ELENA"Don't you think there is any hope at all for a real relationship between the two of you?"That's was the question Jane had asked me. Which had kept on ringing in my head since she had said it. I had stayed out for a while after the call, before making my way back inside, where I had finally fallen asleep, with Jason instinctively reaching out for me."What exactly is this party for again?" Jason asked for the third time that evening as we got dressed. We had actually had the day all to ourselves as my parents had been so busy in setting up a party, which they hadn't informed me about when I had called to tell them I was arriving for the weekend.Now we were stuck in a neighborhood charity part, where donations were made by everyone in the neighborhood, to give to the neighborhood orphanage and old old people's home, amongst others.Yes, the money went to the people it was meant for, but I never understood why they had to throw a party for it. And at a time, I and my sister had
JASON"I suppose Elena told you no one is allowed touch of these, and still goes ahead to bring you in here. And then as if that is not enough, I come in here in the morning tend to my plants and find the biggest and juiciest pieces missing." Thomas said, advancing towards me. "I was wondering who took them, until I found the daisies my wife planted, on the floor. And I know just one person in this house who likes to pluck off the leaves of daises." He walked past me to stand in front of the daises.Oh...so that had been the flower Elena was playing with the previous night.I thought..I didn't dare utter a word, unsure of what to say, as he stood with his back to me.He stayed quiet for a moment, before turning to look at me, with eyes that were very similar to Elena's. Now that I had seen Thomas, I knew she was the spitting image of the man."Why did you do it?" He asked.I knew immediately, that he wasn't talking about the berries or the daises. He was talking about the money I had
JASONI couldn't find Elena.I had walked through the crowd to of people who were still outside, over and over again, but still couldn't find her.Had she gone inside? "Jason!" I turned to see her mityer waving me over with a huge smile on her face. One look at the women surrounding her, told me that whatever she was calling me for, wasn't going to go down well with me.I could already feel my stomach drop a little as I walked towards the group of women, who all had there eyes on me."Jason! I've been looking for you everywhere." Elizabeth, Elena's mother said, once I reached their little gathering.I smiled back at her and nodded at the women who had not taken their eyes off me for one monent. I murmured a greeting to them, and once they all answered me, I turned turned to Elena's mother."Elena was showing me around. Your house is really beautiful,." I said with smile still plastered on my face."Well, I'm glad you like my house Jason ." She said, then gestures at the three women s
ELENAI groaned again as my head throbbed.I had woken up, only for me to see myself wedged between a bookshelf, and an old chair that was used in the library by my mother.I peeked my eyes open, one after the other, and almost cried, when the light from the library ceiling hit my eyes.I shut them back, almost screaming from how painful it felt."Elena!" Jason called, making me open my eyes again, just to see him staring at me with shock from his position, before crouching down next to me, with wide eyes filled with worry."Jason .." I murmured softly and tried to sit up, but was soon sent back to my position as I felt pain in my neck."What the hell happened?" Jason asked, coming closed to me to inspect my body. He placed his hands gently on my shoulders, then lifted one to my face.I blinked, trying the recall everything that happened. "Someone hit me on the head, while I was in this study." I tried to sit up, but Jason held me down. "I saw them break in..." I narrated everything t
ELENAI woke up the next morning, feeling a little bit better. At least, when I opened my eyes, I didn't feel like I was being blinded by the light.I turned, about to leave the bed, when I saw Jason's sleeping form. I decided to stall a little bit as I just watched him.The man was too good looking to be true.Last night, he had told me that he had feeling for me. And I had of course, been flattered that he liked me. But now, as I had awoken this morning, I couldn't help feeling like it was all born out of the incident that had happened the previous night. I mean, emotions had been flying about. He had specifically said that he had felt fear when he had thought that I was going to die. I didn't blame him. We had the oddest of relationships, where love was not in the picture, but there was a picture if friendship lurking around in the corners. And sex too. A lot of sex.So, it was normal for him to say he liked me.Now, I didn't know if I was trying to convince myself that Jason did
ELENAI was shaking when I saw the gun. Jason seemed shocked too, but was handling the whole scenero better than I was as he carefully picked it up and placed it on the counter.When he had asked if I had ordered for anything to be delivered to the house, my heart had suddenly skipped, because, the last time, it had been a prank. And I had heard a lot of scarey stories about things like that, abd Joe they ended badly almost all the time.But sending a gun, was going way too far, even for a prankster.First, someone had done to rob my parents, and barely twenty four hours later, we had seen a gun in front of the house."Maybe you should call the police." I suggested, looking at Jason, who was just staring hard at the gun. A thunderous expression on his handsome face."I really don't understand. Like, u don't know what to make of this. This is like the most unusual shit I have ever encountered in my entire life." He said, frowning.We heard the door, open and close, at the same, causing
JASONThere was nothing on the cctvs. Nothing that could help me, apart from the footage of the men in the ski masks that had known exactly what they were doing. Now though, as I still sat in the study with my phone in my hands, I wondered my next move. I had already called the private investigator, and things were already underway, but what was left is deciding whether to still stay in the damn house or just go somewhere else. This was supposed to be a safe place for heaven sake!"I don't think you should move out of your house just because some men came here to drop off a gun." Tyler was saying, after I had asked for his opinion on the next step he thought I should take.I turned to him with a frown plastered on my face. "You don't understand. I mean, I think I can survive on my own, but I'm worried about..." I let my voice trail off as my mind was filled with different scenerios that involved Elena. And they were far from nice.Almost causing a painful squeeze in my chest."Elena
ELENAI was still on the phone with Jane when the bedroom door opened, and Jason strode in.I turned to look at him with the phone still in my hands."I heard a door open and close. And I know that's not you." Jane said. I could here the mischievous and suggestive tone in her voice. There was no need to ask how she had possibly known it was not me who opened the door. "I'll talk to you later. Bye sweetie." She chirped."Yeah....take care of yourself." I replied. I had actually been looking forward to hearing all about her encounter with Tyler. But it seemed like that wasn't going to be possible now, especially when Jason was now striding towards me, having heard me end the call with Jane."Hey.." he said. His demeanor, brooding.I sighed. "Hey." I knew the issue of the gun was still on his mind. I mean, there was no way it wasn't going to be like that, given the circumstances."Jane?" He asked, eyeing the phone that lay beside me as he came to stand just at the foot of the bed.I nodd