JOURNEY

The distance between Nevada and New York is about 4124 km and Jason and Lauren knew it but a direct flight might be a risky move for them because it was easier to follow them with a direct flight . Yet they knew that they were in a hurry, they would go to the most urgent way to New York without having a rest,they would take the drawings and they would go to Antartica. Jason was driving and asked :

"What was my father's project? "

Lauren: "I don't know". "What was it that my father called a discovery?" Jason continued.

"I don't know Jason, All I know that this project is confidential, your father sometimes contacted me with a few phone calls or e-mails to tell me what he wants and needs, but he never told me anything else and now I understand why he didn't tell me , he didn't tell me so that he would get in trouble if he did. Oh,Albert" replied Lauren. Jason got mad and yelled at Lauren "Lauren ,you should have known something , you are my father's assistant , how the hell you don't know anything ,god damn it Lauren, Where is my dad where is he , Lauren answer me." Jason was worried and afraid that something might happen to his father and he missed him so much.

He starded to think while hitting the gas of the car even harder, but suddenly his eyes caught the mirror, as if the car behind him had been following them ever since he left his father's office.He started to watch the car.Jason slowed down a bit and the car did the same or Jason was being paranoid.He didn't say anything to Lauren because he didn't want her to scare.He went on driving and knew that he had to find a gas station .The Fuel signal had been blinking for almost fifteen minutes. After a short while he saw the sign of the gas station it was about 12 km away and He called out Lauren who was sleeping. "Wake up, Lauren , Lauren… ." Lauren slowly opened her eyes and turned to the Jason, "Are you tired ? What happened? He said no, we just need to buy fuel." Jason said. They stopped at the gas station a few minutes later. Lauren " I'm going to the restroom." Jason : "Be careful please" said with a low voice. When Lauren started to make her way to the toilet, Jason looked around with his eyes and searched for the car he had just seen in the back, but couldn't find it and felt a little relieved. He turned his back to the pump and he started to fill with gas while Lauren was coming from the restroom.She was walking towards him. Jason turned around and checked on Lauren to see if anyone was following her. She was alone. Jason did not know much about Lauren, he only saw Lauren a few times at his father's workplace during the 2 years he had not argued with his father, and they had short conversations, but he felt that he could trust him. While looking at Lauren, he suddenly thought what a pretty woman she was. Lauren was indeed a beautiful woman with brown long hair, green eyes and a physique that looked like a movie star. While Jason was thinking about this, he suddenly heard her saying what happened Jason. " What happened? What are you thinking?" . He heard her say the pump is full and he stuttered and said, "well, I thought about my father.".He then checked the gas , it was full so he took the pump out. They went in the car and continued to drive. Jason said:" Lauren ,are you hungry? I bought something or coffee or both " and Lauren smiled and said" Jason ,I'm not hungry, but a coffee wouldn't be bad." Lauren handed the coffee to the Jason and asked "why Jason ?" Jason asked "what do you mean , why ?" " Why haven't you seen your father for a long time and now suddenly you get a message from your father and immediately you're going for a job you even don't know anything about ? " "I just feel like my dad needs help, of course for him," Jason said. Lauren asked " is that why she you're sure you're going?is this the reason ? " Jason said" what do you mean, lauren, what do you mean now, "angrily and Lauren replied, "I don't know, you're going to say it." After a 10 minute's silence , Jason said "Well, why do you go to a place you never know, with someone you do not know enough",Lauren replied "It is very simple because this is my job and I am your father's employee" she smiled." Your father still pays my salary Jason. If you're tired, I'll take the wheel, I can drive if you want Jason" she added. Jason said it would be great and they stopped somewhere on the road and Lauren took the wheel . They had traveled about 1300 km. and Jason was a little tired and felt that her eyelids were getting heavy. He said "I'll take a nap, if anything catches your attention, wake me up " and he closed his eyes. After driving for about 5 hours, Lauren felt like she was getting very tired and it was getting very dark "She woke Jason up and said "we need to stay in a motel. How about it Jason?What do you say ? Jason "Yes, Lauren, you are right, we have to take a shower and sleep in a good bed. Let's stay in the first motel."said and kept on watching the road. About 15 minutes later they saw an old motel sign, "hotel moonlight" was written on the sign and a few minutes later they came to the front door of the motel, parked the car and took their briefcases and entered the motel. The owner of the motel was a middle-aged woman with a mexican dialect, aged 38-40 years old, Jason said two rooms, please, each side by side, the woman asked Jason how many nights they would stay and Jason said just tonight .Jason wanted hot water for the shower. The woman said "2 rooms cost 50 dollars" and jason handed the money and he got the keys from the woman. And they went up the stairs towards their room. Jason handed the key to room 305 to Lauren and took the 304 next door. Jason said," Lauren after you take shower we could have some coffee and drink if you want " Lauren asked Jason with a smile "Is this a date or what Jason ? " and Jason smiled by saying" It is if you say so". "You're very interesting," said Lauren. "You can be comfortable even in such a situation" and she entered her room and closed the door. Jason took a shower and laid down on the bed and began to examine the briefcase, reading the messages his father had sent to Lauren. He looked through the e-mails hoping to find something, but these were just stationery items, cold-proof dresses, ropes, hooks, etc. Jason got dressed and headed to Lauren's door and gently knocked on the door and called Lauren . Lauren heard footsteps in front of the door, she opened it and went out as she was making another joke, saying I'm ready. They walked down to the dining room of the motel and they chose a table and sat down. The motel was not crowded , there were 10 or 15 people eating around. The waiter came and asked "Can I take your order, sir?" Lauren replied "I'd like pizza with anchovy and a glass of coke" and Jason said " mixed pizza and coke please." Lauren and Jason were also watching around .Jason asked " Lauren , didn't you normally have to be on the Nevada, why were you in New York?" Lauren's mother died about a month ago, so she had to go to new york for emergency. Lauren said that her mother had died about a month ago, so she went to New York in an emergency, she said that Albert was also aware of her mother's illness but she had tried to tell him that she had been dead, but could not tell him because she could not reach him. Jason" I'm sorry to hear that lauren" do you want to explain why you left your father, Jason ?" Jason said " no, no I didn't leave my dad I just went to England for business." Lauren said, "It's not true, Jason I can feel it and I somehow know this." Jason said, "How do you know it , you didn't even know me, Lauren ." Lauren added " We talked to your dad many times about you, your dad used to talk a lot about you jason. He used to say that you were a good-minded person, even smarter than him, but you held yourself responsible for your mother's death and that is why you went to England. Jason said" please I don't want to talk about it"and their order arrived. Jason started to eat his food as if running away from the topic and he was also very hungry, Lauren said okay, turned to her pizza .After they finished their meals and paid the meals, they started to walk to their rooms . They slowly climbed the stairs and they saw that the doors of the rooms were wide open. When they came to the front of the room with slow and silent steps, the room was cluttered, the briefcase and a few bags were scattered on the ground .They went in slowly and looked to see if there was anyone in the room. There was no one in the room, it was the same in Lauren's room, and now they were sure that someone was watching them and they didn't hurt them because they didn't know what they had. Jason and lauren rushed to the lobby to the reception and told them that a thief had entered their room and they asked to the reception to call the police. The receptionist woman called the police, and within 10 minutes the police came to the motel and took a look at the rooms and came to the conclusion that this was done for theft, took a report and left. Jason reported this situation to the police on purpose because the ones who followed them shouldn't have known they understood they were being followed, and that could have been even more dangerous. And they knew that they both had to get to their rooms, set out early in the morning and rest to continue towards New York. They said good night and entered their rooms. They never spoke about this incident because they were afraid. who were they