I Swear, Let Me Love You Again

NATHANIEL’S POV:

I watched as Kelvin walked in with a smile on his face holding two boxes of pizza. My heart fell and rather than heading over to greet him or welcome him, I just went into my home office and began to call Jenny repeatedly. I called her for the last time and it rang continuously rather than going straight to voicemail.

“Come on, pick up.” I paced back and forth waiting patiently and through the corner of my eye I saw Kelvin entering the large office which was also a study, containing my old books, college textbooks and educational books on running a company and being the best at my field.

“Hello Nathaniel, what’s up? Is everything alright?” She asked cooly, yet her tone sounded worried once she picked up the goddamn call.

“I’m meant to be asking you that. Are you okay? Where are you? Who are you with?” I bombarded her with questions out of worry but realized it might make her feel some type of way that I was being top protective.

“Nathaniel, I’m a big girl and I know what I’m doing. I’m just going to spend the night at…umm…a hotel. I will be back by tomorrow and tell you about it.” She spoke shakily and I was about to question her further but she spoke again.

“Please.. don’t ask me any other thing. I will be back and I will tell you all about it. I just want to be by myself right now.” I sighed, reverting my attention back to Kelvin who stood by the door listening and staring at me with curiosity.

“Alright…just call me if you need anything. And text me what hotel you’re staying at. I just want you to be safe.” My voice was soft, she simply hummed and in a low breath told me goodnight.

She hung up afterwards and I kept staring at Kelvin intently. He stared right back at me looking puzzled.

“What’s going on with Rachel? And why are you staring at me that way?” He stood straight while towards me and I pursed my lips tucking my phone into my pocket.

“Did you cancel on her?” I questioned with an emotionless expression.

“Cancel what? We were just meant to go see a movie she said she hadn’t seen, it wasn’t too serious. And she was the one who canceled on me.” He shrugged explaining himself while staring right back at me intently.

“Well, I bet she thought it was something serious as she had already told me and asked for MY blessing. Something you couldn’t even do, I mean if it were serious, you could have just told me as we are what you guys would say ‘brothers’.” I spoke and he scoffed, snatching his neck.

“What are you saying dude? We are brothers and Rachel is simply like a sister to me. If she thought it was something different, I will speak to her and clarify it. You need to relax, everything is calm and great. Alright?” He held onto my shoulder giving it a pat but something he was saying just didn’t feel right and his whole demeanor. Maybe it was just the whole entire situation with Jenny, Lydia and Rachel but I was just annoyed.

Without speaking, I just headed back to the living room and took a seat. Kelvin wasn’t too far behind, Jacob and Liam stared at us with curious eyes.

“Bro, if there’s something else you can just say it. Because you’re looking bothered and Liam is it just me or he looks red?” Kelvin spoke playfully, grabbing a slice of pizza.

“Just stay away from my sister. She has already been through a lot, and when the thought of things going further comes to mind, remember we are brothers and it’s right to have respect for one another and the ones we love.” I said and his facial expression became serious.

“I don’t even get what’s going on so I’m not going to say anything.” Liam said, turning his attention back to the television and Jacob did the same. The baseball game had just begun so Jacob and the three of us watched, commenting, drinking and eating.

I had genuinely missed just hanging out with the guys and having fun. Things were just getting better, I glanced at my phone and wondered why I hadn’t gotten any information from the media or the police force.

What if Jenny had escaped? I didn’t want to think about that and the mess that would bring. I had thoughts to call my mum and ask her what’s going on and I feared that her love or would I say her obsession for Jenny would have done something crazy and played accomplice.

I prayed not as no matter how much I hated my mum’s actions, I wouldn’t want her going to jail for anything.

“Nice.” Jacob commented as one of the players hit the ball. Kelvin had been oddly quiet, Liam was now texting on his phone.

I decided to text the chief detective to ask what was going on but the message didn’t even deliver.

“Oh wow … . Yo, Jacob switched the channel to the news. It seems like Jenny got a tip and has escaped.” Liam spoke up and my eyes instantly turned wide.

“WHAT?” Kelvin and I exclaimed in unison and Jacob hastily switched it to the news.

The news lady who was reading from a notepad in the studio with a blue background while seated spoke, “It seems like the suspect, Jennifer Bilsity has escaped as the police force has failed to give any information. From our sources, it was found that it was simply the police force who went for the suspect’s arrest and they seem to have been running in circles giving the suspect enough time to escape.”

“We will provide more information as soon as we get more. I remain Karen Filleigh, DCC news.”

I sucked my teeth sharply, holding the bridge of my nose in irritation. Kelvin looked extremely livid and I was as well.

“What the hell did they mean by running circles? Do they think this is a joke? Did they not get their facts right?” Jacob asked pacing back and forth, most likely calling his wife. At that moment, I was getting more worried than angry.

Who knows where Jenny could be and what she could be possibly planning? And I wondered if Lydia was safe?

As soon as I thought about her safety, I called my security team, sending people to protect her. I couldn’t risk anything happening to her, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org