Chapter 140 Janet “You okay?” Kevin asked. I nodded. We were sitting in the café waiting for Anna and Justin. We had all agreed to meet here for lunch. “You look tensed.” Kevin said. “Maybe a little. I can’t wait to hear what Justin’s plan is. I really hope it’s something that works.” “Well, we will find out soon enough.” Kevin said. I was anxious. I had a date with Tony tonight and I was not looking forward to it at all. “Here they are. “Kevin said as Anna and Justin came to join us. “Hope we aren’t late?” Justin asked. “No, let’s order.” I said. We waited till we had ordered and were served before, Justin spoke. “First of all, for this plan to work we have to be sure the jerk doesn’t have any extra copies of the video.” Justin said. “He doesn’t.” “Is there a way you can find out? To make sure.” Anna asked. “I will try. I am meeting him this evening. But I know Tony too well, if he has the video on cloud storage, he won’t bother to make copies.” “If sh
Chapter 141 Janet I was up early the next morning to prepare breakfast. I hadn’t slept very well last night. I had been worrying about Justin’s plan, it sounded good but the success depended on me. Would I be able to do my part? I just had to try. There was too much at stake. “Get up sleepyhead! I told Kevin, as I came into the bedroom with breakfast. “You will be late for work.” He sat up yawning. “Breakfast in bed again? Babe where have you been all my life?” He said batting his eyes at me. “Outer space. I only just got back to earth.” I teased. “Now start eating before I finish everything. I am hungry this morning.” “You should be,” he grinned. “ We did a lot last night.” I punched his arm As we ate my mind kept going over all the many things I had to do today. “Are you thinking of tonight?” He asked. “What? No. I am just thinking of this afternoon. Anna and I are going shopping. Fran’s birthday is next week.” I told him. “ We are planning a surprise party for
Chapter 142 Janet That afternoon I lived my worst nightmare. Shopping with Anna. My sister never seemed to be able to make up her mind what she wanted to buy. She would spend minutes debating whether are not to buy a particular item, decided not to buy it, walk away, then come back to it and decided she liked it. I was always annoyed by her behavior. “Can’t you make up your mind?” I asked annoyed, as we walk back to buy the earrings she had previously said she hadn’t liked. “If you had bought it in the first place, we won’t be walking back to buy it now.” “I thought I could get something better.” She said. “Fran deserves the best.” “I agree, but come on, You know Fran won’t know designer purse from a knockoff. She isn’t really big on material things. All she wants is for her family to be happy, and spend time with her on her big day.” “I know. Fran is all about family.” She said as she paid for the earrings. “Now what gift do I buy her?” Anna asked. “ What would
Chapter 143 Janet Kevin’s Ferrari was waiting for me in the restaurant carpark. I got in besides him. Anna and Justin were in the back. “Well?” Anna and Justin asked. I burst out laughing. “You guys don’t even need to ask,” Kevin said smiling. “ That laugh alone tells me the bastard didn’t know what hit him, right?” I nodded. “You bet. The look on his face was priceless. Let’s find a place to relax, I will tell you guys all about it.” We drove to a restaurant and took a table. Over drinks I told them everything that had happened. “I wish I could have see the look on his stupid face when he realized the video was gone.” Anna said. “At first he was shocked, then he was besides himself with anger.” I laughed. “I bet the jackass was as white as a sheet when you told him about his illegal dealing.” Kevin said. “He was. It was a bluff but it paid off.” “No it wasn’t.” Justin said. We looked at him. “You found something on his laptop?” I asked. “I
Chapter 144 Janet I was sitting in my favorite outdoor café waiting for Gina. She had called me this morning and asked me to meet her here. It had sounded urgent. I smiled as my mind went back to two weeks ago, at Fran’s birthday party. No one has expected the proposal. It had been so sweet and Fran had been in tears when she’d said yes. “Jan!” I was a little startled as Gina sat down at my table. “Gina, what is it? What’s wrong?” I asked, “You sounded excited and-“ “I am excited.” She put her face in her palms. “What is it?” “I should have asked to meet in a bar. I need alcohol.” She mumbled. I was a little puzzled. I knew her enough to know she was very excited, but I didn’t know if it was over something good or bad. “Spill Gina, what has gotten you into this state? Did you get a promotion? Or lose your job?” I asked. “No!” She held out her hand in front of me. My hand flew to cover my open-mouth, and stop my squeal of excitement at the diamond engagement ring
Chapter 145 Kevin Are we meeting for lunch?” Jan asked that morning as we walked to our cars. “I don’t think so. I have a shareholders meeting that I know is going to keep me well past lunch time.” I said. “Okay. I will see you this evening. I may stop and see Fran on the way back.” “Give her my love, but don’t get tempted to stay the night.” I smiled. “Are you scared I won’t be here to save you from burnt mac and cheese? Or over spiced chicken? Or maybe you may end up losing your hand.” She teased. I sighed. “ I am never going to hear the end of it am I?” She laughed loudly. Yesterday I had tried to make chicken soup. I had seen it done on YouTube and it looked pretty easy. But I ended up over spicing the chicken with too much chili and also burning my thumb. A Band-Aid was still on the thumb. “Don’t worry Jan to the rescue! I will be home to make you dinner. I promise.” She said. I pulled her into my arms. “I will make you pay for this teasing toni
Chapter 146 Kevin “I knew!” Gabriel Benson yelled. “ I knew that bitch wasn’t dead! I said it!” He was pacing the living room, half out of his mind with worry. We watched him. We were too worried to offer any comfort. We had called the police. They had come, taken the relevant information, and had gotten to work. But not much could be done. Lois was already wanted and had been hard to find. We didn’t think having Jan with her would make it easier. The cops were hoping Lois would contact us and make a ransom demand then they would have somewhere to start. Fran sat in an armchair red eyed and shaking with fear. I sat on the arm of the sofa. I could have been sitting on a bed of nails and won’t have noticed. Anna and Justin sat together on the love seat, their faces competing whose would be the whitest. They had driven down as soon as I had called to tell them our suspicions, that Jan had been kidnapped by Lois. “I should have listened to my instincts! I should have insiste
Chapter 147 Janet “Hello! Can I get some water! Hello!” It was day two of my imprisonment. I had come to and found myself alone in a basement, lying on a small torn mattress. My right wrist was chained to the wall. It was cold and dark, except for a stream of light coming in through a crack in the single, boarded up window. The place was dirty and untidy, but there were no rats. I hated rats. Aside the humiliation of being chained up, and a slight heaviness in my head, I wasn’t hurt in any way. But I hadn’t had any food or water since I had been in here, and I still had no idea who my captor was or were. At first I had tried screaming but I found out I was wasting my energy. The sound only echoed back, so I gave up. I tried to remember what had happened. I had been on the phone, then sat in my car. I remembered hearing a noise in the back seat..then..…..I had smelt a chemical! Even now the smell was still on my nose. I must have been drugged! The person was hiding in the b