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Emily POV I’ve refused to let my earlier conversation with Jacob dampen my spirits. Still floating on a high, Ophelia and I are enjoying the crisp coolness of the late night air. While Thaddeus is upstairs putting Clarisse to bed, she’s trying to catch up on nearly twenty years of the life I’ve lost. Her excitement tells me she’s desperate for me to remember something, but none of her stories are triggering any memories thus far. “Tell me about our parents,” I eagerly ask her. She gets up and starts walking into the house, “Hold that thought.” A few minutes later she returns with a photo album under her arm. She opens the album to a page and hands it to me. It’s a black and white photo of the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, her long, curly hair flowing all the way down to her back. She’s wearing a long dress that reminds me of something from the Victorian era with its high collar and pleated skirt. I wish I could see the color of her eyes. Pointing at the photo, she says, “
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Ophelia POV I have two options here. Either find some way to alert Thaddeus discreetly or try and get us out of this one on our own. I glance at my broken phone on the floor; that’s out of the question. The panic button for the alarm is behind the French doors in the kitchen, and this guy with an incredibly huge knife is standing in the doorway. Jocasta is still seated in the rocking chair, unable to move. She’s shaking, head to toe. She knows not to make any sudden movements, there’s no telling what this guy could do. Holding the knife in front of him, he points at Jocasta, “She needs to come with me.” Jocasta lets out a tiny whimper and starts crying. She looks at me, confused as to what to do. I hold up my hands and try to talk some sense into him, “Look man, that’s not an option. Look around you, this place is loaded. Take anything you want and just leave.” He grins, there’s a tooth missing, “All I need is her, and I promise nobody gets hurt.” “If she goes with you, I do to
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Nancy POV Flashback to four years previously My face, still stinging, bears the handprint of Howard’s slap. His sudden outbursts have now become a daily occurrence, and I am his target. It’s not that I’m asking for it. Well, no woman asks for it. I’m his punching bag whenever he needs to get something off his chest. You’d think for an old man like him, there’d be little impact behind his punch. The first time it happened, it was swift and unexpected. We had been arguing over some trivial matter. I told him to go fuck himself and he responded with a punch to the stomach. The blow forced me against the closet door. I sat there for a while, dazed and confused as to what just happened. There was a vacant look in his eye I had never seen before. With no apology, he stormed out of the room. He’s smart, he knows not to hit me in public or around the help. It would tarnish the image he’s projected at the world - a helpless old man who just happens to be loaded with cash. “You silly woma
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Jacob POV The house looks deserted when I pull up to the driveway. The only thing that tells me someone’s home is that the front porch lights are still burning. When I reach the front door, it’s ajar and one of the window panes is missing as if it’s been knocked out by force. There are still shards of glass on the floor. I enter the door and shout across the foyer, “Hello, anybody home?” The only sound that comes back is the echo of my voice. Something doesn’t feel right. It’s as if the silence is covering up something more sinister. The hairs on the back of my neck are standing and I can hear my heart beating in my chest. I call out again, “Hellooooo.” I hear a heavy thud. It sounds like it’s coming from the kitchen. I make my way there as fast as I can. When I get to the kitchen, there’s more shattered glass on the floor but no sign of anyone. As I’m about to turn around, from the corner of my eye I see a commotion in the courtyard. Proceeding with caution, I come across what
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Ophelia and Emily have stayed huddled into a corner of the courtyard all this time. Now, they’re inching a bit closer to where Steve’s sitting. He starts wriggling around while I tip the chair at an angle, “Come on man. Please don’t do this.” “Are you ready to tell us why you’re here?” I ask. “You know I can’t do that. What if you just let me go? I promise I won’t come back,” he pleads. “It’s too late for that. Heck, it’s even too late to call the cops,” I say. “I have a family; two kids at home and a dog waiting for me,” he says, darting his eyes from Thaddeus to me. So, I was right about the dog. “You should have thought about that before taking the job,” I say. “You got a wife, Steve? How old are your kids?” asks Thaddeus. “I’m divorced. My kids are eight and ten,” he adds. “What’s their names?” I ask. “Katey and, ummmm, Mark,” he blurts out. “Took you a bit long there, Steve. Can’t remember your own kids’ names, huh?” I ask. “I’m just taking a wild guess here, but someth
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Emily/Jocasta POV By the time the cops got around to Mellon Estate, I had been running on empty. My body was screaming for some sort of release, but my mind was tuned into everything that was happening around me. As agreed, we all rehearsed the same story when the police took our statements. Steve had broken into the home, expecting to ransack the place. What he didn’t count on was all of us being at home and wide awake. None of us made any mention of Charlotte or Nancy. That was a matter that we’d deal with on our own. When the cops marched him out there, handcuffed, he had a relieved look on his face, glad for the eventful evening to be done with. With the sun making its way across the horizon, a new day is dawning, leaving us with the conundrum of how to solve the Charlotte problem. Thaddeus returns to the courtyard with a fresh pot of coffee. “I know we can all do with this,” he says and hands out mugs of the aromatic elixir of life. Jacob offers me a mug but I decline. With
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Jacob POV Two hours of shut eye, that’s all we’ve had. The lack of sleep is starting to take its toll as Jocasta and I fall out of bed. With my eyes swollen shut, I take a quick cold shower to invigorate my tired limbs. It works momentarily, but by the time we make it downstairs, my body moves with a sluggish gait. “Morning, sleep heads,” chirps Ophelia at the breakfast table. Jocasta and I look at her and take our seats. Breakfast is an array of deliciously divine fruit and yogurt. Somehow, I can’t stomach eating anything right now. My head feels like someone’s taken a power drill to it. This feels worse than a hangover. Jocasta, on the other hand, is tucking in like a hungry lion, uncertain of when she’ll eat again. “I take it you slept well,” Ophelia winks at us. “Yes, thanks for putting up with us,” I say. Jocasta pays her no attention and is reaching for the bowl of strawberries. “Thaddeus should be down momentarily; he’s just making arrangements for Clarisse,” she says.
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Nancy POV“You stupid girl.” Those words repeat themselves over and over again in my head. They offer little comfort and are just a reminder of how fucked up my life has become.I’m shit scared. I suppose staring down the barrel of a gun can do that to you, give you perspective on how bad things can really go.It’s not like I stood in front of the class as a kid on Career Day and said, “I want to hustle people out of their money when I grow up”. I can’t even say I’m a product of my circumstances. Yes, I had a shitty mom and a dad who abandoned me, but all of this was my doing. I realize that while standing in a room with Antonia Hernández and his goons.After the whole fuck up with Steve and Catherie, my recklessness drove me to seek refuge in the only place I could think of - Jacob’s hotel suit.The second I walked through the door, I knew something was off. But it was too late; I felt a knock to the back of my head and fell to the floor.I don’t know how long I was out for, but when
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