"What did you do?" Michael asked unapologetically. Jake's head flew up and he immediately looked at his old-time friend. He was expecting some sympathy as Michael was always the person to run to for that but it looked like he didn't even care. "What do you mean by that?" "I don't need to ask so many questions, I know that you must have been the one to wrong her. You know what, let me rephrase that statement. I know that you are the one who wronged her and I think I know what you did.""Is that so? Well, dazzle me with your answer." Jake wrapped his arms around his body and waited for him to speak."Okay, for starters. I have heard the story, you lied to her about who Amanda was to you and I'm sure that you lied to her about other things as well but you are just not telling me. That only is enough to make a woman walk away, Jake.""So you are saying that you have never lied?" "No, I am saying that I have never told someone a lie when I knew that the truth would have kept them alive.
Denny's was always their favourite place to eat when they were growing up and this was because the staff knew them personally and could always tell what they wanted to eat, even when the gang didn't know it. Michael, Sasha and Jake often found themselves eating there and they had made more memories in the third booth on the left of the café buildings than most people have in a lifetime. It was only right that they go there for lunch.The door jingled as Jake pushed it open and the response he got was as if he was a war hero who had just returned home from a victorious war. Jake had missed the attention he always got when he was at the place. He had missed the small talks he was always pushed into. Denny's felt like a home to him, and he couldn't remember why he had stopped going there. A lightbulb beeped on his head and he could finally remember. After he had gotten out of jail and was told that he was a multi-millionaire, he realized that he had no friends to share the joy that Denn
The sun had agreed that it will shine so brightly on the two friends who rekindled their friendship. It was happy and shone its light on the world. Jake couldn't help but feel the anger he had pent up in himself soothing away. The knot that used to tie his chest was slowly loosening, and the hole in it was closing up. Finally, he could breathe again. He was always the happiest when he had his friends around. He never understood how they did it, but they always had a way of making him feel free and light."We should probably get going," Micheal said as he took the last sip of his coke. That has always been his favourite drink and he had never gone a day without drinking it. "Yeah, I guess we should." He didn't want to leave but he knew that sooner or later, he had to go back to his house. He had to go face Amanda. He just hoped that she won't take away the joy that hanging with Micheal had given him."You don't look so happy about it." "Is it that obvious?""Well, you weren't always
Darkness was like a cloud. It knew exactly when to hover over someone, it knew when it come and it didn't leave so easily when it had arrived. Jake felt it, he felt the darkness lurking in the corners and when he fell to the ground, he felt it overcome him. The darkness came with rain that filled his eyes. He finally gave in to it and cried his eyes out. He couldn't stand the sadness anymore. He came back to resolve the issues he was having with her but just as he suspected, she wasn't the type to hang around for long in a place where she did not feel appreciated."No," he whispered to himself as he cleaned the tear that fell from his eyes and stood up from the ground. He rushed to his phone and quickly dialled her number. It rang but unfortunately, she didn't pick up. He was about to ring the number again when a message came through. It was from Raymond. He had sent in his measurements. Normally, Jake should be elevated to have received that information but he was too concerned with
Amanda's driver pulled up at a white apartment building. She had hoped that it won't get to that but she wasn't in control of what happened and what didn't. Her mother had kicked her out and she wasn't going to go back to a man who didn't appreciate her. She was done trying to force herself to fall in love with him. It was about time she embraced her true self, the part of her that did not care about anything and anyone. She dragged her suitcase up to the third floor with so much pain coursing through her bones. She should have gotten used to it by now. All thanks to Jake, she was exposed to all types of hard labour. Something she never thought she would go through in life. She reached her destination and knocked lightly on the door. A beautiful 27-year-old woman opened the door."Can I stay here for a while?" She asked the lady. "Of course, you can." Bethany pulled her into her arms, engulfing her in a bear hug."Mom kicked me out and Jake is just the worse person to live with.""W
"Mrs Cash!" He exclaimed and watched as the woman walked into his apartment majestically. She was the last person he expected to see and hoped to God that she wasn't coming to insult him again. He wasn't sure of how much more he could take from that family. Mrs Cash surveyed the house once again with her eyes. She could see why her daughter ran away, she would too if she had to live in such a dump. There was absolutely nothing good about the place. It was too small, too empty and even when Jake tried his very best to keep it clean and neat, to Mrs Cash it still looked like a dumpster. "Mrs Cash, what are you doing here?" Jake asked again when he didn't get a reply the last time. He was not about to be ignored in his own house. He was done letting the Cash walk all over him especially when he knew that they were not worth it. "Young man, I can hear you," she answered but still didn't meet his eyes."Okay, so if you can hear me then please tell me what it is that you are doing here."
Fear gripped him. He knew that she wasn't joking. Mrs Cash was a vile woman who would do anything she wanted as long as she got what she wanted. His thoughts were interrupted by the buzzing of his phone. He walked slowly to the table where he had placed it. Looking at it, he saw a missed call from Sebastian. He was about to call him back when Sebastian beat him to it. He picked up the call on the second ring."Hey, where are you?" He asked immediately."I'm at home. Why?" "Wait, which home?""Mine!""You went back to your place even after I had told you countless times to not go there?" "I had work to take care of and besides, Amanda isn't even here. Look Seb what do you want?""I wanted to go home and I wanted to know if you are done at work so that I can pick you up at once." "I'm not done with work and I won't be coming back to your place. Thanks so much for your hospitality but I need to be in my own house and as I said earlier, Amanda isn't here so you have absolutely nothing
The wait was excruciating. Jake's palm became sweaty and so did his face. He tried to sit still but from the funny gaze that Cassidy threw his way at intervals, he knew that he wasn't doing a good job at it. The woman wasn't subtle about her amusement. She didn't try to hide her smiles that reached her intelligent eyes and from her eyes, Jake could see that she thought of him as cute. "You don't have to be so worried you know. When Ray was telling me about you and your designs, he said some pretty good things. I'm sure that the clothe will be just perfect.""Thank you, Cass." It had helped a lot to be reassured in such a way but still, his heart was troubled. Only the final verdict from Raymond would put him completely at ease. Thankfully, Ray didn't take that long to put on the clothe. He came back down in less than five minutes. Jake didn't look at the clothes on his body, he was concerned about the look on his face. The man was all smiles and that only reassured Jake."Wow, honey!