Zane’s face froze, and he didn’t speak immediately.
After two or three seconds, he spoke up. “Mrs. Pascall, what are you talking about?”
“Oh, never mind then. I thought you liked me because you were so nervous just now,” Nydia breathed a sigh of relief. She knew it must have been Jesse’s wild imagination that made him think Zane liked her.
However, she didn’t notice the panic in Zane’s eyes and his stiff body; his anger was clearly caused by being hit where it hurt the most.
“Thanks for your concern anyway. I won’t just be a decoration; I’ll leave first.”
If Zane only wanted to make sure she wasn’t useless, she should thank him for his concern. She would remember and be grateful to anyone who treated her well.
After Nydia left, Zane pounded on the table hard with his fist.
He closed his eyes and remembered how relieved Nydia looked when she thought he didn’t like her – as if he were some kind of monster that needed to be avoided at all costs.
His chest rose and fell violently with anger but there was nothing he could do about it; soon enough all the air went out of him again.
Nydia, you better be happy with Jesse! Otherwise…
Nydia had already gone back to her desk to pack up before leaving for good. She needed to organize everything beforehand especially any work-related items since she had very little else left here anyway -she’d been preparing for this resignation for some time now so there wasn’t much left behind that required attention from her end.
She wondered if she should go see Willette while she still had time.
It had been a while since Nydia last visited Willette- maybe this would also give her an opportunity check Cade’s study too.
But as soon as she got into the elevator Jasper appeared before her.
“Mrs. Pascall.” Jasper greeted immediately upon seeing Nydia
Nydia nodded in response
“Have you seen Willette lately? How is she doing?”
“I’m actually going down there right now,” replied Nydia.
Jasper’s eyes lit up suddenly “Um… could you take me along?”
“Huh? That might not be such a good idea… you’re involved with my sister-in-law… I can’t take you along.”
“At this point I have no choice but tell you- The baby inside Willette is mine! Barclay has locked them both away somewhere- I need to see them both! Help me get them out of there! You’re Willette’s sister after all!”
“Don’t talk nonsense! Haven’t done enough harm already?! It’s because of YOU my sister-in-law ended up like this!” shouted an angry Nyida”I know I hurt her, it was my fault. That’s why I need to save her. I can’t let Barclay harm her. He’s a lunatic and capable of anything. If we don’t get Willette out, something terrible will happen to her.”
Jasper spoke with urgency and worry etched on his face, showing how much he cared for Willette.
“But she’s safe at her aunt’s house now,” Nydia replied.
“You don’t understand! Look at this paternity test report; it proves that she is my child!” Jasper showed Nydia the report.
Although Nydia already knew about the test results, seeing Jasper show it to her still shocked her.
“How do I know if this isn’t fake?”
Jasper was desperate and didn’t know how else to prove himself. He hadn’t been able to contact Willette for a long time and was worried about what might happen to her.
“If Willette is staying at Malone Villa with your aunt, call them up and see if they’ll let me go there too. If they say yes, you can take me there.”
Nydia hesitated but eventually nodded in agreement. She called Malone Villa using their landline phone which Laura answered.
“Auntie Laura, Jasper keeps bothering me about wanting to visit his sister. He’s here now at work and wants me to take him over there with me today. Do you want me ask Willette first?”
“Wait a minute; let me ask your sister.”
“Okay.”
After some time passed by Laura called back saying that it wasn’t possible for Jasper go over there right now but then after asking again later on she got permission from Willetee who agreed that he could come over after all.
“Mrs Pascall, we have got no time left,” urged Jasper.
“I can’t take you in my car like that! What if someone sees us together? How am I supposed explain myself?” Nydia refused.
“I like Willetee not you so what’s the problem?” snapped an impatient Jasper.
Nydia rolled eyes lazily as she couldn’t be bothered dealing with him anymore before turning around readying herself leave without him.
“Why are you leaving? Aren’t we going see Wilette?”
“I’ll go by myself; as for you figure out your own way.” What an attitude!
Jasper realized immediately how bad his behavior had been towards Nydia so he quickly apologized: “Mrs Pascall please don’t be angry with me; I’m just too anxious.””Please, I’m begging you. You’re the only one who can save Willette. Are you going to let her die?”
“Of course not, but I don’t trust your character. Let me call Jesse to come with us so there won’t be any misunderstandings.”
Nydia thought it would be entertaining to have Jesse join them.
“Okay, hurry and call him.”
Nydia stepped aside and called Jesse.
“Hey, my boss, are you free?”
As soon as he heard that nickname, Jesse knew she was in a good mood and had something important to say.
“Call Cripple.”
“… Does this guy have a fetish?!” She refused to call him that way and explained the situation to Jesse.
“If you don’t come with me, I’ll take Jasper alone. It’s up to you.”
“You dare!”
Jesse’s teeth were clenched as Nydia sensed his anger through the phone.
“So are you coming or not?”
“Just wait!”
Less than forty minutes later, Jesse arrived with an angry face while Nydia wasn’t afraid at all. Instead she teased him by saying “Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule my boss”.
Jesse gave her a side-eye before turning his sharp gaze towards Jasper who flinched in fear without knowing why he was so scared of Jesse since even his father wasn’t afraid of him like this.
“Mr. Pascall,” said Jesses coldly before they walked towards Nydia’s car together where he told her “Open the trunk”. The trunk opened as instructed while Jasper froze up asking “Huh?” in confusion. Without saying anything else but staring at Jasper with an oppressive look on his face until finally Jasper reluctantly crawled into the trunk curling himself into a ball before weakly asking “Can someone please close it? I can’t do it myself”. Nydia almost burst out laughing seeing how much of a grandchild-like figure Jasper became around Jesses.
After closing the trunk lid shut tight behind them Vergil put Jessie’s wheelchair onto back seat then sat beside him on front passenger seat while driving off leaving behind Willette’s apartment complex far behind them..
“Why is Jasper so scared of you?” She asked jokingly.
“Do you fear me?” There was no expression on Jessie’s face which made it hard for anyone tell if he was happy or angry.
“Sometimes yes sometimes no.” After answering she focused solely on driving again.”When the time came, Nydia asked Jesse, ‘Jasper said he wants to take Willette away. Do you think he can do it?’
‘With two people, we can’t fit her in the trunk.’
Nydia thought about it and said, ‘Yeah, that’s a strange angle.’
But she realized that if they wanted to get Willette out without Barclay finding out, they would have to put her in the trunk. Two people wouldn’t be enough.
‘Let’s make a bet,’ Jesse said to Nydia.
‘Hmm? What are we betting on?'”