Forgetting You - Episode 18

 

*A HAPPY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL LOVELIES...

*** HAILEY'S POV

A few seconds felt like eternity under Jason's scrutinizing and stern gaze.

I shift uncomfortably and his grip on my arm tightens.

I hiss in pain and i lift my eyes to meet his hard gaze.

I suck in breath when for the first time I realise how sultry and dark his eyes are.

They seem to pull you in when you stare into them.

My eyes involuntarily travel to his lips.

They look so soft and tempting, inviting.

Suddenly, I find myself wondering how it will feel to have those lips on mine, kissing me with every urgency he could muster.

I find myself wondering how it will feel to have those lips on my neck, going lower and lower.. F*ck! Earth to Hailey! I mentally slap myself.

My eyes snap back to his and I realise his breathing is coming in short, deep spams as he gazes at my lips.

Is he thinking what I'm thinking? I lick my lips and bite my lower lips and I hear him cuss under his breath.

His gaze send ripple of emotions from my toes and up my spine.

I shudder . What's happening to me? Why do I feel this way? What is Jason doing to me. A single braid falls out of his loosened ponytail and cascades over his right eye.

My God! This man is handsome.

He's the exact definition of a Greek God.

I'm so tempted to run my fingers through his hair.

"I'm waiting Hailey" Jason's stern voice rings in my ear and my brain goes into full mode as i stare at him.

His anger is back.

I sigh.

"Jason i..."

"Uhh excuse me Mr Michaels i will go home now

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. Please call me if anything"

the Lady who drove us interrupts and Jason let's go off me.

"Sure Abigail."

He nods

"I'm sorry for today. I'm really sorry"

She apologises and walks out the hospital premises.

"Jason.."

I pause.. I can't tell him everything but at least he deserves an explanation.

He took care of Olivia, it's the least I could do.

"Can we sit?"

I ask and he nods.

"Let's go to the cafeteria"

he leads me towards the east wing of the hospital where the cafeteria is and orders two cappuccinos.

I follow him to an empty table where we sit and he hands me a cup of cappuccino.

I thank him and take a sip.

Jason's been unusually quiet and I take it as my cue to start talking.

"Jason, I don't want you to think that I abandoned Olivia out of my own free will.

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. Believe me, I love her like any mother loves their child. I do love her Jason. I do" 

I tell him and he still doesn't spare me a glance.

"Where were you? That's what I asked and I expect an answer to that only"

he sneers at me and I flinch.

"Maybe I could start by telling you how it all began?"

I say but he doesn't reply.

I continue nevertheless.

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TEN YEARS AGO LIVING LIVES ORPHANAGE

Olivia fidgeted with her fingers nervously as she sat on the chair in front of the short, white woman she had grown to consider a mother over the years she had stayed in the orphanage.

The woman tapped her fingers on the table, her long well manicured nails scrapping the table.

She was fuming mad.

"Esto es ridiculo!! You're only fourteen years old for Pete's sake!!!"

She yells in exasperation In her thick Mexican accent.

Though Olivia didn't understand half of the Spanish she just spoke, judging from the tone of her voice, it was obvious she was angry.

Well anyone would be angry judging from the fact that the woman, Miss Rodriguez, a mexican who happened to be the orphanage's caretaker and founder had found out that Hank Anderson, her so called boss had come to adopt her not to love her, but to use her for his selfish gains.

In other words, he started to force her to sniff some powdery substance saying that when her bre*sts started to develop fully, he would make her sell them.

That powdery substance she later came to know as c*caine.

By then, Hank had adopted her for a few months now and treated her good until he started to teach her how to dress and act s*ductively to entice men,especially his clients.

Hank was a well known drug Lord, feared by many who loved to adopt teenage girls from different orphanages using fake identities and of course fake women as his wives.. All the girls he had adopted had a sole purpose.

A group of the girls, he turned into pr*stitutes who slept with only the high and mighty in the society and then bring him the income.

The other group of girls, he made to work in his club to entertain his fellow drug Lords, some of which were strippers, others waitresses, cleaners and the list went on and on.

Fortunately and unfortunately, Hailey was amongst the girls whom he were to train to be s*xy and sassy and appealing to his clients.

Hailey was amongst the group who were made to do the major dealings and sell the drugs to those who wanted them.

And that was how Hank never got caught, because there were people to always do the dirty job for him.

And so when Hailey had decided she didn't want that kind of dirty lifestyle, she run back to the orphanage and told Miss Rodriguez, her caretaker everything.

And that was the greatest mistake Hailey lived to regret for the coming days ahead.

"Ven conmigo!!"

Hailey didn't understand what Miss Rodriguez was saying but when she reached out and grabbed her hand, dragging her along with her, she understood because soon, the cab they had taken had come to a stop and Hailey looked up to see that they were in front of Hank's mansion.

Without further ado, miss Rodriguez alighted.

"Ven conmigo!"

She repeated.

"Come"

She disappeared into the mansion while Hailey followed a few minutes later, due to fear.

Fear of going back but then she trusted miss Rodriguez.

Hailey walked into the inner chambers to find Miss Rodriguez and Hank in a heated argument.

She couldn't understand most of what they were saying but then Miss Rodriguez suddenly shouted.

"You will not keep ruining more young innocent lives. You're going to rot in jail for this! I won't rest until you're arrested, Cara De cullo!!"

Hank only gave her a sly smirk and whispered something into her ear.

Hailey watched as Miss Rodriguez's expression turned from anger to fear, colour draining from her face instantly.

"Slvate nio"

Miss Rodriguez whispered to Hailey who watched in confusion.

"Run child!!"

She shouted this time and that was when Hailey noticed the blood seeping from her chest spreading throughout the white shirt she wore.

Hailey gasped as miss Rodriguez fell to the floor with a thud, revealing a sharp bread knife in Hank's hand.

He smiled ruefully and walked towards her, showing her the bloodstained knife. "Tsk tsk tsk little one. You killed her.. Poor woman.It's your fault she died. If you hadn't opened your big mouth to tell her about me, she would still be alive. See? It's your fault! You're murderer! A murderer!!"

Hank shouted in Hailey's face, grabbing her chin and forcing her to stare at miss Rodriguez's now limp body.

Hank stabbed Miss Rodriguez's body multiple times until her blood was sprayed all over his face and hands, forcing Hailey to watch.

Hank then wiped the blood off the knife on Hailey's dress, grinning.

"Now, her blood will be on you for ever. You dare open your mouth again, and that person will die too"

he sneered at fourteen year old who Hailey cried out at the horrible scene.

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Translation...

#Esto es ridiculo - This is ridiculous.

#Ven conmigo - Come with me.

#cara de cullo - Assface.

#slvate nio - Save yourself child..