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CHAPTER FORTY FOUR
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The cafe JoJo was waiting in had this shady look about it and she felt slightly uncomfortable sitting in it.
As an off thought, she knew it'd be difficult for anybody to find her here.
She liked it though because with the way she was feeling after learning of Jordan's betrayal, she wasn't sure she wanted to be found.
At least not until she was ready to face his lying, betraying ass again.
The only other person in the cafe, except herself and the Barrister, stood up and left the room.
A rush of goosebumps coated her hands as she realizes the only people in the room were her and the really young looking barrister.
She glanced at her watch again, wondering why officer Lucas was taking so much time to show up.
She was only here in the first place because he'd asked her to be here for a little more questioning.
He'd explai
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Jordan was getting sick with evey second that passed since he'd discovered that JoJo had left.She wasn't returning any of his calls or texts or the numerous voicemails he'd left he was veering close to the end of his patience.That feeling that something wasn't right kept curling and sitting heavy in his gut and he knew it had everything to do with the mystery person she suddenly had to go see.And it also had to do with the fact that he had no idea where she was.He'd really messed up this time and she didn't look about ready to listen to his excuses.He should have called her, should have kept his promise to her.But he didn't and it's back to bite.He'd had his reasons but now, they didn't sound about worth it."Are you worried because of Jocie?"Riley's small voice pulled him out of his head and he lowered his eyes to loo
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JoJo came to with a throbbing head, bound wrists and the dirty, terrifying memories of how she'd ended up here.Whatever she was inside was moving, she knew it was a car.An expensive one she guessed seeing how extravagantly luxurious the interior of the car looked.Whoever owned it must be some loaded bastard.Her eyes hurt as she looked around, trying to take in her surrounding with as less noise as possible.She didn't want to alert the devils seating in front of her of her conscious state.Her bound hand dragged on the expensive looking leather of the seat she was lying on.She dropped dead weight immediately, pretending to still be unconscious.One of the men turned in his seat to look at her. She could feel his suspicious eyes and knew that he'd heard that sound even before he spoke."I thought I heard the bitch move." He draw
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The room was dark when JoJo came to again.She didn't want to, but she did.And it hurt a lot.She didn't even know how long she'd been out.Hours? Days?Her face burned from the hits she'd taken on it from that bastard.The joints of her hands hurt when she tried to move them and the bite if the cuffs on her wrist only felt multiple times worse.She could taste dried blood in her mouth. She must have hurt some part of her mouth while she'd stood receiving hits from that low scum of a man.But she'd do it all over again than allow him to touch her the way he had without doing anything about it.She groaned as she swayed from a brief dizzy spell and her weight pulled on her bound hands, bringing pain with it.How long will she have to wait before they come in again to hurt her?How much longer will s
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She finally fell asleep, right in Jordan's arms, drained from all the tears she'd cried and all the grief she'd let herself become buried under.He understood her pain, he'd seen it, experienced it and it was nothing to joke about.And he'd give anything in a heartbeat to take it away from her, to see her face light up with one of those her beautiful smiles that always made his day.These times have been the hardest and this crown looks too heavy for the head wearing it.But one thing he was sure of was that he was going no where, he'd be her, by her side until it gets better and even then, there'd be no force strong enough to remove him from her life.He loves her more than he'd ever imagined he could love anyone, his baby girl, his JoJo.She looked calmed while she slept, a tad bit relaxed, better than she'd been when she'd been up and grieving.He leaned down, pressing his lips to her forehead in a gentle, tender kiss.Her g
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Meghan's passing was a blow nobody expected, and everyone was taking it hard around the house, especially JoJo.She'd never expected this day to come so soon and now that it did, it did hit hard.She'd been do lost, but Jordan had been there every step of the way, taking charge and getting the body to the morgue.At least that's where she believes they went.She'd let herself get sucked into shadowing Riley and crying her soul out.Riley was asleep now, having cried herself to it, and now JoJo had time on her hands to mourn.She had the watch she'd recently just retrieved, fiddling with it and wondering what she's supposed to do with the damn thing without Meghan to give her a guide.The door to the room came open and Jordan stood at the door.She wasn't expecting him to be back so soon.She could see the pity swimming in his eyes even before he took steps closer in her direction.He was careful not to wake
