My elbow was mashed against the window as the car moved on the road, while the back of my fingers was clasped against my lips, relinquished in my thoughts. I embezzled a side glance at the driver of the car. His gaze was welded on the road, his hands moving on the wheels and his expression was barren, something similar to what I always see on Sean but less concrete.
I was succumbing in anticipation and I could tell Jarvis was not any better, we both loathed being clueless about a situation and Gabriel had chosen to do just that since he picked us up from the University, we had been on the road for more than thirty minutes and every second that ratified by felt like it was squirming and felt like misery and I couldn't wait to get out of it.
Another minute went by and only the breathings of three men could be felt in the car, the anxiety fixed, thickening the air around us, it was starting to feel rather suffocating and I was getting depleted
I ignored the intense gaze Sean was giving me as I wrapped his knuckles with a bandage and dried his hair with a towel. It had been more than an hour since we came back and I made him take a shower and sat him down on the toilet and cleaned his injuries without saying a word while he continued to gawk down at me and finally, he spoke."You are mad at me"Was I mad?Oh yes, I was mad but it wasn't enough to suppress the sadness I felt in my chest, knowing I would have lost him if we had arrived later."No" I answered, putting the towel away as I finished drying his wet hair. I wheeled to leave the bathroom but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me back and I ended up falling on his lap and his hands circled my waist, holding and trapping me in place."Am sorry""Am disappointed Sean" I spoke. How could he do that? Lyndon nearly died, as much as the guy was a
«One Year Later»"Fellow classmates, today's an important day in all of our lives. We are gathered here to celebrate more than a decade of yearning, learning, we are shrouded by the people who taught and inspired us throughout our lives, parents, family members, and teachers..."Suddenly, he stopped skimming and looked up at me and I raised an eyebrow."Why the fuck do I have to do this?" Jarvis grunted and he pushed the notebook away from him to my side and rested his body back with a garish tiff and crossed his arms over his chest."I thought you were happy, we are finishing man, I can't wait to get out of this shithole" I grinned, picking up the book."We still have a month to do this shit, why do we have to start preparing now. I could do this the day before graduation"I eyed him. "you seem grumpy today, did Levi not fuck
"You gave him your address?!" I squealed in anger for the nth time since I entered the apartment and my boyfriend delivered the outrageous notification.Sean looked from his papers and stared at me through his glasses. He shrugged at my outburst. "He's a good kid"I placed my hands on my hips. "A good kid that has a crush on you"He shrugged again. "It's just an infatuation, it doesn't mean anything" he went back to reading his papers, leaving me fussing and his relaxed temperament was not helping me! Then he looked up at me and smirked teasingly. "Don't tell me you're jealous?"I scoffed. "I have nothing to be jealous of""Then you should have no dilemma with Dean showing up this weekend, I was intending on taking him out for dinner"Oh, he was exercising me, trying to wake up a sleeping dog and he did. "WHAT!?" I exploded."Is it not en
"You've got to be kidding me!" I shrieked.If I ever slated on giving Dean a chance before, forget I ever asserted anything because that wasn't happening anymore."Hey!" I called out as I matched over to them, I didn't care for the bizarre glimpses I amassed around the diminutive coffee shop. I walked over to their table, a bit close to the wall.Dean lolled his head in my direction and he put on an ample grin. "Seems like three of us keeps running into each other, such simultaneousness, eh" he placed his elbow on the table and rested his knuckles against his jaw. My gaze voyaged over to Sean who had his leg crossed over the other, he gleamed at me.He freaking smiled!The temerity!"What are you two doing here?" I tried to keep up my best smile before I officially lose it. I had forgotten the fact that I entered the coffee shop with my group of friends
With one last shove of the spoon into my mouth, I was done eating. I stood up with my bowl and went towards the sink, ignoring the other person's eyes that followed me around as I washed my bowl and put it away and without saying a word to Sean, I headed out from the kitchen and walked up the stairs that led to that bedroom, not failing to hear the sigh that left his lips.Sean knew he had gone too far this time because I was damn mad that he let Dean stay though it wasn't completely his fault as it turned out Dean and Sean had gotten wet under a little rain and Sean was kind enough to help the kid and the brat went through Sean's closet and worn my brand new shirt, the nerve of that kid. But then again, I was still mad at Sean and he knew it.Slamming the door shut, I went over to the bathroom and took a shower, I discard my clothes and put on one of Sean's oversized sweatshirts and a pair of boxers. Truth be told, I was a huge fan of Sean'
