Jay pov.
The sheer force of holding back the memories and trauma for this long was no easy feat. My head felt like it was splitting into a thousand different pieces. I needed to step out of this white hospital walls. I needed air.
"I- I need some fresh air. I'll be right back." I muttered weakly, trying to make my voice sound normal. A few of them looked over with concerned glances, but I left before anyone could ask anything.
The whole while my head was spinning like a top. I mean, why is it even called a top? It's not like it's in the sky. It should be called bottom right? Whatever. Mysteries of the universe.
Or maybe it's just all in my head. Like an illusion. But illusions are a trick of brain. It doesn't really exist, but we can see it. Kinda like my life right now.
Speaking about my head, it was currently splitting open. Sometimes I wonder how it would look like if my brain burst and my skull like- cracked because of it. Like imagine my head exploding. That would be soo cool! Wait, wasn't that how the goddess Athena was born in Greek mythology?
Who cares, I thought- aaand that was my last thought before everything went pitch black. I'd been holding back all those memories, pushing it to the back of my mind, controlling it with everyone I had... And now it broke open. I fainted.
It felt like an eternity of darkness, but it was only barely a few minutes before I woke up again. When I arose, I noticed I was panting heavily, sweat had broke out all over my face. I looked around, realised where I was and quickly rushed to the restroom, intending to wash my face and make it look normal.
Unfortunately, the demon pretending to be an angel, aka my dear brother, has the eyes of a hawk, curse him. Actually no, don't curse him- he'd probably know that too. I feel like he can read minds. Maybe he's part of like some secret cult with superpowers.
I mean, obviously he is part of a cult. I know that. I even know the head of the cult he, leo and Kwanan are working under- the one Kwanan recently joined. And put my name as the person who takes the downfall. Love that for me.
Sure, dude. Just casually sign a contract saying I die if he does something wrong. Now, if I atleast get food if he completes his tasks...
I snapped out of it when Kuya Angelo barked at me like a dog to go get checked up by the doctor. I refused, saying I was perfectly fine, but when has he ever listened to me? He dragged me over to the nurse and told her to stick an IV in my neck if I caused trouble.
Ha! That's impossible. You can't stick an IV in a person's neck without them dyin- oh, ok nevermind I get it now. So rude Kuya.
Anywayyyy, after the nurse checked me and said it was just fatigue from holding back my memories and my trauma acting up, (well no duh Sherlock Holmes, that's what I said too) I finally returned to the important task at hand.
There was also no way in hell Sato could have kidnapped the girls without any help from other influence. Because I had personally appointed a few bodyguards for the girls (without them knowing, obviously) and the bodyguard were deliberately given wrong tracking signals. It wasn't keizar, I confirmed.
But who, if not him, could do this? More importantly, who would want to? I recalled hearing something when I woke up from being drugged and was pretending to be unconscious. The memory was just at the tip of my brain, but the aftereffects of being drugged- the memory is hazy. Still, I remember bits and pieces.
Flashback.
"- went well, thanks to your help." Sato was saying.
"You want to confirm if it's someone you know? Should I send a picture of that girl? Which girl is it that you want?" Sato asked again. But wait- who was he talking to?
It seemed like he was talking on the phone to someone...
"The one with long hair? And an attitude?" Say asked. "Found her, I'll send the picture."
I had recently cut my hair... And the attitude? If my classmates in New York saw me right now, they'd faint out of surprise. Like literally, I changed my entire family when I came to Philippines. If you think how I am now is savage, you should have seen me back there.
I heard a click sound of a picture. But the flash... The faint light that I could make out with my eyes closed seemed to be in the corner of my eyes.
Freya. Freya was the one on my right. I knew this because of that awful overpowering perfume she usually wore... Well, I guess one thing about her is finally useful after all.
End of flashback.
Who was it that wanted to check if it was me? Someone who knew me in New York, for sure... Suddenly, it all clicked. The cryptic threat messages that I've been receiving in my phone and ignoring. The constant feeling like I've been watched...
But if it really was who I think it is, why did they help kidnap the other girls too? Another horrible realisation hit me. And I stumbled and hit it back, right in the face!
Just kidding. Ha. Ok, ok, I'll get back to the realisations now.
They know.
They know about the girls. They know about the ppl I talk to. But how? My life is entirely private. I don't even have any social media accounts.
Then it hit me. And I hit it ba- okay, no. It's getting to old. Section E. They're constantly trying to hack my phone, location, database, past, and literally anything that would lead them to know more about me.
Anyone else who is tracing for me, even though they can't find me, they can find section through the disturbances in my server caused by them.
Oh, they're so dead.
I stormed out of that stupid room, with the stupid nurs- ok, that nurse wasn't action stupid. She gave me a cupcake! And told me to eat! Well, technically she gave it after shouting at me for 20 minutes that I haven't eaten properly for days. But, details..
Well you can't really blame me. I lost my appetite when I saw my own twin brother kissing his 'not-my-girlfriend' (his words exactly) Mia at the parking lot, and claiming I saw wrong. He even said I should get my eye checked!
The nerve! The audacity! Asshole. There's nothing wrong with my eyes, rather his brain. I should probably talk to Mia, since he's too much of an overthinking idiot to do it himself.
You're not fooling anyone Jare. We all know you love her. Hehe. Just wait till I help u guys sort it out.
On a completely unrelated note, I promised myself I'll stop meddling. Completely different. Completely not related. At all. Exept for the fact that I was currently running different scenarios in my head to make them sort out their problems.
Section E was inside Kiefer's room. So, unfortunately, I had to go in too. Kwanan was laying in the bed with IV attached to him. For a second, my heart hurt seeing him like that, but I pushed the ache aside. I had to talk to section E for now. One step at a time.
