It was strange. Her phone was broken early in the morning. How could she still hear the ring? Besides, it was not her ringtone.
She opened her eyes lightly and saw a black phone beside her.
Elsie was shocked because she saw a familiar number.
“Hello?” She answered nervously and put the phone in her ears.
“Are you going to lie on the bed forever?” It was a male voice generated by the voice changer. Elsie couldn’t tell the age of the man.
Elsie’s voice was hoarse. As she was about to say something, she heard, “Don’t you want to save your mother?”
She nodded, “Yes!”
Then the man on the other side tried to tempt her and said, “I can save your mother and let your brother and your mother return home.”
Tears fell on Elsie’s face and she asked in a hoarse voice, “What do you want me to do?”
“It’s very simple. Do you see the document beside you?” The man continued, “Take it and get your father’s signature, and then…”
Elsie tilted her head and saw the document on the bed. After opening it and having a look, she became anxious and said, “Acquisition? No way! It’s my father’s company, I can’t…”
“The Britt Group is facing bankruptcy. I’m helping you. Besides, is that more important than your mother? You have three seconds to think about it. Three, two, one…”
That man was an expert in negotiation. He knew Elsie’s weakness.
Just as the man said one, Elsie cried out, “Alright! I’ll do it!”
“Fine, I’ll be waiting for you.” After saying this, the person hung up the phone.
Elsie didn’t remember when she started to get his news. She only knew that he paid her well. The assignments were really easy at first, usually some small ones. For example, she would ask Beverly to stop Maury from bidding the item as the order told. Then, Beverly would get her pay.
Gradually, the assignments became harder. First, she was asked to exchange Eliot’s documents, and then the subsidiary agreement. Now, it was the acquisition.
Elsie didn’t dare to think more. It seemed that he wanted to take the Britt Group step by step. She only wished that he could keep his promise and helped her mother. There was nothing to be worried if her mother was safe.
Elsie went out in the hospital gown without being discharged. The nurses didn’t know that a vegetable could walk freely now. Although Elsie had a massage in the hospital, she was still weak for lying in bed for too long. After walking for a while, she leaned against the wall and gasped. When she wanted to take a taxi at the entrance of the hospital, a car stopped. While she was still thinking, the driver opened the door and invited her in.
Elsie sat in and said, “Sorry, I didn’t bring my wallet.”
The driver said with a smile, “It’s fine, I’ll send you there.”
Elsie stared at him. In a black suit, the man was like a bodyguard who was around his thirties. She never saw him before and asked in confusion, “You are his man?”
“Sort of.” The man smiled, and then drove to the Britt’s.
Elsie picked up her phone and called Eliot, but no one answered. He didn’t seem to have come to the hospital when she was in the bed.
Since no one answered for a long time, Elsie hung up the phone and put it in her pocket. She rubbed the document with the other hand.
The driver glanced at her through the rearview mirror.
The car quickly arrived at the Britt’s. After Elsie got off, the car immediately drove away. She memorized the license plate number and then sent a message to Eliot.
Susan and the butler were at the door. They just moved the easel to Emily’s room on the second floor and were about to prepare for dinner when they saw Elsie at the entrance.
“Jesus! Miss Elsie?” Susan covered her mouth in surprise.
“Miss Elsie! Are you awake?” The butler cried out in surprise. He thought he had seen a ghost.
Elsie looked so weak. The hospital gown made her face pale like a ghost. The back of her head was still wrapped in gauze, and her arms were wrapped in bandages. She looked like a walking dead.
Elsie pursed her lips and asked, “Where’s Dad?”
Susan pointed upstairs and said, “He’s resting in his room. Miss Elsie, what happened to you? Why didn’t the hospital call us?”
