After a while, Jackson tried calling Ian again, but he wouldn't take his calls."Hold on, let me call the police chief," Thompson said, and put a call out to the police chief.He said to him, "I called earlier about the case concerning my son. Have you made any progress? As I said before, I want Helium captured at all costs.""Do not worry," the chief assured him. "I have put my best men on the job, and they are all searching for him. No matter what happens, he will be found. But right now, we all know that he's after your son and his girlfriend. It would be in their best interest if we were able to get their location. That way we can protect them before Helium gets to them.""Well, yes, that's a good idea. I'm still trying to reach them. Once I'm sure of their location, I'll let you know," Thompson replied. "But please, thoroughly search for Helium. No matter where he is, he should be fished out. If there's a need for me to support financially, I'm willing to do it to speed up the pr
Ian drove their car until they arrived at the location. Both he and Kim looked around and remarked that it was a quiet environment."You should wait here," Ian told her. "I will walk around and take note of the area. We're still one hour early, so we have the upper hand."Kim shook her head. "No, don't say that, Ian. We came here together and we are going to leave together. Let's just do everything at once."Ian shook his head, "It's too dangerous. You should wait here for me while I go out and survey the area.""And if something goes wrong, then what will happen? I won't be of any help to you." Kim told him."You will. This is the plan," Ian replied. "You're going to drive this car away from here and park it in a location that will not be easily noticeable. But from there, you should be able to see me from a distance. If anything is going wrong, I'll let you know, and you can pick me up. If we both go in, we will fall into a trap, if Zayne turns out to be our enemy."After thinking i
Jackson got up and stared at Wendy in surprise. "Do you know where your mother is?" he asked.She nodded. "Yes, I just spoke to her right now, and she gave me her location, asking me to meet her there. Dad, I know you're very upset with me right now, and you have every right to be. But you need to know the truth. Yes, I have always been in love with Ian, all thanks to Mom who planted the idea of being married to him in my mind. But I never knew she planned to do something so terrible to Kim. No matter how I treated Kim, she was still my sister. Mom told me she was sending her back to her family because she discovered where they were. But she wanted to make it look like Kim died, so Ian would be able to move on and love me. I went along with the plan because of my feelings for Ian, but I am so sorry that she was having an affair with Ian's father and associating with a criminal. I cannot be in support of that. Dad, I'll never betray you in such a way. Just as I love Mom, I love you
Thompson and Jackson met after Beatrice had been arrested. Unfortunately, the police had not been able to get to Zayne so Thompson said to Jackson, "He may be already dead because even his number isn't going through. The only other option we have now is to reach Ian and Kim."But they're not taking our calls, thanks to you," Jackson replied."I know," Thompson said. "But if we can convince them that we have made progress, especially you, it might be different. I think Ian will listen to you more because he thinks I have betrayed him as his father. Try once again to get through to him. You can start by sending him a message and letting him know that Beatrice has been arrested, and the police are desperately searching for Helium. Helium will be caught soon. I've also made a deal; I've gathered some military men.""Military men?" Jackson asked. "Isn't that going overboard? You're only going to attract more attention.""No, I remembered what Ian said," Thompson explained. "He said he did
Ian and Kim paced up anxiously."You both should relax," Ara said. "Come on, I feel everything will go according to plan.""I know," Ian said, "but I'm just worried. What if something happens to one of our parents? I mean, despite how much anger I feel toward the ones who have hurt us, I do not want anyone to get hurt.""I'm worried about the same thing too," Kim said. "I'll not be able to forgive myself if anything happens to either of them.""Relax, both of you. What will you gain by worrying? Are they not with law enforcement agents? Don't worry; everything will go according to plan." Ara reassured them."Okay, thank you," Ian replied.Jackson drove to an address that had been agreed upon. He stopped at the back of the house, came out, and went into the house. A guy and a girl came out, bending down and trying so hard to conceal their faces. They got into the back of the car while Jackson got in and began to drive. While he was driving away, men suddenly started to shoot at the tir
"What are we doing here?" Ian asked."Just come with me," Jack replied.Ian moved in front while Lieutenant Jack walked behind him. They got to the front desk and Jack said a few words to the reception lady before she directed them where to go. They finally arrived at a big ward. There were different beds and patients on them. Almost all of the patients had chains on their hands and feet.There was a particular girl who had her back to Ian. Pointing at her, Jack said, "She's number two. Look at her, and tell me if she is the one."Ian began to approach the girl sitting on bed number two and his heart was racing. She still had her back to him, and she had midnight black hair, just like Kim. With his hands still cuffed, he walked slowly, until he got to where she was sitting. He touched one of her shoulders and she instantly turned. When he saw her face, his eyes widened in shock and tears rolled down his cheeks.He took a step back and exclaimed, "Kim!?"
FEW MONTHS EARLIERIan Thompson came out of his car and took long strides with his hands in his pockets, towards the house in front of him. When he got to the door, he took in a deep breath before knocking. The door was opened, and the face that came into his view was Wendy Jacksons'.Wendy smiled at him and said, "Hi, come in, Ian."The Thompsons and the Jacksons had been friends for years. Wendy was his friend, and they were both in their final year of high school, set to graduate in a few weeks.Ian's family was the wealthiest in the city of Evanston, a suburb of Chicago. Before he moved to the suburb, he attended the best high school in Chicago. However, with reasons best known only to him, his dad had him move all the way to the suburb just as he was excelling in his previous high school as the best in basketball.When he moved to Evanston and met Kimberly, everything changed. All the girls had eyes for him, but he only had eyes for her.She was the most amazing and sweetest pers
Ian sat on the couch, staring at Mr. and Mrs. Jackson as they came out. They were friendly towards him, and he knew they liked him.Why wouldn't they? His dad had helped them get a lot of money because they went into business together. Both of them sat down and waited for him to say what he wanted. After a while, he got up and said, "Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, I'm here because I need to ask for your consent to openly court one of your daughters.""Who are we talking about?" Albert Jackson asked."Well, it's Kim," Ian replied."Kim? That's interesting. I never knew you had an interest in Kim. I would have thought you were more interested in Wendy since you guys seemed to be so close," her dad said.Ian smiled, "Well, Wendy is sweet and she's my friend, but the one I love is Kim, and Wendy is already aware.""You're aware of it?" Albert asked Wendy. Wendy nodded, "Yes, I've known for a while.""Okay, that's cool," her mom replied. "So, you want to openly date Kim. Is that what you're sayi