CHAPTER 36: RYAN
"she what?" I gritted out which made Isabelle step back.
"She came here to talk to you." Isabelle said as she swallowed
"Where the hell is she then?"
"She was trying to find you-"
"Why did you let her go on her own?"
"I-im sorry, sir-"
I walked away before Isabelle could apologize.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ.
I couldn't answer properly. If I did, I had to tell her the truth. And she will hate me.
๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.
She doesn't hate me. She's hurt.
I looked around the banquet trying to find Rose. Even in a big crowd, I can easily spot her but when I couldn't, an ache started forming in my chest.
"Where are you?" I muttered as I took out my phone.
๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ
Shit.
I clicked on the recent voicemail of hers and placed the phone by my ear.
"๐๐บ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ."
Tell me what? What the hell was so important that she had to come here?
I tried calling her back but she didn't answer. I started looking around again then my phone rang.
I quickly took it out only to see Finn's ID.
I picked it up.
"What?"
"Did you meet Rose?" Finn said over the phone
"How do you know she's here?"
He didn't answer.
"Finn. How do you know she's here?"
"Um, she made me tell her the location of where you are."
I clutched my phone tighter "and you did?"
"She sounded worried-"
"Finn, there's a reason, I didn't tell her where I am."
"Okay, what the hell is that reason?"
I sighed "John is Jack's murderer."
The line fell silent before Finn muttered "that fucking bastard."
๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ.
Fear grew inside me as I looked around the crowd to find John but didn't find him.
"Finn, I need to go. Rose's in trouble." I hung up before Finn could question me.
I ran towards the entrance of the banquet to talk to the security guard.
"Mr Hartford-"
"My wife. She came here. Did she leave?" I asked, pushing aside all the formalities.
"Y-yes."
"With who?"
"Um, I think Mr John."
The security guard swallowed as I glared at him "did you ask for me when he was taking her?"
He shook his head "he said you had allowed her and Ms Rose agreed."
I didn't waste my time beating the shit out of him- as much as I wanted to- I walked out of the entrance to go to my car but stopped when I spotted Rose's car.
I rushed to her car to find her door unlocked. I opened it to find her car keys and phone
"Shit"
I shut the door of her car and took out my phone to call Finn.
As soon as he picked up, I said "track down John. If he lays a finger on my wife, I will fucking kill him."