You Can Run But You Can't Hide My Contractual Wife

Chapter 288: Memories

Eric was so furious about what happened to his Aunt Rita.

He could not believe that she could do it as he knew her to be a tough woman.

For him, she was an epitome of a strong character.

It was so sudden to him.

Her death was so sudden.

Eric had to fly back abroad to check on Rosy and his Uncle Byer.

Before he jumped out the bed, he quickly dialed someone on his phone.

“About the girl of my uncle,” Eric’s tone was dangerous.

“Sir, what about her?” The suspense of the tone on the other line appeared.

Gritting his teeth, his eyes were murderous. “…torture her but keep her alive. I want to kill her by

myself. Clear?” He ordered soullessly.

“Right away, sir.” The person on the other line quickly answered.

After the call, Eric started to grab his things and put them in his travel bag.

With a heavy heart, he looked at the black suit hanging inside his wardrobe then he remembered his

Aunt Rita when she was still alive.

“Happy birthday! I have a surprise for you, son!” His aunt Rita never missed remembering his birthday.

She always prepared a simple celebration for them on his birthday.

She was sweet and very generous.

“Wow! What’s inside, Auntie?” The teenage boy Eric was very excited holding a huge box wrapped with

a red ribbon.

“Open it!” His Auntie Rita said with sparks in her eyes due to happiness and excitement.

The teenage boy Eric quickly opened it with a smile of excitement.

When he finally saw it, he was shocked like he couldn’t believe what he saw.

“Oh my… Auntie, is this really for me?” Eric was very happy receiving the only thing he ever wanted at

that time.

A guitar.

He was very surprised to see it was wrapped in a box.

His Auntie surely made an effort to put it in a box so there’s an element of surprise.

He had been wanting to have a guitar at the age of 13 as he loved music so much.

He remembered his late father whenever he played the guitar as the last memory he had with him was

he was playing the guitar and his mother was singing.

They were very happy at that time.

When he was just 6 years old, he could already play the piano well using Byer’s piano in the house.

Then as he grew older, he learned to play a lot of different musical instruments.

Of all the instruments, he had no guitar.

He just borrowed the guitar of his friend whenever its’ available.

“Yes… it’s for you darling. I want you to remember your family with that guitar. Happy birthday!” His

Aunt Rita was very supportive of him as she hugged him lovingly. “But… I have a little request from

you.” She muttered sweetly.

“What is it, Auntie?” He asked full of curiosity.

“I want you to play that guitar first in front of me with a song. Promise?” She requested smiling.

“No problem.” Eric smiled then he started playing his first guitar with a sweet song for his aunt.

His aunt loved it very much then the guests started to come in for his birthday celebration.

They stopped by to hear Eric’s good performance.

After he performed, “Thank you auntie for giving me this instrument. You are the best Auntie in the

whole world!” After his speech, the crowd’s applause was heard.

He saw her wiping her tears of joy.

Then Eric’s memory brought him when his Aunt Rita rescued her in the principal's office when he was

10.

He got into a fight when some bullies in the school.

When he was a boy, he was thin and small so he was always the target of the bullies in their school

because he was known to have no parents.

“Hey! You! Where’s your mama, huh?” The tall fat boy tapped his shoulder while he was walking in a

corridor.

He was used to them so he didn’t reply and just continued walking but two boys blocked his way.

He stopped and looked at them.

They laughed out loud.

“Why don’t you tell us? Who made you?” The boy with curly hair was obviously provoking him.

“Shut up!... Who’s who? We all know he had no parents. Maybe he came from an egg perhaps?” The

other boy blurted out.

“Hell yeah! Did he come from a dinosaur egg? Oh maybe, ah dragon egg?” They all chuckled.

“You are all wrong! Eric is very thin and small and you all mentioned big eggs. You are all definitely

wrong!” The fat boy refuted.

“Then what egg?” The two boys asked at the same time.

