Ice and Fire novel Chapter 536

After breakfast, Jackson decided to go to the reading room rather than his bedroom.

When he stepped into the reading room, Jackson had no desire to read any of the rows of books lining the shelves, and instead sat down behind the desk, and dialed Mond's phone number.

Mond answered promptly and said,"Hi Jackson! How are you feeling?"

Jackson replied evenly,"Hello Mond. I'm doing okay."

"Sally said a woman took you away. Who was she?" questioned Mond. Everyone seemed to be curious about this mysterious woman. Mond was no exception.

Jackson was suspicious and echoed,"A woman?" It was a puzzle Jackson knew nothing about, and his face scrunched up with a look of bewilderment as he repeated,"A woman?" He tried to remember details, but, he couldn't recall any woman yesterday. Jackson knew only two men who were there, but, even now, he could not remember hearing or seeing a woman.

Mond asked,"You don't remember?" Considering Jackson's lack of memory, and how little he knew, Mond wondered what on earth had occurred yesterday.

Jackson repeated again,"I only remember there were men there."

Speaking bluntly, Mond conveyed what he had been told,"Sally said there was a woman and two men," he continued questioning Jackson,"You really don't know who they are?"

Jackson responded,"No, I don't. The only person I saw when I came to was Derek," Jackson didn't want to discuss this topic anymore. He'd felt strange since yesterday, but he had no interest in investigating the events. He was sick of hearing about it all, and believed everything would revealed on it's own, someday.

Mond felt the same about rehashing the same thing over and over, so he changed the topic,"As long as you're okay, nothing else matters." He felt that he was not so close to Jackson to discuss the event. Knowing Jackson was all right was all he needed to know about yesterday. Mond put on a brave face as though he had no care for Jackson or other things.

The phone was silent as Mond pondered a second and asked,"So, what will you do with Sally?"

Sighing, Jackson shrugged and stated,"I don't know that either." He truly had no idea of how to deal with Sally.

Mond understood Jackson's reasoning to certain degree. Lately, all of Jackson's energy was focused on taking care of Cherry, which was the most important thing to Jackson, but, it left little to no time for Jackson to handle other things.

It struck Mond that he had nothing else on his agenda, so he could easily handle this for Jackson.

"I can deal with Sally for you, if you like. I'll tell her that she needs to leave the city." Mond offered.

"You know, she isn't very easy to handle," Jackson said as he thought, 'I thought I knew her well, but lately, I've learned things I never thought. People change everyday, so it's no surprise that Sally has too."

Mond assured Jackson firmly,"Relax, I can do this." From what he knew of Sally, he was sure that he could compel Sally to leave without an issue.