2022-07-15 14:23:57Jake moved through the crowd in a haste. He was running late for one of his afternoon classes and nature wasn't smiling at him because he forgot his textbook.
He hurriedly stopped a taxi, gave the driver the address of his home and they zoomed off. The taxi man who was oblivious to Jake's plight tried to engage him in small talks, Jake wasn't having any of it. He completely ignored the man, all his focus was on getting the notebook and getting to school on time. He did not even allow the man to park properly in front of his one-room apartment before he threw his fee at him and ran into the house ignoring the greetings from the mailman.
Jake rushed up the stairs leading to his room. He was completely ignoring the greetings of all of his neighbours. He was a very popular guy. The whole neighbourhood could vouch for his good character and lovely ways.
He reached his apartment door just in time to see that it was locked. He tried opening the door again wondering why it was locked. Jake lived with his girlfriend, Susan and he was sure that she was home. So then why would she lock the door?
He ignored the terrible feeling he had in his stomach and opened the door. He pushed it open and threw the question into the room.
"Babe why would you lock the door, were you taking...?" The sight before him made his mouth go shut.
On his bed was his girlfriend half naked with a completely naked man that was definitely not him, and they both had a surprised look on their faces.
"Jake! I wasn't expecting you to be back home soon." Susan said arrogantly. Jake wasn't sure which one surprised him the most, the fact that she was cheating or the fact that she was unapologetic about it.
"It's my house." That was the only thing that Jake managed to say.
"You call this place a house?" Susan replied while scanning her eyes around the messed-up apartment. Jake turned his head to face her. All the colour that his perfect day gave him completely left his face. He opened his mouth to speak but no words came out. There were no words to describe how he felt.
"Babe, who's this?" Susan's lover asked.
"Just some idiot that thinks he could ever be with me."
"He looks like a riff-raff. Where did you even meet him?"
"He doesn't only look like a riff-raff, he is a riff-raff. And I regret ever meeting someone like him."
Jake's mouth was agar, they were insulting him in his apartment, in his presence.
"Would you stop insulting me in my own apartment? And why were you having sex with another man in my own apartment if it's too local for you?"
"Because we are so much in love that we can't control ourselves. If not for the fact that I couldn't keep my hands off his rock-hard body, why then would I let anyone see me in this tainted place? He is super rich and that means that they are several places we could have gone to. In fact, we could go anywhere. Not like your broke ass that can't even leave this town."
"Susan, I loved you!" Jake said softly
"And what am I going to do with your love? Eat it? Please, your love means nothing to me."
Jake walked slowly towards Susan and her lover stepped in.
"Hey hold up there mister. The woman doesn't want you anymore, why are you still pushing it?"
"It's funny how you think you are any better because you are not. You are just a rich dude but there is someone out there who is richer than you and once she finds that person, she is going to leave you for him and the cycle will continue."
"I will never leave him. I left you because you are not only poor and going nowhere but also because you don't know how to satisfy me sexually. You can't do anything right and it sickens me."
"I would watch your mouth if I were you, Susan."
"Or what? What are you going to do to her?" Her lover was back again, speaking out of turn.
It wasn't worth it and Jake was thankful that he realized it sooner than later.
"I want you out of my house before I get back and God so help me if I ever see your horrific face again, I will hunt you down and kill you." Jake carried his textbook and was out of the door. He could hear Susan shouting.
"You can't do shit. You are totally useless and I am not scared of you."
He walked slowly to the road trying to clear his mind off everything he saw. His heart was breaking but he needed to get a grip of himself and head to school. Jake stopped another taxi and jumped on it to head to school. He was grateful that this taxi man did not try to indulge him in petty conversations. He knew that he did not have the strength for it. He did not want to talk. All he wanted to do was crawl up in a space and cry to his heart's content.
The man dropped him in front of his university and Jake sluggishly paid the man as he advanced to leave the taxi. He was running late for his class but he didn't care. He didn't run, he just walked like a man who has lost all hope. He finally got to the class in one piece.
After class, Jake rushed out of the lecture room and his friends followed him. They finally caught up with him at their favourite hang-out spot, a tree that had a statue under it.
"So, big man, what is eating you up?" Jake debated within himself if he should inform his friends of the horrific sight his eyes beheld in the morning. He knew his friends to be savages.
"I caught Susan cheating on me." Sooner or later, they were going to find it. It was better they found out through him than from Susan.
