Chapter 26
**** AGNES P. O. V ****
Jason told us to meet him in the living room. Everyone else, especially Clara, looked scared. But I felt fine because I knew he wasn’t going to kill anyone else.
I didn’t tell Tony about Jason’s choice because I wanted to surprise him, too. I’m so glad we won’t have to hurt Melina or make Jason suffer anymore to get free.
“I had a reason for calling you all here.” He said how hard he was trying to be strong. As he talked, I could see weakness in his eyes.
The maids looked at each other and wondered what he was doing. He was, in fact, acting very strange.
“I’m letting you all go today. I’m sorry for everything I’ve done and I’m giving you all your freedom back. I swore I wasn’t myself, that was the bad me.” He said that, and the maids started to whisper.
“Master….” When one of them called, he picked up the phone and shook his head.
“Jason.” He said, and she took a hard swallow.
“Ram… son. If we’ve hurt you in any way, we’re sorry. This is really weird.” The others agreed with what she said.
“He might be planning to kill a lot of people.” One person whispered so that everyone could hear.
“I promise that none of you will get hurt. I’m really sorry for everything I’ve done, and I’ve decided to make up for it by giving you all something.”
“I know you guys don’t have to forgive me, but please try to. If not now, then when? I’m really sorry.” He said it, and I guess this time they paid attention.
“What’s happening?” I smiled and said yes.
“Getting our freedom at last. We’re not making any more plans, Tony. We’re going to start a family. With some of the money from the settlement.” I said happily.
“Hell no.” I heard one of the girls say to Jason after he had said and was about to talk.
“Everybody has a history. You really hurt me, and I thought I was going to die. If God can forgive people who are worse than you, why shouldn’t I? I’m sorry, Jason, and I hope you do well. Thank you for not throwing away my hope.” She said hugging him.
“Wow. She is a very unique person.” I said this as my eyes filled with tears and I saw Jason hug her from the heart.
His eyes were closed, and when he opened them, tears fell.
“Thank you.” He said that he washed his eyes. He gave her a check, and she ran back inside to pack.
Some went up to him, gave him hugs, and talked to him, while others took the money and left in a huff.
“Have you really let me go? Clara asked as she stood just a few inches away from him.
“I have Clara. You can go now.” He also said that he would give her a check.
“Thank you, and I’m glad Melina helped you become who you are now. Don’t ever let her go.” He tried to smile when she told him.
Tony laughed, and when I looked at him, I sighed. When I looked up, almost everyone was gone, even the men.
“Our turn has come.” I said walking up to him.
“Agnes I am…” He said.
I cut him off by saying, “I know.”
“And I am happy seeing you like this. I knew right away that Gracie wasn’t just a toy for you. You did things differently with her.” I told him, and he nodded.
“It no longer matters. She has left.” He told me to give him the check.
“She has left, but not for too long. Jason, she would come back.” I said, and as I walked away, he smiled.
I waited for Tony at a corner. I watched him pull the check away from him without saying anything. I shook my head and let out a loud breath.
“Tony, at least try to show that you care. Can’t you see that he’s broken?” When I asked, he turned away.
“What he did to me doesn’t change because of that.” As we walked to the room, he said it angrily.
“To you? So none of this is about us?” I asked stopping.
“It’s about us, of course.” He said sighing.
“Tony hurt me too, and now he says he’s sorry and is already in pain. You wanted him to go through pain, and now he is. What else do you want?” I asked folding my hand.
“To see how sad he was when his loved ones died.” He said.
“Tony, really? So you still plan on killing Melina?” He smiled when I asked.
“Tony, you must be crazy! She can’t do anything about this. She is no longer in his life.” I said, and he moved toward me.
“Out of his life for a little while. I want it to last forever, so he’ll die of shame.” He said Smiling. He thought it was all still funny, but I no longer found it funny.
“Tony, you know what. I’ve had enough of this Revenge nonsense. You must decide. Me or revenge?” I asked.
