*Olga*I stared at the leaflets in my hand. It contained a three day pass to WoShCo, the shipping council forum. I wondered what Jayden was doing there as I know very well he doesn’t have any interests in the Maritime industry. This was where my parents made their money.I have to thank Mark for getting me the pass though if I had known, a quick call to my mom and I would be attending the conference. But maybe it was better this way as I had no interest in listening to the speeches. I was more interested in Jayden.There was a handwritten note and it showed the hotel and room number that Jayden would be sleeping in. Now that was information that I would have never found out. Mark sure was resourceful but he wasn’t always like this.It doesn’t matter, I am even surprised that he had held out this long. Usually most men would have tried to have sex with me by the second night. Not that Mark was any different, back then he had seduced me and I played along, that was before we became frien

*Jayden*It was past one and my stomach grumbled, I picked up the phone and ordered some food from The Aviary. The management meeting had gone well according to the reports that I received from all over. The businesses were all self-sufficient and didn’t need my full attention. That was needed for the budding new project that required me full time.The City of Selspur was about to finish the man made harbor to the east of the city limits. It had been a very expensive project but the residents had wanted to have direct control of the shipping route. Seasbury was too small to handle the volume of cargo that Selspur needed and the coastal cities had started being a nuisance, so Nathan Sinclair along with some of the old money had come together and started the building of the harbor seven years ago.Being in charge of a fledgling maritime business was where I was coming in. Thanks to Nathan’s backing I was going to be the default shipwright of the vessels used as well as playing the newly

*Olga*It's Friday morning. I was in my hotel room that overlooked the city. In the next room door was Jayden sleeping away. I had arrived earlier before him and got to my room. I heard him arrive late at night though from what I knew he had left very early in the morning. The flight was five hours long so I had expected him by noon.However, he checked in at the hotel just after I had come back from the bar. The bar was a very large place but it had small intimate setup at the counter, almost like a booth having three highchairs at every interval. Large golden chandeliers hang from the even higher roof. Later on I learnt that the bar was built separate to accommodate the cathedrallike magnitude.I had checked out the bar products and reserved three bottles of smoked whiskey that weren’t to be sold under any circumstance. They were all brands that I knew Jayden would love. I had left the bartender a hefty tip for him to reserve one of the booths for tonight as he had told me that the c

*Sierra*“Hi dad, aren’t you home early today,” Brian said looking up from the game that he was playing against me. I looked up to see Jayden walking in, I hadn’t heard the car pull up. I smiled at him but he was stone-faced and looked almost angry.“I will turn in early tonight, my flight is early in the morning.” I heard him say. “Maria, I hope you have packed my bags already.”Maria nodded and pointed to the little alcove where she had placed his suitcases earlier in the evening.“Maurice will be here by three to pick you up,” Nala said.“Fine then, I am heading to sleep, please keep it quiet,” Jayden said walking up the stairs. Not once had he spoken a word to me and I knew he was mad at me but I wondered what I did to make him angry.We continued playing with Brian and though he never managed to beat me, we did reach a stalemate twice showing that he was a fast learner. I felt he was now ready to learn opening techniques and other advanced moves.Nala set the table and we both was

*Jayden*I looked at the ringing phone and wondered why she was calling at this time. I wanted to ignore it but for her to call this late meant something was up.“Hello Amanda—”“I am sorry Mr. Jay I didn’t know who to turn to, he is after me,” Her voice said in a whisper. I could feel fear in her voice.“Who is it?” I asked though I already knew who it was.“It is Mark,” came the reply and I felt a cold chill.“Where are you now?” I asked, jumping out of bed and putting on my clothes.“NALA,” I shouted down the hallway glad that she was the one who was staying in the same house with me. “Get Dave to start the car immediately.”I turned back to the phone and said trying to calm Amanda, “Okay hang in there Amanda we are coming, stay hidden and make sure your phone location is on at all times.”I went out to the hallway where I bumped into Sierra and Brian who had heard me.“What’s wrong dad?” Brian is the first to ask. I hugged him and told him to get back to bed and we would talk in th