The gasps of his friends filled his ear. None of them could speak for a while and then they finally spoke, and they said exactly what Jake predicted they will say.
"I knew that bitch was no good... I knew she had skeletons in her closet... I knew she give a tiny rat ass about you...I knew she..."
"So what are you going to do?" Jake was able to filter out Micheal's words from the ranting of his friends.
"I don't know. I still love her you know. But I don't think she even wants to stay with me anymore." Jake's head fell low as he finally admitted his most feared secret.
"You do know that she cheated on you because you are broke, right?"
Jake looked up to Marion with an angry look on his face.
"Gee, thanks Mar. I didn't know that before."
"You didn't? Come on, don't tell me you didn't see the signs. Susan is nothing but a gold digger. She is a materialistic and high-maintenance woman. I knew she wouldn't keep up with your broke ass for too long."
Jake had it, he stood up to leave before his friends called him back.
"Jake come back here. What?! A person can't tell you the truth anymore? We are just saying that it's not your fault. It's Susan's fault. She just wants money." Michael tried to sugarcoat the insult that Marion had just offered him.
"But if you want to win her back, there is a way you could make extra cash," Marion said with a crooked smile on his face. He did not notice that Jake was upset, maybe if he did. He would have offered a simple apology.
"I'm not interested." Jake picked up his bag and left. This time, the plead from Michael for him to come back fell on deaf ears. All that was in his mind was meeting his girlfriend and sorting their relationship out. He just hoped that she would take him back.
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Chapter SeventeenTen minutes seemed like more than enough time for Jane to arrive at Laura's house.She lived with her mother. The woman had lost her husband two years back and Laura felt like she didn't need to be alone. So she packed out of her one room apartment and moved back in with her mother."Bye guys." Laura shouted out as she closed the door."Bye aunty Laura." In between bites, Cassidy was still able to respond to the greeting."How are you doing over there baby girl?" Jane asked as she looked at her daughter from the driver's window."I'm doing okay mom. This cake is delicious. It's the best I've ever had.""Well, he did say that you were going to enjoy it. I guess he wasn't lying.""How did you meet him again?"Jane decided that it was best if her daughter didn't know everything that had happened."He came to me. Yeah, he came to apologize and he brought the gift.""Well, he is a very nice man then. I think I like him."You and me both Cass, you and me both.Jane eyes fo
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"Damn it!" Emily cursed under her breath. Every time she was beginning to have a quiet moment with Sebastian, something or someone just always had to ruin it. She could see the spark in his eyes and she knew that he was seeing her in another light. The kind of light that Emily wanted her to see him in. And now her phone just had to go and ring, interrupting the moment she was sharing with him. She removed the phone from her handbag and was more annoyed when she saw the caller ID."Yes?" She was afraid that if she had said more words, the man would have sensed her anger and wanted to find a way to relieve her of it. But Williams didn't need to see her before he could sense the mood that she was in. "Em, are you alright?" He had the same caring tone in his voice which Emily hated. She had never seen Williams as a passionate man. To her he was too bland and empty, nothing drove him to the edge. Nothing made him think outside the box, he was a calculative, arranged and organized man. It
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The bar was filled with people. Andy's has always had a full house mostly because he had good music and his staffs were as kind as the day was bright. Emily could spot some foreigners in the bar. It was a normal thing for them to always occupy all the space there. The town of Los Angeles always had people trooping into it because not only was it a tourist site, but it was also a place where opportunities could come through. Anything was possible or at least that is what they believed. They had one had a cowboy come into town with their hippy-dippy style of dressing. Once he was settled in, he opened a salon and it was his favourite place to go. Soon, he had been transformed into an LA man. It was difficult to transform him but he had the kind of spirit that could adapt to anything at any time.Emily walked towards the counter, but Andy was nowhere in sight. The cute little bartender had always had a thing for Emily but just like Williams, Emily had only considered him good as a friend
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The drive back to her company was awfully quiet. It would have been a great time to have company, like that of Sebastian. Looking at the driver's mirror, she could almost see his perfectly symmetrical face and his tattooed arms. He had a dangerous aura around him, and there was nothing that Emily loved more than danger. Emily shook her head. She shouldn't be noticing anything about him. She shouldn't be even thinking about him. She should focus on how weird and awkward it will be when she meets Williams the next time. Deciding to cross that bridge when she gets to it, Emily swerved into the parking lot. There, she saw Sebastian waiting for it.She could hear her heart racing, she could feel her blood running into her ears. She grabbed on tightly to the steering wheel. Did he have to be so attractive? Did he have to make her want him so badly? Realizing that those weren't the things she should be thinking about, she turned off her engine and focused on getting rid of him.To hell with
