Daughter-in-law Strikes Harder

The fire had begun to spread rapidly to every part of the house, and the ceiling made of high quality wood had started to burn its hot ashes to the floor. Aria was not finally unconscious yet, by her eyelids had begun to slide close, to the shutting down of her body system.NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

The glass door began to bang so loudly as it threatened to break from its hinges, because of the strong force that was hitting on it from outside the door. The force soon changed its direction, to the other side of the house on the glass wall which would be much easier.

As the bangs increased and became much harder, the fire spread more to every part of the house, which unfortunately had its sprinklers malfunctioning at that point in time.

By the last final blow that collided against the glass that had been hit so many times, it shattered to a large size and the stuffed heat that ejected out of it instantly was intense. Trying every of his best and using the most of his strength, Dalton anxiously hit the huge car jack he was carrying in his hand against the glass wall again.

“Aria! Aria!!” He screamed out loudly as he banged harder and harder, hoping in his heart that nothing would happen to her. He was so scared, as his entire body trembled in immense fear.

As the glass shattered more and more onto the ground and creating a large open space, he dropped the jack on the floor and hurriedly entered through, without minding the pointy glass shape that was formed from the breakage.

He continued to scream out Aria’s name out loud, as his eyes moved around in the dark room of burning flames. His eyes darted to where someone was lying at the corner of the room.

Not minding the planks of wood that had dropped deep from the roof to the ground level that hit him, Dalton scurried over to the unconscious figure and picked her up immediately. He held her close to his body so tenderly with so much pain in his heart, and carried her out immediately to check if she was still breathing.

As soon as he got out of the razing vacation house, a loud sound erupted from the building as the glasses began to shatter into the air. Quickly, he moved over to where the pool was and laid her down beside the cold floor, as he applied pressure against her chest in an attempt to bring her back to life.

“You cannot die, Aria. You do not have the right to,” Dalton uttered repeatedly while trying hard to man up, as he breathed in air to his lungs and released it into her mouth.

He continued the same process over and over again while speaking out the same words, inwardly pleading with her not to die in their state of helplessness. The car he had brought was packed at the spot where he sighted a burning house, which turned out to be the exact place that he was going to.

Her body appeared so stiff and cold too at the same time, which feared him greatly and increased the anxiety that he could not hide again. Quickly, he pulled off the shirt that he was wearing and wrapped it around her body to make her warm.

‘What if he had been a few minutes late?’ his heart trembled, immediately the thought occurred to him.

Few hours ago…….

Alex had gone to ask for an approval letter, to be able to view the footage details of every car that travelled out of the city within that day, while Dalton, who was so frustrated remained in the car while trying to think so hard. He wondered where on earth Aria could be, that was so hard to find out in a few hours.

She was not in every places that they expected her to be, and had not lodged in any place that they could trace her to either. Swallowing their petty prides, Dalton’s men had gone to even motels and every public places around, that leased out room for certain number of hours or at night. They found nothing.

They had thoroughly checked every bus terminals that left the city that day, but her information was not on the list of people that travelled that day, neither did anyone see someone that looked like the image they presented. It made Dalton more worried rather than being angry.

It was evening already and he knew that there was no way he would sleep peacefully, if Aria wasn’t found before the end of the day. He forced his brain to think of predictable places that she could be, rather than the business related situations that he normally used it for.

“Where could she be for Christ’s sake?!” Dalton snapped and hit hard against the steering of the car, “She definitely has no property in this city, so where is she hiding?!” He frowned again and again.

Immediately, his mind thought of personal properties that she would be hiding in around the close axis. He called Alex to check out the private properties that was owned under the Carson’s family, and even the ones they were just overseeing since it was clear evidence that she was also not at their family resort.

The IT professionals were also given a heads up about the information they wanted to check about, and had started to find out about properties that was owned by the Carson’s family. Only a few were discovered around the city, and only one belonged to Collin himself.

Quickly, they focused their search on checking out the cameras that were on the road that led to the supposed vacation house, which was not a far distance. Their efforts were frustrated once again, when they realized that they were back to where they started from.

Dalton’s head almost blew up in anger when he was told of the search outcome, as the day darkened the more without any positive leads to their investigation. He tried hard to think again about where she could possibly be, while ignoring the anger that was established around the circumstances of looking for her.

From somewhere deep in his memory lanes, he instinctively remembered immediately what he had said to her in the past, about the vacation house that was gifted by Mark Miller. His eyes lighted up when his memory brought him back to that day, as he ignited the car immediately and sped off to its location.

“Please, let it be. Just let it be and let her be there,” he continued to murmur throughout the journey, as he drove uncontrollably on the lonely roads that led to the place. And shockingly to what he never anticipated, he found her in a more dangerous situation.

Collin knew that Aria’s phone would be switched off for the main time so that no one would be able to locate her, but he worried greatly for her and how she would be fairly alone in that kind of place. He wondered how well she would take care of herself before sleeping, and if she would not be freaked out that she would be the only one to stay in the vacation house.

He worried if she would have nightmares again and struggle in the night, where there would be no one to comfort her with nice words. She didn’t tell him the number of days that she would be staying there for, yet he could not just drive to the place because of Dalton’s men that were still on his radar.

Everything she did and went through bothered him so much, and also the actions she usually took after as a shield for herself. He knew he was meant to just let her make decisions for herself and enjoy the peace of being alone, but he had the strong urge to go back and see her that night without anyone knowing.

It was past work hours already and he had returned home without his assistant, but he was unable to rest and wait till the next day, knowing fully well that he might not be able to talk to her again. The variables were uncertain.

Dalton could find her before her peace period elapsed, and it would take a while before they would meet again. But, if he was careful enough not to get trailed, he could return back to the vacation house and help her leave for a better place before dawn.

And with those thoughts in his mind, he picked the keys to the car that he had just purchased to his garage. He was going to see her and it was final.