I am literally sobbing as I dial Sky's phone number and she answers almost immediately.
"Jo?"
Her voice is hoarse from crying too much I guess, and she sounds so fucking low and very broken.
"Where are you?" I ask, wiping my tears with the back of my hand.
"Johnsons hotel. Room number 15." Her voice is drifting away.
"I will be there in a few. Hold on, okay?"
"Jo I am..." She trails away.
"Sky! Sky! Are you there?" I panic and I can't help the paranoia that creeps in.
"The fuck Sky, don't you dare die on me!" I yell at her through the phone and when she doesn't say anything, I end the call and dial 911.
"My friend..." I start to say even before they answer my call.
"911, what's your emergency?" The agent asks me calmly.
"My friend, she is dying..."
"Where are you right n
I stare at my signature for a transient second and another tear rolls down my other cheek, but I quickly wipe it away with my thumb and glance at Matt.He is standing a few meters away, and he has his hands tossed inside his pockets, his eyes entirely on me."Give me the check, I am running late." I can literally feel the agony in my voice.He walks towards me, stopping one step away and I slide the signed document towards him.He takes it, and I watch impatiently as he flips through."Signed, signed, signed." He says with a pleased expression on his face, and he puts the document inside a brown envelope."Give me the damn check, Matthew," I say impatiently and he turns towards me with a raised eyebrow."What check? And can you not call me Matthew again?"I suck in a deep breath."Stop this game, I need the cash or a check wh
"What?" Nanny and I gasp in unison."Sky is my sister?" I ask a second later, utterly shocked and I trail my eyes towards Lydia for clarifications.She is busy glaring at dad and she has her fists clenched on either side. It is not so hard to notice how hard she is trying to calm her furious self down and I guess it is taking every ounce of her willpower not to give dad a well-deserved punch.If she wasn't as hurt as she looks right now, I would have thought she is bluffing or I would have concluded that she is high on another drug."Sky is my daughter?" Dad asks a few seconds later and my gaze shifts to him.He is standing approximately one meter away from us and he is staring at Lydia, utterly appalled."You left without a goodbye and I assumed that something bad probably happened to you... I thought you were dead!" She furiously wipes her tears and she crosses her arm
My hand goes automatically to my left cheek and I rub softly in an attempt to ease the pain, blinking rapidly to keep my tears at bay._Dad just hit me?_I grit my teeth furiously and I take a very deep breath trying to calm my furious self down and believe me, it is quite a task. I can't believe that my very own father just slapped me yet he has never hit me in all my twenty-four years. I stood there when he raised his hand, I didn't make any efforts to step away because I didn't expect him to slap me, but he did."You slapped me?" I ask, looking up at him and he shoots me a glare as he paces around, hands shoved in his pockets.I expected to see remorse masking his entire face but there is nothing. His face is void of emotions."You hit your own daughter?" Lydia asks, she is shocked just like I am."And I will gladly slap her other cheek if she disrespects me again."&n
I stare at Matthew blankly. My eyes popping out and my mouth hanging wide open in utter shock as his words echo inside my head._You are dropping the charges._I scoff, shaking my head in disbelief.Matthew didn't just say that. He didn't fucking tell me to drop the charges."What?" I ask.I want him to say the words again, I heard him the first time but I am having a hard time believing that those words came from him.He glances at me."You are not going to write a statement against Luther."God! This is so unbelievable. Matt wants me to drop the charges against a man that attempted to rape me? I honestly don't know what I was expecting, but I certainly didn't expect him to side with Luther at all.Ain't he supposed to be angry at him? Like extremely furious?He is not supposed to be okay with the fact that anothe
"Are you okay?" Ava asks when I get closer to her desk and I nod. "You don't look okay." She observes, concern masking her pretty face."I am okay, Ava." She raises a skeptical eyebrow at me. "Really," I add, forcing a smile at her."That there is a sad smile, it is betraying you." She says, a frown forming on her face and I take a deep breath in an attempt to calm myself down."You are a perceptive one, huh?" I ask leaning slightly on the desk and she chuckles."Always." And then she assumes a serious face. "You know you can talk to me about anything, right?" I open my mouth to say a casual yes, but she beats me to it. "We haven't known each other for a long time but I am here anytime you need someone to talk to." I smile at her, a genuine smile this time.Ava is such a darling.
My head is completely buried in the crook of Enzo's neck and my arms are both wrapped tightly around his neck as I focus on letting everything out.Every pain, every ache, every frustration, and every single tear that I have been striving to hold back the entire day comes gushing down my cheeks to his shirt. He doesn't seem to care that I am ruining his pristine outfit with my tears.He holds me tight, his right arm wrapped firmly around my waist as his other hand fondles my back, rocking me back and forth.I am sobbing bitterly, pain coursing through me as today's scenes play in my head chronologically. I don't hold anything back and with every tear that falls, my heart feels magically lighter. I cry until I drain my tear duct until no more tears come out. Until I am out of breath.And I don't pull away, I stay buried in his neck, eyes shut tight as I try to control my heavy breaths and
Enzo grabs my hand when we get to the entrance and he forces a smile to the blonde officer as we stride past the counter to the stairway.He is gripping my wrist so tight, he doesn't seem to notice that he is hurting me as he dash up, taking two stairs at a time and I am practically flying, trying real hard to keep up with his pace."Enzo," I call him, trying to yank my hand away but either he chooses to ignore me or he doesn't hear me. I have my money on the latter.I think he had zoned out. He seems to be in his own world, a world where I don't exist yet I am standing a few inches away."Enzo!" I yell, pulling out of his grip with all my might and I end up reeling back but fortunately he is quick to catch me, letting go of my hand in the process. "What the hell!" I cuss, holding him tighter and I heave a sigh of relief once I am on my feet again.I almost hit the ground, and I would have rol
I stare daggers at Smith when he stops a few meters away and it's taking everything in me to keep calm.I hate his ass, and I want to smack his ugly face so hard.These greedy and corrupt people make the world the worst place especially for the poor and the helpless, and as long as they exist, justice will never be served. Corruption is the worst barrier to justice and money is the worst thing that ever happened to humanity."Yes, sir." He gives Daniel a salute and then he nods at Enzo, entirely ignoring my presence."Did you order the release of Luther West?" Daniel asks him."Yes, sir, there was no sufficient evidence." He says shamelessly.I scoff and shake my head."There was no sufficient evidence?" Daniel asks, squinting eyes at him and his voice slightly raised. "What happened to the photos that Mercy took?"An expression I