2 hours Later ......
"This isn't working Jasper we should leave, " Emma said after long hours of just seating fruitlessly.
" I'll drive" he whispered, as he stood up.
"Are you angry?!"
"After you refused to help me talk to a lady and discouraged me from talking to someone because they did not meet your weird standards, and now asking us to leave?!"
"Of course, I'm not angry" he replied.
"I'm sorry, Jasper but this is not making sense " she replied.
"I'm sure if we try again tomorrow, we'll just find the perfect person" she added.
"Let's just go, it's getting late" he replied and she sighed as she stood up and followed him out.
Immediately they stepped outside, they heard a lady's loud voice, puking and crying.
"Eww, another wasted Life" Jasper sneered disgusted.
"We should help her," Emma said as she stopped walking.
Jasper stopped also and turned to face her
"What are you talking about?!"
"Please let's leave, I'm tired," Jasper said, but Emma quietly walked to the car, pulled the front door open took out a bottle of water and walked to the Lady.
"What are doing ?!" Jasper whispered and yelled frustratingly.
"This could go awful wrong" he added.
"And it might not" she replied.
"Hey, " Emma said immediately she got to the lady and slowly squatted beside her.
"Are you okay ?!" She whispered and stretched to her the bottle of water she was holding.
The lady slowly took the water from her, she was d, she washed her face with some and drank the rest.
Emma slowly turned to look at Jasper, she signaled toootohim to come over and help her with carrying the lady but he just scoffed, turned around, and got o the car.
She sighed as she slowly lifted the lady in her hands and they both gently walked towards the car.
Immediately she got to the car Emma opened the car and gently put the lady in the back seat, she closed it and got into the front seat.
"Please what's this Emma" Jasper Lamented immediately after she got in.
"She needs help, the least we can do is to help" She replied and turned to the lady in the back seat.
"Can you please tell us your house address, we'll take you there " Emma said calmly.
"Husband A, h-husband ave " the lady slurred and burst output laughing, Emma turned to each other and exchanged confused glances.
And immediately she burst out laughing, Jasper narrowed his eyes at Emma
"See?!" He whispered
"She's just drunk " Emma whispered.
"Four four four !!" The lady suddenly started saying.
"Four of my younger sibling has gotten married and the last one Weds tomorrow" she whispered.
"And me, oh big sister big sister is still very much single," she said a small tear sliding from her face
"They've forbidden me from showing my face there if I don't have a date "
"And that they'll disown me," she said as she sniffed.
"And look at me Wedding Eve, no date, nothing!" She said and suddenly burst out laughing and just immediately she began to wail.
"I'm so in love with my life," she said weeping.
"I love my life " she kept on repeating until her voice slowly quietened and she dozed off immediately.
Emma slowly shifted her lower lips to the side and turned slowly to look at Jasper.
"No no no and no!!" He said immediately.
"At least consider it, this is the reason we've been seated here for hours," she said.
"You know I just got thinking, you've supported me all through our friendship and the least I can do now is to help you" she added.
He turned to look at her his face knotted in a frown.
"You should at least consider it, she looks desperate, she'll take anything you offer" she whispered.
"I don't know Emma, I don't know " he whispered, switched on the ignition, and drove off immediately.
Next day ...
Sunday at 7:00 am...
"Jeez, where the hell am I " Belle groaned as she stood up.
"Arghhhh" she growled immediately as a felt a huge pain in her head.
Immediately the door opened, and she looked up to see two people walk in.
The lady, she recognized as the person that helped her yesterday and the guy she couldn't recognize.
"Oh, my God! , Have I been kidnapped?!" She tensed immediately as she gathered the duvet around her body.
"Calm down, you're very much safe "
"I'm Emma and this is my friend Jasper," Emma said as she moved closer to her.
Belle slowly looked up at Jasper, and with the expression on jasper's face, she quickly looked away immediately.
"So why is he looking so scary, like a kidnapper" she whispered.
"Can you imagine?" Jasper said scoffing.
"That's enough .." Emma said looking at her to supply her name.
"Belle" she whispered.
"That's enough Belle," she said.
