Chapter Twenty

Xena Remington

I haven’t slept in 20 hours. I’ve had 6 coffees to keep myself up as I continue trying to keep myself busy with work. Axel hasn’t come in for work today and he refuses to answer my calls when I tried to call him to ask about his whereabouts.

I tried calling Jerold too, several times but I just kept hearing the same message again and again for the umpteenth time. ‘This number doesn’t exist’.

You’ve got to be kidding me?

Did the Lancaster’s just make Jerold disappear? Did he just cease to exist? I knew they were not going to go easy on Jerold but I did not expect Jerold to vanish entirely.

This is all getting a little too crazy for me. Where is Axel? I can't handle this uncertainty anymore.

“Wow, you look really tired.” Zara says in a worried tone as she enters my office, “You know Jerold is alive for sure, right? I am sorry Axel is not someone that will break a promise. Honestly, Asher would, he likes to play god with everyone.” She says as she rolls her eyes as if he