“Chicken egg! Koookook! Koookook!” The fat boy messed up his hair then they all laughed at him

again.

Eric stood still as he was already clenching his fists.

“Eggs can supplement brains. Try to eat one.” Eric commented then smirked.

The laughing stopped.

“What did you say?!” The fat boy suddenly held the neckline of his shirt.

With all his might, Eric pushed him.

Then the brawling happened between him and the three boys.

That was his first-ever fight and he got a lot of bruises from the three boys.

In the principal's office, the parents of the three boys arrived immediately and he had no one.

“This boy had no parents that is why he had no manners.” Eric heard the mother of the fat boy's

comment.

“Yeah, that’s right. He should be expelled from this school.” The other mother supported sarcastically.

“Who said, this boy has no parents?” Everyone turned to see in the door’s direction.

Eric’s eyes widened seeing his Auntie Rita strode inside with an intimidating look.

She was wearing all her branded clothes and accessories and she walked elegantly.

“I am this boy’s mother.” She introduced herself holding Eric’s hand.

“And who dared you to talk about manners? Your son is the most bully in this school. You wanna bet? Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Because I can assure you that I can secure evidence from other students about your son’s bullying all

students in this school.” His Aunt Rita bombarded all the parents. “You! You! And You!” She pointed to

the three boys with the parents. “They should be the ones to be expelled from this school.” His Aunt

Rita’s mouth was non-stopped. “Ms. Hanes, if the bullying of this school will not stop then I am sorry, I

will report this school to the higher court. This school must be closed.” With a high chin, Aunt Rita

finished her words.

Everyone was alarmed.

“Our apology Mrs. Byer. You can assure that the bullying will stop in this school and to you Eric, we

apologize to you too.” The principal was very sorry. The parents were quiet and problematic. They

seemed to be in a hopeless case as they knew that their boys were the bullies.

After that, his Aunt Rita won the fight.

They won the case.

The three boys were expelled from the school.

Every day, his Aunt Rita visited his room to treat his bruises until it was completely healed.

“Always remember, no one will bully you as long as I am here.” She whispered blowing his bruises on

his face after she put a betadine.

That words of his Auntie Rita pierced his heart.

Even in the present, he was thankful for her.

Thinking about his Auntie Rita, Eric’s tears slipped out from his eyes when someone knocked on his

door.

“Come in!” He pulled himself and voice.

His old butler came in.

“Mr. Grant, your breakfast is ready.” He announced politely.

“Okay.” He answered grabbing his black suit.

“Ahhh… Mr. Grant, your guest left the house very early.” The butler reported.

Eric stopped as he remembered the girl who he brought last night.

How could he forget about her?

Then he heaved a deep sigh.

“Okay.” He answered unbothered.

‘It is just right Eric.’ He thought.

‘Whatever you feel towards the girl, kill it. She is already married. Don’t get involved with a married

woman.’

‘You already saved her last night. You paid her for harassing a married woman.’

With his thoughts, he heaved a heavy sigh again.

He just hoped he would not meet her again and he wished her luck in her life.

Then, he continued packing his bags.

Earlier, the Enchantress woke up in a strange white room.

At first, she thought she was in a hotel judging from the comfy king-size bed and the huge elegant room

but when she sneaked out, she saw a big picture of Eric hanging on the wall.

“Sh*t!” She suddenly cursed.

Her mind was so messy as she could not remember what happened last night and why she ended up

with the hand of this man.

Why she was in his house?

Her eyes started to wander outside her room.

She could not believe how rich Eric is as his mansion was screaming of elegance but it was so homey.

Then her eyes landed on his picture again.

She could feel her heart was excited to see a handsome face like Eric.

‘He is charming but he was not so kind!’

‘He is not a gentleman!’

‘He is rude!’

‘He is crazy!’

‘But gosh! He is very handsome and hot!’

‘Sexy as hell!’

