Chapter 122 Had She Lost?
Alone in the coldness of her bedroom was Jessica, torn between her wishes and a lifelong debt. She sat down on her bed, knees to her chest with her arms wrapped around them. Her thick duvet was thrown over her body.
Her eyes stared at her lamp but she saw nothing. Staring into the emptiness with her mind running wild, she had been like that for days.
How was she supposed to give up everything just to save Chris and his family from a lifelong debt? It made no sense to her at all. After all, Chris was a very terrible husband. The last thing she would ever do was care or worry about the man that did not even regard her as a human talk less of a wife.
But just because she hated him and they did not treat her like part of the family did not mean she would be exempted when it came to paying the debt.
A long sigh drew from her mouth where she was seated and she felt herself drowning in her thoughts. She had not spoken with any one since she got back from the meeting with Romeo and his family so she had not told them about the conditions given to her.
Although she had purposely been avoiding them because she did not want to tell them, knowing well what they would choose. As long as she was the only one getting kicked out, the Knowles family would choose it over and over again.
She sighed yet again, staring into nothingness. Her thoughts had taken up the whole of her mind, but her stomach was empty and it had no intention of keeping quiet about that. It made its discomfort known by growling softly.
She woke up from her thoughts and rubbed her stomach. She was hungry. It was late in the night so everyone ought to be asleep by now.
So she climbed out of her bed and went outside of her bedroom for the first time that day.
The passage was calm as she stepped into the dimly lit way, she went to her son's bedroom first and took a peek. He was fast asleep.
Without waking him, she slowly closed the door and went down the flight of stairs. Arriving in the living room, her feet froze in place as she saw her mother in law sitting on the couch with her legs crossed and her hand fimly holding the TV remote.
She hoped she had not been spotted and tried to escape by turning around and climbing back up the stairs, but her mother in law's voice caused her to freeze on the spot.
"Why are you awake by this time?" The woman asked her without taking her eyes off of the tv. It was her favorite TV show that was being shown at the moment.
Jessica hissed and cursed inside of her mind but turned back around and stood in place. "I could ask you the same thing. It's late."
Her mother in law chuckled softly and turned off the TV. Getting to her feet with a soft sigh, she walked over towards Jessica and stood in front of her, her arms now crossed beneath her breasts. "What is going on? Why have we not heard anything from the Armani family?" She asked her with a calm expression on her face.
Jessica almost stuttered as she responded. Almost. "I am currently working on something, did I not tell you I would take care of it? You don't have to worry about that. Instead, worry about your little secret that I have in my possession."
"My secret?" Her mother in law, Sarah, asked with an arched brow.
"Yes your secret or have you come to forget about it so quickly?" Jessica asked her. "Sleeping with a boy that is not even as old as your own son. How despicable!"
"Oh that?" Sarah broke out in a soft laughter.
Jessica's grow arched in confusion, what was making the woman laugh when such a big secret was in her hand? Did she not use to fidget at the mention of what she did before now? So why was it making her break out in a laugh?
Sarah's laugh ceased and Jessica questioned her. "Care to explain to me what is so funny?"
"My dear, that secret is no more a threat to me. My husband already knows what i did and we have moved on from it. It is left for you to forget that such thing was ever in your possession, or not. I don't really care." Sarah explained to her.
Jessica's eyes widened in surprise. How did she manage to tell her husband about something so shameful and how did Micheal Knowles come to forgive his wife for something so despicable?
"When? How did you tell him?" She questioned. Shaking her head, she calmed herself. "Never mind, it doesn't even matter to me because it still doesn't change a thing. I still have the sex tape, in case you don't remember, and I can easily post it and destroy your life forever."
Sarah did not seem shaken by her threat at all. Instead, she laughed out loud. "What makes you think that a mere sex tape is enough to destroy my life forever? Sure, things will be shaken up a bit but it will end up to be no more than a controversy because the boy in question as well as I will testify to never having sex with each other and you will be charged to court for defamation of character.
"But all of that is way too stressful for me to go through, which is why, my dear, you do not even have the video anymore."
Jessica blinked, surprise causing her to freeze like a statue. "What?!" She exclaimed in surprise.
Sarah simply smiled and ignored that question. Instead, she said to her, "I got a call from the Armani company, they were asking me about what we decided to do regarding the options that were given to us. I asked them for a recap and they told me everything."
Sarah shook her head softly and let out a soft sigh. "You poor thing, no wonder you have yet to tell us what happened."
Jessica swallowed hard, choking on her saliva. She had never felt any more infuriated than she felt at that moment but all she could do was to stand there and let herself be made into a fool.
"I am going to call for a meeting tomorrow about what we will do regarding the options given to us so you had better confess first to us before I do. And also, prepare yourself to become a measly cashier."
Her horrific cackle rang in Jessica's ears as she walked away from her daughter in-law. Sarah had never felt any more fulfilled.
Jessica wanted to scream. And she did. A loud screech right from the bottom of her heart, burning her soul and making her feel no more than a useless rat in front of a powerful prey.
Tears filled up her eyes where she stood and anger courses through her veins. Was it really over for her?