Instead of Robert placing the phone to his ear, he situates it before his face as if it is a video call.
“Hello, Lieutenant.” Robert answers and James, Carlos, and I stare at Robert as he converses with the man.“I am at the gate, but I don’t think I would be coming in anymore.” He states and Robert face holds the same look of confusion as mine.“Why?” He asks as he gestures for James and Carlos to go the back of the house.“Because I now know the truth..me walking in there with my arms swinging would eventually lead to my demise.” He says confidently.“How does he know?” I mouth to Robert and he shrugs.“Listen here, old sport. I have known you for a very long while, I even know your parents. Let’s make this easier...escort the young lady out and I will simply keep you out of the case.” He gives a good bargain and I can tell that Robert is mentally chewing on it.A look crosses his face that shows that I have to get theEverything is happening so fast and the adrenaline running through me is thrilling.James and Carlos rush past me as they hurry towards the cars parked next to the house.The sirens are getting closer and closer with each passing second, while Robert looks like he is about to lose it.I walk past the automated gate and into the yard while Robert follows closely behind me.“Jen, we need to talk about what you are doing.” Robert says and I scoff.I stop in my tracks as I see James driving one of the cars toward us.“Robert, the police are on their way, the Lieutenant is dead, the plan has gone to hell, does this look like the right time to talk?” I ask him and he gulps as he nods.“You’re right.” He says and then the black SUV parks right next to us.Carlos gets down and opens the door for Robert to step in and he does. I on the other hand open my side of the car quickly and I step in without help.C
“Now tell me what it is..” Chad beckons for me to explain.“There is not much to explain. I will simply be taking credit for killing the Lieutenant.” I inform him and he sighs.“Don’t try to convince me otherwise, because I am not changing my mind.” I add and he chuckles lightly.“Trust me, I’m not. This would be payback for Naomi paralyzing you, she crossed a line.” He says.“So what do you need me to do?” He asks and James park the car right in front of the airport.We have arrived.“Let’s hurry, we don’t have much time.” Robert says as he opens his side of the door.He gets down and so does Carlos and James. I am the last one to leave the car.“Umm..Chad, I would need to quickly block Naomi from making any international calls.” I tell him.“Oh, so she can’t get in touch with Russell.” Chad hits the point.“Okay, it would take a while, but I’m on it.” He adds.We all are now walking
The private jet is out of fuel, which inevitably means that I have to make an emergency landing.With me being Wanted, this is going to be hard. “How far are we from London?” James asks frantically.This is serious, but it seems comical watching James react like this. He is almost always stoic and nonchalant. But he is genuinely afraid for his life and for ours too.I check the coordinates and I realize that we have been flying for a while now, for we are literally in London already.“We’re here, we’re in London.” I tell him and he takes in deep and steady breaths to calm himself.I take my seat at where the pilot is to sit and I begin to take the plane off auto pilot.I have not been in London for years, but my memory is still sharp and I can remember a lot.“If we can remain flying for about..” I say as I look at the watch on my wrist.“For about nine more minutes, then we would be able to reach an o
James despite how he was “alarmed” at first is now calm though we are going towards the runway with growing speed.“Any ideas?” I seek from James and he looks deep in thought.“Okay. To begin the slow flight maneuver, clear the area and gradually reduce thrust from cruise power and adjust the pitch to allow the airspeed to decrease while maintaining altitude. As the speed of the airplane decreases, note a change in the sound of the airflow around the airplane.” James informs me and I gape.What the hell? This is impressive!“Wow.” I say and he shrugs with a smile.“That is, if my memory serves me right.” He replies.“No, you’re absolutely right. That would work!” I say with hope in my voice.“So let’s start with reducing thrust from the cruise power.” James say and we do exactly that.After we follow his instruction, nothing much changes.“It’s not working.” I complain and he blinks rapid
“This is private property.” I hear one of them says as they walk closer to us.I’m contemplating on running, but that won’t be such a wise idea considering these people have German shepherds.“Should we run?” Carlos asks and I shake my head as to say no.I can still hear the sirens getting louder and the police have not arrived yet, so that means that these men are just normal security guards stationed at the airfield.“I will handle this.” I say as both men walk towards the wired fence, when they reach it, I notice that there is a gate not too far from where we climbed.We must have been in so much rush that we didn’t notice it.They both have huge winter jackets over their uniforms, for it is cold.I don’t really feel the cold though, it might be the adrenaline still coursing through my veins.Once the gate is opened, both guys walk up to us and they study us.“What were you all doing in there?” The b
