Chapter 6 Collapsed

Asher got up early in the morning to the call of his sister about the latest news of his son, Axle. Since then he was constantly getting phone calls from his company shareholders and business partners.

Asher was irritated, tired and very angry with Axle. Axle came just three months ago after completing his education in Pennsylvania. Since he wanted to enjoy some time with his friends Asher has allowed him a few months break before he took over the family business. But now he thinks his decision was wrong. "Axle, what am I seeing early in the morning in all these news channels?"

Axle rubbed his eyes tiredly. He was already a ball of fury witnessing the cheap play of idiotic paparazzi who are always on time to poke their nose in the lives of influential and the wealthy. He couldn't sleep the whole night because of the continuous calls he got from his friends. Axle never knew his sister Emerald knew so many curse words until the previous night she called him. He became an enemy to his own family because of the over-smart journalist.

"Dad, I'm already on my work to trace that reporter bastard who had made my private life public for the sake of a few TRPs and his incentives. Once he is in my hands he won't breathe anymore."

"Axle, being a businessman and the heir of Rodriguez, you should be double cautious in matters considering our family and business reputation in the society. I am not talking about the paparazzo but that girl who was the waitress in our restaurant. I heard she even resigned from the job because of the cloud you raised at the place?" Asher talked accusatively to his son.

"You shouldn't have meddled with her. The maximum loss she suffers regarding this case is losing her job which she had already endured but ours is hundred times more than her. Do you have an idea about the number of phone calls I have attended since morning bracing you up before everyone because of your witless act at the restaurant? I have summoned an urgent press conference. Our shares are at the risk of dropping down to a record low, all because of you and your foolish activity." Asher was infuriated is an understatement.

Axle sighed after listening to everything. "Dad, please don't get over there. I know how to teach a lesson to that bitch. Her stupidity and childishness is at its peak. She not only made her life a tragedy but mine too because of her smart tongue. I will not stop but chase her till she takes back all her accusatory statements upon me. I will also file compensation charges upon her. A revenge for everything she did to me."

"Revenge? What revenge are you speaking about, son? You wanted to sleep with that girl? Is this the culture and education you got from us as your parents? Your mom has been crying a river since the time she read the news about you. You are all over the net. I am ashamed of my brought-up."

Axle threw the glass before him breaking into pieces with his temper. "Dad, will you give me a chance to speak before blowing my ears with your speech about manners? I did not want to fuck the girl. My friend wanted to. I offered money to her for her cooperation and she rejected the offer."

Asher rubbed his brows with the tip of his forefinger suddenly feeling drained. "It does not look any better for you to know, Axle. And I would still say you are at fault to offer her money for an act she is not willing to do. When did you change so much, buddy? You thought every woman is a slut and born only to heat up a man's bed? Come home, your mom wants to talk to you." He said strictly and cut the call before Axle could speak further.

Axle's heart skipped a beat with the last sentence of his dad. Handling his mother was far more difficult than his father in matters like this. That evening he went to his parents home and had a lot of convincing to do. His older sister Emerald refused to speak to him and his mother was not even ready to see him for the initial few minutes. By the time he convinced his parents, sister and stepped back into his penthouse it was midnight.

Till date he had never faced such kind of criticism from his parents. Axle Pablo Rodriguez was the leader of the basketball team representing his school and won many awards and rewards. He was the heartthrob of many girls and the sought after student of his teachers because he always got the best grades. Axle won the seat in Pennsylvania university on a merit scholarship to do post graduation in business and Administration. Since the day he was born, Axle had never turned back in his life and received continued success until his path crossed with the worthless destitute, Abigail Richardson, just a daily wage employee in one of the many restaurants that he owns.

Abigail Richardson, you will pay for every tear my mother shed, I will trash you to pieces. I'm not going to spare you for the loss my father and I suffered because of you.

Since that day he had only two things in his mind. Abigail and vengeance. Three months later he was still not over the incident. The journalist who made his life a living hell was taken into Rodriguez custody and beaten black and blue by Pablo and their family mafia but the girl had a lucky escape.

Pablo collected all her details, including her address and the college she was studying at. But she was a fortunate bird. All of a sudden she and her family left the city and nobody including their neighbors knew where they went. As he connected the dots, the investigation reply he got was justifiable. The girl was seen wearing rags and her father fled away from California not able to pay the loans he owes to his creditors and money lenders..

Since the day Pablo Axle Rodriguez had tried all means in search of Abigail Richardson only to find her almost one and half years later in an old church where she was getting married to a disabled and an impotent man to clear her uncle's dues.