Back at the police station, when Lauren said he cheated on her with Shantel, hearing he name brought back memories, warm memories from Jason's high school days. Back in those days, Jason was as poor and being poor could be. The orphanage where he grew up managed to pay his tuition fees until he turned eighteen, so after that time he was left to fend for himself.He engaged in different menial jobs, delivery boy, dog walker, even mowing people's lawn… anything that could fetch him money. Then he met Shantel.Her parents weren't millionaires but they were wealthy enough, and out of the allowance she got, she would buy things for him. The two were really close that even other people thought they were a couple. And who knows, maybe they might have been… if he had never met Lauren.Fast forward to a few years in the future, when she kissed him without his consent, he wasn't offended. He never had the intention of cheating on Lauren with her but he didn't hate her for kissing him, because
NEW YORK."Mabel! Mabel!! Where is that woman?!" Anthony barked, he couldn't believe what his son told him and he needed to hear and see the confirmation for himself."What is it? Why do you keep screaming my name like I'm a thief or something." The woman replied, a glass of wine in her hand and she slowly strolled out of her bedroom."Is it true? Tell me it isn't.""Is what true?""That you were the one who went after that young lady's life and not Lauren?!""Is that the reason you've been yelling my name like a mad man?""What did you say to me?" When he heard that his daughter was arrested for trying to kill Rose, he thought she did it because of the relationship that was between them. He even confronted her and called her a psycho for going to such extreme. Only for Marcus to inform him that his wife was actually the culprit and not her."And so? What if I was the one? Do you think you have the right to question me? You of all people." She replied nonchalantly."What on earth is t
FRANCE."Once again, I'll have to ask for the permission to speak freely with you sir." James said as they were strolling down the aisles at the store."Of course you can, it's not a problem at all.""Very well then. Now that you have been able to completely nullify your marriage with Lauren, what do you intend on doing?""I'm not sure I quite get that question. Are you talking in terms of my life personally, or about Erika?""Let's start with your life. I am one hundred percent sure that your ex wife and her family won't let just let you off the hook so easily. Once we arrive back in new York, I know they will try to do something, it might not be to get you back together with their daughter but I have a feeling they might want revenge.""Hmm, it sounds like you really know the Kings family. Well, whatever stunt they try to pull, I'm sure we'll be one step ahead of them. I'll have Matthew be on the lookout and I'm not going to let my guard down either. So I'm sure we'll be okay.""Doe
"Hey cuz, what took you so long?" Meredith asked as he entered the living room with Erika's father."Shopping took longer than we expected." He replied with a smile. "Where's Erika?""Why should I care?" She said, frowning at Erika's father like he had offended her."What is that supposed to mean?" Jason asked, then noticing the bruise on her lip and nose, he added with more concern to his tone. "Did you two have a fight? Is Erika okay?""Seriously? You see me in this state and still all you can do is ask about that girl.""Meredith where is she?!""I don't know! Probably in the roo-"He didn't wait for her to finish her sentence before dashing inside to check on her. Her father, concerned for his pregnant daughter followed as well.When Jason heard her crying, it made him even more worried. He quickly rushed inside to see her but just then, he heard her mother's confession. "You know about my kidnapping?" His worry immediately drowned out and was replaced by a feeling of hurt.All th
Jason was glad he made up with Erika and that he decided not to hold her parents responsible, it had been two days since their little fight but one could hardly tell because they had gone back to relating with each other like they were family… all except Meredith, that is.She barely stayed in the house and whenever she did, she was always giving them attitude and the reason was still a big mystery to Jason.When he arrived in France, he was happy to see that Erika and Meredith were getting along. She was even calling her sister in law already, so what could have gone wrong?"Why aren't you eating?" Erika noticed the look on his face and touched his arm lightly. "Is everything alright?""Yes. I was just thinking about Meredith."*Yeah, I don't understand what happened either.""Me neither. I could have sworn that you two were best friends already, until she started trying to force you with Joshua and then acting so rude.. even in the presence of your parents.""Maybe she never liked us
FRANCE.Erika was having fun with her parents, though she wished Jason was with them. She understood his reason for not joining them but it still made her feel bad.Jason never had the luxury of having such outings with his parents and she was sure that it made him feel bad, that was the reason she always wanted to involve him in what ever she was doing with her parents.For that day, they had made plans to go to a nearby amusement park and go on all the available rides, then they would head to the beach to have more fun hefure going back to the mansion.They were taking a break from one of the rides at the park when she received a text from Jason, asking her to meet him at the hospital rather than going back to the house. "Mom, dad, I think something might be wrong."Without wasting time, they quickly made their way to the hospital, Jason didn't specify which hospital he was talking about but she knew it had to be the one they were currently using for her.When they got there, she qui
NEW YORK."Marcus, what are we going to do?" "About what?"The worry in her voice was evident but her brother just replied her nonchalantly, displeasing her. "What is that question supposed to mean? What are we going to do about mother?. If this case goes on any longer, she might actually be taken to court. And who knows what will happen if it gets to that?""I do." He said. "She gets punished for her crime, and then receives a sentence.""Marcus! She is your mother.""She tried to frame you for it!! Why did you suddenly omit that part from your memory? Did you forget that you were the one in that cell for all those days and she wasn't going to do anything about it?""You don't know that Marcus, she might have been working on something, Maybe–""Yeah, she was working on something indeed. Like going out for more shopping and drinking new brands of wine every day. Sister Lauren, I know she is our mother, and I'm not saying I despise her or anything… I just think she needs to face the m
FRANCE."Hey, how are you feeling?""Better and ready to go home." Jason had spent a week in the hospital and to be honest, he was already tired of it. Laying around and not doing anything for that extended period of time was both boring and tiring at the same time to him. He stayed there however, to please Erika."I don't know JP, I think you need more time to recover.""I don't. Look, I'm fine." He got on his feet, stretching both his arms to show her he was okay. He spun around slowly with the hope that seeing him agile would convince her. However, when he turned to face her again, she still had that lol of worry her eyes. Meaning, she wasn't convinced.Sure, Jason was not denying the fact that he still felt pain in his injury, getting shot isn't something that exactly healed in a day or two. But he was okay, he could move his arm again and he was sure he had regained all the blood he lost back. So there was no use remaining confined in a hospital ward."Erika, your delivery date