is nothing to talk about, have my daughter come out, I'm bringing her back, you hateful rapist !"
Eric scowled as he coldly said: "Please watch your words ! Right now there is a police officer standing as witness, I can rightfully sue you for defamation."
"You." Ildiko Jaid drew back a little, she turned her anxious sights towards the police officer.
Before she could say anything, Eric took the lead: "Mr. Bryson, sorry to have troubled you, things are not as serious as this lady has been claiming. Drew and I are friends, and she came to my house this afternoon to hang out, it's a very common thing, is it not ? Ms.
Barrymore's reaction was simply over the top, and nothing else. You can take your leave, we will privately settle this."
Matt Bryson also didn't like having the woman around, so when he heard Eric, he took the opportunity to back down without losing face: "Then so be it. Mr. Williams, ma'am, farewell."
"Mr. Bryson, you can't just go like this, he." Idilko Jaid apparently didn't want to face Eric alone, she stepped forward and clung to Matt Bryson.
The police officer thwarted the woman's hands and said: "Ma'am, things have already been made clear, your daughter came to Mr. Williams' house to play, and if you keep behaving like this, I will sue you for obstructing official business !"
Looking at Matt Bryson driving his police car away, Ildiko Jaid, who had been deprived of her only backer, suddenly lost her confidence. While Eric was still young, whether it was social status, wealth or backing he didn't lack any.
Although Jaid's daughter was a child star, she herself could barely be considered a middle-cla.s.s woman, and even if you included her experience as a small-time actress, facing the prodigy in front of her, she found herself severely lacking.