17. Be strong

"where is he? you son of a bitch," I asked Jake and he just laughed.

"still violent Natalie, he's fine, he's just fine, isn't he Chris?" Jake said and I heard laughing in the background.

"what do you want, just tell me what is it you want?" I said and my voice became broken and my eyes started to water.

and I started recalling every single day of my life with Jake, every secret until I remembered when I once followed him into a warehouse where the dirty work was done, and maybe just maybe Alexander is there.

"I might know where Alex is, but I have one condition, " I said and everyone nodded their heads for me to talk and I said "I go with you, or I go alone, "

"fine, " Dad said and Emily turned to him and said "uncle Charles, she's pregnant, who knows what could happen, "

"and do you think if I say no, she won't go, she could burn this house to the ground to go with us, so I'm just choosing the easy way, " Dad said an