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
The house was big but it wasn't huge. Still, it comes as a surprise to Michael. He was not expecting such a sophisticated place and area. He was expecting a low place with worn-out walls and terrible ceilings. He was more than surprised when Jake took him to the penthouse. He followed behind the young man quietly as wondered how he hadn't met this friend of his yet. It was a good thing to know that Jake still had some moves up his sleeves and Michael loved that. Two of the movers went into the house with Jake and Michael while the rest waited outside as a way of protecting the goods they carried. What lay in front of Michael when he stepped his foot into the apartment was what he was not expecting. The place smelled of money and elegance. Michael was trying to understand how Jake met this friend of his when he saw the young man stepping out from what was the bathroom. "Sebastian?! What the hell?!" Jake asked with fear as soon as he saw Sebastian coming out of his bathroom. He didn'
Life couldn't be better as Jake watched his things being moved to a new apartment. Finally, he was getting a fresh start at everything he was becoming a new person with a different energy. This new life would not be corrupted. It would only be filled with the likes of Ivy, not the likes of Amanda. Realizing that he stayed all through the morning without talking to her, he brought out his phone and placed a call to her. She must have been really excited to see Jake's call enter her phone because she picked up immediately, something that Jake wasn't complaining about."Hey Ivy, how are you?" Jake asked as he stood by the entrance to the apartment watching the movers move his things into his penthouse."Jake. I'm alright, how are you?" "I'm perfectly fine. I missed you and so I decided to call.""Well ain't that sweet of you. What did you think of the party last night?" "How about we get together over a cup of coffee and discuss it at length?""Jake..." Jake was familiar with that tone
As soon as Jake could summon up the courage to open the day, he realized that he should have peeped through the peek hole, cause if he had, he wouldn't be faced with such a gruesome conversation. The Cash were starting to be a thorn in his flesh and he was tired of explaining of always having to pull them out. They stared at him as he opened the door slightly, allowing them to have a sneak peek into his new abode. He tried to read the expression on their faces but could not understand why they looked so happy. Together, they made a power couple and Jake started to doubt that Mr Cash didn't know all the evil that Mrs Cash did behind his back. How could he not when they were at his apartment to perfect another of their devious plan?His eyes moisten but he still could not take his eyes off them completely and neither could Mr Cash. Before Jake knew it, the event had turned into a staring competition and he didn't know if he was winning. For minutes, they stood there in silence staring
He was the captain and it was a hella good feeling. Jake smiled as he went about his business. Soon, it was time to meet up with Ivy. He threw on a smile outfit because he knew Ivy didn't like high-class dressing and he walked out of his apartment. The place was still partly ready, if it wasn't, he would have invited her over to his house. He couldn't wait to show her how far he had come in life. Though, Ivy wouldn't really understand it because she didn't come from the same place either. Nevertheless, he was ready to teach her his ways. He just hoped that she would pay attention.She was the only reason he was able to look Amanda in the eye and tell her no. He couldn't go back to a toxic relationship with her when the future was so much brighter with Ivy. So he held on tight to Ivy, praying that one day she would realize that they are too compatible to not be together. He couldn't say that he loved her yet, but with time he was sure that he would fall madly in love with her. It would