They left me into a shiny black foreign car , and served me Champaign and chocolates .
Inside there was a small screen with a movie for my entertainment and the whole car was perfectly air conditioned .
Even I , who did not have much interest or knowledge of cars knew that this one had caused some blood- money .
Even the chairwoman of Sunshine corporation owned nothing like this . I knew it cause I rode in her personal car once .
The door finally opened and I found a familiar restaurant before me . The ' Morning Glow ' restaurant, where I had to sit miserably in family dinner with Andersons .
They led me inside the VIP room.
A man was already sitting there , cutting beefs .
As soon as he saw me , he rang the small bell sitting beside his food at the table .
The waiter arrived at the call and he told him ," Get Mrs. Anderson one of your bestsellers, but not something with meat .She would prefer shrimps or something with eggs ."
This man had researched about me enough before coming here . But then you can find this kind of information about me just by going through my fan page online .
Rather , I watched the man before me . He looked like he was in his sixties . He wore a blue shirt and white trousers . Something about him felt very familiar - like his facial features , his eyes , even his voice .
I could not exactly pinpoint on it .
" Do you remember me , Mrs. Anderson?," he asked, smiling .
That was when I knew it - the smile , I could never forget it .
But that was not possible. All I knew that Liam's father was dead and he had no relative . Maybe he was someone from mother's side - that was what I was thinking.
The man clinked on the wine glass set by his plate , with his fork ," It is rude of you to get distracted."
I looked down .
" Why am I here today ?," I asked the man , directly.
" I will tell you ," he noded ," But , first , you must eat ."
I had lost my appetite after getting kidnapped infront of my team. But it felt like an order .
Anyway , I wanted it to be over as soon as possible.
I dug into the food . Usually,I would be have half an avocado sandwich right now , and not something rich like this .
The waiter had brought out shrimp salad and chilly fried egg in soft cheese - the food was something obvious that I usually have enjoyed but today I felt like I was chewing on dry sand .
As soon as I was finished , the man spoke up ," Now I see why Liam had married you ."
" It is true then ....what I am thinking," I wondered aloud ," You are his relative "
" Sorry for the late introduction Autumn ," the man now called me by my name directly," Is it okay to call you that since we are family?"
" I don't know ," I shook my head ," Families don't kidnap families and threaten their people at gunpoints."
" Ah , that , I must apologise," he opened his arms ," Actually I have been busy trading in middle north . Usually guns are their favourite."
* I have never heard about it ," I said .
" Ofcourse you have not heard about it , it is not exactly a place that is popular online , you see. People there have lots of secrets , so they tend to avoid the publicity," he said proudly ," It is just that I have been dying to have a conversation with my daughter in law ."
Normally, I would have to perform a formal greeting at the first meeting with a parent . I had done so for Mrs. Anderson . But here , I was out of wits .
" You look thinner than the last last I saw you ,"
he sounded amused .
" Last time ," I did not exactly remember seeing him.
" Do you not remember?," he asked ," I asked for your autograph at your fan meeting ."
" Ah ," I had met thousands of people in fan meetings , it was difficult to remember him . I scavanged through my memory since this person was so unique , I would definitely remember something.
But nothing came out , really .
" It is alright though ," the man said ," It might be my fault since I failed to leave a deep impression to you . By the way , how is your father doing ?"
The glass wall behind him, that I thought was just some window lit up like a tv screen .
A piercing cry came from it .
It took me few seconds to realise that it was my voice .
In the screen , I was curled up on the floor with a towel over my head . My father stood there with a cane . As soon as he hit me , I would weep like an animal.
I felt dizzy .
I could have walked out but I was afraid that if I stood up now , I would fall on the floor .
" I am sorry for invading your privacy ," the man before me was still smiling , but his smile was not reaching his eyes.
" Where did you get it ?," I spoke through my gritted teeth . As the girl in the screen got hit by a glass jar , it shattered . I flinched .
My body started aching remembering the pain.
" It is not hard , Autumn ," he told me ," You just have to know the right person , you see."
" Mhmm ," for a second I could not speak anything.
" Your father though missed you deeply , he brought this records with him even when he was at the hospital," the man told me ," I understand him . That was the last time you were with him , right ?"
Now the me in screen was lying unconscious on the floor . As I watched , my father took me gently in him arms and stood up and then let go of me .
Another cry came from the screen .
The man before me clicked his tongue ," That is why you should have listened to him ."
" What the fuck do you want ? ," I hissed ," I don't have much time , just tell me ."
" It is not something that you can't give ," he looked pleased by looking at my face staring at him in defeat ," You must do a good old livestream , and admit the truth ."
" The truth ?"
" Yes , exactly, you must tell the world about your marriage," he said ," Or else , this vedio on the screen is going to get viral in next twenty four hours . You do not have much time , but I know that you will decide the right thing !"