Raising Amber Marie

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Chapter Nineteen

When it was almost time for Victor and Seto to leave, Mokuba went up to them and said, “Be careful and come back soon.” Seto and Victor both gave him and hug and then Seto looked around the room and saw the faces of his family and when his and Joey's eyes met, they both nodded their heads and then Amber started jabbering something and Serenity said, “Amber says she loves you both.”

That caused both Seto and Victor's eyes to tear up and then Roland said, “Lets go, I'll drive both of you to the airport.” After they were gone, Serenity looked at her brother and she said, “I still wish that they would of told me who they were looking for.”

Joey kissed her and he said, “When they come back, then they'll tell all of us.” Chester walked over to where they were and he said, “You have to just be patient and like your brother said, they'll be home and then they can tell you what's going on.”

When they got to the airport, Roland hugged Seto and he said, “Be careful and do exactly as Victor tells you, and you'll be just fine.”

Victor then shook hands with Roland and he said, “I'll take good care of him.” Then they announced their flight was going to take off in twenty minutes, Victor said, “I have to use the bathroom, I'll be right back.”

When he walked into the bathroom, Victor took out his cell phone and called to numbers and said to each person he called, “The Yanks are coming, meet us at the airport in Tokyo tomorrow.” Then he hung up the phone and went back to where Seto and Roland were and then Roland left and went back to the Manor.


Their flight was called and as they boarded the plane, Seto said, “I really hope that this man is Amber's father and that he might be able to help us with his father.”

Victor said, “So do I.” Then they sat down in their seats and waited for the Flight Attendant to tell them to buckle their seat belts.

When the plane landed in Tokyo, they got their bags and were walking out of the airport to go to the rental care place, when they heard Victor's name come over the public address system, “Victor Dallas, pick up the white courtesy phone.”

They walked over to where a white phone was and Victor picked it up and said, “Dallas here.”

Then he nodded his head, hung the phone up and turned to Seto and he said, “Two of my old service buddies will be joining us, they are outside waiting for us, lets go.”

Seto knew that he could trust Victor with his life so he didn't argue with him, they just walked outside and there standing beside a black Hummer was a black man that looked like a linebacker and this white guy who didn't look like he could fight his way out of a paper bag.

Victor said, “Seto I want to introduce you to Bear and Cheyenne, their two of the best damn friends any man could want.”

Seto shook hands with both of them and then Bear said, “Lets go, we've booked a suite at the Hotel Shanghai.” They all got into the Hummer and Bear drove to the Hotel, as they checked in, Victor told them both why they were there and he showed them a map of the area that they were going to be going to.

Cheyenne then whistled through his teeth and he said, “Could you of picked a worse place to be going to?”

Bear chuckled and looked at him and said, “What's the matter little man, still scared of the boogie man?”

Victor moved back taking Seto with him and he said, “These two argue all the time, but once in a while it can get pretty hair raising, so lets go sit over here until they've quieted down, shall we.”

Seto had seen some of Roland's buddies, but these two were really acting as if they could tear each other apart, then as fast as it started, it was over and Cheyenne said, “Lets go get something to eat, I'm starving.”

Seto looked at Victor and they both started laughing and Cheyenne said, “Did I say something funny?”

Victor said, “One of Seto's friends is always hungry and well when you said that, it reminded us of him.”

Bear laughed and said to Seto, “Your friends sounds like someone we'd both like to meet.”

Victor said, “Maybe when we've completed what we came here to do, you two can come back to Domino with us and Seto can introduce you to Joseph.”

When they got back from getting some dinner, Victor said, “We'd better call it a night, I want to get started first thing in the morning, we still have to find out where this Doug Hammond lives.”

Early the next morning, Bear called down to room service and asked to have two pots of black coffee brought to Room 23. When the man brought them the coffee, Cheyenne gave him a generous tip, and as they sat drinking the coffee, Victor said, “I guess it's time to get going, the sooner we get this over with the sooner we'll know if we've found the right man.”

They drove for about an hour before finding the right address, as Bear parked the Hummer, Victor said, “Let's go.” They all got out and as they walked up to the front door, Bear said, “You two stand back”, then he knocked on the door.

When the door opened there stood this little girl and she looked so much like Amber only older, and she said, “Who are you and what do you want?”

Then they heard a man's voice and he said, “Cassandra Lynn Hammond, what have I told you about being rude to people.”

Then the man came to the door and he said, “Can I help you?”

Seto then said, “Are you related to Douglas Hammond Sr.?”

Cassandra said, “That's my grandpa, what have you done with him?”

The man looked at the four men and he said, “My daughter asked you a question, who are you and where is my father?”

Victor then said, “Is there someplace where we can talk privately?”

The man looked at his daughter and said, “Cass, go help your mom please. When she was gone the man said, come in, we can talk in here, now what's going on and what does it have to do with me and my father?”

Victor then said, “My name is Victor Dallas, and we're here to talk about a young woman by the name of Serenity Wheeler, do you know her by any chance?”

The man went white as a ghost and he said, “My name is Douglas Hammond Jr. but I go by Doug, and yes I know Serenity we use to date until on day that bitch that she called mother found out that she was pregnant.

Then she had two men threaten me that if I didn't take the money she was offering me, that these men would kill my father, so I took it and we moved away, why are you asking me about her now?” “Did you take the money?” Seto asked.

Doug said, “Hell no, I loved Serenity, when her mother told me that the baby had been born dead, well I wasn't going to cause her any trouble so I left and my dad got transferred to Tokyo and here's where I've lived ever since.”

Victor took an envelope out of his coat pocket and he said, “Your father is in Domino, that's where Serenity and your daughter is living now and he's threatened to take her daughter from her, here is the letter he had delivered to her.”

Doug then looked at Victor and he said, “Our daughter, you mean the baby wasn't born dead like her mother told me?”

Seto then said, “We know all about that, what we want to know is why you sent your father to threaten Serenity that if she didn't give her daughter to him he'd make sure that the Court would.”

Doug then said, “Listen, I don't know what the hell you're talking about, I haven't seen my father since I got married to the mother of that little spit fire you met earlier, he didn't like Donna, said she wasn't good enough for me.

Well after that, I told him to get out and stay out of our lives, that's the last time I saw or talked to him. What's this all about?”

Victor the handed Doug the letter that his father wrote to Serenity and when he was done reading it, he said, “That son-of-a-bitch, what is he trying to do.

There wasn't any letter that her mom gave me, she threatened me face to face, my dad's still trying to break up my marriage, but he won't succeed, what can I do to help?”


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