"What date?" Daniel denied shamelessly.

"So what were you two doing till now? Playing chess?" Michael taunted. ​​

Anthony and James were having a gala time seeing Daniel's expressions.

"We just went out for dinner, we were catching up after one week, that's it." Daniel didn't want the grandpas to get an idea of his feelings as he knows they will directly get him married to Rachel and he wants to know her more and go through all his new feelings with her instead of jumping into a marriage directly.

"That is what we call a date." Anthony supported Michael.

"It was not a date, it was just two friends spending some quality time together." Daniel was stubborn on his stand.

Seeing his stubbornness the three old men decided to not push his buttons any further to agitate him, although Daniel rarely gets angry but once he does he can't be calmed down. So, Anthony signalled the other two old men to keep calm.

"Ok, so you two went for your so called friends catch-up thingy, then why is she drunk as fuck?" James pretended to get angry to make Daniel nervous.

He was successful as Daniel indeed got a bit nervous, "Actually I ordered champagne and Rachel loved it, she started gulping glass after glass and told me her tolerance is high so I didn't stop her and as she was enjoying the drink, I didn't have the heart to snatch her glass and take the drink away from her."

Daniel explained.

"Wait, are you saying my child didn't eat anything? How can you be so careless?"

"No no grandpa, I ensured she completed her dinner, don't worry I am not that careless and irresponsible."

"Ok, I trust you but next time when you guys go out ensure she doesn't have a single drop of alcohol." James warned.

"Sure grandpa" Daniel was glad thinking there will be a next time too.

"I'll take my leave then grandpa." Daniel too was tired and wanted to go home.

"Sure"

"Grandpa you wanna come with me?" Daniel asked Anthony.

"Yes yes, let's go."

Anthony and Daniel were about to leave just then Daniel remembered something and turned back, "Also grandpa, give her hangover soup for breakfast, she will feel better or else she will have a bad hangover."

"Ok Dr. Daniel"

Daniel chuckled hearing James' words and left with Anthony.

After they left, Michael looked at James and said, "Are you feeling better now?"

"I was always good, what happened to me?"

"I remember how worried you were since the past few months and even a few days back thinking about Rachel but now see a good person is so much in love with her, soon they will be married, I am sure now you are relaxed and are not worried about her future."

"Not yet Michael, until I don't catch the people who are behind my granddaughter's life, how can I feel better or relax and stop worrying."

"What? What people? The ones she encountered in Peebles? The serial murderers?"

"No, not them. I need to tell you something, sit down." James looked extremely cold and serious.

"What happened James? Why do you look so serious? You are scaring me dude."

"You remember how Rachel was supposed to reach home in the evening when she and Daniel travelled from Peebles but their journey got delayed and she came home the next day?"

"Of course I remember, it got delayed because of some car problem they had, you were so worried that night and I too had a sleepless night with you."

"Exactly that's what she told us but I got to know they both were attacked on the way, someone tried to kill Rachel."

"What" Michael stood up from his seat in surprise.

Rachel was fifteen when we she got death threats and this was the first time a murder attempt was made on her since her return from US.

"I thought the death threats stopped."

"Yes, they did, this time they directly attempted to murder her instead of threatening us and since she was in Peebles and was on the way here, it was easy to kill her as she didn't have the security she always had."

"Then what happened?"

"Luckily Daniel was able to save her."

"Did the guy who tried to murder her get captured?"

"Yes but he took a medicine and committed suicide on the spot."

"What the hell" Michael was shocked as this proved how serious this murder attempt was and this also meant they reached a dead-end as this person could have been a crucial step for them to catch the people behind it.

"Yes, so there was a small investigation that's why Rachel and Daniel stayed in a nearby town for the night."

"Did they face any trouble because of that guy committing suicide?"