Jake rushed to Amanda's side, his heart pounding inside his chest. The woman couldn't die on him."Amanda?! Amanda?!" When the woman didn't respond to his calls, he dashed out and ran to call the nurse. He was lucky enough to see one in the hallway."Nurse, my wife just slumped! Please come immediately!" He spoke out of breath and then ran back into Amanda's room with the nurse hot on his heels. He stood far from her bedside and couldn't help but chew his nails as he watched the nurse check her vitals. "Is she going to be okay?" Jake asked when he couldn't wait any longer just to get the results. He needed an answer desperately. He needed to know if he killed his wife or not. The guilt would follow him for eternity and he may never recover from it, but still, he needed to know. Jake couldn't remember what had pushed him to say those words. Why did he have to open his big mouth and say that he was in love with someone else, especially when he knew that she wasn't strong? He watched as
He wasn't ready for the melodrama they were going to display but somehow, he felt that if he didn't sit tight and listen to it, he will end up regretting it for a long time. It all happened in slow motion and Jake watched as Mrs Cash rushed in first and gave him a mean look before even looking at her daughter. It was weird to him but he could understand why the woman looked at him first before looking at her daughter. She had always cared about her image more than anything else and Jake was so close to ruining all that she stood for. She didn't have friends but if she did, they would forever haunt her about how she allowed her daughter to get involved with someone like Jake, thereby leading to her kidnapping. She wouldn't be able to stand the shame and to her, that mattered more than her daughter. Mr Cash wasn't any different, he placed much more importance on Jake's betrayal than his daughter's health but that could be understood. The man had given up on her daughter being a good p
Even though he was not there, he could hear the words sipping out of his in-laws' mouths. He knew he wasn't going to get away so easily. The Cash especially Mrs Cash has been waiting for him to do something evil and now, he has. She was going to make sure she enjoyed every moment of torturing him. Jake was so sure of it. He brought it upon himself really. He should have respected himself and stayed away from all the drama she had to offer but love and the need to be loved pushed him into what he will spend his whole life regretting.He wouldn't completely blame the Cash if they chose to destroy him. After all, he was destroyed before and he still got up. It would be easier this time around the cause of the calibre of friends he had to surround himself with. They wouldn't allow him to go through the pain alone, he was very sure of that. The only thing he had to do at the moment was to try and maintain some of his clients. To him, that was the most important thing. It was the only thing
The Cash were not in a good mood cause if they were they would have noticed a familiar face walking towards them. But Mrs Cash was too busy hating on her husband for taking Jake's side and Mr Cash was too busy pondering why his wife was so difficult to handle. Both had their problems but none of them was decent enough to not allow outsiders to know that they had a problem. Being civil was a far-fetched term for them. They didn’t even maintain a slow pace and so couldn’t catch a glimpse of the people that would turn things around for them. They walk into their car and maintain a reasonable distance from each other. Mrs Cash has always known that her husband was out to get her, she knew that the man didn’t respect her but she had imagined that he would sympathize with his daughter and allow her to teach that young man a lesson instead of sweeping everything under a rug.“She is your daughter you know.” She sat with her hands folded and looked out the window. She couldn’t stand looking
Jake Swanson was not happy to see the Kings. He knew that the was only one thing that could bring them out of their holes and back into his life. Their daughter. He hadn't seen Oliver King angry before but after the conversation they were about to have, he was sure it would be his first time. He went in with mixed emotions or not truly knowing what to do or say to at least make the matter easier for any one of them. Mrs King was hurting, he didn't have to look into her bright eyes to know that. She was a loving mother and it was just a matter of time before the whole situation got to her. Mr King could try and put on a tough face but he knew that he too wasn't taking the news of their daughter being in jail lightly. Jake turned slowly and faced the couple that he once wished he could address as in-laws. The description in his head was exactly what he was met with just that this time, Mr King looked more upset than he did when he imagined him. His entire being was flaring up and it wa
Jake didn't say a thing as they drove him to the police station. There was no need arguing with them. They had all the power and held him to a point that he couldn't escape, besides the detectives have told him to make himself available to them. He needed to do just that and get everything over with. He needed to personally talk to Ivy and find out if he would be in a lot of trouble because of her arrest or not. After everything he was put through in the hands of the Cash, he had learnt to understand that when it comes to rich people, the best thing to do was to listen to them first before doing any other thing. Because one's next action could jeopardize their chance of freedom forever.The King didn't attempt to console or talk to each other. Everyone was tensed and the air in the building was stronger than what any of them could care to admit to. It was as if they blamed each other for the mistake their daughter did. Jake never pictured the Kings as people of ego and pride but after
Her face showed that she wasn't playing. She meant whatever came out of her mouth and that was the scary part for him. Ivy wasn't the kind of woman one should play with and she definitely wasn't the type to be taken for granted. Her every word was to be taken seriously and Jake was aware of it. She could crush him in less than a minute if she wanted to and no one would say a thing. But Jake had the upper hand at the moment. She was in jail for kidnapping his wife and there was enough proof to that effect. All he needed to do was to continuously use the law against her and everything would be okay. "Am I meant to be scared by that?" Jake asked with a smirk on his face."One would assume that you would be but I'm guessing you have some plans that you are still cooking and it is giving you a certain level of courage?" "What do you want from me, Ivy?" Jake was too tired to bater words with her so he decided to go straight to the point. He was thankful that her parents kept mute and allo
Ivy didn't blink an eyelash and Jake knew that she didn't have to because she wasn't lying. Everything about rich people were the same. They all behaved the same way. Jake was slowly getting to realize that. He didn't frown on the idea but he couldn't say that he wasn't perturbed by it. Their faces held a spark that Jake was too familiar with, a spark that he knew exactly what it meant. The Cash had drilled him a lot in what to expect from rich people and he was now very proud of himself for going through the stress they put him through. His skin has become tough and he was ready for more. Oliver King didn't like how Jake maintained his stance. He had expected the man to shake, shiver and start to beg. It was the edge he needed to completely ruin his life. But Jake Swanson did not give him that leverage. He gave him nothing to work with and Oliver couldn't know what was going through his mind. He couldn't answer the question of who Jake Swanson was and what was going through his mind