“Are you the man I've been speaking with?” Arthur asked the man and he nodded and handed over the phone to him. He didn't dare ask Arthur any question after confirming that he was the one on the line “The police are on their way.”“Thank you for informing me and for this.” Arthur collected Jesse's phone before inquiring. “What really happened here and how did it happen?” Arthur tried to inquire about what happened at the place.“The lady stepped out of the mall and was making his way to her car. I guess she was still on a call with you when some men on black clothes and masks came out of a van and took her away.”While the man explained the whole incident to Arthur, the police arrived at the place and he also told them what happened.Arthur waited for the policemen to retrieve the footage at the place. Nick also came to meet up with him.“I heard what happened. Jesse has just been kidnapped.”Arthur was still puzzled and didn't say anything to him. He just kept shaking his head.“I'
Arthur picked up the call. “Hello Jenn.” Arthur was nervous as he answered the call.On the other end of the line, Jenny was confused. Why does Arthur have Jesse's phone? After thinking about it, she deduced that the couple must be together.“Hi, Arthur. Where's Jesse? Why do you have her phone? Is she so busy that she had to give you her call to answer?”“Jenn, uh, Jesse is actually not busy.” Arthur kept thinking of a way to break the news to Jenny.“Come on Arthur, talk to me. You're getting me anxious. Did anything happen to Jess?”Arthur turned to Nick and he nodded at him. Nick wanted him to go ahead and reveal the truth about the incident to Jenny.“Arthur.” Jenny's loud voice jolted him out of his thoughts. Arthur's silence was getting her worried.“Actually, we're at the police station.”“What's happening at the police station? Please, give the phone to my sister, I need to speak with her.”“Your sister is not here. She's been kidnapped.” Arthur managed to tell Jenny and the
Jenny hurried to meet up with him while Nick continued to leave the place.“Arthur, where's my sister? Where's Jesse?”“Calm down Jenn. The police are already working on the case. I believe that Jesse will soon be found.”Arthur was holding her by the shoulders as she remained restless.“How do you expect me to calm down when my sister has just been kidnapped.”Jenny struggled and broke free from Arthur's hold. They were outside the police station and she began to pace around the place. Oftentimes, she'll turn around and glance at the building as if to run into the place and hold onto one of the policemen's uniform and ask him to find Jesse quickly.Turning back to face Arthur, Jenny stared intently at him for a while before uttering. “I'm sure it's your ex-girlfriend who did this. For the past days, Jesse and I have been seeing some strange movements around our residence. It's as though we were always being followed.”“What?”“Yeah, the last time a car stopped after we've alighted fr
Arthur stood speechless at a spot. He could not believe that Jenny was blaming him for Jesse's kidnap. She was even calling Janet his girlfriend.“She's not my girlfriend and will never be one. Jesse is the only woman I love.” Arthur spoke to the retreating figures of the ladies. However, no one replied to him.Once Jenny was out of sight, he took out his phone to make a few calls. He also contacted Axel to make the necessary arrangements for Benita's education. He had already made the promise to the girl and won't go back on it.After forcing himself to eat something, Arthur tried to plead with Jenny to eat. However, she was able to come out of the room after much persuasion.“Please, come and eat something.”“Have you heard from the police?” Jenny asked Arthur with a serious face, she was already looking sick from getting worried for her sister's safety.“Nothing yet.” Arthur replied with his eyes glued to hers. “Please, eat something first so you can have the energy to worry about
“Please, just go back home and let us do our job. We understand that you're trying to help. However, the best way you can help now is by not getting involved so as not to escalate the whole situation.”After a long pause, Arthur nodded at the policemen and instructed Dario.“Please drive back home.”“Right away Sir.”The officers drove away from there while Dario turned to the direction leading to Arthur's home.Meanwhile, the policemen that had been following Janet were surprised to see her pull over at her mother's coffee shop. From where they were watching, they saw her alight from the car and started towards the door of the shop.They had thought that she had other places to go. After waiting fruitlessly for some time, one of the men stylishly went closer to her car and placed a tracker on it. After that, they left the place.The police were certain that Janet knew about their presence which was why she stayed put at the coffee shop.After successfully placing the tracking device
Swiftly, he took out his phone to pick the call. It was from the police and they had found Jesse.Jenny watched in anticipation as Arthur answered the call. She was even distracting his conversations with the police.“Is that the police? I hope they have good news this time?” Although from Arthur's tone, she could deduce that it was the news she had been anticipating.Arthur raised a finger at her and she stopped disrupting his call. However, she was already pacing the place in restlessness.“Ok, we'll be on our way.” With so much delight, Arthur turned to Jenny and nodded at her. “Jesse's has been found. I told you that the police will find her.”“Wow! That's great. Come on, let's go meet her. In fact, I need you to put a call through to that number which just called and let them give the phone to Jesse.”Jenny had started walking towards the car but stopped in her tracks to talk to Arthur.“Hurry up and dial the number. I want to speak with Jesse to find out how she's doing. I hope
“Please, have pity on my daughter.” Stella's voice was heard as she ran towards them and fell on her knees before Arthur.“Please, forgive Janet. I promise that she'll never do anything like this again.”Stella, Janet's mother, had been informed of her daughter's current predicament. She was also informed of her actions that led to her arrest so she hurried to the station.Even though she pushed Janet into such action, she never asked her daughter to commit a crime just to get money. However, she also took some blame. She had not been a good mother but Janet was still her daughter and she loves her dearly.“Arthur, for old times sake, please don't send my daughter to jail.”The trio watched the woman with disdain and exchanged glances. They said nothing at first. Turning to Jesse, Stella held onto her legs. “Ma'am, I understand that you're the victim. But please forgive my daughter and talk to your boyfriend. I promise you that nothing like this will ever happen again, I'll make sure
“But I didn't ask you to kidnap anyone. I didn't ask you to commit a crime. Why did you have to kidnap Arthur's girlfriend? You should have….”“That's enough mom.” Janet replied with her voice raised as she turned around and faced her mother. Her raised voice distracted the others and an officer came to give her a stern warning.When the police officer left, Janet let out a deep sigh before saying to her mother. “It was all your fault, Mom. You pushed me into doing what I did. If you were ever a good mother, I would not have turned out like this and ended up here.”After glaring at her mother one last time, Janet snorted at her. “Just get me a good lawyer. That's the only help you can offer right now.”Stella was about to say something when a policeman came to meet them. “Ma'am, you should leave now. You've had enough time with her. Just go and get a lawyer because she'll be charged to court soon.”Without another word, Stella turned around and left the place to get a good lawyer.Des