Twenty Three

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"Anything for you."

O N W A R D S;

Caleb looked at his intercom to see that his assistant was calling him, "Henry." He answered curtly.
"Good day Mister Hearst, a Mister Adrian Graham on the phone for you."
Caleb was expecting his call, he needed to discuss with him urgently the matter at hand—
"Send him through on line 2."

Caleb picked up his desk phone and put the to his ear, "Adrian." Caleb spoke curtly.
"Mister Hearst." Adrian addressed him formerly.
"Please it's Caleb."
He heard Adrain chuckle, "I suppose I should drop the formalities now that you're with my sister."
Caleb smirked through the phone, "I suppose you know why I wanted you to call me?" He cut straight to it.

"Well you're text was a little vague but it's Sloan isn't it?"
Caleb sighed, "He's been texting Georgia."
"Bastard! I told him to leave her the fuck alone!" Caleb could sense Adrian's annoyance, "What else? Does she remember him?"
"No." Caleb answered, "She thought the texts weren't for her."
Caleb explained that twice before she'd blocked the number but Sloan seemed adamant and kept changing his number and texting her.

"I went with her yesterday to get a new number." Adrian assured him.
"Good. At least that should keep him away for awhile."
There was a pause before Caleb continued, "Don't you think it would be wise to tell her about him?"
He heard Adrian sigh, "I don't know honestly..... maybe."
"But my father is against her remembering anything even related to Sloan. He's scared that if she remembers all of that she'd slip back into the funk she was in."

Adrian chuckles, "He still doesn't get that the whole reason she was in the funk in the first place was because she wasn't with you."
Caleb was silent as he listened to Adrian, "I guess for now I'd have some of police buddies do a drive by, in front of her house during the night just to be sure she's okay."
Caleb agreed, "That sounds like a good idea."
"If anything please alert me as soon as possible." Caleb heard him hum an answer through the phone.

"Adrian, how did you even find me that first time all those weeks ago, when you first asked me about visiting Georgia?" Caleb was curious.
He heard Adrian chuckle, "I stalked you obviously."

~*~
Adrian

How the fuck was he supposed to get into contact with one of the wealthiest businessmen in all of New York? Who Adrain was sure would have over ten assistants and never ending meetings to attend too. Why would one of the most popular and well astute founder and heir of Heart Global want to meet with him to discuss his sister. His baby sister— a woman who he'd grown up with, taken care of, loved and protected and who now; didn't even remember his name.

His baby sister, Georgia had gotten into a car accident which had resulted in her being hospitalized and in a coma for more than a week. Thankfully she'd woken up but did she ask for him or his parents? No! She'd asked for a man; and not just any man! Caleb Hearst. Everyone knew that last name, Caleb Hearst , son of Thomas Hearst the millionaire. People lined up hundreds at a time to be in the same room as him. Adrian knew him to be one of the busiest men alive so there was no way he'd be able to schedule a meeting.

Adrian had thought of arresting him for something stupid, but that would only anger him; and then how'd he even convince him to come and see his sister? Adrian sat at his desk aggravated, his parents were convinced that Georgia had only uttered his name because of how popular his business had become over the years but Adrain felt as though there was more to it— it was true his sister had suffered her fair share of grievances and never had she blamed it on anyone.

Therefore her just magically uttering his name could never just be some coincidence. There had to be something there; some past experience that had only now been brought up by her accident. Adrian ran an unscheduled background check on Mister Hearst and it came up clean. He shook his head annoyed, he needed to be strategic. He went through articles where the paparazzi had cornered Hearst and Adrian came up with three locations where he'd been seen visiting often.

He wrote them down and left FBI headquarters in a haste.

For two solid weeks he'd visiting the locations where Hearst had been seen and he'd never caught a glimpse of him. Adrain was slowly losing hope of ever having the man see his sister. Adrian parked his car at one of the Cafe's Hearst supposedly visited, his heart set on a coffee for himself but as he entered and he joined the line he saw someone exit the line and make a b-line for the door. Adrian couldn't believe his eyes, it was him, it was Caleb Hearst.

Adrian took in the well dressed man forgetting about his coffee and going after him outside. He'd made him sit back down and taking a deep breath he explained his predicament.

As an FBI agent he was trained in reading people and when he'd finished speaking he was not prepared for the reaction Hearst had given him at hearing his sister's name. He'd acted as if he knew her? As if hearing her name made him hurt. The pain that had flooded across his features; deep deep wounds that Adrian felt like he'd ripped open. But this man couldn't possibly know his sister right? No, that couldn't be possible.

He'd shouted after him, the name of the hospital and hoped that he'd make an appearance, but Adrian had little hope, there was no way he was coming.

~*~

Caleb was intrigued as Adrian finished reciting how he'd visiting three of his favorite cafe's in hope of seeing him. Caleb admired the love Adrian clearly had for his sister, being an only child Caleb never knew or would understand that kind of love. Adrian had hung up shortly afterwards and just in time to hear Henry on his intercom again.
"Sorry to disturb you on your lunch break Mister Hearst, but there's a Georgia Graham here to see you."

Caleb grinned, "Send her up."

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