A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jacob and Emily left the venue together, and neither of them spoke one word along the way.

When they got to the parking lot, Jacob suddenly grabbed Emily's hand and took her into his car. "Let me drive you back," he said.

"I have a car, and I can drive home by myself," Emily refused, as she still had some misgivings about Jacob's intentions.

Jacob was a dominating man and he could not tolerate being refused by his woman. He fastened the safety belt for her and said, "The road is a little rough. Sit still and don't move."

As soon the words had left his mouth, he locked the car doors.

"You..." Emily said angrily, as she struggled but could not open the car door. She slapped at the window with rage, demanding him to open the door.

Jacob sat in the driver's seat and fastened his seat belt. He looked into her eyes with tenderness and said, "I just want to spend some time with you, Emily."

Suddenly, Emily fell silent. She looked away from Jacob's eyes and wondered what to do next. She couldn't let Jacob drive her home.

For some reason, Emily didn't want him to meet Beryl. Perhaps it was because she thought that since Beryl was Jack's daughter it would be best if Jacob did not find out about her.

Beryl's safety was all that mattered and that was why Emily was afraid of Jacob seeing her.

Emily wasn't willing to leave anything to chance.

All the while, Emily did not know that Jacob, had already seen Beryl with her the other night, and figured out that Beryl was their daughter. More importantly, she did not know that Jacob was happy and excited to know that their child was still alive. If Jack had not meddled and prevented Jacob from finding out about Beryl's real identity, he would have known that Beryl was Emily's daughter a lot sooner.

When Jacob saw Beryl's picture, he remembered that she was the special, little girl he had already met twice just recently. Once, in his heart, where there was only darkness and despair, now was the light of love and hope burning bright as ever.

Nothing in the world could stop him from seeing Beryl. Regardless of whether he knew that she was his daughter or not, their paths were destined to intertwine.

Silence befell the car and made the air unbearable between them. Emily scrambled in her head, trying to come up with a suitable excuse to get away from Jacob, but her mind was all over the place. Stressed, a sudden fit of dizziness overwhelmed her. "Jacob, please slow down. Don't drive so fast, " she insisted.

"Okay," Jacob replied, and cast a short glance at her. "Are you hungry?" he asked.

Emily sensed an oddity in Jacob's facial expression. Perhaps, it was the short flashes of light on his face from the cars that passed by. "What's wrong, are you feeling okay?" she asked, sounding concerned.

and smiled. But before

contorted with confusion. "Jacob, why are

slammed his foot on the brakes, but the speed of his car remained unchanged. "The brakes have failed," he said nervously.

out. Fear had gripped her from all sides. She was too frightened to look out of the car window. Panic-stricken, she whimpered, "What are we going to do now? I don't

tight that his knuckles turned pale. By then, Jacob deeply regretted having brought Emily along in his car. It wouldn't take a world-class detective to figure out that someone had

the car swerved through. Emily had gone completely numb with spine-gripping fear. The car weaved through dangerously, speeding like a

doors. Although, he did not show any signs of fear on his face, his heart was telling a different story. "Check the door and try to open it,"

the car, he wouldn't have cared about death. However, he had already lost

thing she heard was Jacob's hoarse voice, "There are speed bumps coming up in the next crossing. Focus your attention, and when we pass though there, you'll have to jump out of the car. Remember to cover your head with your hands,"

"What about you? I can't leave you

Jacob interrupted, "Get ready!"

my question!" Emily roared out in

second. With a soothing smile on his face, he comforted, "I will be okay. I can get out of the car

but she did not dare to ask him. What would he do if the car had an accident before the gasoline

back end skidded out wildly around the corners. Emily could never leave him like that and

away!" Jacob reminded her

me," Emily

out of time, don't

said. Emily looked him straight in the eye, and said in a loud and assertive tone, "Just

as his sweaty palms desperately struggled

I don't want to hear your excuses!" Emily shrieked,

talking, the car drove past the speed bumps and they had missed the best time to jump out of the car. By then, Emily no longer feared what was going to happen. She looked at Jacob with determination and said, "There must be other speed bumps ahead. We can jump

replied, holding on

thudded furiously, as the car skidded through whipping branches and all sort of things on its way. "It

full of unpleasant surprises.

only did the brakes fail, but the steering wheel had followed

not something he feared. The thought of losing Emily was a punishment far worse than Death or

"Emily!"