03~The Stranger at the door

---------------- 10 minutes away from HS Company -----------

"Colin. How long until we are there?"

"10 minutes sir. I'm sorry but we're passing through a kindergarten school, they seem to be having an orientation or something. We could be late -" Colin proceed to explain but he was sure his Boss wasn't listening to him.

His Boss loved his peace , hates noise and disturbance more than anything. A clash put the car on a stop and Colin slowly looked out of the window.

"Uhm sir? I think we hit a kid." In a flash, The Boss was down from the car before Colin's could.

"Why weren't you looking on the road you...!" He was about to curse at him but stopped when he noticed the little girl move her body.

"I was looking! She was the one who jumped on the road. Why would she leave her school building and make her way to the road?. "

"Are you seriously blaming her now? Get her into that car and drive straight to the hospital you moron! Also -- find her parent's contact and reach out to them. Call the company and cancel my return."

"But sir..."

"Don't you dare!?" He was pointing his finger up, making Colin know that his word was final. The little girl was picked up and taken into the back seat by Colin while his Boss also sat in the back seat, with the little girl's head on his laps.

One thing Colin knew about his 30 years old Boss was the fact that he loved little kids and had always wanted a daughter. During his free times, he would prefer to spend his day at the kid's park or anywhere he was sure to meet enough kids to take his sorrows away. They were like his light when he was in the dark.

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Regina stepped outside the building with her phone on her hand as she searched through her contact list. She had a smile on her face for the fact that she got a Secretary Job position. It was like the most paying job although they were other high paying. Despite her smile, Regina couldn't deny the fact that she was scared of how she could cope with her boss considering everything she had heard about him.

"What if he's cruel and not a nice man?" Regina had a lot of questions. She had attempted waiting to meet the CEO but Daniel returned later to inform her he cancelled his arrival because of something out of his control. She was told she would get a call when the CEO announces his new arrival day.

Her phone started ringing and it was an unsaved contact. Regina hated taking calls from unsaved contacts so she declined it but had to pick up when it started ringing again non stop.

"Ms Regina Campbell?" A male voice came up and Regina swallowed the lump she didn't realize to have been holding.

"Who's this?"

"Please come to Star faith Hospital. Your daughter was involved in an accident."

Regina's heartbeat stopped as she held onto her phone. Not her baby!!

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"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting Sir. Uhm -- Have you perhaps reached out to her parents?" Doc Smith asked politely upon entering the ward.

"Her mother. Yes "

"Oh thanks great. It's a miracle nothing of some sort happened to her. She just collapsed due to shock. She should be awake in about 2-3 hours."

"Very well then Smith. Thank you."

"You're welcome Boss." Doc Smith bowed a little before leaving the room, leaving only him and the little kid who was still unconscious. He had looked at her school tag earlier and was able to know her name.. "Mirabelle" it was a cute name and he didn't fail to point that out.

He wondered what she could be doing running outside the school premises or perhaps it's the school teachers that wasn't paying enough attention. He could get all of them fired if this was his child.

The door opened and a woman rushed in. "Mirabelle!" She called , ignoring him that was sitting there, the woman proceed to rush over the bed.

She was In her late 20's, Hills could tell. Seeing the worry on her face made him feel sad. "You should let her rest, the doctor said she'll be awake in 2-3 hours... By the way, she's fine and have no injury."

Regina who had just noticed his presence turned to him, boiling in anger. "Who are you? Did you do this to my daughter!? How dare you? Did he sent you to kill us? Well ,go back and inform him he can't hurt us! You get that? She's just a kid! Why would you do this to her. Even if she didn't get an injury, she could've been so scared! Why wouldn't you be looking while driving? Tell me... Were you on your phone? What the fuck were you doing not to see her!"

"Woo Woman. You need to calm down."

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down after almost killing my baby. Get out! Leave us---!"

Hands up, he stepped out of the room and breathed down. His driver approached him "Boss, are you okay? I got the snacks you asked for."

"Leave it at the door. Come drive me home."

Truth be told, he got super scared with the way she was yelling and on the other hand -- seeing how much prepared she was to protect her daughter was satisfying enough. She was a good mother.

While the car rolls, Hills sat behind and pressed his phone but he couldn't keep his mind away from the encounter he had just had. Perhaps she was rude? And this wasn't all about protecting her daughter?

She couldn't even hear him out! If the daughter was a grown up, he sure would be sueing her for running into his car. But no, the mother wouldn't even ask what had happened. Sighs, typical woman. His day couldn't get any worse.

"Matthew. Could you tell Doctor Smith to forward the little girl's details to the tech team and have them get me all her mother's details? " He was asking his driver.

"Yes Boss."

Hill's phone started ringing and it was his Mother, he didn't need a second thought to know the reason she was calling.

"I'm sorry Mom. I couldn't make it" he responded immediately and could hear his mother sigh.

"Hills, what happened? Why make an announcement that you are gonna appear today and then suddenly you didn't? Do you know what the Media are already writing? That you're a rude brat who had kept your face hidden for probably 4 years and then playing with everyone's mind."

"Mom. I told you I don't care about the media. It's my life, I live it not them! Besides I was already 10 minutes away from the company when I had a little accident... You don't expect me to continue."

"If it was that little of an accident, yes you could've continue!"

"Mother! A child got hit by my car. Don't be ridiculous, I'll reschedule tomorrow perhaps. Now get a rest and I will do the same too."

"Fine! Have a good day."

"Mmh." Hills hums as the call disconnected. He sighed and drop his phone on the seat then stare out of the window. "Great, they're stuck in a traffic."

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"Regina. What happened? I came over as soon as I got your call."

"Mirabelle was involved in an accident. Gosh I almost wet myself -- what on earth would she be doing out of school? I already called the school but they can't give me any solid information."

"How bad is her injury?"

"She had none, I'm glad. The person that hit her was here though. I heard from the doctor he was the one that brought her in and also called me."

"Oh. He's a good man then, where's he?" Daphne looked around and heard Regina sighed, no doubt she already understood.

"Regina! I told you to learn to control your emotion. C'mon! Perhaps that man could've told you what really happened if you weren't rude."

"It's not my fault. Seeing my baby like that made me lost it.. I'm sure he'll understand."

"Ms Regina? I think your daughter is awake."

Regina and Daphne stood up and rushed to Mirabelle's ward. True! She was awake.

"Oh my baby..." Regina hugged her in tears and Daphne just watched them. Regina was being dramatic, the doctor confirmed she had no injury of any sort so why is Regina acting like she's dead already?. Typical mother.

"Why? What were you doing out of school! I told you to stop it already."

"I was Bullied....Mum, who's my Father? My classmates made fun of me a lot and won't let me play with them until they see my Dad." Regina fall silent.

When Daphne noticed Regina had no words, she approached them. "Mira, no matter what... You could've gotten seriously injured. Look, see how sad you made your mother? She was worried about you and I am too. You can't be like this to us."

"I'm sorry Mum. Sorry Aunt." Mirabelle politely apologized.

"Now, if those people bully you again.. you tell them they have one mummy but you have two mummy's and you don't need a daddy cause you have us, okay?"

"Mmh." Regina was just standing and watching them, with her heart beating faster than usual as she watch Daphne trying to handle the situation.

But to Mirabelle -- while she had ended the conversation because she saw her mummy sad, sure enough she knew two mummy's weren't enough. She wanted a Daddy too.