Chapter 253 - Highly Confidential

"Harry, you are emotionally blackmailing my daughter." Will got angry.

"Will, if you were in my place, what would you have done?" Harry questioned him.

"Fuck, now you are emotionally blackmailing me too?" Will could see how emotional Harry was.

"Please William, please don't let me lose my best friends again" Harry realized shouting is not going to work on these stubborn people so he begged them calmly.

"Hasn't Rachel been roaming around freely with bodyguards around her? Then why are you suddenly asking her to be home?" William questioned Harry.

"It is because we don't know the actual situation now. After Ethan has been captured, we don't know what the man working for him in MN Corp would do next. If he is unable to contact Ethan and realizes something is wrong then he might go rogue and inform the people in MN of how Will and Liz are alive and escaped. Of course this is just the worst possible scenario we are thinking of. Anything can happen" Daniel explained why Harry is being so adamant on them not stepping out.

Harry looked at his son in relief, Daniel perfectly understood what was on his mind without him telling him.

William and Rachel too kept quiet as Harry and Daniel's concern was fair. There is a guy out there who works for Ethan and is in MN Corp, it is really unpredictable what he would do.

"Till when we have to stay home?" Rachel asked them.

"Until we find that guy who works for Ethan, it is better for you people to stay home." Daniel said.

Rachel and William looked upset.

"You can work from home. If you need any files or documents, Sam can send it here. We told him you are not well and can't come to the office. Jessica too assured she would manage the project you are working on. She was here and she understands everything." Harry assured Rachel who agreed with his suggestion.

William still didn't look convinced.

"Dad, for the time being let's just do what they are asking us to do. Look at the bright side dad, we can spend more time and catch up with all the years that we lost" Rachel tried to cheer her dad, Will smiled seeing his daughter smile.

"Done." He agreed.

"Wow, when we were trying to convince you, you didn't agree but once your daughter asked you to do the same thing, you immediately agreed" James taunted his own son.

"I love my daughter more than I love all of you" Will said and added, "But a bit less than Liz"

Rachel laughed at her dad's words.

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Patrick headed back home after handling Ethan and his assistant.

In the last twelve hours he got many major shocks. Rachel's parents who they assumed to have been dead were apparently alive.

He would have never believed it, if Daniel wasn't the one who told him of what happened.

Later, when he saw William and Liz, it was not difficult to believe they were Rachel's parents. 

Her mom resembled Rachel and her dad has grey eyes like her. Later, Will told him the whole story while they were waiting for Daniel's arrival.

Patrick was even more surprised after Will told him the whole truth behind the attacks on Rachel. 

In the last twelve hours, he got way too much information. So, Patrick was feeling better heading back home, as all of this was too much for him to take.

After a few minutes, he reached Matt's house, as these days he is living here with Matt to give Lisa and Emily some space.

When he opened the door, he saw Lisa, Matt and Emily excitedly discussing some series.

"Finally you are home" Emily exclaimed when she saw Patrick.

"Sorry, I had some urgent work." He smiled and joined the four people.

"What was so urgent that you were gone at midnight and coming back now?" Matt questioned him.

"Duty calls, don't you doctors rush at odd times when you are needed?" Patrick countered.

"Yeah but we at least tell you that so and so patients needed some surgery or operation so we have to leave, unlike you who don't tell us anything" Emily taunted him but in a fun way.

"Yeah, my work is like that, can't discuss it, highly confidential" Patrick casually said.

Right now he didn't intend to tell anyone about Rachel's parents as he understands how crucial this situation is, also Daniel informed him that unless they catch the guy working for Ethan, they can't let anyone know that Rachel's parents are alive. Also, from now on Rachel and her father won't be allowed to step out of the house.

So, Patrick too hid it from others, no matter how close they are, he didn't intend to tell Emily too about all of this. 

"Should we order lunch now?" Matt asked as it was almost lunch time and he was hungry.

"Would you guys mind if Emily and I go out for lunch today?" Patrick asked everyone and added, "It has been long since we went out and spent some time together"

"Of course you should go, don't seek our permission" Lisa smiled at him.

Matt pouted, "Kill this single soul with your affection" He complained.

"Hey Matt, you recently told me about that Italian restaurant, remember?" Lisa asked him.

"Yes, the one that was recently opened?" Matt asked her.

"Yes, that one, let us both go there and have lunch, my treat" Lisa tried to cheer him up and she succeeded.

"Yes, free food" Matt excitedly stood up from his seat and went to get ready.

"Thank you so much" Patrick looked grateful as he knew how many tantrums Matt would be throwing at them if not for Lisa handling him.

"It seems you know how to handle him." Emily commented.

"Have you forgotten? Out of all your friends, I was closest to Matt." Lisa said which they had agreed with and the two women headed upstairs to Emily's house to get ready.

After some time, Emily and Patrick headed to a five star hotel for lunch, while Matt and Lisa headed to the Italian restaurant, unknown to them about the people they would be coming across at their respective lunch dates.