Chapter 254 - Can't Remember

"Kindof" Jade admitted as she heaved a deep sigh.

"You don't have to be, you'll do great" Sara encouraged her.

"Sure she will" Julius said from behind them. "Coffee for the road?" Julius stretched out a cup of coffee towards Jade. She heaved another sigh as she received. "Thanks, I wonder what I'll do without you" Jade said appreciatively, as she took a quick sip from the coffee.

"Nothing, and that's why you should stay with me forever" He said with a boyish smile.

"Oh please not now. This isn't a time to flirt with her. Just get lost" Sara said rolling her eyes at him. Jade smiled at them before turning back to her desk, she was used to this. She took out the flash from her drawer, and turned back to face the bickering duo. Her eyes met her boss who was walking towards her with a smile on his face.

"Ready to go?" Simon asked.

"Yes sir"

"Then let's hit the road" Simon said in a jocular manner. He was quite fond of Jade, as a matter of fact he was fond of all his team members, that was his sweet nature.

Sara flashed Jade an encouraging smile before waving her off, same as the rest of her team members.

"You don't have to be so nervous. It's a just a mere presentation. See it as one of those seminars you did in school. Just tell them what you know and why they'll lose out if they change their mind and leave this game. You got that?" Simon said as they walked towards the elevator.

"Yes sir" She nodded.

Julius and Jade waited at the elevator lobby for the elevator to arrive, and when it did Jade frowned at the specie standing inside of it. She just had to show her ill-looking face every.

"Goodmorning Mr Simon" Stephanie greeted when she saw Simon standing with Jade.

"Morning, Ms Stephanie" Simon greeted back, stepping into the elevator. Stephanie took a step to the side, her eyes locked on Jade who was about to board the elevator too.

Jade locked gaze with Stephanie who cocked a brow at her in a way that showed she was expecting Jade to say her greetings too, but Jade tore her gaze away from her and stepped into the elevator, completely ignoring her.

Simon noticed the tension between both ladies, must especially Jade. He had seen the way her eyes had changed for a moment there. He didn't say anything and simply shrugged it off his mind.

Women!

Soon the elevator stopped at Stephanie's floor. She took a step closer to Jade and surprisingly leaned closer to Jade's ear.

"Good luck on that presentation, I hope you have fun" She said smilingly.

Jade snapped her head towards her, her eyes narrowed at her as she walked out of the elevator.

"See you around Mr Simon" Stephanie said in a sweet voice as she waved at them. It was a shame she wouldn't be able to attend the meeting. Tsk Tsk.

"Sure" Simon returned her smile. He turned to Jade and he was surprised to see the tight frown sitting between her brows.

"Jade are you okay?" He asked with concern.

Jade nodded her head, "Yes I am" but in reality, she wasn't. Stephanie's attitude had given a sense of foreboding which she didn't like. What was that bi*ch up to now?

Jade tried to calm herself and shrug the unwanted feeling off.

...

Jake impatiently waited for Kyle to start talking. Maybe this was what he needed to figure everything out.

"That morning on our way to the office, Hillary asked to ride with us asking to be dropped off at the spa, can't recall her reason. When we arrived the spa, she persuaded him to walk her in something about flaunting her husband," He paused and sighed.

"I waited in the car, I thought he was supposed to walk her in and return, but then he took longer than expected. He returned in about half an hour, but there was something off about him"

"Something like what?" Jake anxiously asked.

"I can't really say, but he looked disorganized, and there was an earbud on his ear which wasn't there before he entered the spa. I spoke to him but he was a bit unresponsive. He asked me to wait on Hillary and left" Kyle stopped talking and looked at Jake who had an undescribable look on his face.

"That's all? You didn't see him after that?" Jake asked.

"No I didn't. Next time I saw him was...was..when–"

"He caught you fucking his wife" Jake completed his sentence for him. Kyle looked away from Jake's face not wanting see the disgusted look he was shooting at him.

Jake sighed and lolled back on the seat, as he thought about all Kyle had said. If his Father looked out of order when he returned from the spa, then what the hell could have happened to him inside the building?

And did Kyle just mention something about an earpod?

"The earbud you spoke about, what kind was it?" Jake asked suspiciously. His father wasn't the type to use such devices. He has always been against them using earphones while they were younger, complaining about future hearing problems that might result from their usage. So how does a man who hates using such things suddenly have one in his possession in the twinkle of an eye?

"The wireless ones" Kyle replied. A frown appeared between Jake's brows, his father has never been in possession of anything like that. He would know, so would Kyle and Blake, but from what Kyle had said he only had it after returning from the spa. That meant he must have gotten it from inside there.

But why? Why would he have that?

He looked up at Kyle again, "What happened after he left?" He inquired.

"Someone called me in, that my boss' wife was asking for me....it was a staff I think. I followed her to the private room where Hillary was having a massage from a mausses. She asked me to get one too but I refused. She pressed alot about it and I finally agreed. I was directed into another room with another maussess who was already by the door, he sort of looked strange, with weird glasses and hair. He asked me to lie down and he burnt some relaxing incense and began giving me a massage" Kyle explained.

"And what else?" Jake asked irritably. He wasn't interested in all the boring details Kyle had just told him, he wanted something more concrete....something more resolute.

Kyle looked at him directly in the eyes and said, "I don't remember"