Jake didn't like their laughs or the awkward way they gazed at him when he spoke about Amanda. He didn't even like the response they gave him. He would have picked silence over everything else. They acted like Amanda didn't matter and he hated it."Can you guys please say something?" He spoke after what felt like ages."What exactly do you want us to say? It is not like your wife to cook for you," Michael said calmly."Yes and that is surprising even for me. I mean, I loved it but it was a bit too much for me to take in at the moment." "What's surprising to me is that you are still alive after eating the meal," Sebastian said and took a sip of his drink. Jake shot him a death glare but Sebastian has been known to not give a tiny rat ass about many things."Oh don't look at me like that! Tell me that you didn't think the food was poisoned when she gave it to you at first and I will buy your lovely wife a bouquet of flowers." He said."You are just a petty man. Why can't you be happy f
Meaningless conversation about what life was and what life wasn't filled the room and every conversation annoyed Jake the more. He wanted nothing more than to talk about his wife. But he knew that his guys wouldn't appreciate that and if he forced the conversation to go in that angle, he would be blessed with sarcastic comments from Sebastian."Jake, why so quiet?" Michael asked after a while. He knew Jake to be a quiet person even when they were in school but he didn't know him to still be a quiet person."Nothing, I'm not thinking of anything. I just want to be quiet and watch you guys talk.""Without contributing anything? That's quite dumb, don't you think?" Sebastian added."It's not everytime that I must say things. Sometimes, I just have to listen. Didn't they say that you can learn so much about a person by just listening to what they have to say?" "What more do you want to learn about us? Last time I checked, you practically know everything about us so why do you need silenc
"Sasha?!" Jake commented. He hadn't seen her in what felt like forever but she had not lost her spark. She was still looking very beautiful and smart. He took a quick scan of her and noticed that she had added some weight. She was looking healthier than she was before and more curvier. What he would give to hug her? But he wasn't stupid. He knew that he had no such right."Hi Jake," Sasha said slowly. She didn't look sad, she looked disappointed and a tad bit angry. Was she not happy to see him? Of course she wouldn't be especially after the way he treated her when they last met."It's so good to see you. You look really good.""Thank you. You are not looking bad yourself." She said and dusted her clothes off. It was at that moment that Jake noticed the drink he spilled on her."Oh my God, I am so sorry!" Jake rushed to apologize and he tried to clean the dirt with his hand."Please stop that," Sasha said and when Jake looked up, all he saw in her eyes were hurt and pain.He wasn't re
Chapter fiveCalifornia was a town that never ceased to amaze Jane. One minute it's pouring rain, the next, the sun is threatening to peel your skin off. Today's weather was a combination of both. She honked at the car in front of her. Jane had always hated the way people took the road to be their home. Driving so slow as if they didn't have a where to be. She finally maneuvered the crazy road users and got to the hospital in one piece. "Hello, I'm looking for a patient that was admitted here in the morning. Her name is Lindsey." Jane said to a sad-eyed woman in her mid thirties. The kind nurse that attended to her in the morning was no where to be found so Jane had to make inquiries to find out where the girl was."And how are you related to the girl?" She didn't only look sad. She sounded it too. It made Jane wonder what such a person was doing in the hospital. She is used to nurses being mean and rude but she has never come across a sad one before."Just a concerned friend." The
When Jake looked back, Sasha had moved to the counter to place her order. She didn't even say anything about the coffee that he spilt on her. She couldn't believe that she would still be that upset with him, even though what he did was unthinkable. Jake sighed and walked back to meet her."Sasha?" He called her name and watched as she groaned before turning her head to answer him. "What do you want Jake?" She asked."Look I know you are still upset but at least, let me pay for the cloth so that I don't have to add that to the number of reasons for you hating me." "I can take care of the clothe. Trust me, I do not need your help." She said and went back to waiting for her order."Yes, I know that you don't need my help but come on. I want to do this." "It's not the first thing you have wanted to do but you were not able to. So just let it be , Jake. Really, I'm good." It was a fruitless conversation but Jake was adamant. He had already done so many things wrongly with her. He didn'
"Can I have your card now?" Jake asked when Sasha voice seemed to have failed her. He could notice that she wasn't herself. So many things had changed and some of them were noticeable. Like her pattern of breathing or the dilation of her eyes or the way she staggered when he moved away. All these led him to one conclusion. She was still in love with him. That conclusion made Jake to smile."Why are you smiling?" Sasha wished she could wipe such a smirk away from his face. It was his fault that he still had so an impact on her. And she hated it the most because she knew that he knew about it. What could be worse than that? She had tried so hard to be immune to him but she couldn't. She had tried so hard to not allow anything about him affect her but every night before she slept she found herself going through the Cash page to catch a glimpse of his life. She knew about the kidnapping, knew about the court case. She was even there when he was called out for questioning. She followed hi
Chris walked into Sasha's office and immediately noticed her sad countenance and he needed no soothsayer to tell him that something was wrong."Sasha, what's the problem?" He asked and took a seat without being asked to. But his urgent need to speak to Sasha was not enough for Sasha to snap out of her thoughts about Jake Swanson. She loved how much he was grown. She loved how much his bodily features improved. She could see him sprouting muscles that were not present the last time they met.And the way he spoke. It felt like honey and milk were sipping out of his mouth. It sounded so good and so perfect, it was hard to believe that he wasn't sent just to torture her."Sasha!" Chris called again and this time, he snapped a finger in front of her face. This jolted Sasha back to reality and she was surprised to see Chris sitting in her office. "Chris, what are you doing here?" She asked surprised."No Sasha, the real question is what in the world were you thinking about? You totally shu
"Are you even listening to me at all?" Chris asked and Sasha blinked her eye and nodded her head. Words suddenly became too heavy for her to speak and so she shut her mouth and allowed her body language to do the talking. She knew that soon, he would want to hear her voice. She couldn't totally refrain from talking and that was the sad part. "Chris, trust me. I am perfectly okay. Work is just stressing me out and I need to breathe." "Is that all?" He asked, skeptically. "Yes. I am fine," she said but she also knew that Chris didn't believe her. She couldn't blame him though. She didn't believe herself either. She wasn't fine and she doubted if she would be okay anytime soon."Okay. If you insist. Anyways, I wanted to know what you are doing for lunch. I wanted us to go out and get something to eat together." Everyday Chris always took her out for lunch. It was becoming a norm and she grew tired of normality. She wanted something new and exciting. Unfortunately, Chris couldn't give