All Chapters of Two Sides of Jada: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Jayden's POVI watch Jada as she walks into her bathroom. She looks so hurt. So sad. Her eyes have always seemed so lifeless but intriguing but today, they were sad. She seemed defeated. "Jayden, all I can tell you, is that betrayal hurts. I wouldn't want anyone to go through it." She's said before getting into her bathroom and the words keep on repeating inside my head. It's obvious someone close to her hurt her and as much as I want to figure out who it is, I can't. Jada never talks about her family or her friends. She never talks about her life. What she loves or hates. And I'd kill for an hour of her opening up to me. She gets into the bedroom drying her hair with a towel and I watch her. Her long black hair is curlier than normal. I continue watching her until her eyes meet mine. "I thought you'd be long gone." She says tying her hair into a bun. "Now that Julian's issue is done, what next?" I ask. She said she wanted to leave. I

"Wake up, baby. We need to leave." I shake him after packing some of his clothes into a duffle bag. He doesn't respond, just as I remember I haven't taken his personal effects. I run to the bathroom and pick up his blue toothbrush and soaps. Just as I take out two of the soaps, I see some dollar bills stacked together in a small can. I pick it and place everything together. When I'm done, I walk back to his bed and just find him still sleeping. "I'll just have to carry you, baby." I mumble positioning the bag so that I can carry both. "Let me help you with the bag. You can carry Ryan." Abby says, making me turn to her. She moves closer to me and takes the bag from me. "So this is goodbye?" She asks, and I nod. Since she told me she had feelings for me, I don't even know how to act around her. "Can I at least get a goodbye kiss?" She asks, looking at me even though I can see color rise to her cheeks. "Please. I just need closure." She says, and I let out

"We have to leave in four hours, Ryan." I say as soon as I'm done booking our flights after breakfast. My son's news has shaken me to the point that I'm afraid of doing the DNA test. I just want to leave. "Where are we going, mummy?" He asks, jumping onto the couch that I'm sitting on. I look at him and smile. "You'll see." I say, and he lets out a pout. I open the site with different houses that I want to buy. I have at least two million, nine hundred and eighty seven thousand dollars in my bank account and since I'm going to start a new life, I'll have to find a job that doesn't involve guns and knives. I have to keep Ryan safe, and that line of work won't do it. Maybe I could apply to train people self-defense. But I'm not patient. "What's wrong?" Ryan asks, snapping me out of my thoughts. I place my hand on his shoulder and bring him closer, kissing his hair. "I'm thinking about these hous

JADA'S POVI watch Ryan look at his room in awe. He runs to his 'Hulk' themed bed and jumps on it. "This is awesome." He says excitedly as he grins and I smile. Ryan has adjusted to the place, and he loves it here. We moved into the house five days ago, and I had people decorate this room after enrolling him into a school twenty minutes away. "I take it that you love it." I say, and he gives me a cute grin. "Now, for the final surprise..." I say dramatically, making him stop jumping on the bed. He looks at me with a wide smile. "Follow me." I say and start jogging. I hear a thud as he jumps from his bed and follows me to the backyard where I sealed the door with a large cardboard so that he couldn't see. I give him a pair of scissors, and he looks at me curiously. I take him to the sealed door where I placed a ribbon. "And now, for the birthday that I missed, I'd like to present to you my last surprise." I say dramatically, making Ryan chuckle. "A swimming pool?" He asks when I'm

JAYDEN'S POV"The team misses you, man. Couch was disappointed at first, but he got over it." Dylan says before gulping down the vodka shot. I look at the dancing bodies in front of me, trying not to think about anything. I had come to the club to clear up my mind, but I bumped into Dylan. After I left the team, I had never contacted anyone else since I was engrossed in finding Leo's killers, who turned up to be the people I trusted enough to be around Leo. My grip on the glass intensifies before I feel it being taken away. I look up to find Dylan looking at me with what I imagine to be pity. Irritation grows at the same time. I want to hit something so bad. "What?" I bark at him, and he scoffs. "You've changed, man. You used to be this cool, easy-going Jayden. You used to be the cool basketball star." He says, and I feel my features harden, and for the first time, he looks at me differently. "I'm not that Jayden anymore. Do