"Yes, I got the news just now. Miss Becky will be in A City in four days." The body guard he had hired for Becky answered.
Eric took a sip from his soda before asking,"How are her eyes?"
"The treatment didn't work." The voice from the phone sounded detached.
Eric was not surprised. When Eric spoke to Dr. Felix, he had already been told that Becky had very little chance to recover. Her case was rare, the doctor had said.
"Dr. Felix is still trying other methods but if Ms. Becky is returning to the city then..." The voice trailed off.
"Tell Dr. Felix to continue doing his research in Netherlands." Eric said calmly. His eyes were towards the sea.
He was thinking about how his brother would feel about Becky's condition - her beautiful eyes now sick, needing treatment.
Eric didn't know what to feel. He put his phone down as he walked towards the beach chair, placing cola can on the table. Not five seconds has passed when his phone started ringing again.
His phone's screen read: Brian. Eric let out a small laugh before answering the call,"I was just about to call you."
"Huh?"
"I'm almost done with all the work here in QY island. Aaron has stopped all criticism from coming in - the government's and the people's. Quite fast, actually. Plus Philip missing..." Eric added, rather stiffly. "... has made people a bit angry," he finished.
Eric knew Brian pretty well. He knew the lengths Brian would go to if someone didn't make him happy but he didn't know Brian was capable of so much worse simply for a woman. That was definitely something to think about.
"When will you come back to the city?" Brian changed the topic. He wasn't interested in anything if it wasn't business.
Eric shrugged his shoulders. He could tell something wasn't right - 'This couldn't just all be merely coincidence, ' Eric thought to himself. "What's the matter?" He asked instead.
"I need some files from the Dragon island database." Brian said blatantly.
"That's not allowed?" Eric frowned.
While everyone knew that Brian was from the Long family - practically royalty - he was still not entitled to any access to Dragon island database. After all, Richie - Brian's father, had split from the National Congress when he left the Island. The only way for Brian to win back his access was to join the congress as a member of the Long Family.
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