We all walk into the house and we are led to our various rooms. Robert and I share a huge room while the others have a bedroom all to themselves.It is already getting dark and Robert just came from a shower.His hair is wet and his upper body is uncovered while his lower one has a white towel wrapped around him.“That was a much needed shower.” He comments and I smile.I have a laptop on the bed and I am trying my best to get to Russell, but no luck.Chad too has been trying but it’s like the man just dropped off the face of the earth.“Have you gotten to him yet?” Robert asks as he searches in the closet for something to wear.The closets are conveniently filled with clothes for Robert and I, really nice ones that fit perfectly. What a coincidence.“Nope.” I say, popping the p.“I think I am going to try calling in the living room, it has better reception.” I say and Robert sighs loudly, as if somethi
After a few seconds of silence, the Lieutenant finally speaks.“Is that so now?” He asks, and I feel like I’m being questioned by a lecturer at college.“Yes, I can email it to you this moment.” I reply.Chad eyes look hopeful as he watches me speak to the Lieutenant.“This is a pleasant surprise, I didn’t expect you to get the job done this soon.” He confesses.“I must applaud you.” He compliments and a sense of guilt washes over me.The Lieutenant was clearly not killed by me, I am just taking credit for what I did not do. “Are you still there?” Russell asks and his words pulls me from my thoughts. I think he said something, but I did not quite catch it.“I’m here..I’m here.” I answer.Chad is giving me a look. I’m guessing he is wondering why I froze up while talking to Russell.“I said that you should do that, email the proof to me.” Russell says calmly.“Of course, sir. I would d
When we break the kiss, he has a pleased look on his face as he holds my hips loosely.James and Carlos look amused for Chad is attempting to dance, which is a disaster.“Did you two win the lottery or something?” Robert asks and I scoff playfully.“The lottery has nothing on us...we literally just hit the jackpot!” I celebrate and Robert gapes slightly.“You mean...is it the million dollars?” He asks and I shake my head as to say no.“Not million, Robert. A freaking billion dollars!” I say and he gasps.A look of relief and bliss crosses his face as he pulls me in for another kiss.“That means you’re retired, right?” He asks once we break the kiss and I nod.He then releases me and starts to dance too. It is very comical to see he and Chad try to dance, especially when there is no music playing.James walk to me and speaks.“May I see the laptop?” He gestures towards the machine on the bed.
My eyes widen and I immediately try to open the door of the moving car so I can jump out but all the doors are locked. Adrenaline floods every part of my body, it is like it is all happening so fast and I have no control.“What are you doing? Stop that! Do you want to get yourself killed?” Russell shouts as Usman increases the speed of the car so jumping out would seem more painful to me if I decide to do so.“Stay the hell away from me!” I reply to him aggressively when he tries to reach out to me and he raises his hands in surrender.“Okay, okay,” He says and then he settles back into his seat.“What the hell is going on?” I ask after a full minute of silence. I am much calmer right now, I was acting out of instinct when I realized that the person that was sitting next to the driver was Russell.How is that even possible? Was he not in an induced coma a few days ago? “Are you finished with trying to jump out of a speeding car just to avoid me?” Russell replies to me and I hear Usma
“Natalie is smart, I will give her that. She had all the video evidence cleared before we could get our hands on it,” Taylor explains and I at everything else in the room but her.“May I ask, who are you professionally?” I ask her, and she smiles lopsidedly.“I work with the police department in Russia, I am the police chief,” She informs me and I nod slowly. “As I was saying, Natalie made the investigation a lot more difficult for us. Her skills in covering evidence are impressive, but I believe that she got some inside help,” Taylor continues what she was explaining.“And?” I beckon her to explain more. If Natalie covered up our tracks so well, how does she know that Natalie did it? That she was the one that pulled the trigger and not me.“I know you want to know how I know that she was the one who pulled the trigger, and I am going to explain just that to you,” Taylor tells me.“Okay,” I drag the word as I wait for her to tell me what she knows.“I am Russell’s third wife and it h
What in the world is happening? Why am I even being arrested? Even if this is about Russell Marshall’s investigation, the person they should be arresting is Natalie, I was not the one that shot the man in the head.“This has to be a joke, right?” Chad laughs but when he sees that the military guys are not even smiling, he realizes that this is serious.I gave the piece of document that they handed to me, I read it quickly and it authorizes them to arrest me, but what I don’t see is the charge.“Your hands, please,” One of the military guards says a bit softly and I do as he says. I place my hands behind my head and I hear Chad scoff.“Do you want us to do something?” The guards that we have at the entrance ask me but I disagree by wagging my head. It would only make things worse, from experience, going peacefully with the authorities is always the best thing to do.“I am calling Robert, and then the lawyer. We would get this settled in no time,” Chad tries to comfort me as he makes a
