Thanks to Rita, this was the first time Jacob was able to get some sleep in a very long time.
Muddled, he whipped his head around to see where he was. When he finally regained his senses he asked, "David, I'll ask you one more time. Where on earth did you hide Emily?"
The tone of Jacob's voice terrified David. It reminded him of the brutality Jacob had subjected him to. David bit his lip and answered, "I told you. I haven't seen her. She didn't come to us. And look what you've done to me. Do you know how bad it hurts?"
As if he hadn't registered a single thing David had said, Jacob continued, "David, why are you lying to me?"
"No, I'm not. Believe it or not," David answered.
When Rita walked in, guilt appeared in her face, as the first thing that came to her sight was the bandage on Jacob's head. While touching the side of her nose with a finger, she yelled, "What are you two arguing about? This is a hospital. Would you please be quiet and give it a rest?"
When Jacob heard Rita's voice, he turned around to look at her. Jacob's sharp eyes caught Rita's face, rigid with tension, as she looked around the roam, trying to avoid making eye contact with him. Jacob turned grim-faced and asked, "You are her best friend. You know where he is, don't you?"
Suddenly, Jacob stood up and walked towards Rita, with a menacing look in his eyes.
Without hesitation, David rushed over and stood in between Jacob and Rita. "Jacob, what do you think you're doing? Have you gone mad?" he screamed at Jacob.
"If none of you will tell me where she is, I will search every corner of this city even if I have turn every place upside down," Jacob answered.
Rita, standing behind David, said to herself, 'Go ahead! Dig into the ground if you must. No matter how deep you dig, you will never find Emily.'
Meanwhile, Sam and the others came as soon as they found out that Jacob was awake. "Mr. Jacob, we've searched the entire city, but there's no sign of Miss Emily anywhere. I'm afraid she may have left the city, before we got here," Sam reported.
Disheartened, Jacob lowered his head and frowned. He didn't care whether Sam had guessed it right or not, but the thought of Emily running away from him just before he could get to her, broke his heart to pieces.
So close! He was so close to getting Emily back!
The moment Jacob called David, Emily already knew that Jacob had found her.
Jacob turned around to glare at David with his angry eyes. Jacob's lethal stare felt painful and piercing, as if his glare was tearing David's heart apart with a blinding teal light.
"Clam down, Jacob!" David insisted.
"You think you're helping her by hiding her from me?" he asked David.
Jacob gritted his teeth so hard, it seemed like the veins were going to pop out of his head. He snarled, "She will die! And you, both of you, will be responsible for her death!"
"What the hell are you talking about?" asked David. Stunned, Rita's heart hammered erratically. She was so nervous that she suddenly lost control of herself, "Jacob, what do you mean?"
Even the slightest doubt Jacob may have had before was now erased by the way Rita just reacted.
Jacob sneered and his face contorted with the venomous outburst, as he tried to suppress his anger from killing the both of them on the spot. "She can't have this baby! It's too dangerous for her. If she forces herself with the delivery, she will die!" he explained
"Is that why you wanted her to give up this child?" asked Rita, still doubting Jacob. She bit her lips and said, "I don't believe you! You don't want this baby just because this baby is not yours."
Before Rita could finish, Jacob wrapped his fingers around her throat and choked her!
"Stupid woman!" roared Jacob.
"Stop it, asshole!" screamed David. David was infuriated with Jacob's actions. Within one second, he swooped over and took Jacob down. He shouted, "Raising your hand to a woman? You really have no principles. Come at my first, you bastard!"
Rita covered her neck and coughed with her face reddened.
Finally, Sam reacted and came in to separate Jacob and David, but it didn't work. Instead, he received a few punches to his face.
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