Meanwhile, Michael and Charlotte had arrived at the Garden Villa—old Mr. Nacht’s residence in the northern suburbs.
Michael alighted to request an audience with the master of the house but was told by the bodyguard that he had gone out early and had not mentioned when he might return.
The guard offered no opposition when Michael said he would like to wait outside the gates.
When the man returned to the car, Charlotte asked, “How did it go?”
“Mr. Nacht’s away, but I plan to stay here and wait. Shall I have someone send you back first?”“I won’t be able to settle myself down if I were to go back without them.” Charlotte sounded disconsolate. “Michael, I’ve left my phone at home. I’d like to go back to get it. It’ll be terrible if I were to miss any of their calls.”
“Very well. In that case, I’ll go with you.” Michael then had his chauffeur drove them to her place.
…..
At the hospital, old Mr. Nacht met with Zachary at the medical superintendent’s office. “What are you doing here?”
“Can I not come?” Zachary appeared frustrated. “Your chauffeur drove my car over someone and their parents called the police on me.”
“The children’s parents called the police?” The old man was astonished. “Where are they? I have been trying to get in touch with them.”
“Let me handle this, just in case.” Zachary tried to look for an excuse.
“Let you handle what?” Old Mr. Nacht flatly refused. “Those children and I have a connection. I will be assuming responsibility for them as I swore to protect them.”
“No matter what you do, you’re neither their father nor mother,” Zachary posited. “We have to return them eventually.”
“You may be right about that,” the old man concurred after some thought. “Why don’t we do it this way. You bring the parents here so that I could apologize to them and discuss the terms of compensation before I hand the children over personally.”
“The car involved is registered under my name and I’m the one the traffic police department contacted. If someone is trying to stir up controversy, I’ll be the one in trouble. Surely you don’t want me to get implicated, do you?”
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