“Seriously? You want to take that road?” He asked staring at me.
“Of course. I don’t understand why you like to see other people hurt.” I said.
“It made him happy to see us hurt too.” He said and I nodded.
“He is no longer that person. Choose.” He just looked at me when I said it.
“Fine. I’ll make him pay, and he’ll have to go through pain and never see his family again.” He said walking away.
I had tears in my eyes because I knew I’d just been dumped because of how stupid my revenge plan was.
**** NINA P. O. V ****
As soon as Harrison got off the phone, I got off the Gracie and walked around. I can’t let this chance slip through my hands.
If I don’t stop Harrison from taking her away from this town, I will lose her forever. I need to figure out what to do.
I need her to stay in town until I’ve taken care of her business.
I walked around and thought about what I could do to keep Harrison from going anywhere tomorrow. I was sure that he wouldn’t waste time. I need to move quickly.
I kept walking around, and then a great idea came to me.
“Yes.” I said to myself grinning. Then there was a knock on the door, and I knew it was Harrison. I had to act as if I were still drunk.This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
I messed up my hair and pulled the hand of my blouse down. Then I stumbled up to the done.
When I opened the door, Harrison was standing in front of me, and the woman was standing behind him.
“Hey! Why did you go so quickly? We’re almost going to have sex.” I said, “Jump on him,” and then I looked at Gracie to see what she would do. She kind of looked shocked.
“Gracie, don’t listen to her. She is drunk.” He said helping me inside.
“Gracie, come on in.” He said, and I was very angry. That b*tch shouldn’t be so rude as to put her feet in her.
“No, I’m fine where I am. Just go pack your things, because we should be leaving as soon as possible.” She spoke.
What?? That’s not what we had in mind!! They’re going to leave right away?
That’s not going to happen.
“Harry, my head hurts,” he said. I said this as I held my head and winced.
“Ohh… Gracie give me a minute.” He told me to follow him into the room.
“Okay, I need to lay you down to sleep.” He said he would help me get into bed.
“She said you were going to leave now?” I said still pretending to be drunk.
“We are, yes. We can’t take any chances, because we can’t count on Jason. He could come for her, but I would never let that happen.” He told me to put the duvet over me.
“So you’re just going to leave? Aren’t I also your friend? Harrison, you are the only person I have left in the world.” I said looking at him.
“I know what I’m about to do, and I’m sorry for it.” He said this as he got up and moved toward the door.
“Tomorrow is the funeral for my mother. Please stay here until then. Jason doesn’t know this place, but it’s a good place for Gracie to spend the night.” I said Hoping that he would agree.
He asked, “When did you plan to do that?”
“Since a while ago. I was going to tell you earlier, but I got drunk. Harrison, this is the least you could do for me.” I told him, and he sighed and nodded.
“Okay. But only for tomorrow, I hope you get what I mean.” He said and I nodded.
“I will tell Gracie why.” He said.
“You’ve told her about me, right? Do you mean my mom?” He told me no when I asked.
“Not yet, but I plan to do it soon.” I shook my head when he said that.
“Don’t. I would like to tell her myself.” I told him, and his eyebrows went up.
“Okay. Now is the time to sleep.” He said that he was finally leaving.
*** UNKNOWN PERSON P. O. V ***
“It doesn’t matter to me if he let all the servants go or not. I don’t care if he has feelings right now, but I promise you that I will break him down piece by piece.” I said and he nodded.
“I understand that you are mad and want to get even, and I have nothing against that. But please move slowly. We both had family members die here. He knows a lot.” My little brother told me.
“Now, no longer. Melina Powell, a girl, holds the key to his senses.” I told him that I would show him his profile on my laptop.
“I heard that they broke up. She is no longer important to him.” He said and I smriked.
“We can’t just decide that from here. We can’t know for sure until we know for sure.” I said smiling.
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