Ice and Fire novel Chapter 568

Jackson nodded,"Fine, okay. But start preparing as soon as you can."

Derek joked with Jackson,"I'm the one getting married and I'm not even worried. Why are you anxious about my wedding?"

Jackson ignored Derek's jokes and calmly replied,"You know why. After you get married, Amy will move in with you at the villa. Joe can go to your villa for piano lessons. And Cherry will get to sleep peacefully." He thought that there was no way for Derek to tease him.

Derek gave up. "Forget I mentioned it." He realized he could not win with Jackson.

Derek changed the subject to the real reason he was there. "So, how did it go? You met with them this afternoon, right?"

Jackson massaged his forehead and closed his eyes. He didn't open them when he spoke to Derek. "Jonson kept silent. And Eric said he needed to see the token."

Derek asked,"What did you tell them? The truth? Did you tell them the truth?" He nervously waited for Jackson's answer.

Jackson opened his eyes but kept them on the ceiling. He shook his head. "Not yet. I can't tell them the truth. Not yet."

Derek pressed Jackson with more questions. "How did you deal with Eric then?"

Jackson answered,"I'm more powerful and tougher than him. He'll always listen to me." But Jackson knotted his eyebrows in deep thought. "I'm worried about Bobby. He knows too much about me. And if he stays with Eric, he's gonna be a threat."

"But they're best friends, he'll never betray Eric," Derek reminded Jackson.

Jackson nodded,"I know."

"What are we going to do, Jackson? We can hide today but they'll find out the truth soon enough that the token is missing. And we don't know what Eric will do to us when his patience runs out," Derek reminded Jackson. Derek worried about this the most. If Eric or Jonson made the next step, it would create a scandal in the city. And no one knew what would happen because of it.

"There's only one thing we can do. We need to find that token and ask that guy to keep it. Then we need to force Eric and Jonson to leave," Jackson recounted. It was the only plan and choice they had.

Derek nodded. "Yes, that's our only choice. But how will we find that guy?" They might have a plan already but it just led to more questions for them to answer.

A silent hush went over the two of them in the reading room. Only the faint sounds of a piano playing could be heard.