My Baby Girl

Rumours

Carlos POV

"My blessings are always with you darling, and I am looking forward to the day when you bring your fiance into this house," she added.

"I know, mum, we don't know what our future holds, but please don't make predictions about how it should be," I answered.

"Carlos, control your anger," my mother advised. "I know you're a hothead, but you need to control your anger; it won't be good for your future darling."

"Mom, you're making me mad right now, but I have to get ready for work," I said.

"Yes, darling, I'll take care of myself," she responded. "Take care of yourself, sweetheart, and please drive safely."

When I went to my window to see who had been honking for so long, I realised it was Mr. Nelson. He arrived in a different car, and his appearance was unusual; he usually wears a suit, but this time he wore a black hoodie and a black t-shirt.

"All right mum, I'm leaving now, so please take care of yourself," I said.

"So someone is coming to pick you up today huh!!," my mother replied. "Who is it darling, some new friend whom you didn't introduce to me?"

"Yes, it's a new friend, and I'll introduce him to you later because I'm busy and running late for work, and my new friend doesn't like to wait for long periods of time, and now I'm making him wait because you want me to answer all of your questions, can I answer them when I get home and tell you everything about him, is that okay mom?" I replied.

"Yes, dear, you can leave at this time; your friend must be expecting you; hurry up!! Make sure he doesn't have to wait "She responded with.

"Bye mum," I replied, kissing her on the cheeks, "take care of yourself, and remember what I told you."

I locked my door securely before leaving my place.

Mr Nelson was waiting for me in the car, which I noticed. He honked twice to signal that it was time to buckle up in the car.

I dashed over to the car and sat next to him in the front seat.

I greeted Mr. Nelson with, "Hello sir."

"Hey Carlos," he replied, "a very good morning sir!, I am so sorry that I kept you waiting for so long, I had to take care of my mother, she is sick, and she needs me all the time, so I had to make some preparations for her, she can't walk properly, so I had to make breakfast and lunch for her, which took some time, and then she started asking me questions about you, because no one usually comes to pick me up, I drive alone to work," I replied.

"That's fine, Carlos," Mr Nelson responded. "I waited here for 5 minutes for you, and you didn't show up on time, so that's why I had to honk, so you would know I was waiting for you."

"I recognised it was you, sir," I said, "but you always dress up in a suit, and today you are wearing this sir, can I ask you why?"

"I didn't want anyone to recognise me, so I had to wear this hoodie and black shirt," he responded. "I know I've never worn this kind of clothing before, but I had to wear it today because I didn't want anyone to follow me here."

"Yes sir, I completely understand; you want to keep this a secret, right?" I inquired.

"Yes, Carlos, I don't want anyone else to know about this," he said. "I know that if anyone finds out that I'm here, they'll follow me, and the news will spread like wildfire, and I don't want that to happen. I hope you didn't tell anyone about this Carlos."

"No sir, I didn't tell anyone about this, therefore it's impossible for anyone to know about it don't worry, I know this is a very delicate matter, and it would be horrible if I informed anyone about it, even if someone forced me to tell them sir, even if they threatened me to death," I answered.

"Who threatened you, Carlos? Did someone ask you about this?" he inquired.

"No sir, I don't want to tell you anything; it would be better if I kept my mouth shut," I replied. "All I can say is that the person doesn't know anything because I didn't tell them anything; don't worry sir."

"Tell me, Carlos, who pressured you; I want to know who that person is; that is my command; tell me, because I want to know right now," he responded.

"No, sir, I'm afraid I can't tell you because I don't want this to affect your friendship with that person," I said.

"So, was that really, Jared? Carlos Tell me who asked you about this, was it Jared??, and give me a yes or no answer ", he explained.

"Yes sir, it was Jared who threatened me last night, he sat in my car and told me to drive for a few minutes, and then when we got to a place where there was no one, and the street was totally empty, he pulled out his revolver and told me to tell him everything, or else who would kill me, but I didn't tell him anything, I just managed to make him understand that what he was doing was wrong, and he then left the car and headed towards another car, he entered the car and drove away."