Yes, we certainly need to talk. I put Jake down from my arms and he protests that he wants to tell me secretly. James, Natalie, and Cara watch my exchange with him with smiles on their faces.“Okay, what is it?” I ask him as he gets close to my ear.“I love you,” He whispers in my ear and I can not help but smile. Some people say having kids is a nightmare, and the truth is that it is at times, but most of the time, it is the greatest joy anyone could have.“Mommy heats you right back,” I reply to him in a whisper, and he giggles before he runs onto James.I stand upright and I bid James and Jake goodbye as I join Natalie and Cara in the living room.“We have a serious hiccup in our plans,” Cara begins when we have all sat down on the couch.“I know,” I reply to her, and Natalie chuckles but I can hear the worry in her voice.“Of course you do, it is all over the news,” She tells me and I stay quiet, not knowing exactly what to say.“So what are doing?” Cara asks no one in particular
“What do you mean that he’s alive?” I ask Robert as he stands to his feet, he looks worried but that is in no way compared to how I feel right now. Gosh, does Natalie know this? I need more information.“Which news channel did you learn that from?” I fire another question at Robert, not giving him the chance to answer the first. “Here, take a look, it is all over social media, and all the big news broadcasters are airing it,” Robert says as he hands his phone to me. The last time I held it was when I found out that he was partially cheating on me.I can not say that he was actually cheating because he did not sleep with Amanda, but he did receive nudes from her and whatnot. In my book, that is cheating, but I am just going to call it partially cheating in light of what Robert and Amanda explained to me.But that is not the issue at hand right now, we have a huge freaking problem. I need to get dressed and let Natalie and Cara know what has happened.I take the phone from Robert and I
Some might say that we are moving a bit too fast, but I have known Robert for close to a year now. Still, it seems like such a limited amount of time to decide to spend your entire life with someone, but why wait any longer?Robert and I have had our fair share of storms and problems, but we have weathered everyone one of them, plus we have a great support system. Chad, James, Carlos, and Jake are sure to be there for us if we happen to begin to feel the storms of life raging again, and of course, we will.The amount of crazy that I have been through individually is insane, my entire life has been far from normal and I am starting to stop wanting normal. Besides, normal is a bit overrated. Marrying someone you have known for only almost a year is not very expected, or should I say, normal? But that is the thing, I am not normal and do not even want to be anymore.“Well?” Robert asks me as I drag my body off the unmade bed. He suggested that we should get married next week after I ment
I can not believe that this just happened, Robert proposed to me! This is amazing and I feel so good, but I also feel like this is too good and I don’t deserve it. But I am just going to sum that up as insecurity trying to present itself in the form of me not being worth it enough to get proposed to.After I said yes, I think Jake was more excited than everyone else. Chad and the others came out soon after and I have a strong feeling that they somehow knew that Robert was going to propose. Robert placed a very expensive ring on my finger and he rose from his kneeling, I placed Jake in the chair where I was sitting and Robert and I embraced. We then shared a kiss and everyone joined Jake as he clapped. As soon as the applause died, the rain ceased gradually and the sun began to shine through the dark clouds. It seemed too perfect that I literally had to pinch myself two times to make sure that I was not dreaming. Good thing I was not, because I would have been so mad at myself.We e
It is usually sunny here, but today is different, and besides, it is a Saturday. I think the weather chose the best time to be like this, I don’t have to drive Jake to school and I get to spend the entire day with him.Yesterday was so eventful, I had to explain all that happened to me in Russia to Robert, James, Carlos, and Chad about three times before they finally could grasp it all. I also had the responsibility of explaining why I have suddenly decided to trust and forgive someone that caused me so much trauma, Cara was quiet when I took my time to make them all understand that I have finally decided to bury the hatchet concerning what she did.I am not going to pretend like I don’t feel a stab of emotional pain when I look at her, but I am going to try my best to move on. I am currently sitting on the porch alone while listening to the beating of the rain on the ground and roof, it is very soothing and I have never felt so relaxed in my life. Everybody else is in the house and
I open the door of the house and I walk in as Cara follows behind me slowly and tentatively. We are out of Russia and in Cyprus, though only Cara came along. Natalie took a later flight because she wanted to come with Susan, her grandmother.It took us a couple of hours to fly from Russia to Cyprus, especially because I did not have my passport on me. Cara had to pull some strings and call in some favors at airport security, and to my pleasant surprise, it all worked out smoothly.“Are you sure that they would want to see me?” I hear Cara’s voice as we walk further into the house. Everything looks pretty much the same, but I don’t see anyone here. “Where is everyone?” I say to myself in a low tone as I continue to explore the house.Suddenly I hear heavy footsteps and I look toward the source, someone is walking down the stairs. As soon as the person's eyes meet mine, they stop in their tracks.“Whoa, am I tripping, or am I seeing Jen Davis?” Chad asks me and he continues his descent