HE MIGHT LISTEN

Even though Cruz was laughing, his eyes and body language say otherwise and this scared the hell out of Jessica making her hesitate in grabbing his hands.

"Come on!" He smiled, gesturing for her to grasp it.

With much difficulty and hesitance, she slowly stretched out her right arm and as soon as her fingers caressed Cruz's open palm, he grabbed them and pulled her towards Cade's bed forcefully.

"Yesterday, this was what you succeeded in doing. Now…" He paused to inhale deeply as a way of calming himself down.

"...Cade has gone into a coma and now he will definitely fail his exams because he won't even be able to participate in it just like you prophesied. You must have seen this coming right?" He inquired, purposely intimidating her.

"Mr. Westham, I…"

Jessica dropped her head down as she couldn't utter a clear word because of the huge lump that had suddenly developed in her throat from trying to hold in her pain but Cruz only saw this as a pretense.

With two of his fingers,