"I tried to make jared understand, I told him hundred and ten times and I will be fine there is no need for him to worry about me, but he will never understand, he continue to be worried about me and in this way he irritates me more, he is just trying to make the situation worse and nothing else", he replied.

"It's all right sir, mr Jared is just worried about you, and he doesn't trust me, so he thinks I'm one of Mr Nolan's men, trying to carry out his orders by killing you, but sir, I am not one of Mr Nolan's men, nor have I ever met him in my life, and I would never put your life in danger and I would never kill you, not even in my dreams sir," I responded.

"How did you find out about Nolan, Carlos?

How did you find out about him when the police kept his identity and name hidden?, he questioned me.

"Sir, everyone in this city knows about Nolan, and they all know what he did to Mrs Addison, everyone knows the full story," I answered.

"I told the police to keep this information hidden, and they told everyone about it, and I'm really pissed at them; how can they be so careless? I'm going to sue them soon; they're going to lose their jobs, because first and foremost, they couldn't find my wife, and now they're acting too smart of themselves and angry with them now," he responded.

"Sir I don't think it's the police, because they know that how powerful you are, they know that you are having the capability of removing them from their jobs, so I don't think that it is the police, sir there are so many workers working for you in your mansion, and you know how maids are, they love to gossip, and once the gossip starts its the hot new in the town, and then it would spread like fire everywhere, and you are a well known and famous person, so everyone would like to gossip about you, and share your personal matters with each other, so it's not the policies fault here, it's your workers, they must have spread the rumours about you", I replied.

"You are right Carlos, it will be my workers, they love to gossip. They think that they would get some attention from people by doing so, and now I heard that they are gossiping about the relationship between me and jared , there is a lot of argument between me and jared, these day we argue and fight a lot, so this is affecting our friendship, and now my workers are noticing this and they are gossiping about this, because of that now everyone knows about it, am i right Carlos, you will be knowing about this right?"Mr. Nelson asked me.

"Yes sir, I know about this, about the drift in your friendship with Mr Jared, but if you show people and you argue in front of them they will surely take advantage of your situation, and no one can stop anyone from gossiping, so if your arguing with mr jared in front of your workers this would surely happen", I replied.

"It's my fault Carlos I cannot control my anger, and jared irritates me so much that I lose my control and I yell at him, he every time tells me that Addison is dead and I need to move on, but I can't move on that easily, I love her so much, and I believe that she is alive, you know what Carlos", he said.

"What sir?", I asked him

"You are like an angel to me, I lost hope but you brought an hope in my life by telling me that my wife is alive, I hope you are not the devil by just bringing more sadness in my life", he replied.

"No sir I am definitely not the devil, but I don't know about the angel thing, you are actually like an angel to me, you helped me with the money I thought I would lose my house because of the loans in my name, I had totally lost hope but you brought a hope in me, and now with this money I can easily pay the loans and my mom's hospital bills, and because of you my mom will be fine", I replied.

"That's good to hear from you Carlos that you are doing good in your life, I am happy to hear this, but I hope that you are not lying to him just because I helped you with the money, you are not doing this because of this right Carlos?", he asked me.

"No sir, definitely no, I am doing this because you helped me with the money, I am doing this because I care about you sir, you mean a lot to me in my life and I take you as a friend sir, so please don't mistaken me, I do care for you, and I am not at all doing this because of the money I just can't see you in this state", I replied.

"Why do you care a lot about me Carlos, you don't even know me, and we just met yesterday, so how can you care for me in just a day? I can't understand this. Will you please explain it to me, why are you caring for me", he replied.

"I can't sir, you might get to know everything when the correct time comes, and that day will surely come soon, and I know that", I replied.

"I don't know when this right time will arrive, but I hope it arrives soon because I want to know the truth", he smiled.

I will not confess the truth to Mr Nelson now, I would confess this truth soon.

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