"Hey, Owen. It's me, Sebastian." He spoke into the phone and the rest waited patiently as he continued talking."Yeah, I need your help. Pause. No, it's not illegal. Pause. I just want some information man. Pause. No, not all information are illegal. Pause. Of course, you can trust me on this one. Pause. Okay, look, Owen, stop talking. I'm coming over right now. God! You spend all your time staring at your computer. I know that you are at home." "You need to take Amanda with you!" Jake shouted as Sasha and Sebastian were about to dash out of the room. "Why?" Sebastian stopped in his track and asked. He wasn't sure but he got the feeling that Amanda and Sasha could not co-exist for long and he didn't want such toxic energy in his car. "Because if you guys should leave her alone she may go and do something that will ruin all of our plans. Now take her with you!" He screamed again. Amanda didn't wait to be pushed around, she moved her feet and followed the duo away. She just hoped tha
Relief washed over everyone. Everyone except Amanda. The situation wasn't good for her. Others didn't have what to risk but for her, everything was on the line. She could very easily lose her life in the process. She watched their bright faces with so much hatred in her heart. She wished she could wash away the smiles on their faces or at least make them notice that she wasn't as happy as they were but these people were already on cloud nine. Nothing she did would stop that and she didn't want to do anything. At the end of the day, Jake was her husband and she wanted him to be okay. Deep inside of her, she wanted him to be free but she knew that his freedom meant her doom. Normally she would blame Jake for it, but she wasn't totally surprised when she didn't. The man has been nice to her and as a woman of flesh and blood that she was, she has fallen in love with him. Her heart wished to rejoice but the uncertainty of her problem left her with no other choice than to remind glum."We
Officer Stiles went mute as he weighed the situation he had found himself in. He couldn't easily get out of this one. He knew that, but it would be so easy to get out of it. That is if he didn't already tarnish his name everywhere. Now, no one would believe him, no matter how good his lies were. "How did you get a hold of these documents?" He asked, hoping that they would say they hacked into the federal government files and retrieved them. "People talk Officer. Did you really expect that you will commit so many atrocities and get away with it so easily? It doesn't work that way, mister. You hurt a lot of people and when these people find someone willing to listen to them, they will speak and bring out evidence to back their claims. Now, I believe you were about to make a decision." "Okay." Stiles couldn't believe how badly he had lost. He had him, the one guy that he wanted so badly to get rid of. The one guy that he wanted was dead and not just locked up. He had everything planned
The lights were no longer bright, the flowers were not blooming, the air appeared thicker, the birds stopped singing, and the world crumbled on Jake's chest as Sasha walked away. His breaths came out in a ragged form. He wasn't even sure how he could still be breathing, his chest felt like it was closing up. Like a wound struggling to heal, just that it was taking longer than expected. In all the numerous heartbreaks that Jake had, he had never experienced one as painful as losing his best friend. The world came to a standstill to mock him for his failure and remind him of his perpetual loneliness.The restriction of air in his lungs made his knees to be weak and he fell to the floor. Tears dropped to the ground and he wished he could drop dead as well. The last person that he loved walked out of his life and it was all his fault. Everything he loves, he hurts. That was his new mantra. Sasha didn't stop to look. She knew what she would see. She knew that it would make her heart melt
At intervals, Sebastian took a sneak peek at the young man who had become his friend. His face held no expression, it was almost surreal to look at him. The pain was sipping out of him but stayed in a contained aura, it floated around him, torturing him still and not allowing him to be free. He looked back at the road as he drove. Everything was finally making sense to him, he was finally beginning to understand this man. Sasha was his best friend and he lied to himself that that was all she was to him. For some reason, he couldn't open his eyes to see the truth, couldn't understand the writings on the wall. But this was an eye-opener for him. Sebastian had no doubt in his mind that the young man would go back to her and beg. Hell! They may even get married and he would be finally rid of that bitch. Sebastian would be more than happy to serve her the divorce papers. He looked at the driver's mirror, thinking that Amanda was following him. He couldn't afford for her to know where he
Sebastian could understand his plight. The man feared the one thing every young man feared, being alone, he couldn't blame him for that. Could only sympathize with him while welcoming him to the club. The feeling could be crippling, it could damn one for all eternity. "Okay, I understand now," Sebastian said. "You can rest here, I will go make us something to eat." "Thank you. But where is your wife? I want to say hello to her." "You don't know?" Sebastian asked. And then realized how stupid the question was. How could the young man know, he wasn't with him all the time. He didn't witness the accident that took his wife's life. He didn't watch as his only son lost his mind, thinking that he killed his mother, and finally committed suicide in his room. He didn't know all that, to Jake, he was just the annoying man that his aunt entrusted him to."Know what?" Jake asked softly."She is not with me anymore. Let me get dinner started." Sebastian didn't wait around for the pity looks an
Jake awoke to the smell of coffee. He got out of bed slowly and stepped into the bathroom to freshen up before heading downstairs. Sebastian's house remained him of his aunt's home. It was always cozy and nice. It was the kind of house one would love to go back to. The kind of house that offered peace and love. More than anything, he wanted to create such a home with Amanda. But the woman was too selfish to understand his need. To understand why he was doing it. Jake took a closer look at himself in the mirror. His face scarred him. He looked like a ghost, maybe it's because he didn't get much sleep during the night. He stared at his phone, waiting for Sasha to call him and allow him to speak. He would tell her how sorry he was and how much he had missed her already. But she didn't pick, she probably didn't want to hear those words from him. He quickly finished up in the bathroom after he had grown weary of looking at his face in the mirror. He went back into the room and threw on th
The evening air was cold when it happened. It was like nature knew something terrible was about to be done and he mourned it before it did happen. No one had expected a simple drive to the drug store to lead to death. In fact, no one had expected that a 27-year-old boy would injure himself while playing baseball with his father, but that is exactly what happened. The ball went straight for his knee angle and for some reason, the force was strong enough to break it or bruise it. No one knew, they were hoping that a scan will clarify things for them. Sebastian ran to his only son whose screams he was sure his wife won't let him hear the end of. "Son, you okay?" He asked with a tone of fatherly care."No, dad. I think my knee is broken." He answered painfully. He held his leg close to himself as he whimpered in pain. Samantha ran out as fast as she could from the kitchen. She hated when anything happened to her son. She was so close to over-pampering him while they were growing up but