“Would you like me to park the car?” asked Jose, looking at him through the rearview mirror. Nodding, Jason said that he should pack at the curb, and Jose did just that. They were parked close enough to the curb that Jason could hear what they were talking about and he listened intently for the privileged man's response to his daughter. "Oh sweetie, I got the job and I was offered a very big salary. Daddy is going to be making a lot of money and he will buy you all the toys in the world, everything you want!”Jumping on her small feet, the little girl exclaimed,“Yay daddy! Can we get some ice cream and some waffles to celebrate?”nodding his head quietly, her father responded in the affirmative, his face kind,"Yes we can anything you want. I think I saw a stand not too far away from here. We can walk or I can carry you-”Before he completed that statement, she squealed in excitement, “Piggy back ride!” With a laugh and a nod, her father agreed and lifted her up onto his back.He st
P.S; Dear readers please if you love I continue this book, please do well to drop your comment in the comments section for this book. Thank you so much. ****“What? No! I can't pick something like that!” he exclaimed, moving away from them. What they were asking of him was too much, especially since it could ruin their life. The person he got fired could be their family's breadwinner, or something equally as important.“If you can't choose, then we will,” said Jude, smiling.“Why not Mrs. Finley?” “The math teacher? You can't possibly be serious-” Sensing his reluctance over her, the others harped on it and told him that that was who they wanted him to get into trouble. He wanted to take a walk and figure out why they wanted this, and as a result he went back down memory lane, thinking of all of the things that Mrs Finley had done for him. She had always been the kindest to him of all his teachers, and she had known of his financial situation and made it easier for him to go throug
Unfolding the piece of paper and pulling it closer to his face, he could make out a few printed figures, and he read it out, the words not making sense to him.Reading it aloud, he said,“We are watching you.”Startled, he threw it down to the floor and stepped back. He did not spare the thought that it had been the Big 5, any of his time.He had just left them, and the shaky font was an exact replica of the first one that he had been sent. Besides, the Big 5 used less covert messaging, and were direct about all of their threats. He had believed that they were being genuine when they told him that they had not sent that note, and so it had to be someone else.But how did whoever wrote it manage to get into his room? He had guards and maids working around the clock, and the thought of one of them being foolish enough to allow a stranger into his room was hard for him to stomach.Turning the knob of his door, he went out into the hallway to query them, although he already knew the answ
Sighing, he picked up his phone so he could call Ashley,the only friend who got him. Even though she had mentioned that she did not know what to do and that the choice was up to him, he would feel better if she just listened to his dilemma.Too much was going on in his life currently, and the boys he thought were his friends were currently putting him in the most uncomfortable situation, and he did not know what to do with that. If he could just get Ashley to make a suggestion, tell him what to do, everything would turn around, he was sure of it. Picking up his phone, he sent a quick text to her, asking if he could come over. He barely felt safe in his home, and he felt like some time out of it, taking a break to himself was for the best. Jose would not be privy to the fact that he was leaving the mansion.Going into the bathroom to relieve himself, he tossed the phone on the bed and then came back to pick it up. A sigh of relief left his lips when she agreed and asked him to come
Chapter 35Half an hour later, dinner came to an end, putting everyone at the table out of their misery. Jason had been anticipating the end just so he could go back to his mansion and make a decision concerning the Big 5, but as it turned out, the patriarch of that household had something else in mind. Smiling tightly at his daughter, he asked her to go to her room. “Ashley, kindly go up into your room. Don't worry about our guest here, I will see him out of the house.”“But Dad!” protested Ashley, still holding on to her memories of her father mistreating poor Jason. She suspected that now that Jason was rich, her father was looking for a way to exploit Jason, and she wanted to protect him. Yet, something in his eyes warned her not to try to disobey him, so she did as he asked and climbed up the stairs. Smiling at Jason, Ashley's father held one hand out to guide Jason out. “Come along, son. Would you like to take a seat before you have to move to your car? Dinner was pretty hea
Seeing that Jason was not going to volunteer any more information, Ashley turned to her father with her arms crossed over her chest.“What do you have to say for yourself? You're always talking about integrity and being honest and true to oneself, all of that bullshit. So now, tell me, is he telling the truth? Is it really as bad as that? Tell me that this has been grossly exaggerated and it's not actually as bad as this.” Frozen in place, her father's mouth gaped open and shut in shock, and she waited for his response, angry at all of his deceit. He could almost not talk and Jason felt pity for him, wondering how it must have felt to be cornered by your own child about your transgressions.He stood there like he had made the error of swallowing his words, and he did not know what to say.Reaching out a hand to Ashley, he tries to apologize, whispering so his voice did not carry too far.“Ash, I'm so sorry. It's not like I was trying to be a terrible person. I just could not allow th
The next morning, things were not looking any better, and Jason sighed with irritation.He kept on making attempts to call Ashley, but his calls had stopped going through, and he decided that it was time to give up.That weekend, he laid in his bed and fielded off calls from everyone, including the Big 5. The weekend had exhausted him so profoundly that he did not want to deal with anyone, consequences be damned. But as all weekends do, his quickly ran to an end, and Monday came, with him having to go to school. He had quickly forgotten all about the Big 5 and the wicked quest that had told him he would be undergoing, so when Monday came and Jim came over to put his hands over his shoulders, he visibly cinched. “Jim, what's up?”“You didn't forget about our quest, did you?” asked Jim, a smile on his face. Jason gulped down his saliva. How could he possibly forget their quest? He smiled at Jim and shook his head, conveying that he hadn't forgotten. “Well, either way, pretty boy, yo
A few minutes later, he said goodbye to Mrs Finley and stepped out into the hallway, surprised to find the Big 5 outside of the staff room, he raised a brow.“Hey guys. What are you doing here?” “Well, we followed you. We saw that you were headed towards the staff room, and we wanted to see what you were up to. Have you done it?” asked Jude, smiling at Jason. “Nah, I just got started. I went inside to get some stuff I needed.”“Did you get it?” “Yes." Jason had figured out that lying was his best bet when it came to dealing with the Big 5. Now that they were aware of his reluctance to harm Mrs Finley, they would be asking him the progress of the mission every single time they got the opportunity, and trailing him around like they did just then.He needed to devise a plan very soon so he could get them permanently off his neck and still protect Mrs Finley, but time was running out. Jim, who had observed Jason a lot more than any of the other boys, seemed to sense that there was a fa