Chapter One Hundred and four

It felt really awkward for Bella settling in with her father but at least it had provided her an assurance that she was in safe hands. She was now on the edge because earlier that day as they were moving, he had noticed a car on their trail. This really frightened Bella because she thought they were after their lives or that Jay had sent them. But then, what did he care, he was living out his best fantasy with his wife, obviously gloating at the fact that he had his fair share of games with her. Another thought popped up in her mind, it was possible that he had discovered that she was pregnant and wanted to prevent a scandal, so he wanted her dead. She had her heart in her mouth at that particular time. Clarkson was not just a good driver, but a smart one, he noticed and began manuveuring his way around. He could sense that they were in hot pursuit, so he suddenly pulled up at a mall. The place was busy, he asked that they followed him, with the kids up at his heels, he mixed up with the crowds. Watching from a place he could see them, the occupants of the car. They were there, waiting for a while in their car, when they could wait no more as Clarkson and the kids were gone for a long time, they stepped down. They were two of them. Stopping briefly by his car, they peered to be sure there was no one hiding inside, when they had confirmed that, they entered inside. Separating in two directions to find them, he waved to the kids to follow him out. Leading the way, he ran towards the car,  and started it. The one on the lift had seen them run out and was screaming for the other guy to chase after. Clarkson drove out quickly, he was lucky that his parking spot was clear. 

The hands of fate was obviously on his side because a driver had been moving out his car from the parking lot, there blocking them and causing them delay which gave Clarkson enough time to change routes and escape. He did not tell anyone where he was staying and at such, was not worried about being found. Due to the situation on ground, they had also not had time to exchange numbers, as they all knew that they could reach them through Bella's line.  Bella had never seen those men before, not in all the time she had spent with Jay Martins, even their dress code did not match those of his hired bodyguards except and unless he had hired mercenaries which did not seem like Jay. She hated the fact that she was still defending him in her head but then, she did not want to seem oblivious to the obvious facts. 

Clarkson had pulled up close to a river, he got down and signaled for Bella to join him. When she did, he began explaining to her that they might be tracking them with her phone when they discovered that she was lost and at such she needed to do away with it for the time being pending when she got another line. He promised to get her one as soon as they got to his place and were settled. Excusing herself to get a pen and her jotter, she copied out Mikey's number and for some reasons best known to her, she copied Jay Martins line. As soon as she did that, her father took her phone from her and threw it into the river. Seeing the gift he had gotten her get swallowed by the river tore her heart apart, it felt like she had lost him forever. 

They continued on their journey as a happy family. Her father as always lived away from the crowd, his place was really beautiful and was at the outskirts. Beautiful trees provided shade for them and there was a lot to see. "We're here ", he said to her and they alighted. Bella noticed that he had even planted her mother's favourite flowers and wondered if those were truly her favorite or her twin sister's.

The bungalow was beautiful and stood out, and as they entered, Bella welcomed her new life, she agreed that it was high time she moved on with her life and see what fate had in store for her. She was shown her room, dumping her things by the side, she layed down. She was really exhausted.