They took him

"How could you? We went through so much." Katty said in a low tone.

He was silently looking away from her eyes.

"I-I don't get it. What were you expecting from me?"

He brought his gaze to her and Rose stood "I'd be waiting for you outside"

Katty nodded and she left.

He rubbed his face "You don't get it, do you? I tried everything to make you realize I am worthy to be the man you've always wanted me to be. But what did you do? Impose every single time. Like I was a kid."

"Is that all?"

He looks away disappointedly

"Is that the reason you cheated me to find a woman who doesn't impose?"

"There are many other reasons. You know already."

"Well, I'm not sorry I'm not the perfect woman you wanted. The one who tries to take care of her friends and family and... tries to make you live happily and stress-free-"

"That's exactly my problem! You want to do everything. I want a woman whose going to support me"

"What do you mean exactly? I've always supported you. "

"That's what you think. You always claim to be right in every aspect. What about the future? Who's gonna take care of our kids when you go around working?! Me?"

"Why not? Ain't you suppose to? You just feel this is a one man's job. Which is the woman"

"No that is not true."

"Yes it is"

"We can't even agree to on thing and have a reasonable discussion "

She became dumbfounded

"Tell me. If I behave this way with you, will you tolerate it?" He questioned

She looked around and notice several people stares. Then looked back at him.

"If I tell you to stop working and let me do everything, and always hang out with my friends, and don't even listen to what you have to say, will you stay with me?"

Her eyes became a blur with tears

"No right? You will never be with someone who imposes on you. However, you want me to always listen to you when you can't even respect me."

"Why didn't you tell me about this? Why didn't you come to me with the non-reasonable conversation?"

"Because you didn't give me the chance to or paid attention,"

She nods gently letting the tears flow over her tomato cheeks.

"Hope you find someone who's going to...give you this quality"

She removes her engagement ring and deeps it into his glass of liquid.

"Good appetite" she lets out and leaves.

Once she's into the crane, she sobs bitterly not minding the number of people around her. She leaves the crane in a minute and finds Rose waiting for her just as she announced.

Rose walks up to her and brings her to the car where they drive home.

...

They arrived home and she opens the door. At once, her girls rise from their seats and cuddle her except Apriva. Katty didn't want to see her.

She just sadly sat next to Brithney while Katty sobbed and sobbed

"It's over," she said in a shaky voice.

"We got you, girl. We got you" Brithney comforts.

...

Romaine wheels on his chair while his thoughts run on about Brithney. He hasn't seen her for a while and feels very worried about her from the moment he knew she worked for Mr. Leonel.

He knows he must be giving her a hard time but he also acknowledges that she has a lot of hidden agenda. He wants to know what that is. It's time he knows who she truly is.

"If she is Leonel's secretary means he has confidence in her. Then she must know certain things about him and the businesses he runs" he mumbles under his breath.

"Sir," A young man enters his office interrupting his thoughts

"Yes. Anything?" He responds absentmindedly

"Yes Sir. Mr. Leonel sent this" the young man walks and forwards a document which Romaine collects gracefully.

"Thanks" Romaine appreciates and the young man nods then leaves his office.

Romaine goes over the document and breaths out in satisfaction.

...

Ciara's case will soon be addressed but she has no clue what its end will make out of her. She lies in bed with her son by her side. The window is open and the wind is cold. She wakes up and closes the window but as soon as she is about recollecting her sleep, she gets a sound from behind the closed doors of the room.

She slowly walls to it and presses her ears against the wood to get what is sounding from there. Placing her hand on the knop to open it, she hears a scream from outside. It was so loud and audible. She leaves her room instantly with her son alone in the dark.

The sound echoes again and she registers her mom's voice

"Mom?" Sh calls and rushes to her room only the see her deep into sleep.

She frowns and looks around for a minute.

*But-I heard her voice*

She shakes her head thinking she has started going mad.

*No I can't be mad. This is just my imagination*

She turns back and strolls to her room but stiffens at the sight of an empty bed and open window.

Her eyes bulge out of theirs socket that her son has been kidnapped. And this is not her imagination. It's real!

*At Dawn*

"Mom I can't sit back and let him take my son. I must call the cops" Ciara says taking her phone from the table

Her mom ceases it from her "No baby! You need to calm down. We are not certain he has the child. What if the case goes worse."

"Mom I don't care about the case. All I want is my son" she helplessly settles on a kitchen stool and buries her face on the island.

"Maybe this was what he meant by trying to protect my grandson. I don't think Jake will steal Jack. Like why will he do that now?"

"I don't know. I must see him. I need to" Ciara bulges from her seat.

"Where are you going?"

"To see Jake"

Before her mom speaks again, she's out of sight.

...

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Jake opens almost immediately after peeping through the door and she walks in almost pushing him off.

"Good morning to you too," he says locking the door

"Where's Jack?"

He shrugs and narrows his eyes "What do you where's Jack?"

She walks very close to him and raises her head to meet his eyes "I know you came last night and stole him from me. Now give him back"

He saw the anguish in her eyes. That agony only a mother holds. It was dark and wounded. He couldn't tolerate seeing her this way.

"FUCK! They took him"

"They? Who are they?"

"It's a long story," he says walking away

"Then make it short!"

"I don't want to drag you into this Ciara"

"Are you fucking with me?! You already dragged Jack into this. What else do you want Jake? Tell me!" She follows him from behind.

"I want you to stop asking a lot of questions! This is hard for me too"

Ciara holds her head as she feels her eyes spin. He notices it and holds her still.

"You're ok?"

"I want my son. I want to see Jack"

He doesn't say anything but carries her to his couch.

He walks off and comes back with a glass of water.

"Here. Have this"

She receives it and brings it to her head. Soon after she returns the glass and he rests it on the table next to them.

He gives her a soft gaze "I discovered something about a certain man. A drug dealer. I worked for someone who worked for him. However, things turned out bad and I was the only one who knew his deepest secrets and who could easily be used against him. So he tracked me and was supposed to kill me but spared my life and instructed me to run away if not, he'd find you and kill you. That's...when I disappeared. I didn't know you were carrying my child then."

"I didn't care looking for you because I knew your life will be better off alone."

"So why did you come back?" Ciara questions

"I suddenly discovered something else about this man. And...I wasn't afraid of him anymore. So I came back to get you. That's when I knew you were carrying my baby. I didn't mean to take him away from you. I just wanted to protect both of you"

Ciara still doesn't understand. She just sighs and shakes her head.

"What if they kill our son? What if they kill Jack?" She cries

"Shush" he presses his finger over her lip and buries her head in his arms.

"They won't do that. I promise I'd get him back. Just trust me"

To be continued...