Chapter Forty Eight: Who Cares?

Jonah gave it yet another thought, he had really been careful, he was at a safe distance. And he also made sure Eric didn’t know about who he was, matter of fact he would my wben guess Jonah was unto him, it had been the most natural meeting of all times, yet Maxwell seemed to have known.


“Tell me how it happened”


“When you sent me their pictures in the morning, that he came after me, I don’t know how, I am confused and afraid, Maxwell is a terrible person” she trailed off on how she wanted him locked up and how much they have dwelt with him in the passed few months, just one man had made their life a market.



“Jonah, see , we don’t know how much he knows about our findings, I hate myself so much for saying this, but for our safety I want us to fall back, not entirely, let's just stay low for now till he feels we are holing after him,”


“What are you saying Amelia, Maxwell is a psychopath, he would say anything to spark fear in your heart, he stole a fuckin baby, he should be the one to fall back not us” Jonah retorted.



After what had happened today, he was certain he was going to crack this case. Maxwell would be put to shame, and all the stress he had been put through would not be in vain.


“Jonah, listen to me” Amelia placed her hand gently on his shoulder, making him flinch, he was furious already, the thought of it was absurd.


“Amelia, see this from my perspective, we shouldn’t care if he knows. He won’t do anything”


Amelia’s fear was Jonah, she didn’t want him to get hurt, but couldn’t convey it in a way that would make him understand without placing her in a very bad state


“What if he does?, see, our goal here is simple, we find the baby, we give it back to Sarah and—-“


“I saw Sarah today”


“What?”


A long second of silence preceded her question, “I don’t know, but I think Sarah leaves with Eric,”


“How did you know?”



The scene from the last flattered in Jonah’s mind, he had only painted it as fallacy, and some sign of stress, but on his way here that was the only thing that bugged his mind.


If Sarah had anything to do with Eric, then what really happens to the baby, why would Eric Donaldson of all people be playing to the tunes of a wretched man like Maxwell.


“I saw her on the bed in Eric’s house, it was only but a glance, but I knew she was the one, she was sleeping in a room, but then I got distracted, and I couldn’t find her again, not on the bed, not in the house, it was like she wasn’t there and it was only an imagination”


Some part of him told him it was an hallucination, while a bigger part of him urged him to know further, he couldn’t
Just stop half way.


“Maybe it was an hallucination, and it’s because you are hellbent on saving the child which is good, because it was left in our care” Amelia stood up from where she sat,
Then held Jonah by the chin, his warm shiny welcoming eyes held reserved towards Jonah, resistible melting his heart.


Her beauty had him on choke hold, he could not help it.


Over the time he, they have gotten more closer, closer than the relationships between a doctor and a cleaner, but now, it was between friends and hopefully be was going to be an important man in her life, not just anytime of man, he promised himself he would make her happy no matter what , but for now, they had to work together.

Jonah smiles gently back at her, “if that’s what you want then fine, I would fall back, but it won the permernent. We have to keep an eye on Maxwell, he might be the one after us. And not the other way around but I respect your judgement”


“Thank you”


The conversation ended with Jonah and Amelia talking endlessly about random things till he was finally evening , and it was dark. Jonah was set to go home and Amelia hate herself for watching him leave but she could not do anything.


Now Jonah didn’t have those thoughts, he was still bent on finding out why Sarah would be there, she must have run away.


He struck another playful meeting with Eric and was invited over the next morning, on a regular routine.


The next day Jonah joined him for a hike, which both of them did that very morning and soon they were back to the house again, Jonah had an ambition in heart, which were two things, to find out what a man like Eric was found with Maxwell and to clear his hallucination.


Still seated on the couch Eric brought a bowl of chips and dip alongside, while they started talking about the day.


“So Jonah, tell me, what brings you here?”


“Life, women” he mouthed before shoving a handful of chips into his mouth.


“You?”


“Life,pain”


The reasons were instantly alarming, so Jonah buckled up, he wanted to get something out of him no matter how little it was so he persisted.


“The rich barely feel pain, what kind of pain would bring you back to town, a lady broke your heart?”


“I wish” he shoved a handful of chips into his mouth.


“Let’s just say life's a bitch and no matter how fast you are, how rich how healthy, your deeds and past would always catch up to you, either you are alive or dead,” a slight frown settled on his face as he sagged back to the chair, morning made sense anymore.


Jonah sensed a blackmail, but Maxwell wasn’t so rich to blackmail a man like Donald, what could he possibly hold against him.


His mind journeyed far and wide and just when he thought he would never get to the centre of it all, he heard someone’s voice, it was a lady, she giggled, Jonah knew that voice, it belonged to Sarah, and this time around, it wasn’t just in his head, he was sure Eric head it too because both of them were focused on the direction it came from.


“Shit”


He hopped from his couch the began to run towards the direction of the noise, it led to the room he had found her sleeping in the other day and when he got there he saw her in the room.


Horrified by the sight of her he grabbed her by the hand, “what are you doing here Sarah! What do you have to do with Maxwell!” He yelled as he yanked her hands furiously.


“Leave me!,you are hurting me!” He cried out as she tried to pull her hands but Jonah was furious now he wasn’t going to let her go, “talk!”


A hard punch located his cheeks immediately sending him backwards.

“Leave my house now!” Eric said furiously!



Jonah could not comprehend what had happened, Sarah wasn’t supposed to be in the house, Eric wasn’t supposed to know who he was and now everything has been casted out in the open, if Eric didn’t know who he was then he knew now, he wasn’t going to defend himself anymore, he just nodded then left the place.


As soon as he was escorted out of the house he phone began to ring, it was Amelia, he didn’t hesitate to pick up, just to hear her panicking from the other side of the phone.


“Jonah, where are you, please come to my house now, please” the call ended abruptly, jonah could only think of the worst as he ran towards the road to board a cab.