Anna“I’m sorry that I’m finding it hard to process all of this!”I yelled at him, throwing my hands in the air as I quickly turned around towards my car, and then suddenly stopped.“It’s hard to process everything when you’re acting the way that you are. You can’t even have a normal conversation about this, instead, you’re acting out when all I did was react the same way anybody would.”“But you’re not anybody, Anna. It’s you, what you think and feel about me matters a lot more than you know.” Jack hastened towards me and grabbed my hand, turning me around towards him. The look on his face was unrecognizable. He wasn’t angry, at least he didn’t look angry. But what was there was remorse and sadness and maybe a little guilt.“I’m sorry, Anna.” He said softly as his eyes cast to the floor. “You’re right. I shouldn’t have acted that way. I just don’t want to relive my past constantly and I don’t want people, especially you to think that my past defines who I am now.”“Jack, you of all p
Anna“You don’t know? Your boyfriend is in a deep bind. His family is the only thing standing in the way of George’s business in the city. Mark has been proving stubborn, so George has decided to encourage him into getting what he wants.” Luke replied.“What the hell are you talking about? What does George want?” I replied, even more confused. Luke broke out laughing which only triggered me more. “I don’t know, but one thing I’m sure of is that George is not working alone. One way or the other, he’s going to get what he wants.”I wanted to wipe that smug expression from his face and almost as if Jack could read my thoughts, he hastened towards us and with no hesitation swung the gun, hitting Luke on the head and knocking him out.“This is not happening,” I muttered, walking around frantically. “Calm down, Anna. I’m sure Mark is fine.” “What if he’s not? I haven’t heard from him in a while. This whole time, he could have been in danger and I didn’t even call him to check up on him.
Sheila Seeing Anna in that situation forced me to realize I needed to do something I didn’t think I was yet ready for. But it was just as much of my duty to keep her safe. It’s been four years and I still dreaded my return. I have to admit going back to ask for his help will take a lot considering I didn’t leave on such good terms to start with, but he was the only person I knew I could get information about George from.Until now, George had not been any person of interest to me. For all I cared he was just another unsatisfied corporate mogul that desperately wanted power.I’d come across several of them on some missions. These types of people were usually so arrogant and filled with a false sense of delusion into thinking they were untouchable, but every single one of them I’d met, realized how powerless they were when they met the face of my gun.George had damned himself with the same fate when he decided to go after Anna. Anna and Jack took Luke to the hospital, but I had to ma
Sheila“It must have taken a lot for you to come back here, but I’m afraid all you have done is just wast your time and journey. No one in this family will ever help you after the chaos you and your brother caused. Especially not me.” Blake said with a coarse voice and turned to walk away.“Are you serious?” I retorted, my chest rising and falling in anger.“The chaos we caused?” I repeated his words in disbelief.“You think any of this was our fault?” I asked, unable to comprehend or accept what he was saying, anger surging within me at that moment.Blake suddenly stopped and turned towards me, dumbfounded, folding his arms above his chest, his gaze filled with discontentment.“You think I wanted to leave my family and home behind? Including everyone I loved around here? We didn’t have a choice! You made sure of that when you decided to turn us into monsters, into your little personal suicide squad.”“I didn’t turn you into killers, I made you strong!” Blake shot back, storming his f
SheilaI stood frozen as soon as I heard her voice. It sounded just as I’ve always known and I couldn’t bring myself to face her again. “Sheila…” she called again, her footsteps echoing in the distance as she drew closer to me. I knew I’d have to see her when I came here, but never really anticipated how I would feel or anticipated the heavy emotions that would laden my heart.Four years should have been time enough to forgive me for how I left things with her, but here I was, still struck by guilt over the things I said, and the things I didn’t get to.Slowly, I garnered my courage and turned towards her, my heart slowed to a beat, afraid of the way she might look at me.But without saying a word, Samantha continued towards me and then threw her arms around me, “I can’t believe it’s you. It’s really you,” she cried softly, her vision blurring with tears.“Hi Mom, it’s me,” I replied, trying to keep my tears away.“Wh-what are you doing here honey? And what about your brother, did h
SheilaBlake’s statement caught me by surprise. I didn’t expect the man to help, or to even know anything about George Logan.“What do you know about George?” I asked, raising my brows in curiosity, but Blake was never one to talk too much. He turned and was about to walk away when I suddenly grabbed his hand, stopping him in his tracks,“What do you know Dad?” I repeated firmly.Heaving a deep sigh, he turned towards me, “I think, I can show you more than I can tell you.” He uttered, pulling back his arm and just walking away.I hesitated for a few moments and then followed him. We took the staircase down to the basement and Blake stopped at the door, casting me a look that made me anxious about what he was going to show me.“Are you sure you want to see this?” He asked, and for a moment, I could see a trace of concern on his face.“If it will help me find George, then I want to see it,” I replied boldly. Without another word, Blake turned the lock and walked inside. As soon as I w
SheilaMy knees weakened when I heard that George was responsible for Lydia’s death. Suddenly, all the anger and pain I’d kept buried within surged through me as Blake’s words replayed in my head.“Why didn’t you say anything when you found out?” I snapped, turning towards Blake.He scoffed dryly and turned away, “What did you think I was going to do? Tell you both about it, then sit back and watch as you guys mess up everything and ruin my chances of ever getting my revenge on this man?Besides, you both were excommunicated from the family. There was no way I would implicate myself by getting you involved in my operation.” He replied, taking another sip of his wine.I threw my hands in the air in frustration and then continued looking through the other pictures in the room. Scanning through, I tried to pick out any detail of George’s current location. I could tell that Blake hadn’t found him yet, if he did, he wouldn’t have brought me down here. My eyes darted across the room, analy
SheilaPulling out my phone, I immediately called Jack. There was only one man I knew I could call to get Anna’s old house, The Brown’s location, Luke Johnson.Crossing my fingers, I hoped Jack was still with him in the hospital, knowing fully well that as soon as Luke became conscious again, he would try to reach out to George, and everything I knew now and could use to find George might be ruined if the man knew that we were after him.Jack’s phone rang for a few minutes and then the line went dead. I started panicking immediately, imagining the worst but then decided to try his number again. Glancing at the picture again, my heart raced and then Jack answered,“Jack!” I exclaimed with harrowed breaths“What’s the matter, Sheila? You just left us in the middle of nowhere? Where are you and why do you sound that way?” He asked,“There’s no time, Jack, so I’m going to need you to listen closely. Don’t get mad, but I had no other choice.” I started,“What are you talking about?” Jack