Jake felt a sting in his heart, it was always the same thing when he spoke about Amanda to someone else. Try as hard as he wanted to, his heart always broke whenever her name was mentioned. And he always yearned for her back. Ivy dragged him to the balcony of the house and he followed her blindly. He didn't know if she knew what she was doing but he was grateful that she was doing it. As soon as they got outside, the cool evening breeze grazed his skin and he could feel his troubles being wiped away. He took in a deep breath and closed his eyes. Allowing his focus to move from Amanda to anything else. Slowly, he could feel the sting in his heart fading away and a smile reappeared on his face."Feeling better?" He heard Ivy asking. "Yeah, I am." Jake finally opened his eyes to see Ivy leaning by the wall and staring at him. "How did you know that I needed help?" "I didn't." She averted her eyes from him and looked into the busy city of New York and the glimmering lights that befell
Jake didn't like that he was so stern with his father-in-law, but it was about time they started getting a taste of their own medicine. He knew it was bitter but still, he gave it to him. He watched as the man's face distorted into sadness and he prevented his heart from feeling sorry for him. "Why would you do a thing like that?!" His voice wasn't filled with sadness but with anger. It took Jake by surprise."What in the world are you talking about?" "She is your wife. You have no right to divorce her." "And she has the right to divorce me?" "Yes, because she is my daughter and she can do whatsoever she pleases. You, on the other hand, are a nobody. You can't leave her, I forbid it.""With all due respect sir, no one tells me what to do. At least not anymore." He turned back to his drink and took a sip of it. He was amazed that it did the job of calming him down. Unfortunately, the peace didn't last for so long. "Okay fine. Divorce her but just know that if you leave her, she wi
Sebastian was waiting for Jake as he got to his place. Tom had been so gracious as to drop Jake off at Sebastian's place rather than his. He even stopped by Jake's place to help him pick a few things before they both headed to Sebastian's house. Immediately Sebastian saw him drive in, he stood up from the driveway and walked into his house. "Are you going to be okay sir?" Tom asked while giving sceptical looks to Sebastian and his house. "Yes, Tom. I'll be fine. Thank you for this evening." "The pleasure is all mine sir," he said and Jake got out of the car and walked toward Sebastian's house. He didn't need to knock on the door, he just opened it and walked inside. The interior parts of the house were dark. The only light that shone was a dim light from inside what appeared to be Sebastian's study. "Seb!" He yelled out as he approached the room with the light. But he didn't get any response. "Seb, I really don't like this spooky shit. What the hell is going on?!" The same thing h
Jake swung his gaze and stared at Sebastian in pure horror. He hoped that the man was just joking but from all indications, he didn't look as if he was. Sebastian ignored the look of fear that sprayed across Jake's face and took a sip of his drink. He had come to the end of himself and it was obvious to Jake. Jake ignored him and took a sip of his drink as well. Together, they looked into space, both refusing to say a word to each other.Finally, Jake broke the uncomfortable silence that fell on them. "If you don't want to take care of it, then who will?" He still didn't look at Sebastian as he spoke. He just said Whatever came to his mind."I believe you're the one the company was left for. It's about time you take care of it and allow the likes of us to have a breather. I need to go back to my occupation." "If my memory serves me right, I didn't ask you to quit your job. The arrangement was that you will look after the company but not fully involve yourself. Hell man, we hired some
The night offered a comfort that soothed Jake. The cold breeze that grazed his skin, the subtle way the birds sang to him, the night traffic and the insects that lurked in the dark, they all came together and helped him have a relief he wasn't sure he would experience. He didn't expect that he would have such deep cuts over a few simple words. He felt devastated. Sebastian had been his blanket for some months now. He had been treating him like his aunt was. He was being treated like a baby and Sebastian was his comfort blanket.He walked along the park slowly till he reached what seemed like a bus stop. He didn't know that the bus still worked so late at night. He looked around, expecting to see a bus drive by. He wasn't so lucky and he finally decided that it was that time of the night when the bus drivers went on their break. He slowly walked back to the road hoping to catch a taxi that would take him straight home. His cloudy mind didn't allow him to notice all the taxis that were
"Hey Jake," the woman spoke softly. Her eyes were puffy and Jake could see that she had been crying. He felt a sword pass through his chest into his heart but he didn't see it bleed. "Hey Amanda," he responded with confusion. It has been a while since he had set his eyes on her. He honestly thought that she would never come back to him and now there he was, looking at him as if she was the prodigal daughter. Jake wasn't fooled, he knew that something was amiss. He knew that someone had told her something that had triggered her to come to him. He was more than determined to find out what it was."Are you just gonna let me stand outside?" Her soft-spoken tone was dropped and the tone that Jake always despised was back. He hated it but wasn't surprised to hear it."What a quick change in your voice," Jake said as he walked outside the apartment and closed the door solidly behind him. He noticed how Amanda rolled her eyes and crossed her arms around her chest. "What are you doing here Am
No sooner had Jake gone into his apartment did he hear a knock on his door. He sighed and ignored it, thinking that it was just Amanda probably coming back to beg. He had made his point perfectly clear and if she couldn't handle that, then it wasn't his fault. He decided to allow her to stay for a while and then when she got tired. She would leave. The trick worked cause after a few knocks, Amanda walked away with a sad expression on her face. She wasn't ready to give up and so decided to call in the big guns. She was ready to go all out just to get what she wanted and what she wanted was Jake back into her life at all costs. As she walked away from the apartment she once called home she couldn't help but think of the different ways she had destroyed her life. She had made her life to be a living hell and the worse part was that she couldn't blame anyone else but herself. The abuse she had received in the hands of Maverick was more than enough to cripple her but then again, she brou
Michael watched as his friend buried himself in work, he knew the young man was hurting but just trying to cover it up. He didn't say anything about it, he had learnt the hard way to never try to help Jake sort out his feelings. He was a grown man who hated being told what to do especially how to feel. As Michael kept helping him wrap the boxes, he couldn't help but think about Jake's wife. She was so beautiful but also so ugly. Michael wondered if she didn't know about her bad ways. Of course, she did. No one would be that cruel to someone and not realize that they have done something wrong. The woman just didn't want to apologize and for some reason, she believed that Jake would take her back with open arms. If he was Jake, he would be angry as well and he would have continued to shut her off and keep it that way. Her betrayal had cut deep and there was no salvation for someone like that. Jake had no reason to be good to her but he also knew his friend, it wouldn't take long before