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It was becoming clear that all the people Sebastian was getting acquitted with were dangerous men and they all knew Ethan. The man that approached them was covered with tattoos and the more Sebastian observed him, the more he noticed the cliche way the man was dressing. He had on nose rings and an earring on his eyebrows."Hello, Denzel," Ethan said as he stood up."I see we are now mates, if not what would give you the courage to address me by my name?" "I don't believe they are any secrets between us."Denzel's couldn't take his eyes off the little brat that had almost gotten him arrested. He had sworn that the next time he sees him, he would be a dead man. But he had come with Chairman's men and anyone who wanted to live knew not to mess with Chairman. The man could do unimaginable things to his victim but still behave like he was doing nothing. "I don't think we do," Denzel said as he offered a smile his way and ushered them to their seats. "So I'm curious to know, how did a ric
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Sebastian had hoped that he would never get to see the building that threatened to end his life whenever he stepped foot into it. Reluctantly, Ethan and Sebastian moved towards the door and one of the men nugged them along."What? So when you are not chatting like little girls, you guys chose to irritate me by walking like snails?" The man said with anger in his voice. As much as Sebastian wanted to reply to him, he decided to save his strength for when he would need to run away from Maverick and his gang and if he couldn't, he would fight his way out. He didn't mind getting shot, anything was better than working full time for him.They didn't pass through the club as they did before. The entrance was a lot narrower and the presence of two guards gave the clear message of the entrance being off limits to regular party freaks. They walked in the dark for what felt like hours but was only five minutes and Sebastian kept praying that they weren't passing through the human body room. Sud
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Sebastian smiled to himself as he pulled up to the parking lot of the company. He was glad for the conversation he had with Ethan earlier. The man was a pain in the ass most of the time but he did help him get the perspective he needed.Sebastian yelled as Ethan hovered over him so early in the morning. He was used to the man not being the morning type but Ethan was wide awake and staring directly into his eyes. "Man, what the hell?!" Sebastian screamed out as he pushed Ethan away from his body. He reeked of alcohol making Sebastian worry about why he did not just pass out already. That was mostly what he did whenever he came back drunk."Don't you have where to go today?" Ethan was talking about him going out in search of a job but Sebastian knew better. There were no jobs available anywhere. "Won't be going anywhere today," he said as he turned over to his side "there are no jobs in this godforsaken town. So I might as well just save myself from the stress of looking.""So what do
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The weather was pleasant but the same couldn't be said for Emily's appearance. She cursed as she highlighted from her car and almost ran into her father's company building. She waited patiently till she heard the ding of the elevator, rushing in she quickly pressed the button that would open up to her office.Immediately the doors of the elevator opened up, she marched into her office floor completely ignoring the greetings of all the staffs that saw her. She walked briskly towards her secretary's desk and slammed her hand into her table."Good afternoon ma'am." The young lady stuttered as she looked into the gleaming eyes of her boss who was not looking happy."Sandra, what meeting did I have today?" "Ummm. Ma, which one are you referring to?"Could she be serious?"Which one am I talking about? The one I'm just coming back from. Which meeting was that?"Sandra looked down from Emily's face and scrambled the papers on her table looking for her boss itinerary for the day."Umm, that
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"Seb!!!, What's up??!! Are you ready to party hard?", He shouted across the entrance. "Ethan, what am I doing here?", "I told you I didn't want to come out tonight", "who do you know that is broke that goes to a club?", I said disturbed"You worry too much my friend. Tonight is all about enjoying some","Work of art, yeah yeah, I know", I interjected, "let's just go inside already","I added striding past him.He grabbed my arm and whispered, "hey, I got a solution for your money problem as well, you'll see", and then walked excitedly into the club"Ethan, Ethan! What solution?","Let's try and have a good time, I'll introduce you to a couple of guys later".He hurried off and began hitting on the first girl he could find.I walked to the bartender and ordered a drink, I needed to take the edge off and not worry so much about my money situation. I have to admit, I was getting the attention, across the room I noticed some girls staring and smiling at me, I took another shot and started
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