Chapter 14

JAKE

As the days go by I have grown much more distant from any human being. I am too afraid to change into a wolf as I have not mastered how to change freely yet. I also do not know how to change back into a human form. I have done a lot of research and I have come across a secret society that seems to be werewolves but the problem is I do not know if it is fake or real.

I would love to be between my own kind of people that this is the life that I'm going to lead from now on. I have had my best detective on the case of finding Madeline but he says that he can not even find a trace of her. He has been giving me updates every day and every time he thinks he got close to her she disappears.

I am starting to lose hope and that I might be stuck like this forever. The final day for me to make a decision whether we should go on a world tour has finally arrived and I have to give an answer to the manager. After another night of exploring my wolf form, I wake up with a text from my manager.

"Jake, you have to give me an answer right now. I can not wait any longer otherwise we will get sued"

I take a deep breath while reading the text and I realized that I have to make it happen somehow. So, I text him back.

"Okay let's do it"

The phone hadn't even had a chance to deliver my message yet when I get one back.

"Thank God! That is great news! I will send you the itinerary and Bruno will come and pick you up the day after tomorrow"

I remember how happy I was to go on a world tour and how I would be able to taste the different types of fans after each show but now I will be happy just to spend time with anyone. I will, of course, not allow myself to get close to anyone.

LAYLA

The day has arrived where I do not get a list on my desk anymore. I am now almost Macy's right-hand man. I go everywhere she goes and sits in every meeting she does. It seems like I have proven myself and sometimes she would say "I do not know what I would do without you"

It feels like I have achieved something in my life. Not only do I have the respect of my fellow employees because I have made it something of a tradition to bring them coffee every day but also because I have a stable job. I never really had something like that as I never really knew what I wanted to do.

But now it seems like I am on the top and I feel satisfied in some way but on the other hand, I feel like I do not belong. It feels like I have reached what I wanted to do and now, I am just living my life. I stand up in the morning, get the coffees, and go to work. Then I go back home, to my lonely apartment with my fancy furniture that I bought with the money that I made from my job, and then I do it all tomorrow again.

I do not really have any friends or any social life except for Laura. Then, of course, there is my brother and my sister-in-law. That is about the size of my friendships. I wish I knew what my goal was in life and where I belong. Maybe if I keep on working I will find what I was looking for.

Then I wake up one morning with a text from Laura.

"Today is the day!"

I quickly send her a text back.

"What is happening today?"

"Today is the day that I'm giving in my resignation"

I gasp loudly as I read her message because I never thought that she would actually do it. I just keep on thinking how great it should be to work for Jake Anderson and now she's quitting.

"I am happy for you. Is that what you want to do?"

"I am very sure I want to do that. I want to go on with my life and see the world. You should quit and come with me"

I laugh out loud when I read her text because she is living in a world where there are no issues with money. If I do not have the job that I have then I can not afford what I have. Pretty soon everything will go back to the way it was before I got this job.

"I'm sure that you are smoking something. I might not come with you but if you are sure you want to do this then I say you go girl!"

Then she sends me a bunch of happy emojis with a message that says wish me luck.

I quickly send her a four-leaf clover emoji. I start to think how it would be to go to Jake Anderson and tell him I'm out. But then again Laura always had a mind of her own. I quickly get into the shower and get ready for work.

JAKE

It is the day before we go on the world tour and I have been preparing myself mentally for handling every hotel room and every fan that will be trying to touch me. Then I get another text from my manager. He has been texting me nonstop since the day that I told him I will go on the world tour and he wanted to come over a few times.

It feels like I am in a vice grip and somebody is tightening its grip every day the closer we get to the world tour.

"I have some bad news buddy"

"Let me hear it"

"Laura just quit"

I honestly do not know what to do because I became so comfortable with her being around and I could even fall asleep sometimes when she's doing my makeup or she knows what kind of clothes I like. So, I didn't really have to say much. Now it means that someone new would come in who I do not know and I do not know how my body would react with them.

Something in my research about my wolf form made me realize if I get too mad I change much quicker. I have also noted if I get too excited, things become a bit more difficult for me.

"What the hell are we going to do now?"

"She said that she didn't want to leave us high and dry so she is suggesting someone in her place. Would you like me to go and look for someone or should we just take the person that she suggests?"

Tomorrow is the world tour and there is no way that we can find someone so quickly. My first shows already the day when we arrive there and I trust Laura's judgment except when she quits like that.

"I guess we do not have time to look for someone else. So, I think we should just go with her suggestion"

"I think you are making the right call, Layla should be just as good as she is"

"I really hope so"