"So what now?" Sebastian asked the trio when they were all seated on Jake's couch. They knew that the drama wasn't over. Hell, it had only begun. Sooner than later, the Cashs will come back and they will bring hell and brimstone as they come. They needed a solution to the problem and they needed it quickly. None of them could afford to lose their position because of silly Amanda Cash. Jake especially couldn't risk a scandal when he was just starting to get everything he has ever needed. His heart and mental health wouldn't be able to deal with it. As he took the last sip of his alcoholic drink, he couldn't help but wonder why Amanda would do such a thing. Why would she continuously hurt him? What was it about him that made him to not be good enough for her? What did she even see in a drug addict that was better than what he had? It was his fault for loving her when he knew that she was not ready for him or his love. He will forever blame himself for it, but he will not wallow in his
Michael gasped, "you did, didn't you?"Jake couldn't understand why they were making such a big deal out of it. It wasn't as if he was involved in any scandal. All he did was kiss the woman."Why are you making such a big deal out of it?! No one knows me for now and no one may ever know me. I am just trying to maintain a low profile and so far, it's been working out perfectly well for me. I missed her and I love her, so yes, I kissed her. But it doesn't matter to anyone because no one really knows who I am." "And what happens when they find out who you are? What happens to the company? You are putting a lot of people at risk and it's not even funny," Sebastian shouted"Whosoever wants to judge me based on what I did in the past, is the person with the problem. I have tried my best but I cannot live my life based on what other people think or feel is right.""You can't be a leader then. If you don't put other people into consideration, if you don't care about what your actions may cos
Ivy did not respond immediately and Jake desperately needed to feel alive. He left his house in search of Ivy. As he stepped his foot outside, he saw the car that Amanda's father had gotten for him but he had lost all interest in driving such a car. He would wait till Amanda came back and took the car with her. He ordered a taxi instead and instructed the man to drop him off at Ivy's house. She wasn't at home when he got in, her maid made it very clear. Still, Jake was not ready to go home, so he decided to wait for her to return. Ivy took hours, longer than Jake had imagined. Her maid was kind enough to allow her to stay in her room. Jake took the time to explore her things. She didn't have much junk, everything in her cabinet either looked expensive or had a lot of worth. Suddenly, something caught his interest. He saw an envelope wrapped haphazardly. Ivy was known to be a perfectionist, so how could she have an envelope that was not properly wrapped? Curiosity pushed him to open
Shock is an understatement of what Jake felt when he saw the pictures of his wife in Ivy's wardrobe. What hooked him the most was that her face was marked with a red marker. He wasn't one to take the scenes in movies to heart but he had seen something like that in movies and he knew that it was always a bad sign. Beads of sweat formed on his face as he turned the picture around and coordinates that were written at the back of the picture. He quickly keyed in the cordinates and he got direction to an unknown location. His eyes widened as he looked at the location again. Out of fear of getting the wrong cordinates, he keyed it in again. It was about to open when he heard movements. Jake quickly placed the picture back to where he got it from. His heart was beating too fast and he didn't care to check if he put it back exactly as it was or not. He moved away from the wardrobe and headed to a chair. Just then, Ivy bursted into the room looking very excited. "Hey baby!" She squealed and
Jake drove with speed and every so often, he would look back, afraid that Ivy was following him or that he was walking into a trap. After all, Ivy was a secret detective. It was possible that those coordinates could be leading to a location where she kept a hardened criminal for questioning. Or it could be her base of operations or even a secret FBI location. All these assumptions frightened Jake but they didn't deter him from moving forward. He needed to know why his wife's face was marked in red. He needed to know why Ivy had her picture in the first place and since this was the only clue he had, he would exploit it.He pressed his legs harder on the paddle and accelerated the car once again. He followed the directions of his GPS closely. He didn't want to miss anything or get to the wrong address. Jake wasn't so surprised when he started seeing bushes and trees as he drove on. He knew it was a shady place. After all, he didn't recognize it at first and he had been looking at it for
Jake could feel his pulse racing. He had limited time to make a decision and that was when his brain decided to abandon him. For the first time in a long time, no thought flew through his mind. He was lost as to what he should do. "You have five seconds Jake." Ivy reminded him."Okay, Ivy can you please just calm down? We can sort this out." "And this is us sorting it out. Chose!" "If you kill her, you will go to jail. Do you really want to risk that?" "You forget that I am a part of the government. The law doesn't bind to everyone and I can make you do whatever I want. Now, don't make me say it again." "Okay. Fine." Jake looked at Amanda. She was too weak to say anything. She couldn't even look up to them. But Jake could see the tears dropping from her eyes. He knew that she could hear them, she could understand them but she was too weak to fight. There was no way she would get out of there alive if he kept arguing with Ivy and worse if he didn't choose her. She was already on t
He drove with speed to the hospital. He needed to get her checked out as soon as possible, he couldn't have anything bad happening to her. He would be held responsible and he certainly couldn't have such a scandal on his hand. As soon as he got to the hospital, he was happy to see a stretcher being brought toward him. He was too weak and heartbroken, he wouldn't have been able to carry her if it got to that. The nurses helped him lift Amanda unto the stretcher and she was carried into the ER. Jake took a seat in the waiting room and all he could think of was her getting better. Few minutes later, he saw Michael running in. He knew it was just a matter of time before people will start coming to him. He had hoped that their ignorance of where the hospital was would give him more time but he should have known that news spreads like wildfire in his home town."What the hell happened?" Michael asked as soon as he got to Jake. "Who called you?" "Maverick did and he told me that you took
The hospital had a lot of attention that day and it was all because of one person. Amanda Cash. Jake's phone kept blowing up and all he could do was wonder who was calling him by that time. He didn't care to pick up any of their calls or address any of them. He knew what everyone was going to say and he was not in the mood to deal with any of their tantrums or answer any questions. Mostly, Amanda's friends and families were the ones who called him. Everyone he needed to get through this period was sitting next to him. Well, not fully everyone. Sebastian was nowhere in sight but he couldn't blame the guy that much. He did drive out on him."Is Sebastian not coming?" Michael was forced to ask."I have no idea but I hope he does." That was Jake's true feelings. He could see his walls breaking down before his very sight. All that he was planning were slowly coming to the ground. Once Amanda wakes up and everyone knows what truly happened, then he really will be doomed. He couldn't cry and