chapter 28

Jessica's POV. 

Two Days later,

I was on my way to check my score on the college board because that was the only logical thing that I could do right now to save myself from the stress of wondering what and why things were not turning out to be the way I wanted. 

It was probably as though I was overreacting but that wasn't even it. I was very careful about what I wanted to say and do because it could be misinterpreted into something else entirely and then I would have to start explaining to my mother why I also failed. 

I knew that I had a slim chance at failing but that didn't still give me the confidence boost that I needed, I needed to be on top of my game and ensure that I had everything covered 

Nobody was going to come over here and try to make their mark without looking like a fool one way or the other. I had decided to ensure that everything was covered up and there was no mistake whatsoever.

Hazel had gone to meet professor Sam behind my back and even though she hadn't told me I just figured it out but at the same time I didn't blame half for whatever decision she deemed fit.

It was always probably just what she had wanted out of life and now that she was getting it I had no choice but to be happy for her. 

Some people who had checked their scores beforehand returned with gloomy expressions which I quite didn't understand. 

I believed that there were many people who had also been deserving of the right marks, but most times things didn't go the way we planned and it was okay to accept defeat. 

Color me shocked when I checked the grading board and realized that I had scored an A in the tests. 

But that was not even the major shock of the century. It was the fact that there was another person who was higher than me in the class and it was none other than Nate! 

How on Earth had I ever underestimated his mental ability? Was that why he came to my room that night to inform me that there was a test or had I just been so paranoid that I had sent him away without even giving him some time to explain? 

It was quite amazing that I would jump into conclusions like that when I prided myself in having so much self-control and never being rattled.

"Quite a shock isn't it? I guess that you are finally eating your words, nerd?" Nate's unmistakable voice thundered behind me.

I didn't give him the impression that I had truly thought that he wouldn't be able to come up on the test board. 

"Selling yourself short now?" I asked with a small smile. 

I knew that I was probably overstepping my bounds but I wasn't going to have it any other way especially when he tried to make me realize that I was one of the most attractive persons that he had seen. 

"So, is that even supposed to be an answer to the question? I can see how surprised you are to see that I beat you at a common test. I love seeing people eat their words especially when they call me a dumb skull. It kind of makes me happy I don't know about you." He winked.

The fact that he was even taking this in stride made me a little bit worried because now I didn't want to sound like I had underestimated him. 

"You go around with girls, what do I expect from someone like that? It is definitely not any form of intelligence and I say this in the most humble way I can. I'm not trying to act like I'm better than you but..." 

"You don't have to always rub it in that I have girls at my beck and call. They are the ones who throw themselves at me and not myself on them so why do you absolve them of their consequences and take it out on poor me." He remarked with a smile that I didn't quite like. 

I hated the fact that he was not even taking this seriously and he was probably having the time of his life just going around and hoping that he and I had a balanced understanding. 

"If I understand things correctly, I would understand that there are better ways to change things around and dismiss a lot of girls but because you also have some interest in this you wouldn't do that now would you?" 

There were many things that I would have also loved to say to him but I decided to keep quiet so that he didn't see this as my way of trying to get him on my side when I didn't even care about it at all. 

I had many things on my mind which included staying away from trouble because everything about Nate screamed that. 

"I have better news for you which I believe that you would love to hear. So, let us go ahead with our plans. My father is going somewhere tonight and I want us to tail him. If you are not too busy, let's see what we can pull up." He said. 

I forgot everything that I initially wanted to tell him and nodded eagerly. This seemed like a better way of spending my time instead of staying over here and thinking of what next. 

"Now you're talking. Whenever you're ready just beep me." 

"That means I would have to get your number." He remarked. 

This was one of the first times that he sounded as polite as he could be to me and I appreciated it because it was different from everything that I knew about him. 

"Ask me politely and the number is all yours." I pushed further. 

He grinned, "Of course, my lady, will you give me your number?”

We had bounced back to normal. 

*

That night my legs kept bouncing because I was aware that this was a situation we needed to overcome with so much patience so that nobody understood where and what we were doing behind their backs. 

My mother had finished serving dinner and both of us ate it with so much attention that everyone would think we were truly committed to this without knowing that we were just playing our best to get what we wanted. 

I truly had different opinions about whatever was going on and I decided to be as calm as possible. 

If I had the chance I would have taken someone else instead of me, and that was the truth, yet, I was very thrilled to go along with him because that was the only way I could handle this perfectly. 

I also had many reasons not to agree to moving around with him because I didn't think it was going to yield more results like he wanted but at the same time I could tell that if I didn't do this I was going to lose out on a lot of things so… I had to go ahead with the plan no matter how stupid it sounded. 

“Do you have any idea of what this might bring?” He whispered as we leaned against the wall together. 

If Seth was going out for some evil deeds, then it was our duty to find it out and then see what we could do to stop it. If we kept on complaining over here we would only lose out and then we would never recover from it. 

Also I had a feeling that there were many things that had been hidden away from us and I didn't even want to talk about it. 

It was quite cathartic for me to even think that a man would kill his wife and then get married to another person who was my mom. 

It was even worse that my mom didn't believe anything that came out of my mouth. Instead she would rather go ahead with her own husband, because he gave her the confidence that she needed to become a woman. 

“Why do you think that your father is doing all of this? Do you think that he might not have any idea of the fact that you could send him to jail?” I asked Nate. 

There was this unusual confidence in his father that I wanted to understand where this was coming from. I knew that a lot of people had the way that they did things but I didn't expect them to go ahead and become this crazy. 

I believed that everyone had a measure of decency in them so they could see beyond the obvious problems. 

“Okay then. There is nothing you should be worried about except for the fact that my father has been someone obsessed with power and he always wanted to control everybody under his roof except me who has rebelled from the start.” He said but his eyes remained focused on his father who didn't start the car just yet. 

I didn't know how we're supposed to tail someone on foot but at the same time I was very curious to know what would happen tonight. 

It was supposed to be a night of truth and then we would never have to worry but I wasn't even in the same place as him. It was quite a pity that almost everyone had lost their minds in this generation so this wasn't even news. I expected the worst from people instead of them even showing me the good sides of themselves. 

I had many people on my mind and list that I wanted to deal with but I decided to overlook it because then it would make no sense. 

One of the things that I needed to do the most was to ensure that there was never going to be a day that I would miss out on getting people justice even if I wasn't rich yet. 

I had a lot of worries but I didn't allow them to cloud my mind. Instead I just went ahead and did what I believed was better for myself and everyone involved. 

I waited for some time and then went on with my own life, killing two birds with one stone. “We can either go ahead with this guy, or we just abandon finding evidence if it is going to drag us into a mess.” I refused to refer to him as Nate’s father. 

“The most annoying thing is that he went from one to 360. I didn't even think that there would be a day where he would become a threat to us. It is just something that I have decided not to understand and I can't even blame people for doing the same.” 

His words carried a lot of power. He had probably tried to tell someone but they must have brushed it off. The first and foremost sign of a narcissist was the fact that they were kind to everyone except their own.