Chapter 323 - Double or Triple

"Strange, isn't he just five years old? Shouldn't he freak out?" Martha asked.

"Alright, I think Silvia should take some rest. We all should go." Matt suggested.

After wishing Silvia a very speedy recovery, everyone left but promised her that they would come back tomorrow.

"Are you tired babe?" Kevin asked before wrapping his arms around her.

Burying her face on his chest, Silvia nodded her head. "A bit."

Pressing his lips in between her brows, he said, "Take some rest."

"You'll stay with me right?" 

"Obviously I will babe, where will I go? I'll always stay with you no matter what."

Clutching onto his shirt, Silvia slowly dozed off to sleep.

…..

SPIRIT MAIN BASE.

"You called me." 

"Ahhh Elias, you are here. I have been waiting for you." Gorus said with a huge devilish grin on his face.

Without waiting for Elias' reply, he added, "There is good news for you."

"What kind of good news?" 

"Hmm, it's about Ethan, your favourite boy Ethan. You know how he was supposed to die right?" When Elias nodded his head, Gorus added, "So surprisingly he is not dead, he is alive and is in the hospital along with the Austin's, Greens and Jones. How lucky isn't he?" 

Pausing for a while, Gorus added, "It's so surprising that he managed to survive even after you injected that chemical into his body. His immunity system must be amazing to be able to digest that thing."

"Maybe they managed to save him." 

"Hmmm may be but are you sure that you injected him the same dose that my son suggested?" 

"I did."

"Ah is it? Then I guess Ethan is lucky but the poor guy has to die anyway." 

"He is just a kid so I guess you could just leave him." Elias suggested.

"Hmm why Elias? When did you start caring about lives? Since when did Spirit start caring about lives?" Gorus asked.

"But—"

"Kill him and that is your new task. You'll have to kill Ethan and drag his corpse here. Prove your loyalty for Spirit by killing the person who can destroy us."

Elias nodded his head and said, "Okay but I need some time for this. There are many people around Ethan right now so it's difficult to make a move. Let everything settle down and I'll do like you said." 

Letting out a movkijh chuckled, Gorus patted his shoulder, "Your power of analyzing the whole situation is what is what I like the most about you. Take as much time as you want, you have my full support. Ahh and I have a gift for you."

Walking towards his desk, he opened the drawer and took an old picture of a small boy and girl standing hand in hand with a very bright smile on their face. 

"So I was cleaning Sabrina Jones' old cupboard because I wanted something from it and look what I found." Passing the picture to Elias, he added, "A very old, cute little picture of you and Silvia Green. Ah how cute and mesmerizing, isn't it?"

Gesturing him to leave, Gorus continued, "Keep it, a cute little gift from my side to remind you about your beautiful childhood with Silvia Green."

Without saying anything, Elias nodded his head and left.

….

Elias' room

Brushing his fingers through the photograph, Elias smiled when the handful of memories he had with little Silvia flashed in his mind.

"Do you even remember me Dopey?" He nurtured before carefully placing the photograph inside his wallet.

…..

Three weeks later.

Hospital.

"We can't just let them take him away like that." Liza snapped.

With his arms wrapped around Liza's waist, Ethan refused to let go. "Mama...not leave."

Rubbing his back, she murmured, "Calm down, no one is taking you anywhere."

"But he is our son."

"Yes, this is wrong."

"Stop lying, if you are really his parents then why is he so scared after seeing you both?" Liza asked.

The man and the woman who were claiming to be Ethan's parents, pursed their lips and gave each other a look.

"Because our little baby is scared." 

"Yes, he is traumatized."

"Mr Jones, they have shown us all necessary papers and doc.u.ments. His name is Ethan and he is their son." The police officer said.

"No, they are lying." Turning towards Jackie, Liza added, "Do something Jack, we can't let them take him away like that. What if this is a plan to harm him again?"

"I think Ms Liza is correct officer, we shouldn't take any risk. The child has been found under a very complicated situation and I wouldn't be wise if we don't cross check everything before letting him go. The doc.u.ments can be easily forged but DNA reports do not lie. We can run a few tests to find out if they are really his parents or not." Dr Bailey suggested.

"And if they are really his parents, you need to be interrogated too. This child is the sole witness to what exactly happened that day with my niece and we need to find out what was a small boy doing outside the hospital for three days." Jackie added.

"Yes Mr Jones, we will definitely not let them off without proper investigation." The police officer said.

"Okay then, I'll take their samples for the DNA test." 

The man and the woman gulped in nervousness before looking at Dr Johnathan who was standing near the door.

Straightening his white coat, Johnathan quietly walked away without saying anything.

…..

Silva's room.

Looking at the mirror, Silvis frowned, "Great, now I have a double chin too."

"What? Double chin? Where? I don't see any double chin." Taking the mirror from her hand, Kevin added, "And so what if you have a double chin or even triple chin? I don't mind."

"Ah but I do okay? I don't wanna be all fat and round while you are so hot and s.e.xy." 

Pouring some soup into the bowl from the flask, Kevin chuckled, "I don't know what is wrong with you babe? I feel like you are losing weight and here you are complaining about your non-existent double chin."

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