WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Chapter 29
Written by: Racheal Dennis.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Jasmine’s pov ?
Three days later…
“Momma, love you”
“Love you too, momma”
I leaned forward and kissed his cheek, I ruffled his hair slightly and smiled at him.
We’re currently outside Davis’s classroom. I adjusted his collar and tucked in his shirt properly.
“Be a good boy, don’t fight with your friends.. ok?”
He tilted his head and looked inside his classroom, no, he glared at his classroom.. he scoffed.
“Ok.. what’s this face about?” I asked him.
He didn’t reply, he just fixed his gaze at a boy sitting behind his (Davis’s) desk.
“Promise momma you’re not gonna fight him”
He still didn’t say anything, he simply collected his lunchbox from me and rushed inside.
I frowned.. what’s wrong with this boy these days? He’s becoming more rebellious!
His teacher has been complaining about his behavior lately, she said he’s becoming aggressive… picking up fights among his friends.
It’s not as if he has any friends though, but since they’re all classmates.. they are considered friends.
“Don’t you think… you should find out why Davis is becoming rebellious?” Adele asked.
“Hmm… ” I hummed and watched Davis until he’s already sitting on his desk.
It’s being three days already…three days since Thanatos went to Chicago… and we still haven’t heard from him… could it be…
“Do you think he’s missing Thanatos? Could it be.. he’s transferring his aggressions on his classmates?”
Adele chuckled at my suggestion, she shook her head.
“You’re just missing Thanatos” she said.
“Yeah, since I’m missing him, Davis would too… remember, Thanatos spoils him a lot… ”
I paused and studied Davis, he’s staring at a girl who’s sitting a few desks away from him.
She’s talking with her friends and playing dollies with them, he seem so focused on her.
From the look of things, he’s enjoying watching her.. there’s a smile on his face.
“… wait, I don’t think it’s because he’s missing Thanatos” I said.
“What?”
“Come here”
I pulled Adele closer to me and pointed at Davis, he’s still watching the girl.
“Look, Davis has been staring at that girl since he went in” I said.
“Hm.. so what are you tryna say?” She asked.
“I can’t be wrong about this, I think my son has a crush on her”
She turned away from Davis and gave me a questioning look…she stared at me as if I’m nuts.
“Jas, he’s just five” she said.
I nodded slowly.
“I know.. that’s why he doesn’t know it’s a crush yet”
“Jasmine, you… ”
I toned her off, when I saw the boy sitting on the desk behind Davis’s got up.
He walked towards the little girl with his hands hiding behind him, Davis’s eyes followed the boy’s movements.
He’s (Davis) seriously glaring at the poor boy, if looks could kill, Davis would have already murdered this boy.
“… he’s just a kid, who’s…”
“Adele, watch this” I interrupted Adele.
She stopped talking and paid attention to Davis.
The boy is now standing in front of the girl, he said or asked her something and she nodded.
He quickly brought out his hand and handed the girl a packet of cookies, the girl’s eyes lit up.
Just when she was about to accept it, Davis leaned from his desk and snatched it from the boy.
“Hey! That’s mine!” The boy yelled.
Davis didn’t pay attention, he threw the cookies under his feet and started stomping on it.
“Wait.. is he being jealous?” Adele asked.
“Now you believe me?” I asked her back.
We turned our gaze back to them, Davis and the boy are already holding each other’s shirt.
They’re throwing punches at each other.. with their tiny hands.
“DAVIS LUCIEN O’BRIENS!” I yelled from outside.
They both quickly pulled apart from each other and turned to me, Davis frowned as he adjusted his shirt.
Adele and I walked towards them.
I looked at the little girl, she gave me an innocent look.. she doesn’t know they’re actually fighting because of her.
Even Davis and this boy doesn’t know they’re fighting, because they both like her.
“Davis, you just promised not to pick up fights with your friends” I said.
Davis simply glared at the boy and scoffed.
“Momma, he’s taking my friends!” Davis said pointing at the girl.
“I’m not your friend!” She retorted.
Davis frowned at her words, his eyes flicked to the boy and glared at him, before turning back to the girl.
“You’re my friend!”
“No, I’m not!”
“You are!”
“I’m not!”
They both argued, I exchange looks with Adele.. she’s watching in amusement.
“Momma, she’s my friend” Davis told me.
“But she said she’s not your friend, you can’t force people to he friends with you”
The girl rushed to the other boy and was helping him with a lose button.. this seem to anger my little man, he frowned deeply.
“She was my friend, but Darren came and she stopped playing with me!” Davis explained to me.
He looked at them again.
“She only plays with Darren now.. everyday!” He said.
