Chapter 21: A Struggle to Save Ivan Hammington

Eric's POV
We walked into Martha's house and Eva quickly held me back


"Wait!" she said and chanted some spells


"She casted an alarming spell on this place, a spell that will let her know when an intruder comes into this place" Eva said


"Did we trigger the alarming spell then?" I asked


"No, I was able to deactivate it, we can go in now" Eva said and we walked in


The house looked old and dusty but arranged and decent, it was obvious no one has being here in a long time


"I don't think we'll be able to find anything here" I said


"Just look around, we might get a clue to where she is from here" Eva said and we began searching through her stuffs


Eva searched the sitting room while I went to the inner room
I searched the drawers and I found a framed picture of a boy and I also found a note underneath it


🗒️Caleb Baker
No 4 Elms street, Arcane county


"Did you find anything?" Eva asked as she walked and I quickly closed the drawer


"Nope found nothing" I said


"Neither did I, since we couldn't find any clues here, maybe we should check down the bayou" Eva said


"Or maybe we should split up, we'll cover more grounds separately" I suggested


"Split up?" Eva asked


"Yup, you don't want to?"


"I just don't trust you going off alone" Eva said


"This is about my brother's life so even if you do not trust me, trust the legendary Hammington dedication to each other, I am not going to ever let anything happen to my brother and in order to do that, we'll have to find Martha as soon as possible" I explained


"Fine, we'll meet in front of the bayou in an hour" she said and I nodded


"And Eric, be careful" she said and I smiled


"I should be telling you that, am immortal, you are not"


"The Hammington's immortality has being becoming a little frail as of late Eric Hammington so be careful, your siblings will kill me if something happens to you on my watch" she said and I chuckled


"Are you aware that am a thousand years older than you?" I asked


"Yet I remain the wiser, go, we'll meet back in an hour" she said and walked out


Gia's POV
I stood outside the apartment Dianna described for me
It was a closed bungalow so I had to climb up the wall to get inside
I met a kid playing football out in the courtyard


"Hey" I said silently as I waved at him


"Who are you?" he asked as he walked towards me with his ball and I was able to get a clearer look of his face


It is him, the boy in the picture Dianna showed me


"I am a friend" I said


"A friend?" he asked


"Yes, where are your parents?" I asked


"They are inside, probably asleep" he shrugged


"Are they your real parents?"


"People say am adopted" he said sadly


"You know what?" I asked


"What?"


"Am a friend of your Mom, your real Mom" I said and his face brightened up


"My real Mom?" he asked and I nodded


"She told me to come get you, do you want to go see her with me?" I asked and he nodded


"Yes, yes I want to go see my real Mom!" he jumped up excitedly


"Shhhh! Don't wake up your parents sleeping inside" I said and he nodded


"So shall we?" I asked


"Yes" he whispered and I laughed


"Smart boy" I said as I held his hand and we walked towards the gate
I opened it and we walked out


"How's my real Mom like? I've heard some people saying my real Mom is a real bad witch" the boy said


"No, your Mom...."


"Gia" I heard Eric's familiar voice


"Aren't you supposed to be on a search with Eva for Martha, what are you doing here?" I asked


"My search led me here, and pray tell, what are you doing here too?" Eric asked


"Dianna sent me to get the boy"


"Martha's son right?" Eric asked


"How did you know?"


Eric bent down to meet the boy
"You are Caleb Baker right?" Eric asked and the boy nodded


"Are you also a friend of my real Mom?" he asked and Eric nodded


"Yes I am Caleb, should we go meet your Mom" Eric asked and I pulled him up


"Caleb can you continue playing your ball, lemme have a word with this friend over here?" I said to Caleb and he nodded


I grabbed Eric's hand and moved a bit away from Caleb


"What the bloody hell do you think you are doing?!"


"Getting the boy, what else?" he said


"I got him first!"


"And what do you plan on doing with him?" I asked


"Use him to get Martha to break the spell she casted on Ivan, what else?" I said


"And the escaped witches?"


"If Ivan gets better, that won't be a problem" I replied


"You......how can you still remain the same after all that has been happening?! How many more people do you want dead courtesy of the Hammingtons?! If you guys don't catch those witches, they'll keep rampaging round the whole city" Eric said


"And when did you start to care about the whole city?!"


"Since the time Dianna got pregnant! These will be the home of that little Hammington and I won't have her look like the daughter of a monstrous family to anyone" Eric said and I scoffed


"So you want me to give you the boy and trust you with Ivan's life?"


"Yes" he nodded


"But the problem is I don't trust you Eric, I can never trust you again, not after what you did to Michael"


"I've told you countless times Gia, I apologize for what happened with Michael but...."


"Your apology doesn't bring him back!!!" I yelled


"Fine, I killed Micheal and hell am not even sorry about it!!" he yelled back


"What?"


"Yeah you heard me right Gia, now if you decide that arguing about your dead boyfriend is more important than saving Ivan's life then sure, we can do this all day but come on Gia, you are a Hammington! We've had our altercations but this is about our brother and nothing is more important than our brother! You give me that boy Gia and I promise Eva and I will find Martha and save Ivan, you should go meet Dianna and give her a hand in fighting the witches" he said


"Eric....."


"Nothing will go wrong, I promise, just this once, trust me again" he said and I sighed


"Take the boy" I said and he muttered a thank you but I held him back
"If you are unable to save Ivan in the end, I will find a way to end your life, I promise"


"I guess I better do things right since I do not want to die yet" he said and went to meet Caleb


"Shall we go meet your Mom?" Eric asked and he nodded


"Is the other friend not coming?" he asked referring to me


"No dear, the other friend has something to do, this friend will be the one to help you see your real Mom" Eric said and he walked off with Caleb ......