Chapter’s Soundtrack It’ll Be Okay By Shawn Mendes.Jackie’s POVThe sight of the woman before me made me feel so small. She had the most intimidating aura and her dress sense let me know that she was not just a random girl and if I was a guy, I would ask her out right this instant. Heck, I understood if Lucas left me for her. She was perfect.“Jackie?”I blinked and flushed from embarrassment when I realized that I had my mouth hanging open. I closed it and cleared my throat then faced Jared who was smiling like an idiot. I glared at him before looking sideways at Maddie when she drew out a seat and sat down.“Hi,” she said and stretched out her hand for a shake.I smiled and shook her hand then dropped it on the table. We were silent for what seemed to be an eternity before Jared burped.“Look, can you be normal for one second? Just one… if one is too much for you, half a second then,” Maddie said with plea heavy in her voice.I didn’t even know when I burst out laughing. It was pro

Jackie’s POVHow was Lucas’ mom here? What business did she have with the people here? Was she friends with one of the women or knew Darrell’s mom? I was not comfortable with what I was seeing or the sudden change of atmosphere. My heart was beating fast as I felt like I was caught doing something bad.“Uh… Jackie. My name is Jackie,” I said, replying to her question and the women awed while she kept a blank face on.“You have such a beautiful name.”“She is really pretty.”“Prettier in person.”I shook my head internally at the words the women were uttering and smiled. I glanced at Darrell when he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me closer to his side. His behavior confused me, but I ignored it and kept smiling.“She is indeed, and I am very happy to have her in my family.”A woman, looking in her fifties with long black hair and a red dress rose from her seat, smiling. I could see a small resemblance on her face. She looked like Darrell a little bit and I knew at that m

Jackie’s POVI cannot believe Darrell would do this to me. How could he do such a thing without my permission? All because I rejected him. It hurt that I was always unlucky with friends that I made. Darrell was backstabbing me and using his influence as the son of a wealthy family to hurt me. I worked so hard with Andrea and mom to get that store and he was trying to sabotage it?Now, Lucas was heading to do lord knows what. I knew what he was capable of doing and I had a feeling he was going to hurt Darrell badly. I wished he could stop as he was the owner of an up-and-coming company, he didn’t need to do any more dirty work as much as Darrell deserved to be punched into unconsciousness.I leaned against my pillow and sighed. My ears perked up when the door opened, and I hoped it was Lucas, but my hope shattered when I saw Mrs. Hamilton walk into the room. The room suddenly felt small and airtight. I sat upright as she approached me with a blank look on her face. I wished I could rea

Lucas’ POVI was sweating bullets as I paced back and forth at the airport entrance. There were still no available flights going to Atherton. My heart was pumping blood faster than usual, making me feel light headed and more restless. Jackie was about to give birth to our child to the world and the universe was about to fuck things up for me. I needed to be there for her, by her side, to make her feel that I was there through the pain she was going through.The moment my phone rang, I checked the ID and it was Maddie calling. I had sent a text to our group chat and they have been in panic mode since then. I answered the call and put the phone to my ear.“Yes, Maddie,” I said, sounding so out of breath as if I had been running around the whole airport building.“Lucas. Where are you now?”“At the airport. What is it?”She said something to someone before clearing her throat.“Lucas. My dad owns a private jet that is in one of the hangers at the airport. I spoke to my father and he said

Lucas’ POVAfter I went home to freshen up, I rushed back to the hospital, not wanting to stay away from Jackie and our newborn for too long. When I arrived, I saw our mothers standing at the entrance of Jackie’s room arguing.I stood for a few seconds to understand what was happening, listening in on their argument.“You have no right being here.”“And you do? That is my son’s child there… my grandchild!”“The son who abandoned my daughter?”I needed to put an end to this. They were running their mouths in front of Jackie’s room door and the last thing I needed was for her to hear the things they were saying about us.“You are—”“You better get—”“Enough.” I cut them off and marched over to them. I glared at each of them. “You two need to take your problems away from me and my family. Jackie does not need any of this shit you two are doing and if you cannot get over your fucking problems for once or at least for your kids, I don’t want any of you near us.”I could see the offense on