The Enchantress's eyes were very fond of her view when she suddenly remembered her brother.

‘Oh! No! Brother… wait for me!’ She quickly ran off and left the house.

‘Thank you for last night but I hope I will not see you again.’ She muttered before she entered inside a

cab.

Inside the cab, she closed her eyes.

She was trying to regain her memory.

She remembered running outside when she had escaped from him then she threw the keys on the

ground.

After a while, she could feel her strength was slowly drained then, she suddenly fell to the ground.

“Hmmm… That assh*le!” She couldn’t help but cursed the manager after she connected the dot last

night.

She remembered she had drunk a bottle of water.

After that, she could feel something not good in her system when the handsome man came in.

After confirming that the pervert manager had done it, she got her phone and dialed someone.

“I quit!” She roared.

“Oh! Wait for a minute sweetheart. What’s wrong? “She called directly the owner of the bar.

“Your manager is a pervert! And you…you sell me with that man!” She shouted angrily. She was not

blind. She knew these types of people very well.

“Oh, baby! Come on! He didn’t harm you, right? What can I do? He offered me millions but he promised

me that he will not do anything bad to you. So, I… I agree. Please understand darling. I also asked the

manager to protect you if that man will not stick to his promise.” The owner was trying to convince her

with his lies. He could not afford to lose the Enchantress in his club.

“Your manager wanted to take advantage of me! Then let him dance on the stage as my replacement!”

She dropped the call without waiting for the other line’s reply.

She was very exhausted.

From the way her manager stared at her, she could simply tell that he was into her. Now he realized

that Eric’s presence in the club yesterday was a bit of luck.

If he was not there, maybe she was being harassed by the manager without her knowing it.

When she got to the police station, she saw her brother on the ground with bruises.

He was alone inside the prison.

“What happened to him?” She asked angrily the officer-in-charge.

“He made himself like that. He tried to escape last night so our men just did their duties to stop his

craziness.” The officer blurted out.

“But… you hurt him brutally!” She roared crying.

“It’s our protocol Ms. We just follow protocols here. Now, one of these protocols is you can talk to him

for only 15 minutes. You don’t want to break that like your brother, right?” The officer answered

arrogantly.

She was left so disheartened by the view of her only brother in agony.

He was topless and his back was full of sliced and bruises with drops of blood on it.

His face was facing the cold ground while his arms were spread.

“Brother, what did they do to you?” She muttered crying as she tried to reach out to him but she

couldn’t touch him.

“Brother wake up! Brother….” She was blaming herself. If only she got there last night, maybe it would

not happen to him.

“Brother! I’m here now! Wake up! Let’s go home…” Her voice was shaking as her tears were

uncontrollably flowing.

She was sitting on the ground outside her brother’s cell.

“Sis… sister…” Suddenly, she heard him. His voice was cracking and weak.

“Brother? Brother?” She quickly stretched her body and hand to reach him but his brother didn’t move.

He stayed rooted in his position.

It seemed that the pain he felt was unable him to move.

“Sister… sister… listen to me carefully…” He staggered weakly. “They will kill me. So stay away from

here and don’t come back again so you will not get involved with my mess.” He was crying helplessly.

“Please sister, promise me.”

She was taken aback.

She could feel her heart was broken by his words.

“No! Tell me who are they brother? Who are they?” She shouted angrily.

“Your time is up!” The officer appeared again. “Let’s go!”

“No! I will not go without my brother!” She refuted hysterically.

The officer grabbed her and dragged her outside. “Go now!” He ordered shouting.

“You are a police officer. You should protect my brother.” She scolded him.

“I don’t protect drug dealers.” He answered arrogantly.

“I will take him out! I will come back!” She swore to his face.

“Goodluck! I heard you are a hooker! Find the richest man who can help you.” He chuckled insulting

her.

“I will! I will come back to put you all in prison!” She shouted with her heart bursting with anger.