Chapter Five
Continous rings on her phone,Lola knew it was none other than Emelia, her mum and those who were expecting her at the engagement party but she wasn't ready to be scolded or insulted.She had decided to do one thing and that is....
Picking up her bag, she headed out.
If she said she knew where she was going to, then that was a blatant lie but what matters more was going to a place where no one would notice her presence.
Stopping at a shop,she had wanted to ask for a place to go but recalling that her mum would have possibly done things to search for her by all cost, Nora kept on driving.
*****************************************
Mrs Turner walked up to Emelia who just came in with Chris. Looking at the huge crowd in the hall,her heart sank.
"Your friend knows she has to be here even before 7am.Dont tell me she is trying to defy our family rules. "
"Ma,Listen to me.Lola caught Steve cheating on her just yesterday and since the time we talked last, I can't seem to find her anywhere.I am scared she might do something worse to herself."
"Steve cheated on my daughter?!."
The door was open and Steve walked in elegantly.
"And can you present your evidence that I did so?."
"Are you really trying to cover all this up when it's clearly true that you are not in love with Lola?.All she ever did was to love you not for you to manipulate both her and her family.I don't do talks in this but if you think you are smart, I can take this legally with you. "Chris's voice was filled with anger.
"Steve?.. Follow me. "Mrs Turner's voice was heard and they left.
"Dont you think there is something fishy about the both of them?. "
"Obviously very fishy."
Emelia sighed sadly as she remembered Lola.
*
*
*
Jason's briefcase fell off his hands as he was preparing for his flight when he heard the news. Jimmy Davis kidnapped. No.. It couldn't possibly be his son. How could it be?!.
Grandpa picked up his phone.
📞Are you at the airport already?
📞Dad,Jim has been kidnapped and you are asking me this?!.. I have to get home as soon as possible.Activate all of my access and I promise I would do everything you've been telling me about.I promise Dad.
📞I would do that in a second but dont run in high speed please.Jimmy would be found soon,I promise you.
The conversation ended and Jason screamed in anger. Nothing must happen to his son or else he would kill everyone responsible.
A worried expression showed on Ronald's face as he watched Jimmy breathed in and out slowly. Could the boy be dying?. He saw some medications in his bag.He hoped Jason wouldn't be late before anything wrong happens.
A phone beeped.
📞You bastard!..Nothing must happen to my son or else I would kill you and everyone involved!.
📞Relax,I won't let him die but I would give him a scar to make him remember the mess his father brought him into.
📞Don't you dare touch that boy. I am coming over. Text me where you are.
📞And why do you think I would give you?
📞Thats because you and I know how the deal is. Don't get my son involved in this.
A laugh was heard.
📞Well...Lets see if you are lucky.
The conversation ended and Jason rushed out.
*
Getting to a lone junction,Lola's heart went heavy.Could she really do as she had planned?.She hoped her dad and Emelia would forgive her for this stupid act that she was about to do.
Taking a substance from her bag, she broke down in tears again. It's better to end the pain at once than waking up everyday to remember the hurt in her heart.
Finally shutting her eyes to gulp it down her throat,a shrill cry reached her ears. Who could be here,crying?.
Stepping out of her car, she followed the sound as if she was being hypnotized.After probably saving this person, then she would continue her mission.
A gasp escaped her lips as she found a shed built between the bushes.Who could have been staying here alone?.Wanting to turn back from fear of being caught. She caught a sight of a human at the far end. He was fully armed and she could tell that his gaze was deadly.
Finally awake, Jimmy woke up only to see a new environment.Standing up all of a sudden, Ronald stopped him.
"You were the one sent to kidnap me, right?. "
Ronald was shocked at the little boy's confidence. "Yes and you have to sit here till your father comes. Any mistake from you will actually get you killed. "
"I am not scared of guns.You all just wants to get to my Dad using me but it would never be possible!. "Jimmy kicked him as hard as he could and ran downstairs to any direction before him.
He would not allow them kill his dad.They looked really dangerous.
Meanwhile ...Lola who was on the third floor already by sneaking in heard the conversation and knew it was a killer's hideout. What could she do now to save the poor boy?.
Getting to a lampstand, Jimmy felt his heart thump harder and harder.He felt his strength leaving him. Where was his dad? Tears filled his eyes as he remembered the doctor's warning.
With the picture of his dad still in his brain. Little Jimmy kept running without looking back.Finally on the third floor,he was about to fall when Lola caught him.
"Are you okay?..You look so pale.Are you sick?."
A nod from Jimmy and Lola carried him then off downstairs.
"Boss!.. The boy has escaped."
Without a look of agitation,he spoke. "He will still be in the building and when you find him,kill him and make sure Ronald is dead too. "
Already at the first floor,Lola fell.Her heart went dead as she found the boy not breathing anymore.How could she escape even if she had to take him to the hospital?.
Footsteps heard. Lola took a step outside when two gunshots were heard and she fell.
