“Sophie Carter isn’t it?” A deep voice spoke, sending a
chill throughout her body.
Quickly looking up to face whoever had suddenly approached
her table, Sophie took note of his extreme height that would tower above her if
she were standing. This man was dressed in all black to match his dark eyes and
he had a scar running down the side of his cheek. He had a strange aura about
him that instantly made her reach out to clutch Willow close.
They were currently sat in quiet and friendly café that
overlooked the sea, completely minding their own business and taking a step
back from the world. However, this interruption ruined the peace the moment the
man took a seat across the table from them.
As he sat back in the chair and didn’t say anything Sophie
was beginning to panic. She was not sure who this guy was, what he wanted or
what he was doing here, yet she could not find her words to question it.
“Oh good, you found her.” Another voice was heard, yet a
female this time and the woman made herself comfy on the seat beside this
strange guy.
“It doesn’t look like she knows how to speak yet though.”
The guy remarked, suddenly angering Sophie.
She was walked all over daily by a guy who was meant to ‘love’
her; she did not appreciate having that done by a stranger too.
“I know how to speak perfectly well, thank you.”
“Ah great! See, you didn’t give her a chance.” The woman
then grinned, before running a hand through her black hair.
She had striking features, which she enhanced with the
choice of makeup she wore. Her lashes were long, her contoured cheekbones were
unmissable and her red lips would stand out from a mile away. She was gorgeous.
“I’m Jess.” She held her hand out towards Sophie. “And this
is Jay.”
The moment she spoke those words, Sophie felt her heart drop
and she thought she was going to throw up. ‘Jess and Jay’ had been the names
Juliet had told her about the other night. They had been the two people she had
sworn they should fear and stay away from yet here she was, face to face with
them both.
By this point, Sophie was not even going to give them chance
to say another word. Taking hold of Willow, she began pushing herself up from
the table and attempting to charge out of the café. However, the pair clearly
had other plans as Jay stood up to block their way before insisting she sat
back down.
“We just need your attention for a few minutes.” He quipped,
as Sophie fearfully took a seat back down onto the sofa.
By this point Willow was getting extremely agitated as she
was trying to climb off Sophie’s lap and run around. However, not wanting to
create a scene nor wanting either Jess or Jay to touch her, she tried to keep
her daughter close to her body.
“You’re Sophie Carter aren’t you?” Jess asked, with a much
more calming tone than Jay seemed to hold. “…and this is your daughter Willow?”
Although she knew they were not stupid, Sophie felt herself
instantly shaking her head and trying to deny it. She didn’t know what they
wanted but she wanted to get out of here.
“There is no use in denying it darling, we already know.”
Reaching for her phone in her bag, Sophie began frantically trying
to bring up Todd’s number so she could call him. She hoped he would come
running to save them from whatever this was but her trust in him was limited.
“Ah, ah.” Jay’s hand instantly flew out to place over
Sophie’s phone. “This will only take a second.”
“What do you want?” Sophie muttered, letting it go and
pulling her hand back. “You’re scaring my daughter; can you please just let me
go?”
Glimpsing to Willow and then to Sophie, Jay held the most
cunning smile across his face. He was trying to be intimidating and it was definitely
working.
“We want to know where Todd is.”
“I don’t know where he is.”
“Don’t lie to us.” Jay demanded as his hand slammed against
the table causing the contents on it to shake.
The loud noise caused Willow to jump before clinging onto
Sophie as she started to cry. They were causing a scene and people were
beginning to stare. She wanted to shout out for help, to let people know she
was in an unwanted situation however; she wasn’t sure how Jess and Jay would
react.
“I promise you. He never tells me anything.”
“But you do live with him…” Jess insisted. “…so tell us
where that is.”
Taking a deep breath, Sophie then began shaking her head.
Juliet had made it pretty clear that these two people were
not to be trusted therefore, she knew that Todd wouldn’t appreciate her telling
them the truth. She wasn’t sure what mess he had got himself into but she didn’t
want to rile him up more or put him in danger.
“Just tell us where you live or I can’t promise that you or
your daughter won’t get hurt.” Jay added, not holding as much patience as Jess
and getting increasingly aggravated.
“You can’t…”
“Hurt Willow?” He looked to the blonde girl who had her head
buried into Sophie’s chest. “It’s either her or Todd. That’s your choice.”
There was no question in Sophie’s mind on what option she
would pick, it did not even need a second to be debated. Therefore, she didn’t
waste any time in giving out the address to their home and knowing it was
exactly where Todd was now.
She knew she’d have to text him to give him a heads up but
she was terrified of the response she was going to get. However, with the
situation she had been placed in, that was the last of Sophie’s worries.
“Good. That wasn’t difficult now was it?” Jay snarled and
placed his hand on Jess’ leg before they both began to stand up.
“Just please promise me you won’t come near my daughter.”
Sophie found herself instantly begging in desperation and fear.
Now that the idea had been planted in her mind, she was
struggling to get it out. She knew Todd’s lifestyle was dangerous and it was
always a risk being with him but it had never caused much threat until now.
“We’ll have no reason to harm her.” Jess spoke and her voice
was much gentler than Jay’s, which was appreciated.
She looked somewhat sorry for Sophie as she sat before them
in complete fear, just wanting to protect her little girl.
“And isn’t it Todd’s job to keep her safe considering it’s
his daughter?” Jay questioned with an implied tone.
Sophie wasn’t sure how well he knew Todd but he clearly had
him figured out all wrong.
“He doesn’t care about her, so please just promise me.”
Shrugging his shoulders, Jay didn’t say a word before
allowing Jess to leave in front of him. His hand scaled down her back as she
let hers travel behind to take his. It hadn’t been obvious at first if they
were an official couple or not but there was a bit more conformation now.
She didn’t know whose these two individuals were or what
they wanted with Todd but they were terrifying and that was enough to start all
the alarm bells ringing.
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