«JARVIS POINT OF VIEW» "It's nice to have both of you frequent at an equivalent time" Mom beamed as she placed bowls of different food on the dining table where we all crouched together. Dad was sitting at the edge as usual, Levi was sitting on the opposite of me, his attention was fused to his glimmering handset, little smiles on his face as his thumb moved fastly on the screen, he seemed to be texting. I found myself stretching my neck, trying to see what he was doing but he seemed to catch on with what I was trying to do as he lifted his head and our gazes met, I stared directly into his brown eyes, staring questioningly at me. "What?" He lifted his shoulders and I shook my head before looking away and stared down at my empty plate instead, biting my bottom lip while trying to calm the hammering feeling beneath my chest also feeling his gaze on me before it moved away and I didn't bother glancing at him anymore. He wasn't cheati
«JARVIS POINT OF VIEW»"AHHH!"The loud scream was what jerked me awake from my deep stumbler as I sit upright, the sheets falling to my lower body but my vision was a complete mess. "What?" I messily asked, trying to see through my vision but it was impossible."Ahh!"The scream came again and this time, it slapped me into reality as my vision instantly cleared and I found Mom staring with her hands clapped over her mouth and her eyes widened as if they wanted to pull up from their sockets and a second later, Dad appeared through the door but stopped abruptly at the scene he saw, his mouth falling open as well and again, I was hammered back to reality as I immediately reeled my head to the other side of the bed to find Levi still fast asleep, unaware of the chaos that was happening in the real world.And again, Mom screamed, this time louder and Levi instantly
«TRISTAN'S POINT OF VIEW»I flipped through the pages of my book, going through the words one more time but the sound of my phone chiming erupted one more time for the pasted hour, I didn't bother staring at it to know who was calling as I ignored it and went back to studying."That's the fourth time Tristan" Sean spoke from where he was lying on the bed, legs stretched out reading a magazine. "Are you not going to answer the call?" He added and I shook my head."I don't want to, Dean must have sold me to dad already, am pretty sure that's why he's been calling none stop" I replied, staring at the passage in my book, trying so hard to understand but being distracted, I slammed the book shut, my mood instantly turning sour. My gaze went over to my phone beside me and watched as it stopped ringing."Your dad is gonna find out sooner or later Tristan. You can't hide it from him forever. This
I want to thank everyone for following on this story and finally, we have come to an end. Your thoughts would highly be appreciated. Please vote and review.if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask and I'll try my best to answer every bit of questions you might have. I really love you guys and for the fact you are paying to read my book really touches my heart. I never thought I would come this far with this book but here we are, thank you once again. Thank you for your time, I really appreciate it. Love you all!
JARVIS'S POINT OF VIEW.I stretched my arms backward as the morning sun pierced through the window of my room, my eyes shut and a placid smile displayed on my lips. I shifted my body, trying to turn on my side but I perceived something hefty on my tiny waist. Insensibly I beamed wider, repositioning my body closer to whatever lying abaft me, yearning more of what it had to offer, warmth, security, and sensation, I yearned extra of it.Sluggishly, my eyes fluttered open, the first thing coming into view was the pale white ceiling of my room. Pokily, my sleepy gaze shifted down to my body to discover an arm engirdled around my front. Slowly, I turned on my side, coming face to face with the catnapping features of my treasure.The only one with the authority to make him say yes when I had already said a big no to others. I chuckled inwardly, feeling jelly inside having my lover this near after so
TRISTAN'S POINT OF VIEW "Have this?" I lifted my head at the voice and found a bowl stretched out to me and I accepted it with both hands and just stared at the hot soup inside. "You should drink, it's good" I nodded before bringing the bowl to my lips and gulped every content inside and handed the bowl back, wiping my lips with the shirt sleeves. "Are you okay, is there something you would need?" The thick voice inquired again and I shook my head. I didn't want anything, I wanted to say but the words forbade to abandon my lips, and then, I heard him sigh before sitting down before my line of sight and my eyes couldn't help but scan his features and realized nothing had changed over the past two years, he looked young yet matured. I averted my gaze, not wanting to stare any longer, and just fondle with my hands. "Are
