But that person didn’t act like he would want to look at her.
She rolled her eyes and took off the necklace from herself, “You just need to let me make a phone call, and this will be yours!”
Finally, he turned and glanced at her. That was a really expensive diamond necklace! It only took a look at it to know its worth.
The man frowned his eyebrows, “Who do you want to call?”
“I want to call my family, tell them not to worry…” Torah started to cry while she was talking, “I am afraid they might do something stupid if they can’t find me soon. If it comes to that, everything will be too late!”
“…” The man hesitated, then held out his hand, “Alright, but give me the necklace first.”
“Okay!” Torah handed over her necklace. The guy looked at it for several minutes before he gave Torah his mobile. “Just one phone call, and keep it short!”
“Alright.” Torah took the mobile phone and dialed a number, a number she put her last hopes in. Brad’s.
“Hey… is it Brad?” When he picked up, she felt so calm.
“Look at that, isn’t it Mrs. Quarrington? Or no, wait, I heard the ceremony wasn’t done yet? So you are still Miss Andrews huh?” Brad said mockingly.
“Brad, do you really want me to get married to Harold? Don’t you know what I feel inside?”
“For real Torah? The whole world knows about your wedding, and now you are trying to lie to me saying this stuff? Tell me, why are you calling me?” Brad started to sound annoyed.
Before she told Brad that she was going to be with Harold to scam his money, but who knew that it ended up in a breakup, which made Brad angrier with every day that passes. She was simply using him.
“Don’t be mad Brad, please! I got myself into some trouble, Harold locked me up, and when he comes back he is never gonna let things go. Please, help me get out, just name your price!”
Brad rolled his eyes, “Locked up? I don’t understand what you rich folks are doing to entertain yourselves. I could get you out. It’s gonna cost you two million. If you agree I will help you.”
“Brad, if you don’t help me this time, we are both going to be screwed when Harold comes home. I’m going to tell him everything about how we used to blackmail Jenny and her mother!” Torah was pushed to the walls, she didn’t know what else to do.
“What…” He knew that Harold loved Jenny, and if Harold found out how he and Torah mobbed Jenny and her mom, he is never going to come after him for that. How could he even be with a woman like that, this woman was so evil.
“You wanna push me off the cliff? You are the one who left me, and now you are going to use me as a shield? What is wrong with you?”
“Brad, I really don’t know what to do anymore, if you help me to get out, I am going to get your money. After that you will never hear from me again, how does that sound?”
“Let’s say I helped you, how should I know you will never going to do such evil things again?” Brad had lost all faith in Torah.
“Isn’t that still better than both of us fighting about a win right now? Think about it!”
“Alright alright. Let me think about a way to get you out.”
“Please hurry!”
Brad thought about it, and decided that he should help Torah. But if she really would make more trouble, he would go after her.
…
When James left his office, he went to the Jenny’s ward directly. He saw Jenny’s peacefully sleeping face, those long lashes moving with every breath she took. His mood immediately got better. It was like Jenny had some magical powers over him, to make him feel that anything was worth it. He reached out to stroke her face, but the burning temperature made him draw his hands back. She was feverish! Not only her cheeks were burning, he touched her forehead, her earlobes as well.
Jenny wasn’t even able to feel James’ touch, as soon as she fell sleep she felt that her body temperature was rising, it felt like she was going to burn unconscious.
James pressed the pager next to the bed, a few seconds later some nurses came into the room.
“She has high fever, and I think she is really weak right now, please do something to lower it!” James was panicking, telling the nurses to help her. He wasn’t a gynaecologist, it would be better to let the nurses do their job now. But he wished that he could switch places with Jenny, endure the pain for her. She has been through so much already. Seeing her like this made James only want to protect her more.
Fortunately, after the doctors ran some tests and started the treatments, her fever sank after a few hours. James could finally stop worrying. But just this fever incident made him feel like he just went to hell and back again. He took a chair and sat next to Jenny. Looking at her pale face suddenly drove the tears in his eyes.
Harold caught wind of this incident, and even though he left, but he sent his people to check on Jenny, asking them to report to him timely. Isn’t that just irony.
Harold got up and took his car keys. He didn’t want to hear anything about them anymore, it was just adding up to his troubles.
Harold left the office, right now, no amount of money, and no work of any urgency mattered to him, all he wanted to do was to calm his nerves. He drove his limited edition Bugatti along Langton Avenue and stepped on the gas pedal till he started to fly. His motor was so loud that it echoed along the road. The pedestrians along the road probably thought that some spoilt millionaire’s child was showing off his parents’ money.
Back in the days, Harold was a great F1 and WRC winner, even won the double medals. This avenue was nothing compared to what he used to drive.
The wind hauled around his car, as if it was going to rip it apart, but Harold’s reaction was simply to step on the gas even harder. Hundreds of head lights flashing in front of his eyes, but all he could see were the dark lines between the lights, and the web it set together, he thought about how he would race in between them. Harold started to see more clearly, all those paths, right in front of him.
He actually drove into curving mountain roads. Just one road, cliffs on both sides. The difference was that he picked a road that had not street lights, he just wanted to arouse his anger.
Any woman I want, I will get her. Even if she fell in love with someone else, I will keep her in my life and torture her. I will never allow her to leave me.
After his race, he sat down at a bar in the West district. He sat at the bar table and drank one shot after another, it wasn’t even good branded alcohol.