"Wow, straight to the point. I like that. Let's see what you have in the bag, pretty boy?" Jake brought out a stash of the drug and passed it to Betty. "May I?" The woman said while holding a pocket knife in the air."You can. But you will have to buy that bag once you open it.""And does it still go for the same price?""If the same price is $150? Then yes it does.""You're kidding right?" Betty forced a laugh."I wish I was but I'm not. The price, unfortunately, has been increased. But then again, so has the quality of the product."Betty threw the stash down. "I'm paying $70 for each and that's the highest I can go.""Well, then." Jake took the stash from the table and placed it into the bag. "I guess I'll just have to tell Levi to pass the information of you doubting his product to the Chairman. Have a lovely day, Betty. It might be the last one," he said and stood up to leave."Wait!" He heard and smiled to himself. He turned around and saw Betty giving him the look he wanted.

"Okay, I can't think of anything," Amanda admitted. "We are going to see Sasha today," Jake said and ignored the look of pure dread that was seen on Amanda's face."We?" She dropped the cup of coffee and asked."Yes, we. Look, Sasha is a nice person and I am sure that you guys will get along perfectly. And you can use this chance to apologize." The smile was still on Jake's face and nothing annoyed Amanda more. Did she ever tell him that she wants to apologize to him? "I'm not going." She looked into space, avoiding his brown eyes. She felt like she wouldn't be able to stand her ground if she did. After last night, she felt an overwhelming attraction to him. Everything he said was everything she wanted to do, just to make him happy. Her mother wouldn't be happy about it."Why not? Amanda, look at me. Why won't you be going?" "Because Jake I am not ready for any more drama with that girl. There is this big history between you two and I don't want to come in between that.""What big

Jake heaved a sigh as he looked into the room where Sasha was battling for her life again because of him. He didn't deserve to have her as a friend and worse, to be so close to him. He was starting to see that all he brought her was pain. Even in their high school days, it would always be because of him that she would get into trouble. Often than not, she took full responsibility and was always punished for his crimes. She was the best friend any man could ever ask for. He had hoped that when he had enough money, he would take care of her and not send her to the hospital, twice. He had to start doing right by her. It was past time."She is going to be alright babe," Amanda offered her pointless words of encouragement but they didn't matter to Jake that much. What he wanted to know was why Sasha would say such things."What did you do when you went in there?" He asked with a sceptical look on his face."What are you talking about? You're the one who told me to go say hello to her and s

Jake's head was fuzzy as he stepped outside the doctor's office. His body was partly numb, his senses had stopped working and his brain went on a drive. It was his fault. It was his fault that Sasha had a traumatic condition that triggered her illness to come alive, it was his fault that everything was falling apart. It was all his fault. The thoughts that ran through his head made it difficult for him to maintain his stance, and his vision was also compromised as things appeared blurry to him. His breathing got heavier and Jake stretched his hand to find something to hold on to. His hands finally touched a stretcher that was lying aimlessly along the path of the hallway. Jake had always known that he brought bad luck to everyone around him but he never knew just how bad it was. It was because of him and his reckless behavior that his aunt died, it was because of him that his parents died and now because of him, his best friend was doomed. Everyone he loves, he hurts. Tears came to h

'Didn't I finish my job with him? Why is he still calling me?' Jake thought as he answered the call."Jake, my most reliable supplier. How are you?" He sounded too excited for Jake to believe that everything was fine. He was aware that he would have to go back again but he didn't know that it would have to be so soon and listening to Levi's excited tone, he knew that the man would force him to do that."Levi, what's up?" All his prayers for it to just be a breeze in the park conversation didn't get to Heaven because Levi's next words proved to him that he would be needed."We need you, man. There is this tough client that we can't break through and we saw what you did with Betty. You worked that bitch real good, so we took the liberty of informing the chairman about it and he wants you to be in charge of all our top clients. We are meeting one in the next hour and we need you, bro."'Their boss was involved? They told the chairman about me? No, this is just bad news waiting to be spre