Jason was receiving an award for his book that he'd published and Jimmy was in the city, so he did the best thing he could before running off to Florence. It has been a long time since he'd been around but the event that had unfolded recently had taught him to spend more time with family. Encaenia took place in the Sheldonian - a long and rambling ceremony conducted in Latin for six distinguished persons though, in Lola's mind, this was a celebration mainly for Jason. At last, he was receiving the recognition he deserved. After the ceremony, she stood and watched him with pride as he mingled with guests. She had met Jason briefly before the ceremony and they had hugged, but hardly spoken; too many people and not enough time. She thought at first that it was perhaps the way it should be, with no time for sentimentalism, but no, she decided that it was not the way it should be. They needed more time. "Do you know all these people?" Malik whispered."No." Lola shook her head, even tho
Night had fallen over Shekina. Jimmy stood alone on the porch of the fieldstone house enjoying the sounds of laughter and reunion drifting through the screened door behind him. The mug of coffee in his hand had granted him hazy reprieve from his mounting exhaustion, and yet he sensed the reprieve would be fleeting. The fatigue in his body went to the core. "You slipped out quietly," a voice behind said.He turned. McEwan's grandmother emerged, her silver hair shimmering in the night. Jimmy gave a tired smile. "I thought I'd give your family some time together." Through the window, he could see McEwan talking with her brother. Sophie's grandmother came beside him. "Mr. Jim, when I first heard of Esquibel's murder, I was terrified for McEwan's sake. Seeing her standing in my doorway tonight was the greatest relief of my life. I cannot thank you enough."Jimmy had no idea how to respond. Although he had offered to give McEwan and her grandmother time to talk in private, she had asked
"Davis?" McEwan was standing outside the car, looking back at him. "Are you coming?" She was holding the rosewood box, which captain Romano had returned to them. Inside, both cryptex had been reassembled and nested as they had been found. The verse was locked safely at its core - minus the shattered vessel of vinegar.Making their way up the long gravel path, Jimmy and McEwan passed the famous west Wall of the chapel. Casual visitors assumed this oddly protruding wall was a section of the chapel that had not been finished. The truth, Jimmy recalled, was far more intriguing. Shekina chapel's entrance was more modest than Jimmy expected. The small wooden door had two iron hinges. The chapel would be closing soon, and as Jimmy pulled open the door, a warm puff of air escaped, as if the ancient edifice were having a weary sigh at the end of a long day. Entering with McEwan, Jimmy felt his eyes reaching across the famous sanctuary and taking it all in. Although he had read accounts of She
The mist had settled low as Amorth limped into a quiet hollow out of sight. Kneeling on the wet grass, he could feel a warm stream of blood flowing from the bullet wound below his ribs. Still, he managed.The fog made it look like heaven here.Raising his bloody hands, he prayed, but most importantly he prayed for his mentor… Myositis… that he would not fade with the sands of time. The fog was swirling around him now, and Amorth felt so light that he was sure the wisps would carry him away. Closing his eyes, he said a final prayer.His pains at last began to fade, and he knew Myositis was right. It was late afternoon when the London sun broke through and the city began to dry. Andrie Romano felt weary as he emerged from the interrogation room and hailed a cab. Sir Albert Rodriguez had noisily proclaimed his innocence, and yet from his loose ranting about the Archstone, secret documents, and mysterious brotherhood, Roman suspected the sly historian was setting the stage for his lawye
Myositis's body had endured many kinds of pain, and yet the searing heat of the bullet wound in his chest felt profoundly foreign to him. Deep and grave. Not a wound of the flesh… but closer to the soul. He opened his eyes, trying to see, but the rain on his face buried his vision. He could feel powerful arms holding him, carrying his limp body like a rag doll, his black cassock flapping. Lifting a weary arm, he mopped his eyes and saw the man holding him was Amorth. He was struggling down a sidewalk, shouting for a hospital, his voice a heart-rending wail of agony. His red eyes were focused dead ahead, tears streaming down his face. "My son," Myositis whispered, "you're hurt." Amorth glanced down, his visage contorted in anguish. "I am sorry sorry, Father." He seemed almost too pained to speak. "No," Myositis replied. "It is I who am sorry. This is my fault. I was too eager. Too fearful. You and I were deceived." Myositis was unconscious when the doors of St Luke's hospital hiss
Jimmy and McEwan moved slowly down the north aisle, keeping the shadows behind the ample pillars that separated it from the open nave. Despite having traveled more than halfway down the nave, they still had no clear view of the tomb. The sarcophagus was recessed in a niche, obscured from this oblique angle."At least there's nobody over there," McEwan whispered.Jimmy nodded, relieved. The entire section of the nave near Klaus' tomb was deserted. "I'll go over," he whispered. "You should stay hidden just in case someone-"McEwan had already stepped from the shadows and was headed across the open floor."-is watching," Jimmy sighed, hurrying to join her.Crossing the massive nave on a diagonal, Jimmy and McEwan remained silent as the elaborate sepulcher revealed itself in Tantalus increments… a black-marble sarcophagus… a reclining statue of Klaus… two winged boys… a huge pyramid… and… an enormous orb."Did you know about that?" McEwan said, sounding startled.Jimmy shook his head, als