Chapter 52 He is dangerous
MIDNIGHT PACK
Jovy stared in dread as they stepped out of the plane. She had woken up few minutes to noon, still recovering from the marathon her body had endured the night before, only to be told to pack her things that they were leaving.
The look on her face when Logan had told her earned her a curt look from him. She must have appeared like a leech to him if she grumbled about leaving that much. It didn’t quite dawn on her much until now that they were back and she was forced to face her reality.
As usual, Logan had prepared an entirely different car to take her back to wherever she wants to return to. She felt the urge to turn back and beg him to do whatever he wants with her and that she didn’t mind being his personal sex slave. She would rather burn her insides out, taking his cock every minute than return to her father’s home.
However, she was only day dreaming of course as she couldn’t follow someone who didn’t regard her for a second anywhere if she wanted to live. The least her father would do is lock her up and put Amelia on her tail yet again. Aside that, she would be living after the ordeal. Her heart clenched at the thoughts of what her father would do to her.
Too many things made her heart sink. She felt like a part of her was being whisked away as she watched Logan’s car drive off. Jovy hoped he would get back to her soon, but she doubted it already knowing how rigid he is. Another thing was getting back on track with her studies and family.
Going home was no option for now and she had no plans to do so. Only then did it occur to her that she had acted extremely stupid and out of line. Jovy didn’t just leave home alone, but left her job too without any prior notice knowing how much it would affect Ol’Joe’s business. She had been too self centered to worry about the the effect her actions would have on others.
As the car drove down the road, Jovy felt like an homeless person on a free ride to nowhere in particular. Checking her time, it was just some minutes past one which implies that Alice would still be in school and there was no way she would be able to reach her. One thing about Alice was her not losing her focus on the days she decides to grace classes with her presence. On days when she only came to school and decides to be distracted by skipping classes, she definitely would be aboard on all of her social media pages.
When she eventually asked the driver to drop her, it was in front of the Diner. She had no other option. There was no going back now and the only option left is to beg her way if she had to. Her journey with Logan had obviously reached its end and he didn’t say a word to her. The last time he said anything was when he had told her they were leaving. Not a glance, not a word from him and it made her keep questioning herself, how could she be so undesirable that much?
Jovy blinked as she strapped her bag behind her after the car drove off leaving her to face her mess on her own. She checked her time once again, it wasn’t the Diner’s rush hour which means Ol’Joe might probably be standing by the counter listening to some oldies from his radio. Joe is an old goose who lives a country life in the city.
Walking briskly, she crossed the road to the Diner bitting on her lips and almost drawing blood into her mouth. Jovy tried to form lies of what could have possibly resulted in her absence at work for almost a week. It wasn’t new to Joe that her father does some questionable things to her, even though he acted oblivious to it. He doesn’t let her speak much and just takes her back into work and being grateful she does her duties dutifully.
The atmosphere felt intentional as she stepped into the Diner. There was no one in and Joe sat just as she had envisioned. But when his eyes met with her, it held an unexplainable look that she couldn’t decipher. It felt cold.
With her legs shaking, Jovy moved towards him like she was being controlled by an unforeseen force. Standing in front of him, she bowed her head unable to find something close to the right words to say.
Ol’Joe couldn’t keep his eyes off her, the incident that had occurred that day a week ago had got his mind preoccupied and he was worried about her. He tried to figure out who the authoritative man that had barged into the Diner was but his memory was becoming faint and it felt uneasy figuring things of sort out.
Jovy must have thought no one would be at the Diner the day she had gotten into the man’s car. He had been leaning into the glass pane trying to figure why she was out at the Diner so early that morning. Now, he understood it clearly since she had gone AWOL since then. And now that she was right in front of him, he couldn’t figure out exactly what he was meant to tell her.
Jovy gulped hard as she tangled her fingers together. Ol’Joe looked like he was cross with her. He probably knew what she had been up to so rather than find an excuse, she decided to tell her truth.
“I can explain Joe-” She began but Ol’Joe held out a hand to stop her.
Clearing his throat, Joe stared at her like he would when trying to correct his grown up daughter. “I know it’s not in my place to tell you what to do, but one thing I know for certain is, you are treading on a dangerous path with that man you got yourself involved with. He obviously is feeding on your innocence and with the look of things you are smitten. I care about you, Jovy cause you are like a daughter to me and I have watched you struggle through your everyday life and still try a means to survive. Don’t let this deprive you of that dream you planned for yourself. Don’t get carried away into a whirlpool of obsession. You are looking too live struck and it doesn’t seem like it would end well. I know what you are here for, I don’t have any problem with you returning to work. I just hope you don’t ruin your happiness for something so trivial.” He breathed out heavily. “There are few dishes in the kitchen in need of some attention. You might like to do them.”
Jovy stared up at him teary eyed and short of words. “Thank you Joe.” She sniffed and with her heads bowed she walked towards the back to the kitchen.
Tears dripped from her eyes as Jovy settled to wash the dishes. She pondered on Ol’Joe’s words, everything he had said was true. She definitely was losing her mind and didn’t seem to have any more control of her thoughts. In less than a month, she no longer had a route and it seemed like she has left her whole life in the hands of Logan.
Opening the faucet, the cold water washed down her hands and it opened her tear dam as she let out all of the tears she had held up for days.