Hmm, now I understand why he’s jealous. He felt threatened seeing another boy coming closer to her… Well, Mr O’Briens, you’re too young for this.
“Davis, she doesn’t want to be your friend, because you’re always fighting with others…just be a good boy and she’ll play with you too” I told him.
“I’m a good boy, momma, but she still plays with him”
I nodded.
“Yeah, that’s because they’re friends too.. you can’t stop her from having other friends aside you”
The boy and girl shook their head.
“Darren is my cousin” the girl said.
“Cousin?” Davis asked.
The girl and Darren nodded, Davis frowned and scratched his head as if he’s trying to recall something.
“Brother?” He (Davis) asked.
“Yes” the girl said.
Davis didn’t say anything, his cheeks grew red in embarrassment…I don’t think this is my son.
We’ll talk about this when we get home..no son of mine is having a girlfriend until he’s 25years old and independent.
Davis walked closer to Darren and started dusting Darren’s uniform.
Without saying a sorry, he ran back to his desk and rested his head on his desk.
“Davis, aren’t you gonna say sorry?” I gritted out.
He shook his head without raising it up.
“Davis?” I growled his name lowly.
He quickly raised his head, when he noticed the change in my tone.
“I’m sorry, Darren” he said, then rested his head again.
I eyed him, before turning back to Darren and his cousin.
“Forgive Davis ok? He’s your friend and he will never trouble you again.. alright?”
They both nodded, they went back to their desks.
My eyes landed on Davis, I’ll just let him be and lecture him later at home.. I’m not gonna have a hooligan as a son! Never!
“Let’s go” I said and pulled Adele along with me.
I’m too mad at Davis to give him a goodbye kss.
Adele was laughing all the way from Davis classroom, until we reached the main road.
“When are you gonna stop laughing?” I snapped at her.
She didn’t stop laughing, instead, her laughter increased.. I glared at her.
“God! I can’t believe it, little Davis fighting over a girl”
“Yeah.. it’s kinda funny” I pipped in.
“I said it, that boy’s gonna be a heartbreaker…that handsome face wouldn’t be a waste”
“Not under my watch!”
If I had a daughter, I wouldn’t want any boy to break her heart.. therefore, I won’t let my boy break any girl’s heart!
“Well, Davis shouldn’t fight because of any girl.. I’m more than willing to be his girlfriend if he’ll have me”
I glared at her.
“My son is not looking for a sugar mummy!”
Adele burst into another fits of laughter at my rebuking words.
There’s a cab coming towards us, I reached out my hand and stopped it.
“Mike’s kitchen” I told the driver.
“Alright”
I got in and Adele quickly followed suit, then the driver too off.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Writer’s pov ?
O’Briens resident… Chicago!
Henry walked down the stairs, his eyes solely on his phone as he watched a reporter reporting an accident.
Just when he’s on the last step, he heard his father yelling at someone on the phone.
“…I clearly told you to block the news from spreading! What was that showing on screen right now?!”
Henry scoffed and rolled his eyeballs, he turned back and head back to his room.
Mr O’Briens continued shouting, but Henry toned him off since that’s none of his business.
Just when he’s about to enter his room, his phone started ringing..he checked the caller’s ID and smirked.
He quickly received the call.
“Yes?”
“Boss, we’ve done the job”
“I’ve seen it, you did a great job!” He replied and hanged up.
He entered his room and replayed the video again, his smirk grew bigger as the reporter is talking.
“Now let’s wait to watch the real drama!” He said to himself.
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WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
Jasmine’s pov ?
“Well, well, well”
Adele and I heard Elvis clapping behind us, we both freezed and slowly turned around.
“So good of you to us” he said.
He’s standing with his arms now folded across his chest, a blank expression on.
“This is how you do it, huh?” He asked, gesturing to the back door we just came in through.
Since Adele and I were already late, we wanted to escape from Elvis’s scoldings.. so we decided to come in by the back door.
But unfortunately for us, Elvis was already here waiting for us.
“Elvis, we can explain” I said.
He shook his head in disagreement, he signal is with a finger to follow him.
“We’re not going to your office, right?” Adele asked.
“We’re going to my office” he answered.
We both groaned. Going to Elvis’s office means we’re doomed!
It’s either we’re fired.. which is not gonna be possible, since my boyfriend is the boss.
Or, he’s gonna deduct our salary and get four hours of scolding.
“Come in” he said.
I stopped abruptly and bumped into Adele’s back, I whispered a small sorry and we stepped into his office.
“Leave it open” he said when I wanted to shut the door.
He rounded his table and sat on his chair, he leaned back and stared us very briefly.
“Adele, we’re sorry about your accident” he said.
