Tyler
It was Sunday, and I was getting agitated already, we haven't had a clue on who was responsible for the placement of the photos. The CCTV was conveniently unavailable in that part of the area. There was no way of knowing who actually put the envelope there.
"So, has Bruce reported anything? any leads?" Larry was coming over to my place, he would visit and chill on some random Sunday afternoon for a lazy time. But since Jessica, it's been a while since he'd come over to my place.
He took the beer from my hand and sits his ass on the sofa, Jess was having her afternoon nap, while I have just finished a meeting with our security head Bruce Steward.
"Bruce said that it's most likely a woman's doing. It looked personal. He had cleared Brodie and some of her employees that she had to fire when the company had money issues. Even Elsie was cleared, now he's going on for another route, lookin
Jessica"Boss, seriously, you should tell him. He's going to freak out when he finds out from his security guy."Kayleigh was waving the note in front of my face while she kept on reminding me of the danger of the situation."Kay, I'm perfectly safe, I'm staying at his place anyway and working beside his office. What could go wrong? Bruce's men are scattered around us and he even has a couple of them stationed outside the office.I was actually kind of surprised when Bruce laid out his security plan with Tyler and me. I didn't think so much manpower was going to be involved just to keep me unharmed. But obviously, Tyler would lock me in a glass cage if he could, he actually said it and I believed him one hundred percent.With that thought I was back to my loyal assistant who looked at me, giving me her judgemental face."...but he's in a freaking meeting a
Tyler"Bruce, maybe your sources are wrong, you should double-check. There's no way...""Tyler, with all due respect, I've gone over this footage a dozen times already, and if we calculate the timing and the possibilities it all makes sense.""Don't you think it isn't too far-fetched? I thought she was abused, and now you're saying she loves him and wanted revenge?""She was his longest assistant before everything else happened and she was under the assumption that he was practicing BDSM stuff with her. She was covering the tracks really well, and if my guy didn't find out that she was a patient at a psychiatric hospital when she was still in high school, we wouldn't dig deeper.""But she said Troy had another assistant that she was hired by her?""Kayleigh lied, or in this case, she was telling her version of the truth. She has a case of DID, Dissociative
Jessica"Kay, I thought we're going to your mom's?""Yeah, we're meeting her at her friend's it's a cute little cottage up in the mountains.""Oh, no...I didn't know we're going to go that far. Tyler will be worried, let me give him a call, I can't believe I left my phone."My feelings were a bit strange, I know I'm safe with Kayleigh. But I also know I put my phone in my purse, she said I probably dropped it and her phone battery was dead so for the next couple of hours I won't be able to contact Tyler."...he's going to be so pissed at me.""Yeah, well we'll call him once we get there. He loves you, you'll get away with anything."I know she was joking but for a second she sounded a bit sarcastic. I shook my head when she giggled mischievously saying that we're going on a road trip while swiftly pumping up the volume to her car Soundsyst
TylerI let Dale and Bruce deal with Kayleigh. She was alive, crazy, but alive. Unfortunately. I would lock her up for good myself if I could, but I know Jessica would feel guilty when she found out the real reason why Kayleigh did it.It was a sickness, a deranged twisted sickness.Going through her phone, I called her doctor friend Rebecca while Jessica was still staring at the blank TV screen sitting on the sofa with a blanket draped over her body."Hello, Rebecca? this is Tyler's Jessica's boyfriend...yeah, we need you here right now, bring your doctor kit. I'll explain everything later...no, just superficial wounds. I know she doesn't like going to the hospital...and I might need your opinion should she have other bruises...good, thank you. I'll text you my address."The kettle was boiling and I was back to my simple task of making her some tea. I decided to
Jessica"Thank you, Dr. Sheridan.""You're making progress, Jessica, small baby steps."Tyler was to my side soon as I was out of her office, he nodded at Dr. Sheridan. He was letting me have my space, didn't discuss anything with her. The man was understanding and respecting my therapy time with my psychiatrist."So, I was thinking of getting a week off from work, and you're not seeing Dr. Sheridan for another week. With that in mind, what would you say we if we go for a short trip?" he holds my hand in his and rubbed my knuckles with his thumb. Small little gestures, but he was showing me that he's there, that he cares for me."...nothing too far, I'm thinking the quiet seaside, walk on the beach type of relaxation? nearby bed and breakfast with a full spa treatment? and if you're bored we can go back and just lounged at my place and have our walk in the park date?"
Tyler"Tyler, it's supposed to be a relaxing week. What are you doing?"Jessica was in my shirt, undoubtedly naked underneath. We were giving our all last night, and yet she was already looking beautiful in the morning, a bit pale but permanently beautiful in my eyes. I'm sure I was biased but I still need to get a ring on her finger."I'm delegating my work to Larry, and his assistant is working from Kayleigh's desk at the moment. Let's just say he's not very happy with that.""Really? this is your brother Larry we're talking about? I thought he hated Gemma, the last time I saw him he was criticizing her work. Also, I have a feeling they've known each other in another lifetime before. I mean the hate they have for each other is too astronomical for them to have in this time alone." She let out her small laugh while I watched her as he poured coffee on her cup, adding some milk then gently
Jessica A lot was going on with my life, a week with Tyler at the beach house was making me realize that I hate coming back to work. Not without Kayleigh by my side and I was still adjusting to the look that people gave me when I saw Tyler's big sparkly engagement ring. His mom was over the moon, she couldn't stop talking about how we should hurry up with the wedding, how Tyler is not getting any younger and I might need time to get pregnant. I know his mom probably hoped I'd get pregnant on day one after the wedding. "Congratulation." Elsie was to my side holding out her hand as if she was giving me the win and ownership of my fiancé, Tyler. "Ehm...thank you." I decided to just take it and let it be over with once and for all. Well, at least for that morning. On that same day, we are scheduled for a family dinner with Tyler's parents in the evening.
KayleighAfter all these years, I was finally admitted again. I looked at my surroundings. The whitewashed walls, the door with a window, and a lock system from the other side. The standard living furniture was an indication of more depressing thoughts ahead.I remembered I was there before, right after my dad died. Mom said she killed him, that it was self-defense. But what if I did it? I still couldn't recollect the exact details up to this date. My psychiatrist said I might never will, and I've made my peace with that fact.Maybe all the abuse and rape I underwent made me finally crack and kill him. That was what I kept saying to myself, surely mom didn't do anything knowing her daughter was being molested. But she said she protected me, that she finally killed him for me. And her words had been the glue, it was making me stay with her after dad was gone.In a way, I was thanking my mom