"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
NEW YORK.THE HOME OF DAVID SINCLAIR."Mr Sinclair, there is a lady outside who claims she needs an audience with you.""Can you not see that I am in the middle of something? Ask her to come back some other time. It is probably one of those ladies who come to offer their 'services' for money or fame, and I am nowhere near that mood.""That was what I told her as well sir, but she insisted on seeing you. She said she has a proposal for you, and that it was one you would want to hear.""A proposal eh?... Very well then. Escort her in.""Right away sir." The tall and heavily built guard bowed to his boss before exiting the study room. The lady in question had been asked to wait in the compound of the mansion but when he went back outside, she was nowhere in sight. "Hey!" He called for the guard by the gate."Yes sir?""Where is that lady who wanted to see the boss?""Uh no idea sir. After you went in, I asked her to stand right here.""Well then where is she?!!""Right here!" She answere
NEW YORK.NYPD Station."She said what?!!""She said if I bring her Phil, she would drop the charges against you.""Absolutely not! I will not stand for that, Phil belongs to you and not that little slut. Don't do it, I will find some other way to get myself out of this unfortunate predicament.""How, mother? How do you plan on doing that? Neither Marcus nor father are willing to help me on this issue and I have no one else to turn to for help. We have no other choice.""This is not right Lauren, she is the one at fault so why should you have to give up your husband to be?""Okay first, stop calling Phil my husband to be! You and I both know that I have no intention of ever getting married to that man. I would rather die single!And second, none of this would be happening if you had just done your job right!""What is that supposed to mean?""Mother you are not a child. You were going to someone's house to kill her and you didn't think it was necessary to cover your face. Then again,
FEANCE. "You are the root of all the problem, so why don't you just do us all a favor and die. Just die, that way we can all be happy. I'm sure Jason would feel better without the extra baggage, because that is all you are to him. Extra baggage."When Meredith said that, Erika felt a sharp pain in her chest, and it wasn't just because she felt hurt that she was talking to her in such an offensive manner, it was because deep down in her heart… Erika knew that Meredith was just saying the things she used to think about.When she first met Jason, she used to feel bad for him because it was obvious that he was doing the best he could to make money, and things were not going the way he wanted. He was always working hard, and he was always ready to do any extra work, as long as it could earn him an extra pay. She understood him because she was like that as well.Asides from managing her parent's store, Erika was always available whenever there was extra work to do, she wasn't lazy and she