His eyes flickered to Adele’s head, though it’s not heavily bandaged..
“We’re really sorry about your accident, also, the company will be responsible for all your medical expenses”
Adele smiled at that.
“The police came here yesterday, they were looking for you.. I think they wanted your statement”
We nodded.
“I know what happened between you and Mr Evans was a misunderstanding, please go to the station and give your statement.. so Mr Evans can be free”
“I’ll do that today” Adele said.
Elvis nodded, he reached for something in his drawer and stretched it towards me… It’s a key.
I collected it with a frown.
“Elvis, what’s this?” I asked.
“It’s the key to the company’s safe… ”
I cut him off with a gasp, I quickly dropped the key on his table and shoved my hands in my pocket.
Adele turned to me quizzically, I simply shrugged and turned back to Elvis.
“Why are you giving it to me?”
“… Mr O’Briens ordered I hand it over to you before his trip” he replied.
Thanatos wanted me to have the key to his restaurant’s safe?
“Also, I’ll be reporting back to you on our daily expenses” he said.
I shook my head.
“I’m sorry Elvis, but I can’t accept this key”
“I’m afraid you must, Jasmine. We need a boss now that Mr O’Briens is on a trip and you’re the boss he choose before leaving”
Adele nudged me and I turned to her, she gestured towards the key with a smile and urged me to take it.
“It’s your boyfriend’s restaurant and you’re the only person he trust.. that’s why he’s handing this responsibility to you”
I turned back to the key on the table, I took a deep breath and picked it up.
“That’s it then, you can both go back to your work” Elvis said.
“Wait… I thought Jas is kinda the boss now, she’s not supposed to work and as her best friend, I should get that benefit too”
I bite back a laugh, Adele is such a lazy bone.. always looking for ways to avoid working.
Elvis furrowed his eyebrows at her, he searched for something on his table and randomly picked a folder.
He threw it at Adele, but she caught it.
“Get out of my office!” Elvis snapped.
He intended to be serious, but Adele’s expression wouldn’t let him.. he broke into a smile.
“Leave! Silly girl” Elvis boomed.
Adele dropped the folder and we rushed out at once.
We burst into laughter, when we’ve gotten a few meters away from his office.
“You just love getting on Elvis’s nerves”
“Of course” she replied.
“Ok, let’s get to work… or Elvis might come out and yell his lungs out” I said.
WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
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A tired yawn left my mouth, as I wiped a table.
It’s been a very hectic day for us at Mike’s kitchen, customers kept coming in… and at a point, we were short on tables to put customers.
Thankfully, after cleaning this table, I’ll go take a nap.
Just then, my ears perked up at a name being called on TV.
“… has being in a coma for three days now. The O’Briens family are praying for a quick recovery for their son.. Thanatos Miguel O’Briens and…”
My body tensed at once.
Blood drained off my face and I felt cold breeze blew past me, making me shake in a cold.
Did I just heard the broadcaster say Thanatos?! Is it the same Thanatos I know?!
I slowly turned and zeroed my eyes on the TV.
I heard a very loud crash.. I felt something fell off my hands.. I heard them break but I didn’t look at it.
My eyes remained fixed on the TV.. on the picture I’m seeing on the TV.. on Thanatos picture!
“…the accident was very fatal. The O’Briens family aren’t ready to give a comment yet, but many netizens thinks this is a hit and run…. ”
All these days Thanatos was involved in an accident?! He’s in a coma?! The accident was fatal?!
That’s why I couldn’t get to him. That’s why his phone has been unreasonable all these days…
The TV suddenly goes off.
“Jas, are you ok?” Adele asked me.
I guess I was engrossed in my thoughts, I didn’t realize when she got here.. she must have turned off the TV.
“I heard the news, it might not be true don’t believe it” she said.
I shook my head.
“Thanatos… ” I trailed off, not knowing what to say.
“Don’t believe it, it’s a fake news”
“No, it’s not, I felt it”
I knew something was gonna go wrong… I knew something wasn’t right… I tried to stop him.
But he didn’t listen.
My legs started moving towards the exit, Adele caught my hand and stopped me.
“Where are you going?” She asked.
“Home. Buy a ticket” I said.
My words are a bit weird and incomplete, but that’s how I speak when I’m in a state of great shock.
“Buy a ticket?”
I nodded and she frowned deeply.
“Buy a ticket for what?”
“Chicago!” I said and rushed towards the road to hail a cab.
“Jas, you’re not thinking straight” Adele said running after me.
But I ignored her, because I only have one thing in mind… Go to Thanatos!
WHEN LOVE IS GONE: Chapter 21 – 30
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