"Take this," she said as she stretched out two tablets of aspirin and a table of water to her.
Belle took it from her and gulped it down immediately, she didn't even care if they were trying to drug her, all she wanted was just something to take care of this banging pain in her head.
"My friend needs you just as much as you need him" Emma started.
"And how is that?!" Belle asked innocently.
"Yesterday you mentioned something about being the eldest and not being married " Emma replied.
"Oh no," Belle said as she widened her eyes.
"Did I say that?!" She whispered and Emma nodded.
"Please whatever it is you have in mind, I'm not interested," Belle said immediately.
"I don't trust you rich people" she added in a whisper.
"Jasper will follow you to your sister's wedding today as your Fiancé and you'll in turn follow him to Sioux falls for some weeks as his wife, " Emma said.
"B-but b-but, I-i I, d-don't ..."
"Do you want to be ostracized from your family on something as minor as this, and the solution is right here in front of you" Emma cut off her stuttering immediately.
"Think of the shame, the embarrassment, that you'll face today, remember that you're the firstborn" she added.
"Fine, I'll do it" she whispered.
"Good, that's the best decision you've made and there'll be some other benefits too"
"Remember nobody can know about this arrangement, I'll work on getting you and Jasper new clothes "
"Jasper are you fine with this?!" Emma asked turning to look at Jasper.
"Whatever " he replied and walked out immediately, she sighed and turned to face Belle.
"Forget about him, and start preparing, your dress will come in soon," she said and walked out of the room leaving Belle to her thoughts, is this the best decision she could have made?!.
Later at 12:30 pm..."Why does this look like a birthday get-together instead of a wedding" Jasper whispered immediately as he walked into belle's family's house."Because some people aren't as rich as you are" she replied."Please play it cool" Emma whispered to the both of them."I see you're here, after bailing out on your sister's wedding eve," An older wam said as she walked up to them, and Belle moved forward immediately to meet her."Now you come in like a guest all glammed up?!""Good Afternoon Mom" she replied instead."And what's good about this afternoon " her Mom snapped immediately."Mom please can we not do this now, I was unavoidably absent " she replied."Good Afternoon Ma'am," Jasper finally said walking up to the both of them."Afternoon " her mom replied as she turned to look at Jasper."I'm Jasper Mills, Bella's Fiancé " he added and her mom's eyes suddenly went wide, she immediately turned to face her belle."I had to go meet him at the airport yesterday, we ran i
Next day ......Tuesday 1:00 pm...At the Airport...Belle stepped out of the car and walked over to the trunk to take out their bag.Immediately she was done, she closed the trunk and stood by it as she watched Emma and Jasper step out of the car.Jasper walked around to Emma and pulled her into a tight hug immediately."Please call me Everyday " She murmured. "Of course, I will" he replied "I don't know if I'll be able to stay in that house alone," she said as she looked up at him, and he smiled."Don't worry, I'll always be in touch " he replied and she nodded.Belle scoffed where she was standing, actually irritated by what the both of them were doing."Why didn't he just marry her instead" she scoffed mimicking Emma's facial expression in a very funny way.After some minutes of repeated saying I'll miss you, they finally disengaged."Let's go," Jasper said to Belle, as he took his bag and pulled it along into the airport.Belle nodded respectfully before she turned around and f
"First things first, " he whispered immediately he walked in and pulled out his iPad, and placed a call across to Emma.He slipped the iPad into the keyboard jacket and gently placed it on the dressing table as he began to put his thing away waiting for Emma to answer the call."I was starting to think you already forgot about me " She voiced immediately she picked up the call and he turned to face the phone immediately."Aww, it's nice to see your face after almost twenty-four hours " he cooed as he moved closer to the camera."Oh, My God !" She suddenly exclaimed."What is it ?!""Move away from my view please " she snapped "Is this your room?" she whispered and he busted out laughing."It is, " he replied and picked up the iPad to show her around."The main house is even bigger " he added as he walked back to the dressing table and placed the iPad like it was before."Wow that's so nice, this house is big enough that you and Belle don't have to run into each other," she said and h
