I stood there bewildered by dad's reply. How could he just lie like that? If he doesn't know anything then why did the kidnapper made a stop in front of our villa? To admire it? Mum too looked suspicious. She asked in a firm tone,

"Ric, a child's life is in danger and he also happens to be your grandson-"

"I have no grandson" Dad interrupted mum, eyeing her with cold fury

"I don't care whether you see him as your grandson or not but he is my son! And I wouldn't let you harm him" I said gritting my teeth and stepping forward, looking at dad with rage.

Dad raised an eyebrow, speaking each word with the chilliness of the North Pole, "You think I would do such lowly things like harming the boy!"

"If you have not made my son disappear, then why the h.e.l.l did the kidnapper made a stop here?" I said with equally cold voice

"What nonesense!!" Dad busted slamming the desk and glaring at me

"It's not nonesense, dad. The kidnapper's car was caught on traffic surveillance and shown to make a stop here. In a while the cops would come to question you!" I cried, glowering at him

"I am very disappointed in you, Ric. I never thought you could fall so low as to hurt a kid just to satisfy you ego" Mum said, fuming.

"And I am disappointed at your lack of parenting skills that our son has gone completely beyond control. Chasing after some cheap gold diggers and accusing his own father!" Dad raged

"D" I started angrily but mum interjected

"You have no right to comment on my parenting skills when you barely gave any time to Robbie as a father! All you ever cared about was your business" she replied icily, glaring at dad

"And why do you think I focussed on business, if not for the sake of the family?" Dad claimed angrily, "But now this boy wants to ruin everything that our ancestors built just because of a b.l.o.o.d.y Omega!"

"How on earth am I ruining anything by just loving Tony? You have gone so blinded by the outdated notions of our ancestor to uphold family honour that you want to sacrifice all our happiness at it's alter!" I yelled

"Sacrifice?" Dad hissed, "I am trying to do what's best for you. How do you think the society would perceive you and Walker family if you married a man? Just because he can give birth, doesn't changes the fact that he is a MAN! That's not even NORMAL!"

BANG!

In my fury, I punched the door beside me. Mum gasped at my reaction but dad only creased his brow, frowning.

"Loving and marrying a man is not normal but living with a person you don't love and destroying both of our lives IS?" I asked in low, trembling voice.

"How do you know that if you live together and spend time together, you wouldn't fall in love with her?" Dad questioned me back

"You lived with mum for 26 years, did you fell in love with her?" I asked back

But this question quickly dropped the temperature of the room. Mum looked shocked as she put both her hands over her mouth, shaking her head while I saw dad clutching his fist so tight that his knuckles turned white!

"Shut up, you insolent brat!" Dad hissed acidly

"Shutting me up won't change the truth! You are still wrapped up in those outdated notions created by our ancestors, jeopardizing all our lives for the sake of family honour, forgetting the simple fact, that our ancestors are no more!" I said, stomping forward

"Enough" Dad screamed, his eyes bulging in fury

Before I could retort, my cell phone rang. I breathed out angrily and pulled my cellphone out. It was Tanya.

"Tanya, what news you have?" I asked, picking up the call and ma.s.saging my forehead

"Mr. Walker, there were no suspicious people around Tony in the hotel. I checked all the CCTVs. And about the interacting with Chairman, other than the c.o.c.ktail party, he had had no interaction with the Chairman" Tanya answered promptly

I remembered the c.o.c.ktail party Tomy mentioned where dad was again finding an opportunity to humiliate Tony. Tony told me that dad threw the party in honour of some special guest but I never got the opportunity to ask who. I wonder if something did happen during the party and Tony didn't tell. He isn't one to share all his problems and always feels responsible for things he shouldn't be.

"That could barely be called interaction! He was in kitchen right?" I said, feeling a headache coming

"Uhm" Tanya hesistated, "Didn't Tony tell you Mr. Walker?"

"Tell me what?" I asked, getting a feeling of foreboding

"Tony was not in the kitchen that day. Chairman had personally asked him to host the party" Tanya said still hesitant.

My eyes opened wide and I put my hand down from my forehead, "What??"

"Ye-yes Mr. Walker. I spoke with Miss Diana, the head host of the event management team, and asked about any mishap that took place during the party. Looks like Tony fell over and pushed Chairman's special guest. But Chairman only left Tony with a warning" Tanya said sounding anxious

Tony PUSHED dad's special guest. That is so not him. He would never do anything that could put his work in danger unless there is a reason. I looked at dad, who was surprisingly looking a bit tensed. I saw even mum scrutinizing dad with astonished eyes. I asked slowly eyeing dad, "Who was this special guest?"

Tanya paused and then spoke in surprised tone, "I thought you already know Mr. Walker. It is Mr. Stephan Olsen, a well known-"

I stopped listening as horror settled in my chest. The cellphone in my hand slipped off and fell on the floor. I could still head Tanya's voice from it. Mum blinked in surprise. She asked cautiously,

"Robbie what-"

"Dad, don't tell me you introduced Tony to Mr. Olsen" I asked, in a dreaded tone.

Mum's mouth fell open. She looked at Dad in disbelief. Dad was standing not meeting both of our eyes. His hands clutched behind, looking tensed, but not answering,

"YOU DID?" I gasped, feeling my stomach churning, shaking my head in disbelief, "You-you threw Tony and my son to the wolf!" I exclaimed in both anger mixed with fear.

"I NEVER handed over your son" Dad suddenly busted but this time his voice was quite subdued, "I never wanted to involve the boy in anything. I just wanted that Omega out of the way"

"RIC?" my mum gasped in horror, "How could you?"

"You wanted Tony out of the way?" I mumbled, my voice cracking, "Knowing well what kind of perverted jerk he is? You knew very well what he would do if he gets his hands on Tony and yet, you threw him right into his hands. I would have never thought you would fall so low, dad! Thanks to you, now my partner and my son are in danger!"

"I didn't put the boy in danger" dad yelled, banging the table with his fist and looking at us angrily, "Never did I thought that he would involve the boy in all this mess but that sick pervert wanted a leverage against that Omega to make him do his biddings. Even after I told him several times to keep the boy out of this he didn't listen, so I backed out"

"That doesn't changes ANYTHING" I bellowed, "That doesn't whitewashes what you have done!! Who you wanted to involve and who you don't, doesn't changes the fact that now both of them are in danger!"

"NO" dad bellowed, to both me and my mum's surprise, "The boy is NOT in danger! I have him!"