A steady beep sounds in my ears and it grows in speed as each second passes. I can see Chad, James, and Carlos running upstairs and I notice that I am in the mansion. The baby is in my arms and sweat drips from my forehead.“Wait!” I call out and Chad stops in his tracks.“You have to go,” He tells me and I frown. Something seems wrong, this does not feel right.“We have to get the situation under control, the bomb might go off at any moment,” He continues.“No, I don’t want to,” I say and the beeping sound has grown so loud that it aches my ears.“Jen, we have to take the baby to the hospital,” I hear Robert’s voice and he touches my shoulders sofly.“Do not touch me,” I walk away from him and I walk toward Chad. James and Carlos are out of view but Chad is waiting for me at the top of the stairs. He has a huge smile on his face and his eyes are full of life.I climb the stairs with Jake in my arms and when I reach at the top, I extend my hand to him.“Follow Robert and I so we can g
Robert’s words sounds clear for one minute and then mumbled. I don’t think the problem is him, but rather me. Did I hear what I think I heard him say? Is this a plot to get me to relax and be hopeful? I have so many doubts, but all those doubts seem small, or even tiny compared to the fact that Robert just told me that my best friend is alive.“What did you just say?” I ask him and he chuckles.“The ice cream, you’re going to spill it all over you,” He points out and my eyes go to the ice cream bowl in my hand. It is tilted in an awkward position and a few drops have already spilled on me, but I don’t care.I am still doubtful, but I am willing to flirt with what Robert is telling me. He reaches for the bowl in my hand and I give it to him. He then places it down on the table not far from the bed.“I said that Chad is alive,” He says and I can not help feeling emotional. His smile is contagious and soon I start to smile big too.“I mean, he’s a little bang-up, but he is alive and kic
This is the greatest news I have heard in my entire life, it literally makes me so happy. I am not going to lie, it seems too good to be true, but it is true!“I’m going to leave you for a few hours, the doctors want to monitor you for a few more hours anyway,” He informs me.“But why?” I ask him as confusion covers my face. I am not sick or anything, I only came here to bring my baby so they can run a few tests on him and tell me whether I can take him home, not to have myself become a patient.“Nothing’s wrong with me,” I add and Robert looks tentative.“Why are you acting like that?” I ask him and he chuckles.“How Am I acting?” He fires back a question to me and I squint my eyes as I closely observe him.“I mean, you did have a mental breakdown right in the lobby of the clinic, everyone saw you,” He tells me and I scoff.“I thought I had lost my best friend, what were you expecting me to do, sing a song?” I argue back, but I double back when I hear myself. I sound a bit harsh and
***Naomi’s POV***I enter the room and I look around, taking in the new surroundings. I am here for therapy and my therapist picked a new location today. I don’t know exactly why but she said something about refreshing visual stimulants; whatever that may mean.I walk towards the couch and I flop my body down on it. My therapist is stting behind a desk in a rolling chair, she is right across from me. She is looking at me with a smile on her face, but I maintain the small frown that I have on my own face.“It has been a while,” She begins and I cross my legs.“You canceled our last appointment,” She reminds me and I chuckle.“I was busy, had something important to get done,” I reply to her and her smile falters a bit.“Would you mind telling me about it?” She asks me as she takes her small notepad and a pencil.“Yes, I would actually mind,” I say to her and I uncross my legs. I don’t why but I feel on edge, I feel like she is reading my mind and that makes me feel very uncomfortable.“
“I can tell that you idolize Jen Davis,” My therapist has the nerves to say to me. I scoff and laugh in response.“Idolize? That’s a reach even for you, is it not?” I fire at her.“I don’t idolize her nor did I before? But I did like how determined and driven she was,” I confess and my therapist smiles.“I see,” She replies.“So you kidnapped her baby and requested a ransom for her to get him back,” Her tone is normal as if we are not talking about something that could most probaly land me in prison.“Yes, that is exactly what I did,” I say nonchalantly.“But something bothers you, does it not? You are not your usual cheery self,” She says and that I can agree with. It is about Chad, the fact that I almost lost him. His heart literally stopped beating, if I had not called 911, he would have been gone.“So you have your one billion back?” My therapist asks me and I give her a weak smile. I thought getting the money and even more would have made me feel great, but I feel empty. “Yes,
I love Cara, and I know she is jealous, so I try my best not to give her reason to be. This is my first time dating a girl, and to be honest, I never knew I was attracted to girls until I met her. It felt strange, but it also felt good.Our relationship has been smooth and lovely, until now. I know she did not mistakenly activate the bombs, she knew exactly what she was doing. “I confronted her about it and she was adamant that it was a mistake, which is what is really pissing me off,” I explain to the therapist and she listens keenly, giving me the time to express how I feel.“Why don’t you believe her?” She asks me and I scoff lightly.“I would have, except that to activate those bombs, you literally have to type in an eight-digit code. How does one mistakenly type in those eight-digit codes? She is damn well lying!” I say, the tone of voice rising.“Well, you do have a point, but why do you think she did that?” My therapist inquires and I laugh lowly. That is an easy question to a
An alarm goes off on my phone, letting me know that my session for today is finally over. The therapist gives me a look, silently asking me if we should continue regardless, but I wag my head slowly as to disagree. Don’t get me wrong, I would love to continue the session but I just feel like I have done so much in one session than I have ever done since I have been therapized by this lady. “Today was groundbreaking,” She stands to her feet and says, confirming my thoughts. “Let’s have more sessions like this,” She suggests as she packs her things in her fancy handbag, it looks really luxurious and expensive. “Yup,” I agree with her and she gets ready to leave and I do so. As I can recall, she mentioned that she has a date this evening, one with her husband. It’s their wedding anniversary, I never really asked her much about it, maybe I should. “Hey,” I call for her attention as I walk past her and towards the door. “Yeah?” She responds to me as she places her handbag on her shoul
Why is Chad calling me? Did he intend to call someone else and called me instead? But I doubt that, thhis is a new number of mine and he could have only gotten it by using his hacking skills. “Chad?” I speak into the phone when I reach the other side of the street. I continue to walk with the aim of heading to the subway and taking a train. “Gosh, you sound so different,” He says and then chuckles. It has been a while since I have heard him laugh, and hearing him now feels oddly nostalgic. I want to ask him why he is calling, but I also don’t want the call to end just yet. “Well, time changes a lot of things,” I reply to him and I hear him sigh. I heard he was dating a girl but it is not that serious. “I just wanted to thank you, you saved my life,” He says and confusion crosses my face. I am now walking into the subway, New York transport system is one of the best things about this city. It is so convenient. “I am the one who put you and the others in danger in the first place,”