Jade POVThroughout the whole day, Ethan didn't do anything to me or to David, which makes everything even more like a horror movie. At night, the beasts usually attack.I went downstairs to get dinner for David since it was a bit difficult for him to go up and down the stairs, and I preferred him to stay in his room rather than bumping into Ethan around the house. I didn't even want to run into him myself, so I quickly grabbed David's plate and hurried back with the tray to the room."You don't need to rush. You'll end up dropping everything," Ethan remarks as I approach."I intended to avoid that," I say, trying to dodge him, but he stops in front of me."I won't hurt either you or David, you can relax," he assures."You've hurt him once already, Ethan," I say ironically."I like you, Jade. Whatever you ask of me, I'll be more than happy to do," he adds, with a hint of seduction in his voice.I thought of saying something, but I let it pass and continued on my way to David's room. H
Ethan POV"You should forget about this idea of taking down Mitchell," Caitlin says, throwing herself into the chair and spinning it around."And why should I do that?""You already have everything, Ethan. I don't understand this obsession with Tyler.""You. You're one of the reasons," I reply sharply."Why dwell on something that happened years ago? We were both young.""He abandoned you, Caitlin.""And I've already moved on, little brother! You should do the same. Caroline is already dead; you've had your personal revenge. Enough with the deaths.""I don't want to kill Tyler, I just want to take everything from him," I shrug."You need help."I laugh."No, Ethan. I'm serious, you really need help.""When are you going back to Canada?""Are you kicking me out already? I want to spend more time with my nephew," she pauses, "I should kill you for almost killing a child.""He's not your nephew.""I couldn't care less about that, you idiot. He's an innocent child, and now, thanks to you,
Emily POVAs dawn broke, I decided to go after Jade myself. I know she's not bad; she must have a good reason for all this. I parked the car in front of Ethan's house for hours until she finally came out into the garden. I approached her. I got out of the car, carrying a gun located at my waist."Jade?"She turned around, startled."What are you doing here?" she asked nervously."It doesn't matter. Is Ethan here?" I asked, hiding among the furniture with the gun in hand."No, he's not," she replied weakly."Great! Let's get David and get out of this house."Even after hearing me, she remained stunned. She didn't even move."What's wrong, Jade? Where's David?""Calm down, Emily! I'll take care of him," she replied nervously, her face flushed."What do you mean?" I asked, confused."I'm not leaving, Emily!" she said firmly.***"Why the hell did you decide to go there alone?""Because I felt like it," Tyler," I reply, dry and angry. "What do you mean, Jade doesn't want to come back?"
Justin POV"I'll owe you one more," I tell Luke as he parks the car in front of Chris's house."Go get your girl already."That's right. I can't let Jade be in any more danger; she's just a victim. Luke had some contacts with the house security, and we got all the info about when Chris comes and goes. He wouldn't be back for hours.I got out of the car and managed to enter the house without any problems. It was creepy. It looked like a sick person's house, or rather, it was a sick person's house."Justin?" It wasn't Jade's voice, but it was a very familiar voice. It had been a long time since I heard it.I turned towards a hallway where the voice had come from. "Caitlin.""My God! What are you doing here?" she asks, pulling me into a room; I realized later it was a bathroom. "Ethan is homeless."What does she mean? Why is she helping me?"Where's Jade?" was the only thing I could manage to ask."She's upstairs...""Great! I'll go get her." She grabs me."She's up there with Ethan," sh
pov justin.After we finished eating, I went to sort out some things with Cassie in the kitchen and ended up laughing at one or two jokes she told me. But nothing cheered me up much. Remembering Ethan with Jade destroyed everything inside me. "Looks like the ice cream effect doesn't last long," the waitress appears in front of me. It took me a few seconds to reason and remember. I chuckled weakly. "Oh, but thank you very much for the tip anyway...""Ellen.""Well, you already know my name," we laughed, "Nice to meet you, Ellen.""Next time bring your wife, I bet she'll love it just like your son did."I couldn't reply anything else, just smiled at her and called David to go home.Two months later.**pov josh "I'm so sleepy," Anne grumbles once again, leaning her head on my shoulder. "Why did we come so early?" "Early, Anne? It's almost eleven," I grumble, shaking her to wake her up. "I'm tired of this. Being pregnant is sad." "As your mother says..." "Miss Anne Sullivan?" the
Tyler POV"What if we put me out in the field?" Luke suggests. "They'll trust me." "They'll want to kill you; everyone already knows you're working with me." "How many shipments did we lose last month, Justin?" I ask. "Twelve. A loss of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars." "I have to sort this out soon." "Rachel told me that at Ethan's club, when she still worked there, she heard about some girls who were being held against their will, like, being threatened," Luke says seriously. "That's bad, obviously, but how does that help us?"- "Most of them were Latina; you know what that means? They're tricked, and when they get here, they're forced into prostitution.""I didn't know that kind of business was so prevalent," Justin says, looking somewhat surprised. "Yeah, and you know what? These traffickers are the worst people in the world, but when it comes to innocent girls, they follow rules, like how they follow loyalty rules." "So all we need to do is take down Ethan's busin
Emily POVI was so happy about what I had just found out, yet insecure. But I was radiant. I wanted to tell Tyler right away. I went down the stairs to meet him, but as I reached the living room, he was leaving. I glanced at the clock, and it was eleven o'clock at night. Where could he be going at this hour? I couldn't help but worry; there are many people wanting him dead. I decided to follow him.Not that I was suspicious of my husband, but I honestly don't want to raise two children alone. That's what I wanted to tell him. I waited a whole month to be sure, and now all I had to do was take good care of myself. I confess I envied Anne. She will have a peaceful and stable pregnancy, while I will probably have a turbulent and dangerous one, but it will be worth it. Who knows, maybe a boy will come, and he can fulfill Tyler's dream of having a little boy?I almost lost sight of his car three times, but I managed to keep up with him. He had stopped in front of a nature reserve, with a l
Justin's POV"Come on, Uncle, please!" Olivia insists once again on going to Beth's house to see Josh.Tyler asked me to take her out of the house for a while to stop her from asking for her mother. I did what he asked. I don't agree with it at all, but I know he won't hurt her. Tyler isn't stupid enough to do that. Well, actually, he is, if he went to meet Caitlin, but he wouldn't lay a finger on Emily, not again."Uncle!" This time it was David; he pretends like none of that father story was true. He keeps calling me "Uncle," and I don't blame him. I'm not used to it either."Alright," I say; the restaurant was already closed anyway. "Cassie, ask one of the security guys to take you home; I'll swing by later to pick them up.""Okay, just a few bills left for you to close," she says, leaving with the two kids."Bye, you ungrateful brats," I say to them, and they laugh.In a matter of seconds, they vanish, and the silence is great. Honestly, these two are very noisy, they never stop,