Chapter Sixty-Two – No choice.
Aunt Jenna looked around the apartment again before walking in. Many questions and doubts filled her head but she couldn’t answer any.
Why was she obeying this strange person texting her? For fear of being exposed? Who was this person? What did they want from her exactly? What was their issue with Arya?
“Hello.” A small voice ran through one of the rooms.
Aunt Jenna just closed the main door behind her. Her bones shook vigorously as the house had an eerie feel to it. “Who’s there? Who are you exactly and what do you want?”
“Strong voice for a woman who I have wrapped around my finger.” The voice cackled.
Aunt Jenna stopped in her tracks. She didn’t like the tone of that person, who was obviously younger than her. “Who are you? And what do you want with me?”
Small footsteps came from far off. Aunt Jenna squinted her eyes to be able to see ahead. There was a long dark alley.
“I assumed you’d know what’s going on if you saw this house. Or wasn’t it where your one-night stand happened?”
Aunt Jenna’s face squeezed. This person knew too much.
“Maybe you guys went to a hotel then. Still, I’m convinced you know what’s up. Or you wouldn’t have come here, scared after seeing my messages.” The person said again.
The footsteps came close. A young girl stood at the end, wearing dark colored clothes. It was Debby.
She wore a grin on her face. “Jenna Turner. Or it Jenna Stark now? You are a really ambitious woman.”
“And you are a really gutsy girl!” Aunt Jenna retorted. “Could you tell me what the hell I am doing here?”
Debby frowned, raising her hand to reveal a phone playing a video. Aunt Jenna wanted to walk closer to see what it was but the sounds from the video made her eyes pop.
“That’s you, right? And the doctor who helped you falsify results and everything. That’s you two rumbling around in the sheets, right?” Debby enquired.
It was definitely her. Aunt Jenna could hear her moaning sounds and they caused worms to creep on her skin.
At the time, she had been so excited that the doctor agreed to her whims that she offered him her body when he asked.
She could have never thought he would make a video out of it. “If you plan to blackmail me with this then don’t forget that the doctor would also be punished…’
“He’s dead! Actually, it was his wife who saw this video amongst his files. You were like an obsession so he kept the video for years, jerking off to it.” Debby gagged.
Aunt Jenna took steps back. She didn’t really know the doctor. Apart from the fact they went to the same college but they weren’t in the same department at all.
“Of course, his wife was ready to let all hell loose on her late husband side chick but then I told her I’d handle it. I may or may not be revealing it as proof to a murder case though.”
Her hands, which Aunt Jenna had kept firmly on her chest, fell to her sides. So her plan hadn’t been perfect after all. “I’ve a man in my life now. I don’t want him seeing that video.”
“Hmmm. Is that another way of saying ‘I’d do whatever you want.’ Or are you threatening me?” Debby cocked her head playfully.
Aunt Jenna didn’t have the words to reply. She nodded.
Debby exhaled, feeling bored suddenly. “My star has been shining really bright these days. How I found this video was totally an accident, believe me.”
The lady’s hands clenched and she shot her head up. “An accident? Then how could you link it to me? My face wasn’t very clear in the video.”
“I have all the pictures of Arya’s family members, that’s why. I basically stare at it all day, wondering how I can wipe the happy smiles off y’all faces.” Debby smirked.
Aunt Jenna couldn’t understand what the young girl was saying. Why was she targeting all of them along with Arya?
“I don’t know what issue you have with Arya but leave my daughter and her father out of it! We basically hate she and sister, really.” She explained.
Debby cocked her head to the side again and smirked. “That’s sad. I was really hoping to end her whole family.”
Her words sent a shiver though Aunt Jenna’s spine. She wondered how a young girl could have such great bloodlust.
“Anyway, it’s better you are on my side now than you’re my target. Don’t worry, the doctor’s wife didn’t want me making this video public so I’m not in the mood to.” Debby added.
“Can I take your word?” Aunt Jenna asked the girl.
Debby strolled closer to the lady. “For real. Work with me and it’d stay a secret forcer. No one you love gets hurt.”
Aunt Jenna looked down. Even if she was just talking with a child, she knew that the child was dangerous. Holding her to her words may not breed the right fruit.
“I don’t trust you, really. But I have no choice as it stands. You also have proof that I had killed the former Mrs. Stark, don’t you?” Aunt Jenna glared at the girl.
Debby ran her hands through her hair. “That can be easily found in the doctor’s old files.”
“How can you get that? From his wife?”
Debby frowned, getting annoyed with the questions. “I’m with the mafia and the doctor’s wife paid us to get the side chick. She’d help with any information we ask for.”
Another shiver ran down Aunt Jenna’s spine again. The young girl in front of her was from the mafia? No wonder she had incredible bloodlust.
Debby stopped walking when she was an arm’s length from the lady. She took in the appearance of the lady and smiled.
“But then, why do you care if we have proof you killed the former Mrs. Stark? I’m about to ask you to kill her daughter so that’s of no concern to me. We’d both be murderers.”
The woman’s eyes enlarged. Kill Arya? “Why?”
“You said you hate her, didn’t you? She married a big shot suddenly. Didn’t it infuriate you how happy she’d be living?” Debby asked.
Aunt Jenna smiled. The fact that the marriage was a contract must be unknown to the girl. She wasn’t about to tell her either. She signed a contract never to tell.
Also, Aunt Jenna didn’t think that Arya’s marriage with Sir Damien will make Debby want to kill her any less.
“You are dangerous, but as I said, I have no choice. I’d be doing whatever you ask.” Aunt Jenna looked downwards.