"Are you going to die?" Charlotte asked, sniffing as she wiped away his tears.
"Charlotte, I told you a hundred tis already…no. I just... I'm ill, you know." Jas said as she grabbed his hand again.
"But you didn't move all day." She placed her head on Jas' chest. "It's like your heart is still beating, but you're not in your body."
"Charlotte, when people are sick, they rest. And I'm resting now, so please go do whatever you want and let get better." He patted her head, but she didn't answer, she just started crying again.
"But what if—" she sniffled, looking up at Jas. "What if I never see you again?"
What is it with this girl? She just doesn't understand...
"Are you going to do this every ti I feel bad?"
"Yes." She replied instantly, then rested her head against him again.
I feel hot... fuck. If I start sweating, I'm really going to get cold or so shit. He glanced at her again, seeing how she wasn't listening to him at all. Well, I was just like her when Mom got sick, when I was little. Fuck, even if she just got ho late from work, even if it was just a minute I already thought she did or sothing happened to her... How annoying must I have been to Mom? I can't even imagine. I was probably more annoying than Charlotte, that's for sure.
"Tell , what did you do with your grandma and Bella?"
That was the magic question.
In a second, Charlotte sat up, beaming, like all the sadness had vanished.
"We went to Candyland! And then we played in a big playhouse! And after that, we—"
"Slowly, darling." Jas laughed as she spoke so fast she was spitting everywhere. "What is Candyland?"
"It's a big building." she gestured with her hands, "and inside, you can find every candy in the world." She looked up at the light like she was seeing the candies in front of her.
"Oh, really?"
"Yes! And I ate so much candy that I don't even rember what any of it tasted like!" She declared, as if it was so great achievent.
A second ago, she was crying like I was about to die, and now it's like nothing happened...
"And what was the playhouse?"
"It was also a big building, but it had a huge park too! There were slides, ropes, everything, even swimming pools! But we didn't bring any swimsuits with us. So we all played in a ball pit and even threw balls at each other like we were having a snowball fight!" She gestured wildly, showing how she had thrown them.
"Wait... Grandma was in the ball pit too?" Jas asked, trying to picture it.
"Yes!" Charlotte jumped up and down. "Even the guys who ca with us!"
Guys? What guys… No way. Don't tell the bodyguards were actually playing in the ball pit with them…
"You an the bodyguards?" He asked in disbelief.
"Yes! They even picked up and threw in the air with Bella!"
What the fuck. They're supposed to be watching over her, not playing around…
"That's good…" He said with a smile. "And after that, what did you do?"
"I got tired and accidentally fell asleep in Bella's arms. Then I woke up in the car with one of the guards, who told Bella and Grandma went shopping..." She suddenly paused, then looked up at him. "Without ! They left in the car!"
"What did you expect? For them to carry you around?" Jas laughed, amused at how genuinely angry she was.
Well, the answer was obviously yes, but she didn't say it. She just huffed in frustration.
"Then that was it. They ca back, and we ca ho… and found you half dead." She said it so casually. "What were you doing to get this sick?"
Jas was caught off guard by the question. He had already told her a lie earlier, but now he couldn't rember exactly what he had said.
"Uh… just caught sothing, you know. Bacteria are everywhere." He said vaguely, giving her a smile.
Charlotte just stared at him, completely unmoving. She didn't even blink.
"Okie." She finally said and sat back down beside his bed.
Just then, Bella opened the door.
"You're still here, Charlotte?" She asked, stepping inside and petting her head. "Go to grandma, she's baking sothing delicious."
Charlotte didn't need to hear it twice. All her worries about Jas disappeared instantly again, and she sprinted out of the room without a second thought.
"She's going to be an interesting person." Jas said, smiling at Bella.
But she didn't smile back. Her eyes were judging him.
"What?" He asked.
Bella crossed her arms, still looking at him with that sa disappointed expression.
"Oh, nothing really." She said, "But it's kinda strange that I found an empty bottle of whiskey in the living room. And what's even stranger is the sll coming from the sofa cushions… You know, it's a sll I can't quite describe, but I know exactly what it is." She shook her head. "And that white powder I found, just a little bit of it on the rug… it seed so familiar, so I tasted it."
Jas' eyes widened. "You did what?!" His voice shot up. "What if that was… I don't know, so kind of chemical or sothing?"
Bella laughed. "Yeah, it is so kind of chemical. We call it white magic. And that sll? That was green weed. So you and Hector were smoking, sniffing, and drinking alcohol on top of it, am I right?" She stepped closer. "And you're not sick…your body just couldn't process what the fuck was happening. Right?"
For a mont, Jas stayed silent, staring up at the ceiling, avoiding Bella's gaze. "I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Jas, don't play dumb. You two did drugs. I'm not even saying that's wrong…you're a drug lord, after all. But if you're going to do it, at least clean up properly. What if Charlotte accidentally found that white powder on the rug? What if she tasted it? Or worse, sniffed it?" Bella's expression darkened. "She could die within minutes. You need to be careful with this. You have a daughter."
That was true, he hadn't even thought about cleaning up properly, let alone the danger it posed to Charlotte.
"We fucked up… I'm sorry." He said, turning to Bella. Then, with a smirk, he added, "So, you've decided to be a full ti mother instead of my employee?"
Bella blushed slightly. "I'm two in one!" She said before quickly turning to leave the room.
When did my life turn into a romance TV show? Ugh… it's annoying. No, I decided to take Charlotte in, and I love her… and I also feel sothing for Bella. Maybe I should finally tell her and take responsibility for it.
He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
"At least there's peace in the streets." He whispered to himself with a smile.
But he couldn't have been more wrong.
Because sothing big was happening…sowhere else.
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