Kiefer pov.
"Where's Jay?" I asked, the second I opened my eyes.
"She's admitted in the room 241." Kiegan replied. I immediately started to get up in panic, before I realised that there were injection tubes and moniters holding me back. I didn't care. Right now, all that mattered to me was to make sure she is okay. To see her with my own eyes. I started to rip the IV out.
Kiegan, Yuri and David held me back, pushing me back onto the bed.
"Kuya place calm down. Nothing happened to ate. She's just there because Kuya Angelo forced her." Kiegan said.
"And she fainted." Yuri added.
"She what?! I want to see her right now!" I said, starting to get up again. Kiegan glared at Yuri.
"Absolutely not. You had a bullet removed out of you throughout a major surgery. God I what would have happened if ate Jay hadn't been there." Kiegan said.
That's when I remembered slowly what exactly had happy before everything you dark. I could still feel the feather light touch of her hands on my wound. But wait-did Kiegan just call her ate? Wasn't he mad at me for dating her? What changed? Or is this his other personality?
Whatever it was, I needed to see my Jay right now. I started to get up again.
"Kuya stop! Fine. If you need to see her we'll ask her to come." Kiegan said. Ci n and Felix nodded.
"Yeah, kief. We'll go ask her to come." Felix said. He was just about to leave when Jay herself came in. At first, I breathed out a sigh of pure relief when I saw that she was fine, but that was until I saw the expression on her face.
She looked livid. She looked angry- at us. And more importantly, she looked scary. Her eyes met mine for a split second, and I could have sworn I saw her soften, but the wall was back up in the next fraction of second.
"I need to talk to all of you." She said sharply.
Uh oh. I know that tone... Well we're in trouble all right.
Aries, sensing the anger in her tone slowly started to back out to the door to escape.
"Oh no, you're not going anywhere brother. I need to talk to all of you." She said. The nurse who was there in the room, and Kieran and Kiegan left.
"I said, don't track me. Don't follow me. Did you all listen? No. Of course not. And look where that ended up. In a hospital." She said.
"Uhh.. but those aren't even connected though. Sato kidnapped you all."
"He had help." She said shortly, without eloboration. We waited for her to tell us who Sato got help from, but it seemed like she refused further explanations.
"This is why I told you. Don't try to find out things about me. What do you think would have happened if I wasn't able to fight those people off? What about the girls? What about Grace and the baby, Denzel?" She reeled off.
Just then a beeping sound came out off her watch. She looked down and cursed. Keep cursing, my queen. I'm counting them all. Profanity.
"I need to leave now, before she comes. But we're not done talking. And for heaven's sake- stop trying to track me." She said, turning to walk around.
"Wait, who's coming? Who's she?" Yuri asked.
"That would be me." A voice dripping with fake sweetness said from the hallway.
Jay's face went mask of coldness. There was not even the anger she had just being showing us while scolding at us. Every trace of emotion had vanished from her face.
"Jeanna." She said, her voice as cold as ice.
"Why the tone daughter? Aren't you happy to see your mother?" Jeanna asked with a fake smile. I didn't even know what she did to Jay, but the way Jay,the kindest person I ever met, interacted with Jeanna was enough to make me want to punch this woman's face.
Jay clenched her fists. "I already told you, you're not my mother."
"Tsk tsk. No manners whatsoever. Maybe you won't be speaking to me like this if your little brother's life was on the line." Jeanna said, her plastic smile still plasters on that face of hers.
"You wouldn't." Jay said, her eyes snapping up to lock into Jeanna.
"Oh but I would, daughter. I would. I will kill your little brother. I will kill Leo." She gloated proudly.
Jay's lips curved into a dangerous smile. "You think I told you not to for his sake?" Jay laughed chillingly. Jeanna's smile dissapeared. "Woman, I told you not to touch him for your own sake."
"He is under my custody!" Jeanna screamed suddenly, desperate to be in the upper hand.
Tss.. this woman is already annoying me.
Jeanna threw what looked like legal custody papers into the table near Jay. Jay barely glanced at it before rolling her eyes.
"If you're going to blackmail me with fake legal documents, at least make it a little believable." She said.
"That's not fake! H-how dare you accuse me of doing something illegally?" Jeanna shouted in agony.
Jay just coldly raised an eyebrow. "I own a law firm woman. You serious think I won't notice the difference between a real custody paper and a fake one? Use your brain, if you even have one."
"I will still kill Leo! Do you know who my husband is? He has connections everywhere. You'll never be able to get to me!" Jeanna shrieked.
Tss. Who is that bastard she says has connected? I'll just cut his connections by giving more money. Problem solved. Would 10 lack be enough?
Jay's expression turned deadly. "Try it. Touch him. Try touching even a single hair on his head and see what I will do. I won't just make you dissapear, I'll destroy you. I'll destroy that damn new husband of yours. I'll light up you world on fire and watch while it burns." She said, and for a split second, even I was sort of scared of her. Her voice sent chills down my spine.
Then her smile returned. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have better things to do. Actually, I don't care if you excuse me. Go to hell." She said before walking out.
I need to go back to London today Jay. Just hang in there. Wait for me. I'll complete everytime there as soon as possible. And I will return to you to beg for your forgiveness.
I love you. So fvcking much it hurts. Maybe you don't need me, maybe you're strong enough without my help, but I will still stand beside you. Because I need you Jay. My life feels fvcking miserable without my ray of sunshine in it...
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Hey guyyysssss!
Another chapterrrr as promised! And I feel so much better honestly. I feel like this small break really helped me a lot!
Also, this is officially the last chapter of their misunderstanding!
Next chapter will be skipped directly to Kiefer returning from London hehe! Are y'all exited? I've still got so much planned!
Thanks guys a lot for waiting!