"Are you hungry?"I lifted my head at the voice, found the crazy woman holding up a sandwich to my face but I averted my gaze, who knew if it was poisoned."You don't want it, suit yourself then" she shrugged and took a large bite from it before going back to her seat on the branches.My head went up as the sun burnt down on my skin. How long had it been since I was tied up, yeah,...two days. I have been held up against the trees for two days with this woman as my watch guard. With a weary sigh, my head lowered."How long am I going to stay like this, it's better if you just kill me instead," my voice came out hazardous, weak."Not yet, dear"Slowly, my head went up as I heard crunching sound of branches and footsteps and I watched as Mrs. Benita sauntered towards us with a little smile on her face, her eyes were not the brown I kn
Snap snap, snap!The sound of snapping of fingers pulled me out from my unconscious mind as my eyes opened but it was a blur in front of me. I shook my head, trying to get rid of the cloudiness but cold liquid was smashed on my face, and instantly, I jerked and shivered violently as the chilling water graced my eyes and my vision was more filled with water till a cloth was wiped over my face and my sight cleared and found a woman in front of me and my eyes widened while her pale lips smirked, her blue orbs glimmering."Hello, Jarvis's Friend" she waved cheerfully at me, and horror finally struck me to the core."How come you're here?" The words left my mouth baffled, stunned but the strong breeze that brushed my skin had me quivering again, especially from the cold water that soaked my body and that was when I saw the timbers ahead of me, the dry, green leaves of the forest and behind me was a
TRISTAN'S POINT OF VIEWI released the unpleasant tie around my neck as I sauntered into the mansion. One by one, I popped the buttons on my coat and slipped them off my shoulders, and hung them over my shoulder as I headed straight for the kitchen but met my stepmom and little nuts chopping some vegetables on the counter.My stepmom smiled as soon as her eyes landed on me and I nearly flinched at how ample her smile was, it was approximately eerie and boycotted a nerve in my system. She needed to stop smiling like that "I wasn't expecting you so early today"I walked over to the fridge and helped myself with a glass of water before answering... "I finished work early""Oh, you will have to wait a few more minutes then, dinner is not ready" she announced and I nodded."Where's dad?""In his room, you should go get him" 
Tristan's Point of View«TWO YEARS LATER»“Tristan, are you going to keep ignoring me, is that it?”I finally glanced up from the files spread on the table before me, stared up at the taxing voice, and found one of my dilemmas over the past two years of my life. Miss Jessica Stones, my so-called fiancée. I scoffed at the thought.“What’s that sound for?!” She mandated and I stared at her blankly, placing my elbows on the glass table in my office which was located on the highest part of the blinding, I interlocked my hands and rested my chin on the back of my palms.“May I know the reason why you’re here, Miss Stones,” I polled.“When are you going to drop the formalities, we are getting married”
JARVIS POINT OF VIEW«ONE WEEK LATER»Seven days had passed with no sign of Levi. The police had stopped the search since there weren't any outcomes, they declared him deceased, finding nothing but his piece of clothing in the ocean.It had been two days since I discharged myself, ignoring the doctor's warning, I couldn't sit around knowing my Levi was gone, I didn't believe it, not when my heart said otherwise and here we were again, in the little village beside the ocean, where Levi's clothing was found, going around, asking whoever we saw if they had seen the man on the picture and so far, no one identified him but I didn't give up, even though I walked around with a limp. I believed Levi was still alive and I was going to find him. I didn't wish to sit around in that hospital bed and cry any further."Can we take a break?"I reele
JARVIS POINT OF VIEWI curled up my knees to my chest, disregarding the pungent pain from my thigh, rolled in a white bandage, fresh blood already drenching it, it had been only two hours since the nurse changed and it was already ruddy.Maybe because I was fretting and emphasizing it too much, dismissing the continuous warning of the doctor to keep the leg stretched, even with the red flag of disability over my head, I couldn't stop myself from toiling, fussing, fearing. I wrapped my arms around my legs, hugging them close to my chest.I could feel fear squirming through my veins, anxiety, I twitched internally. I could feel my eyes trying to flutter shut every chance they get but I struggled to keep them open, soldered to the door, waiting, anticipating it to open any time soon.It had been more than twenty-four hours already, what was taking them so long to get he