Chapter 8: The General''s Daughter?
"Do I get to keep my job, Mr. Wright?"
Ethan Wright felt he was about to lose his patience. He leaned back in his chair and eased his tie
while maintaining to gaze at his assistant.
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Following a heavy sigh, he sarcastically replied, "I asked you a question, John, and you answer with
another question? Answer me!"
"I''m sorry, Sir. Yes. Samantha Davis came by, needing help with her kid''s school requirements.
Um... She - she did not have enough to pay for the school''s enrollment fee." John exined how
Samantha meant to just use an employment certificate tomit to her children''s school fees
before he exined, "I ended up lending her the money instead."
"Which school?" Ethan asked.
"Boss, coincidentally, The North Bright Academy," reported John.
"Hmmmm," said Ethan before resting his face on his fist.
"Anyway, Mr. Wright. That''s when I noticed how her son seemed to be a younger version of you."
John scanned Ethan''s facial structure, his eyes, and the shape of his lips. He hissed and added,
"Damn, really, boss, the resemnce is uncanny - though his eyes are lighter than yours."
John cleared his throat and repeated, "That''s how the idea of you having secret kids came into my
mind." After shrugging, he followed it with another suggestion, "What are the chances they are
yours, boss?"
"John! Have you gone insane?! Samantha Davis'' husband will have you killed!" Ethan suggested
before twitching his mouth with irritation. "Your eyes are just ying tricks on you!"
"Oh, but... Mr. Wright... Samantha is not married. She is a single mother, and she had not said a
word about the father of her children," revealed John.
For a second, Ethan examined the expression of his assistant. After making sure he was not faking
it, he probed, "She - she is not married? Howe someone with that kind of." He paused, trying to
find the right words to describe Samantha''s overall allure. "That kind of - "
"What is it, sir?" John probed before he tried to supply the words for his boss. "Kind of charm,
beauty, elegance?"
There was a moment of silence after John''s words. Ethan did not like it when someone, especially
his assistant, would try to put words into his mouth.
With narrowing eyes, Ethan resumed his thoughts, "How can someone with that kind of physical...
tangible attributes be without a husband, only to be abandoned with kids?"
''Physical, tangible attributes,'' John repeated in his thoughts. His eyes nearly rolled, thinking,
''Wouldn''t beautiful be simpler?''
After facially expressing confusion, John shook his head and responded, "Ah, sadly, boss. I did not
probe further. Whatever her circumstance, it did not change the fact that we both loved how she
cooked. In my view, she is still the best option to be First Diamond''s head chef."
"Back then, when I attempted to exin to you her situation, you sort of jumped into a confusion
that she was... married," John added to his report.
With another gasp, Ethan''s eyes shifted from one corner of his room to another. After sitting up from
a slouch, he ordered, "Give me Samantha Davis'' profile."
"Oh, don''t worry, Sir. Our Human resource department has already done their background check on
Samantha. You have nothing to worry about her," assured John.
Once again, Ethan was left squinting at his assistant. He said, "I don''t care what HR says. Get - me
- her profile now!"
"Yes, sir! Yes!" Said John before excusing himself and walking out the door.
It took just ten minutes for John Garcia to return with Samantha''s bio-data, resume, birth certificate,
photocopies of government-issued IDs, and schstic records. Her folder also included her
beneficiaries'' birth certificates; Kenzie and Kyle Davis.
As soon as John left Ethan with the necessary documents on his desk, The CEO dropped
everything that he was doing and started going through Samantha''s information.
"Samantha Turner Davis. Single," he read the name and her marital status. His eyes then shifted to
her parent0''s names.
In Samantha''s bio-data, she filled her mother''s name. Ethan read, "Sarah Turner Davis." His eyes
narrowed, and he muttered, "Turner. Why does that sound so familiar?"
He immediately noticed that Samantha did not fill out her father''s name, which made him frown.
Ethan wound up searching through her birth certificate and saw how her father''s name was Winfield
Davis. He hissed and caressed his chin. He mumbled, "Even more familiar-sounding... General
Winfield Davis?"
He had met the general on two asions since he took the presidency seat at the Wright Diamond
Corporation, and, as far as he knew, the said General only had one daughter, and that was...
Ethan sadly could not figure out the name. The woman who was said to be the General''s daughter
was so insignificant that he could not even remember her name!
"No matter," Ethan said to himself. The point is, he had met the General''s daughter, and she was
not anything like Samantha. He set aside the birth certificate and concluded, "There are many
Davises in this country. It''s possible there is another Winfield Davis -"
His trail of thought was interrupted upon seeing how Samantha was born in Braeton City. His mouth
twitched before he said, "What a coincidence?"
He then went through the information of Samantha''s kids and saw how both Kenzie and Kyle had
no father''s name on their certificates.
It was not like Ethan to poke into someone else''s life, but he could not help himself. The woman
who caught his attention more than a month ago in Monroe City was just utterly stirring his interest.
Ethan could not point a finger to it, but there was something about Samantha that intrigued him.
This was the first time that a woman permeated his thoughts. When his assistant told him that
Samantha had kids, he immediately assumed she was married, and that ultimately arrested his
eagerness to learn more about Samantha.
Now, knowing that she was not married in the first ce, it was a different story.
After going through Samantha''s schstic records, he noticed there was something missing. There
were about five years missing!
"Right after finishing high school in Braeton City, she did nothing? Then she took up culinary in
Monroe City after about five years. How is that possible?" He asked himself.
Ethan understood that she might have halted her schooling when she fell pregnant, but referring
back to the year when her twins were born; she should have three years in college somewhere.
Something just did not add up to Ethan. He spread out the documents and took pictures of each
paper. Only then did he send them via email.
He dialed the number of his private contact, a hacker who had long been on his payroll. His name
was Aiden.
A reliable hacker was always necessary to remain on top of thepetitive business world;
someone who cannot be directly linked to the Wright Diamond Corporation but skillful enough to do
the dirty work.
As soon as Ethan''s call was answered, he said, "I sent you some documents. I need someone
investigated, and I need to know everything about this person."
From the other line, the same person answered, "Yes, I see them. Samantha Davis?"
"Yes, Aiden, I want an update in twenty-four hours. She has two kids. I want to know who is the
father of her children - the ipetent father who abandoned his own kids," instructed Ethan.
"Yes, Sir. I''ll look into this and let you know," responded Aiden. "This should be easy."
After the phone call, Ethan''s eyes were still glued to the papers spread on his table. The next thing
he knew, he was calling the North Bright Academy.