As soon as the car stops, Jo runs out of it.“Jo, careful!” Halsey exclaims and tails Jo while Nathan watches them, sighing. Jo has been so excited for the day out that she can barely hold in her excitement. She has been counting the seconds all throughout the journey, telling stories of what she’s gonna do at the amusement park.Halsey holds Jo’s hand, guiding her through the crowd. Nathan already bought the tickets online so they’re all waiting at the entrance’s queue. “Dad, I wanna go on the roller coaster!” Jo says at once. “And the merry go round then-”“No roller coaster,” Nathan says sharply. “You’re too young!”Jo pouts but Halsey assures her, “We’ll go on the other ones. There are better rides. Look, they’ve got a pirate ship too!”The little girl quickly recovers herself and gapes at the park. There are so many rides that she’s confused on which one to ride on. Several colorful mascots are roaming around, smiling and waving while children gather around them. The stalls are
Lincoln’s car comes to a stop in front of the Lounge. He barges out of it and marches straight for the front door. “Halsey!” He calls out, thumping hard on the door. To his fury, she’s not answering the door. He keeps on pounding on the door, calling out for her but there’s no reply. It only adds to his anger and he shuffles in his pocket. There’s an extra key to the Lounge which he carries with him. Halsey doesn’t know it because he lied to her that he had given her the spare key as well. He unlocks the door and steps inside. There's dust in the air which makes him frown. Everything in the Lounge is almost untouched with layers of dust on them. The furniture also looks unused as if no one has been living in it for weeks. This makes Lincoln more suspicious and he heads for the spare bedroom.To his shock, there’s no one there. In fact, it seems as if no one inhabited it. He opens the closet and there are no clothes in it. The bedsheet is coated with dust and the floor is also dirty.
The rain is pitter pattering all around him. He silently watches the rain, contemplating everything he has done so far. Some people will call him crazy. Others will pity him. But he doesn’t want pity nor does he care what people say.He just wants Halsey.Lincoln is still sitting at the porch of the Lounge, watching the seawater slowly filling the beach. The rain is light but it’s almost like that night. Lincoln’s blank eyes are showing him the memories of what he did for Halsey. “I can do anything for you, Hales,” he whispers. “Anything.”His hands are stained with blood and there’s nothing he can do to cleanse himself but he doesn’t want to. As long as he has Halsey, everything will be fine. Anyone who’ll dare to come in between them, will die.Just like Nelson did all those years ago.…*Five Years Ago*“I know what you did Daniel!” Nelson’s voice roars. He’s in Daniel’s office, furious with what he heard.“That girl…” he whispers. “You didn’t send her abroad! You’ve kept her here
Jamie is staring at the man in front of her with deep curiosity. She has seen many scumbags in life but Lincoln Wright…no. Lincoln Jacobs seems to be made out of an entirely different cloth. A few nights ago, she received his call. He was outside of Halsey’s home, depressed. Jamie picked him up and he was all drenched in the rain which caused him to develop high fever. For the past few days, he’s been at Jamie’s house, battling sickness but now he’s sitting at her dinner table, completely healed. Lincoln didn’t complain. He suffered the illness in silence, thinking only about what he’s about to do. There’s only one goal in his mind now.“What percentage of the shares do you want?” He asks her as he cuts the eggs in front of him. “From the hospital?”Jamie is suspicious. What’s he planning?“Well, I’m aiming for ten percent,” she lies. “It’s enough for me to make a profit.”“Fifty percent,” Lincoln declares. “I can get you fifty percent.”Jamie raises an eyebrow.“That’s a rich promi
Nathan is peering at the asylum with his binoculars. Trent and Parker are sitting in the car with him, waiting for orders.“The place isn’t heavily guarded,” Parker reports. “But the floor where Anita is held captive has a few guards. Lincoln might have told Salvez to guard her in case anything goes wrong.”“Does Daniel know about her?” Nathan asks.“No,” Trent replies. “I’ve tracked Daniel’s locations from the past years. He never came here. Lincoln frequents this place once a month.”Nathan is deep in thought. Breaking into the asylum won’t be a challenge but breaking out a patient is going to raise eyebrows. If Lincoln finds out that Anita has been taken, he’ll get suspicious. “We’ll have to fake her death,” Nathan finally says. “Parker, do you have the uniform?”“Yes!” Parker replies at once. “Good. Trent, hack into the system and disable the sprinklers.The cameras as well. Parker, give me some matches and does anyone have any kinda alcohol?”“Oh!” Trent exclaims. “I’ve got some
Jason is standing in front of the school, worried. He has been waiting for over an hour and there’s no sign of Jo. All the students have left, leaving only her behind.“Where is she?” Gerald asks from the car. “I can’t see her anywhere…”Jason curses out loud. There’s something wrong. He has been trying to reach the guards who were stationed around Jo’s school but none of them are picking up the calls.“I’ll go and check their posts,” Jason says. “You go and look for Miss Jo in the school.”Gerald nods and they set off. Jason goes around the school building, towards an alley where one of the guards is stationed. To his shock, the guard is lying in a dark corner. “The hell?” He snarls and shakes the guard but the guy is out cold. The back door is also open, which alarms Jason. He heads for the other posts around the school and is shocked.Every single one of the guards have been drugged and are unconscious. Their bodies have been hidden in corners, out of sight. Feeling worried, Jaso
“I DON’T WANT IT!” Jo’s voice can be heard all the way from the living room of the Salvez mansion. She was knocked out for hours and brought directly to the mansion. Upon waking up, Salvez’s men tried to keep her under control but failed. It seems the girl is much more unruly than they thought. “I want Mac N’ Cheese!” She cries, pushing away the bowl of food the kidnappers have brought for her.Lance and Kal are irritated at the girl. Kal slams his hand on a table and glares at the girl menacingly. “Eat it or you’ll be sent in pieces to your mommy!” He snarls.“Joke’s on you coz I don’t have a mommy!” Jo snaps back. She’s not aware of where she is but when she woke up, she found herself in a large room which was almost like a palace. The men are guarding her and as soon as they spoke to her, she recognized their voices. These two were the same men who tried to hurt Halsey. And now, they have her.Little do they know, Jo won’t back down easily this time.Lance grabs her collar and
“Boss, slow down!” Parker yells but to no avail. Nathan is on death mode. His eyes are filled with a fierce anger, his hands ready to kill. He speeds past the quiet town, not caring who comes in his way. “Call the crew!” He orders. “Tell them that Jo has been kidnapped and we’re heading for the Salvez mansion.”“But we don’t have the address!”“Trent!” Nathan shouts. Trent is struggling to hack into the city’s main server. Anita has been admitted to Sam’s hospital which is outside the town but safe. The men are now speeding towards Salvez’s mansion but they don’t have the location yet.“No use!” He exclaims. “I need a bigger system. It’s too darn difficult.”“Where’s the system?”“At my house-”Nathan wheels the car around and speeds towards Trent’s house. They finally reach the place and Trent instantly gets to work. Turning on his large PC, he starts to code his way into the city’s system. “Well?” Nathan demands. “Where is he?”“It’s hard to trace but I think I can guess where he