****Jasper slowly walked down the stairs and into the living room.This house was too big and as awkward as it sounds it's actually a big problem for him.Not that he didn't like the house or interior and all but It was just too big for only one person or perhaps two.It made him feel kind of overwhelmed and bored , so he slowly walked to the dinning area just opposite the kitchen entrance .Belle had already set his food on the table , he looked around but she wasn't anywhere in sight, she must have gone up to her room since he didn't come down immediately.He pulled a chair out and took his seat , took out a ceramic bowl and dished out just enough spaghetti for himself and some meat balls and began to eat.He stared at the chair opposite him hoping Emma would just appear to be seated there and laugh at him like she always did. He couldn't remember the last time he ate alone , just one week ago if someone told him he'd be at a table eating alone he would have been sure it won't hap
Next day ...Thursday Morning ...Jasper stepped down from the staircase and walked into the living room.He was fully dressed and ready to visit the first family on his list ."Really?!" He whispered immediately he saw that the television was switched on.He looked around and Belle wasn't anywhere in sight , he changed his direction and walked towards the TV, picked up the Remote , as he was about to turn of the TV, The programme changed and breaking news came up immediately.*POPULAR BUSINESS TYCOON MR HENRY HARPER AND WIFE MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD OVERNIGHT BY SIOUX FALLS RUTHLESS ANONYMOUS ASSASSIN* Was written boldly in Red italics as the newscaster read it out in a voice over .She explained what had happened and gave details about how they found out about the murder and all ."What ?!, Again?!" He exclaimed and placed his hands on his waist as he watched on in horror.They hadn't even tried to give him a head start; they already welcomed him with a fresh case .The newscaster p
5:00pm .... Belle placed a small knock on Jasper's door before gently opening it , she popped her head in through the small opening."Dinner is served " she called out to him even if she couldn't see him."Okay" he replied in a very lifeless voice but she still managed to hear him, she sighed deeply , closed the door and walked back downstairs.They had only spent a day here together and she could already tell her stay with him was going to be a very boring one .When Emma told her that he was a detective , she pictured a really curious person, someone who would talk to her constantly but she ended up with someone who would rather keep everything to himself and figure it out on his own.She should have known though .She overheard him say he found a trail on the assassin and he was waiting patiently for tonight , she smiled as she took the stairs,As much as she believes he's capable she knew it wasn't going to be very easy , and he should know that too.Her smile widened and later t
Later at night ...."I'm sorry officer Abani had to speak to you like that" Emma said to Jasper , he just sighed and rubbed his face, they've been on a video call for about twenty minutes now and Jasper had angrily ranted to her about the call he got from officer Abani today.He had waited patiently for Emma to be available to talk to , to pour out all of his frustrations , probably accounts for his peevish behavior to Belle earlier, he was still bottling up his anger ."You shouldn't let him get to you " she added and he gave her a small nod."I won't, " he whispered.He sighed as he minimized the video call he was having to just a small portion of his screen and opened the file he was working on earlier ."What are you doing?!" Emma asked."Nothing much, just still searching for hidden clues on this case" he replied."I'm tired of listening to officer Abani's annoying yelling voice, " he added."Jasper!!" Emma called and bursted out in laughter."He called you only once Jasper!What'
Next day ....Wednesday morning ....7:00am ...A small knock came on Jasper's door and he slowly opened his eyes , he groaned tiredly as he slowly stood up from his bed and walked towards the door.Belle was standing there at the entrance with a wide smile on her face,"Don't you listen!" He snapped, surprisingly irritated by her very beautiful smile."Good Morning" she greeted that smile still plastered on her face , regardless of whatever emotion he was feeling towards her right now."I told you ... ""Some people are here to see you!" She interrupted immediately , he sighed and rolled his eyes."Then you should have said that instead of standing at my door and smiling creepily!" He retorted."Okay fine! I'll be down soon" he said and slammed the door in her face , this time didn't care if he passed off as rude or not , she was becoming really unbearable and annoying.Immediately he was done freshening up , he put on a pair of shorts on a plain t-shirt, put on his slippers and walk