His Billion-Dollar Secret

Chapter 2

"Mr. Walker, please wake up! There's a man at the back door!"

Jayce opened his eyes. Emma, the young maid, was shaking his shoulder, her face full of fear. He checked his watch. Two in the morning.

"Who is it, Emma?"

"I don't know, sir. He's very tall and scary. He says he needs to talk to you about something called 'Phoenix Legacy.' What does that mean?"

Jayce jumped up. Phoenix Legacy. That was the code name only five people in the world knew. "Where is he?"

"By the kitchen door. Sir, should I call the police?"

"No. Go back to bed, Emma. I'll handle this."

Jayce walked through the dark house to the kitchen. Standing outside the glass door was a tall man with gray hair and sharp eyes. Robert Henry. The last person Jayce expected to see.

Jayce opened the door. "Robert. It's been a long time."

"Five years," Robert stepped inside, looking around. "You're living in a storage room now? The great Jayce Walker, reduced to this?"

"What do you want?"

Robert's tough face suddenly looked sad. "My daughter, Lily, is dying. The doctors say she has maybe two weeks left. They say only one person can save her. The Miracle Healer." He looked directly at Jayce. "I know it's you."

"How did you find out?"

"I'm a detective, Jayce. I've been searching for the Miracle Healer for eight months. I tracked every surgery, every miracle cure, every impossible recovery. All the clues led to you." Robert's voice broke. "Please. She's only seven years old. She's all I have left after her mother died."

Jayce was quiet for a moment. "Bring her to Memorial Hospital tomorrow morning at five. Come through the back entrance. Tell no one."

"Thank you," Robert grabbed Jayce's hand. "Thank you so much. I'll never forget this."

"Robert, before you go, I need to ask you something. Have you heard anything about Stephen Winchestar being in the city?"

Robert's face changed. "Stephen Winchestar? That monster? Why?"

"He's here. And I think he's looking for me."

"Then you need to be careful, Jayce. Stephen doesn't just look for people. He destroys them." Robert opened the door to leave, then stopped. "One more thing. I saw a man watching this house tonight. Tall, wearing a black coat. He was taking pictures."

After Robert left, Jayce locked the door and went back to the storage room. But he couldn't sleep. Someone was watching the house. Stephen was in the city. His secret was starting to come out.

At five in the morning, his phone rang. It was Rose Barker.

"Jayce! Get up here now! Something's wrong with my father!"

Jayce ran up to Old Master Barker's room. The old man was lying in bed, his face pale, struggling to breathe. Hailey was crying beside him. Rose was yelling at someone on the phone.

"The ambulance will take thirty minutes!" Rose screamed. "He doesn't have thirty minutes!"

Jayce pushed past them and checked Old Master Barker's pulse. Very weak. His heart was failing.

"Move back," Jayce said, his voice firm and commanding.

"What are you doing?" Rose tried to push him away. "Get away from him!"

"If you want him to live, be quiet!" Jayce's voice was so strong that Rose actually stepped back, shocked.

Jayce placed his hands on specific points on the old man's chest. His fingers moved in a special pattern, pressing and releasing in a rhythm only he knew. It was an ancient technique Master Chen had taught him, a way to restart the heart using pressure points and energy flow.

"What is he doing?" Hailey whispered, watching with wide eyes.

After three minutes, Old Master Barker gasped and opened his eyes. His breathing became normal. The color returned to his face.

"Grandfather!" Hailey hugged him, crying harder.

The old man looked at Jayce and smiled weakly. "Still got the magic touch, I see. Just like your master."

"You knew?" Jayce asked quietly.

"Of course I knew. Why do you think I chose you to marry Hailey?" Old Master Barker coughed a little. "I knew about the Miracle Healer. I knew about Walker Global Technologies. I knew everything about Jayce Walker."

Rose's mouth fell open. "Father, what are you saying?"

"I'm saying that the man you've been treating like garbage is actually one of the most powerful men in the country," the old man said, his voice getting stronger. "Jayce Walker owns Walker Global Technologies, the biggest tech company in the world. He's also the legendary Miracle Healer that presidents and kings beg for help."

Hailey stared at Jayce like she was seeing him for the first time. "That's... that's impossible. He delivers food on a motorcycle!"

"Because I asked him to hide his identity," Old Master Barker said. "Because someone wants to hurt this family, and I needed someone strong to protect you all."

"Protect us from who?" Rose demanded.

Before anyone could answer, the bedroom door burst open. A man in an expensive suit walked in, smiling like a wolf. He had cold blue eyes and slicked-back hair.

"Hello, everyone," the man said. "My name is Stephen Winchestar. And I'm here to make you all a very interesting offer."

Jayce's body went stiff. Stephen. Here. Now.

Stephen looked around the room, his eyes landing on Jayce. "Well, well. If it isn't little Jayce Walker. All grown up. I've been looking for you for a very long time."