Eight

"I've been looking for you everywhere. You need to give me your phone number." Jayden says just as I pick up another mismatched pair of socks in Leo's room.

"Just state what you want." I say curtly, and he raises an eyebrow, but I pay no mind and continue with what I'm doing.

"Okay." He says dragging the 'a', but I offer no reaction. "I just got a letter. No return address. It only has my name on it. But it's printed." This makes me move towards him, and he hands me the small opened envelope. My eyes drift to his face, which now shows anger and frustration.

I see a folded note inside, and I take it out.

48 hours.

The boy or the micro-chip.

We're watching your every step.

The note says. My eyes drift to Jayden once again, trying to look for any emotion, but I find that he's already looking at me. Suspiciously.

"What?" I ask when his gaze doesn't move.

"You could be one of them. Playing a good game of someone who actually cares about Leonardo but at the same time looking for the same fucking micro-chip. Look at you. I've seen too many sides of Jada. The one with this blonde hair and brown eyes and the one with black hair and these beautiful cyan eyes. A Jada who has an FBI badge that may be stolen or actually hers and the one who seems to be so familiar with kids in the orphanage. A Jada who is so cold and emotionless and one who seems to be so emotional when it comes to that Ryan kid and Leo." He moves closer to me.

"Which one is you? Who is the real Jada?" He asks as his blue eyes look deep into my fake brown eyes but I feel like he's looking at the real me. The real me that I don't know which one is.

"All the Jadas you've mentioned are the same. Me." I say trying not to break the eye contact.

"Then don't blame me for not trusting you." He says and takes the forgotten envelope and threat that I'm holding then leaves leaving me stunned. And angry. I don't know what I'm angry at or who but that's the first emotion that I recognize. Oh, and fear. Fear of someone figuring me out. Of Jayden figuring me out.

But what scares me the most is how Jayden figured me out in less than a week! Should I be worried?

My initial plan was to break into that forbidden drawer that has been calling my name since I discovered it and knew it had the key to my mission but Jayden words shook me. I have to prove to him that I'm the good guy. I mean, what are the chances of obtaining a fake badge or stealing one? That's a crime. A very serious one.

I get out of Leo's bedroom and go after Jayden but I don't see him. 'He could be in his room, right?' With that thought, I start heading towards his room that's a floor above mine and Leo's. I knock on the door twice but I'm only met with silence. Just as I raise for the second time, Alexis' voice behind stops me.

"What do you want with Jayden?" She asks and I turn towards her. Kayden followed through my plan and now they are together. He decided to date her and not ask for her hand.

"I just had something to discuss with him about Leonardo. Do you know where he is?" I ask and she shakes her head negatively.

"I don't but I just saw him leave towards the garage." She says and I start walking without saying anything in return. I walk as fast as I can but when I arrive at the garage, I see no sign of him. I check to find only six cars. His gone. I turn and get into the house. I need him to be able to do this. I'll convince him when he comes back from wherever he went. The problem is I don't know how. And this makes me frustrated.

I've never had to prove myself to anyone. Well, apart from years ago but that was long ago. I can't believe Jayden just doubted me and my personality. Just because he's seen how I really look like and reacted towards Ryan. I wasn't even that obvious. 

"You look like you want to hit something." Shawn, Leonardo's teacher, comments with a smile when he passes next to me. I know he wants to seem friendly but I don't care. I don't react as I continue walking to the kitchen. I have to make Leo some snacks. I see a glass of apple juice and some ginger biscuits that Leo loves and I take them.

"How Leonardo manages to put a smile in your pretty face is beyond my imagination." Rita says as I pick up the tray but say nothing. This is me, a side of Jada that Jayden should accept. That everybody should accept. An emotionless, stone-face killer.

I try placing a smile before getting into Leonardo's room and I find him sitting on the fluffy brown carpet trying to work on the same thing he has been for the last days. The thing lights up and a machined voice says "I am Mr. Teddy. Do you want a hug?" A real smile forms on my face as Leo smiles and jumps. I take the tray and place it next to him.

"I see your plan worked. You're going to be great one day." I say my smile still on my face and he grins as he sits once again on the carpet. "Here is your drink for the work well done." I hand him the glass of juice and take the plate of ginger biscuits. "And here is for being the smartest eleven year old scientist." His grin widens.

"And where are yours?" He asks when he notices I'm not drinking or eating anything.

"I don't have any sweet tooth in me kiddo." I say for the third time and he only looks at me as If I've lost my mind.

"You're so weird." Leo says and slurps his juice.

"I'm not." I defend myself as I get up but sticks his tongue out. I roll my eyes as I leave his room and head towards mine.

Time to work. I call Mike, my boss, as soon as I take my forgotten phone.

"Costa. Is there any problem?" Mike's voice comes through. Mike has taken me under his wing when he bumped into me four years ago. He's been the closest person to me since then even though we hardly talk and mostly argue. That's just us.

"I told Jayden my plan and he accepted to help me. That was until thirty minutes ago. He found a letter and all of a sudden, he thinks I might be after the kid."

Mike doesn't say anything for almost thirty seconds. "Is there something you did to make him doubt you?" He asks.

"No. Nothing." He doesn't know about my hair and eyes change at all and I can't risk anyone knowing. Yeah I know I might be an FBI agent and all but the tech guy that helped me was a hundred percent legit.

"Then I don't see what's the problem. Just make sure he doesn't tell anyone else." He says and judging from the tone, I know he wants to hang up.

"And how do I prove to him I'm not? What would you do?" I ask but he doesn't answer. He only asks;

"Why do you want to prove so much to him that you came to me?" I shut up and disconnect the call. I run a hand through the blonde hair and huff in frustration.

"Why do I want to prove so much that I'm the good person?" I ask myself.