Meaningless conversation about what life was and what life wasn't filled the room and every conversation annoyed Jake the more. He wanted nothing more than to talk about his wife. But he knew that his guys wouldn't appreciate that and if he forced the conversation to go in that angle, he would be blessed with sarcastic comments from Sebastian."Jake, why so quiet?" Michael asked after a while. He knew Jake to be a quiet person even when they were in school but he didn't know him to still be a quiet person."Nothing, I'm not thinking of anything. I just want to be quiet and watch you guys talk.""Without contributing anything? That's quite dumb, don't you think?" Sebastian added."It's not everytime that I must say things. Sometimes, I just have to listen. Didn't they say that you can learn so much about a person by just listening to what they have to say?" "What more do you want to learn about us? Last time I checked, you practically know everything about us so why do you need silenc

Chapter fiveCalifornia was a town that never ceased to amaze Jane. One minute it's pouring rain, the next, the sun is threatening to peel your skin off. Today's weather was a combination of both. She honked at the car in front of her. Jane had always hated the way people took the road to be their home. Driving so slow as if they didn't have a where to be. She finally maneuvered the crazy road users and got to the hospital in one piece. "Hello, I'm looking for a patient that was admitted here in the morning. Her name is Lindsey." Jane said to a sad-eyed woman in her mid thirties. The kind nurse that attended to her in the morning was no where to be found so Jane had to make inquiries to find out where the girl was."And how are you related to the girl?" She didn't only look sad. She sounded it too. It made Jane wonder what such a person was doing in the hospital. She is used to nurses being mean and rude but she has never come across a sad one before."Just a concerned friend." The

"Can I have your card now?" Jake asked when Sasha voice seemed to have failed her. He could notice that she wasn't herself. So many things had changed and some of them were noticeable. Like her pattern of breathing or the dilation of her eyes or the way she staggered when he moved away. All these led him to one conclusion. She was still in love with him. That conclusion made Jake to smile."Why are you smiling?" Sasha wished she could wipe such a smirk away from his face. It was his fault that he still had so an impact on her. And she hated it the most because she knew that he knew about it. What could be worse than that? She had tried so hard to be immune to him but she couldn't. She had tried so hard to not allow anything about him affect her but every night before she slept she found herself going through the Cash page to catch a glimpse of his life. She knew about the kidnapping, knew about the court case. She was even there when he was called out for questioning. She followed hi

"Are you even listening to me at all?" Chris asked and Sasha blinked her eye and nodded her head. Words suddenly became too heavy for her to speak and so she shut her mouth and allowed her body language to do the talking. She knew that soon, he would want to hear her voice. She couldn't totally refrain from talking and that was the sad part. "Chris, trust me. I am perfectly okay. Work is just stressing me out and I need to breathe." "Is that all?" He asked, skeptically. "Yes. I am fine," she said but she also knew that Chris didn't believe her. She couldn't blame him though. She didn't believe herself either. She wasn't fine and she doubted if she would be okay anytime soon."Okay. If you insist. Anyways, I wanted to know what you are doing for lunch. I wanted us to go out and get something to eat together." Everyday Chris always took her out for lunch. It was becoming a norm and she grew tired of normality. She wanted something new and exciting. Unfortunately, Chris couldn't give

"What the actual fuck? He poured coffee on you and he didn't do anything about it?" Cassidy reacted exactly how Sasha had expected her to. "Will you calm down? He didn't pour coffee on me. He spilled coffee on me and after that, he asked to pay for my bills but I rejected the offer." "Why the hell would you reject the offer?" Cassidy asked and Sasha sighed. It was impossible to have a very decent conversation with her when all she wanted to do was judge based on her emotions."If you would allow me to talk maybe you will know what happened." "Okay, fine." She raised her hand in surrender. "Say what you want to say." And she waited for her to talk."Okay. Look, I rejected the offer because I know Jake very well. He wants to use this as an opportunity to come back into my life and I won't let him. I have spent so long missing him and I know that if I allow myself to be back with him, I will never be free from this love." It felt good to finally admit the true feelings to herself that