Chapter 11

She held her phone in her hands as she looked at the number, staring her back in the face. She wondered if it was necessary or if she could just go ask Ava if Caleb had been after her lately.

" She is not going to answer me or tell me what I want to know," she sighed.

She went ahead and dialed the number. She held the phone, waiting for him to pick it up.

" Hey, how is it going with you?" She asked as soon as he picked up.

" I'm good; it's been a while. Do you have a job for me?" his husked voice was heard from the other end of the phone.

" Yes, can we meet up? I will send you the address" she said as she ended the call.

She did not want the maid to know what she was talking about as she was still in Caleb's house.

She turned her head and saw a maid standing close to her, she flew back in fear.

Then she went closer to the maid.

" Tell me, did you hear anything at all?"

" I heard nothing, ma'am," she said fearfully.

She did not want to believe the maid but she had to.

She got downstairs and saw Caleb at the table, eating already.

" I did not know when you woke up." She threw out one of the chairs and sat down.

" I woke up a long time ago, and you should know that I have a job, and I have to get to work," he said.

" Can I come to the office later?" She asked.

" You can; it depends on what you want to do at my office." he lifted up the cup of tea and drank from it.

"I want to come see you, don't you miss me? Don't you feel like something is missing? You can not continue keeping away from me" she frowned.

He stood up from the chair.

" Where are you going? Are you leaving because I just got here?"

" No, Sophia, I'm leaving because I hate to listen to you lament about this all day. Give me a break, please; I have work to do." he walked away from her.

He got to his room, picked up his phone, and began searching for the video that Sophia was talking about.

He got into the car after he found the video and he began to play it. It was the news about Ava being one of the best actresses to ever grace the screen.

He stared at his phone as anger enveloped him. He was so angry with himself for letting her strip off his hands.

" Only if I had known that she was going to be like this" he murmured as he stepped into his car.

He drove to the office and sat in his chair.

Sophia was at the restaurant. She had sent her address to the investigator that she had called in the morning.

She ordered just a glass of juice. Her eyes would not leave the entrance of the door as she hoped he would show up soon.

After waiting for an extra five minutes, he opened the door, looked around, and saw Sophia seated on the left. He walked to her, pulled a chair, and got seated.

" What took you so long? I have been waiting here for you" she said.

" I know that; I was just trying to clear my path. I do not want anyone following me around the place," he said.

" Okay, fine, that is okay by me," she said.

She looked around her to make sure she was not being followed or monitored by anyone.

" Look at these pictures, I'm sure you know her, she is in this city for a movie shoot." She dropped Ava's pictures on the table.

Her investigator picks up the pictures and looks at them. He immediately recognized her.

" I know her; what do you want from her?" he asked.

" I want you to find out if Caleb is following her and if he is trying to say hello to her," she said.

" Why did you go as far as hiring me to do this? You can ask him if he is still after his ex-wife," he said.

It hurt Sophia so much that she bit her lips in pain.

" He is not going to answer that. I have tried talking to him about it but he won't answer that. I need you to find the answers that I want" she said.

The investigator pushes the pictures back to her.

" I won't be needing this picture and I can not promise you a certain duration because I do not know when I will be able to get an answer for you. It might be soon, it might not be," he said.

“I do not care how long or close it is; I just want to know what he has been up to. I want to know if he is thinking about her and trying to reach her. I want to know all of that" she said.

She took the glass of wine that was on the table and gulped it down her throat. Her heart hurts from what it was going to be.

She had her suspicion about him going about searching for her but she wants to confirm if he is doing that or not.

Ava stepped out of her car. She was trying to get into this beautiful home where she could drop Aurora while she was on set.

The shooting was taking longer than expected, and she was not sure if she wanted Aurora to be left alone most of the time, as Chris was sometimes busy.

She felt the home was going to be safe and secure for her.

Her phone began to ring, her eyes went to it and it was Chris who was calling her.

" Hey, where are you? I thought you said you were going to meet me here," she said into the phone as soon as she picked up the call.

" I did. Something just happened to me, and I'm so sorry, I won't be able to meet up with that," he said.