Toxic Relationships

Fishy

The word that is printed is the past

...Happy Reading's...

Clara's eyes now turned to look at Jack from the window of her room, she stared at the large wall clock perched above the door. The clock was eight o'clock at night, and nearly seven hours Jack did not leave his house with a car that was still parked neatly like this morning.

Didn't that man eat? Does that guy have no job? Is that guy not tired? Question after question is now lodged in Clara's head. He is so worried about Jack's situation that he refuses to just meet him. Even since his meeting with Jack this morning, the man had not told him anything about his relationship with Mary at all. The man was just apologizing.

Clara's feet now began to step towards a chocolate map that was on her small size mattress, slowly opening the map. There is a paper and some photos given by Chris a few days ago, while he was still being treated in the super boring hospital.

Flashback Chapter 42: REVEAL

“You can open it.” Said the man slowly.

And without asking any more, Clara took out some papers that were inside that map. Clara's face looked surprised. Paper by paper he was now beginning to read carefully, and there were some photos in there. Clara now looked at the paper uneasily, and she now looked at the man who was smiling at her.

“Can I ask you something Clara?”

“From where.. Where'd you get all this?”

Clara asked in a soft voice, she was still staring photo after photo with a look of disbelief. In front of him there is now the results of Shawn Walker's autopsy, there is clearly a bruise on the back of the man's head and a stab wound right in his heart that caused the man to die on the spot.

There are even some photographs of broken glass. Clara remembers Jack stabbing her with an alcohol bottle that he had pinned on Shawn's head. But didn't Jack throw Shawn's body into an accident? Even Clara still vividly remembers how some of Jack's errands that dumped and burned Shawn's car were ransacked. Butwhy? Why does this man before him still have this evidence?

“I'm Chris Willams, there's nothing I can't do.”

Clara could clearly see the man now smiling wryly at her, Clara just stared at him with concern. Who exactly is this guy? Is this guy threatening her?

“What do you want from me?” Hearing Clara's question, Chris smiled wryly.

“So my partner for this one month, then I will not hand over this evidence to the police.” Clara looked at the man in front of her sharply. He had no idea what the motive was behind this man.

“What's the advantage for you?” Clara asked slowly, Chris widened his smile even more.

“I just want Jack not to follow the stock auction in a few weeks, I want to scoop up all the stocks there. I'm a little greedy.” Chris started to chuckle and stared at Clara intensely. While Clara still looked at this man vigilantly.

“Company Jack has nothing to do with me.” Clara said firmly.

“Don't humble yourself Clara, you mean even more than GrantHill to Jack. Don't you want Jack to go to jail, too? We both benefit here."

Clara was now looking the other way, she was biting her lower lip strongly. What's he supposed to do? Jack had not seen her in the past few days. Now he's staring at Chris intensely, however he has to save Jack right?

“Alright, only one month. And I hope you keep your promise.”

“Sure Miss Villegas.”

Clara is now jolted when a voice calls her name, she can see Tiffany is now in front of the door of her room with a confused look. Clara quickly put some paper and photos into the chocolate map. Tiffany doesn't know about Shawn's death, and she hopes that Tiffany won't find out.

“Ohh Tiff, what's up?”

Indeed, since he returned from the hospital, Tiffany more often visit and stay overnight to just accompany him. But he did not expect Tiffany would enter his room without knocking on the door first.

“I saw Jack's car parked out front, did you meet him?”

“No, no, ah I mean yes! yep! I had a chance to meet him this morning.”

Seeing the strange gurgle of Clara, Tiffany began to walk closer to her best friend. Clara quickly hid the chocolate map under her pillow. Clara felt her heart beating.

“What's Chal? You look so agitated. Did Jack hurt you again?”

“No, No Tiff. I'm just, just exhausted these few days."

Tiffany is now sitting on Clara's small-size mattress and looking at her best friend, Clara's face looks paler than usual. Tiffany looked at him with pity, she could not help anything for Clara.

“I hope never to see Jack again Chal, I fear you will be hurt again by him.”

Hearing Tiffany's words, Clara simply fell silent. Now his eyes were staring intensely at Tiffany, as if Jack's words a few hours ago were ringing in his head.

“Tiffany is Chris' accomplice, you don't even know it?”

But Clara quickly shook her head, trying to shake it all off. No, there's no way Tiffany's an accomplice to Chris. Tiffany didn't even know about Shawn's death, if she did, Tiffany would have hated her for indirectly killing her cousin.

“Tiff, can I ask you something?” Clara asked quietly, Tiffany now looked at her best friend with a warm smile.

“Why, why do you hate Jack so much, Tiff?”

Clara's question seemed to make Tiffany flinch. Clara was still staring intensely at her best friend, as if she was clearly scrutinizing every expression Tiffany had on her question.

“Jack hurts you too much Chal. Lookie! Even your bruises have completely disappeared since you haven't seen Jack lately.”

Clara now smiled faintly at Tiffany's reply. Indeed, he should not have doubted Tiffany. Tiffany just wants her happiness, everything must have nothing to do with Jack killing Shawn, especially as Jack said, that Tiffany is an accomplice of Shawn. The man is wrong.

“And also Jack had an affair with Mary behind you Chal, you don't even remember when you went to Jack's office, and found Mary who was having sex with Jack? You should be able to guess why I hate Jack so much."

“Yes, Tiff. You're right.” Clara's smile faded away after hearing Tiffany's words. Now his doubts that had disappeared seemed to even return.

‘Jack making out with Mary? I never even told you all about it, Tiff. But you, know it?'

To be continue...