“Why, would you want me to hand her over to the police? I think it would be more comfortable there.”
“What… what did she do? All she did was to pay another woman to sleep with you, she didn’t murder anyone, that won’t get her into prison!”
“So you know what you kiddo did, despicable! You were part of it, surely as mother and daughter!” Harold already knew that both of them were in this together, even with Torah’s father. Not one of them was a good person.
That bitch Patricia seduced my husband, she made us grow apart, and she even got pregnant with that bastard child who was trying to get my daughters husband!”
“Say that again!” When Harold heard Yasmine talk in such a tone about the woman he loved, he suddenly exploded.
“She shouldn’t have been born! Now that she is here, everyone dislikes her, she should’ve died with her mother together!”
“Get out!”
Yasmine words was like adding oil to the fire, bringing Harold’s madness to the next level, he wanted to get his gun and shoot this woman in front of him, let the world quiet down.
The guards saw in Harold’s eyes what he wanted them to do, and started dragging Yasmine out of the room, making her disappear from here.
“Harold, just wait for it, I am going to get back at you for holding my daughter captive, even if what we did was against the law, it’s still not you who should be holding her!” Yasmine shook off the guards’ arms, she was still a woman of high position. She was not going to be dragged out of any place. She shot Harold a look full of despise, turned around and left.
Harold felt the world suddenly quiet down, his mood was already really low, now after the scene the old woman made, it was only worse.
……
Jenny thought she could live a free life, after escaping the Quarrington mansion, but she couldn’t feel any happiness. James saw the sadness in her face and tried everything to make Jenny smile. Jenny had no mood at all to smile, she didn’t even know how to change that. Maybe it was because she knew that her mother was still in Harold’s hands, she was worried, and that is why she could not be happy even for a second. She also didn’t want James to worry, so anything he was doing, she would give him a smile for that, out of politeness. Whenever she saw that James tried hard to make her laugh, she felt herself so selfish.
Her life was a big mess, and she was dragging others in it with her. Jenny was trapped in a way she has never been. She used to get over it, whenever life threw lemons at her, whenever people were talking bad about her, she would tell herself that life goes on and it will get better if she smiled at it.
But now there was so much bitterness in her heart, everything tangled up. She didn’t know if she was right or wrong, she didn’t know who was trying to kill her, she didn’t know how to face Harolds’ and James’ love for her.
James didn’t know what to do, so he took her shopping everyday, buy some little things, eat some delicacies. It was known that food would make a woman feel better, at least the thought so.
But he saw that Jenny was forcing herself to smile, maybe that saying was wrong, he couldn’t see Jenny enjoy any of the food as much as he hoped for.
To ensure Jenny’s safety, he was by her side everyday, he asked her to move in with him as well. But of course Jenny refused, she thought that living with him was not such a good idea.
James actually already knew her answer, so he discussed with her about his reasons, he was afraid something might happen to her again, and he won’t be able to get to her in time. Jenny also remembered the day she got kidnapped and agreed to James’ offer.
……
In the morning, the sun shine through the windows, blue sky without a single cloud stretching over the window, holding the good weather above them all day.
James had planned the whole day, he would take Jenny out again and do something nice with her.
But when he knocked on her door, she was not in her room. James ran downstairs, worrying something might have happened to her. He saw Jenny walking upstairs, her face covered with worries. James calmed down a little, but seeing her like this, he frowned and asked. “What is wrong Jenny? Did something happen? You scared me this morning!”
Jenny heard James’ voice and looked at him, she saw him standing at the stairs, frowning and looking at her.
“Oh I am sorry, I woke up early today. The weather was so nice, so I went for a walk outside. Sorry I made you worry.”
“It’s alright, at least you are okay.” James wanted to hug her, but she took a step back, making him feel a bit awkward.
“Actually I want to…” Jenny’s words made James frown even more. Maybe Jenny had something on her mind that she wanted to talk about, but wasn’t sure how to, otherwise, why would she not smile in so many days now.
“Jenny, if there is something you want to say, just say it, you don’t need to overthink it. If I can help you, I will do my best. If there is anything, just tell me okay? You can trust me with anything.”
James looked at her sincerely, he saw her unhappy everyday, he wished he was able to help her.
“We have been friends ever since we were small, there is no secret between us.” But actually, he had a lot of secrets from her.
“James, I want to ask you for a favor.”
“Just tell me, I will get it done right away.”
“It’s my mom, she is still with Harold, and he used her before to blackmail me. I am afraid that now I am gone, he will do something to hurt her. I am so worried.”
James looked at her. She was worried about her mom, that’s the reason why she was so sad these days, but she didn’t tell him. Did she not trust him, or did she not want to burden him?
“Alright, I know, I will go and get her right now.” James said and started walking towards the door.
Jenny grabbed his hand, James turned around and looked at her.
“And, I wanna get away from here, forget about everything, start a new life somewhere. I want to go abroad to finish the acting classes I didn’t finish during my college times. Is that okay?” Jenny told him everything that she has been holding back these days, now she felt as if all the weights lifted from her heart.
“You… you wanna leave this place? Alright… I will get it done.” James felt his heart sink very low, and a painful pinch in it. It even got hard to breath.
So, she wanted to get away from Harold, not to be with me, she just wanted to leave in general. I guess I just thought too much into this.