A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jacob opened the door and carried her inside the car. As if finally straightened out his thinking, he said, "I shouldn't bother trying to reason with you, because it is not possible to reason with women. It's just better to solve problems with sex. If it doesn't work once, I will do it twice."

Jacob's huge stature towering over Emily inside the confined space of the car made her feel uneasy. She drew herself back subconsciously and said, "What are you doing?

"I am solving over problems."

"You are crazy! We're inside a car!"

"Would you like to do it outside the car?"

"Jacob!" Emily felt apprehensive and she panicked, "You are going too far. Do you want to force yourself on me like those animals from yesterday?"

"Did you just compare me to those rapists?" Jacob couldn't believe what he had just heard. He pulled Emily into his arms in a crushing embrace and said, "You've gone too far this time!"

Emily's words stabbed Jacob's heart like a sharp sword, and made him tremble with distaste and disappointment.

Jacob pressed his lips to Emily's in retaliation and squeezed her in his arms. "Damn, must I always force you to obey me?"

Emily felt like she was being strangled by a huge python. Gasping for air, she pleaded, "Let me go..."

"I won't."

"I promise I will listen to you..."

"It's too late now."

An air of ambiguity permeated the car. Jacob kissed Emily again and again, but he did not do anything out of the line.

Jacob hadn't forgotten what she had been through just yesterday. He made sure that Emily didn't feel unsafe in his presence.

pulled apart, Emily tidied up her clothes and fixed her hair. Her face

glanced at her beautiful face through rear-view mirror and his eyes grew darker each

of person who would grow apart from Jacob, if he had not been aggressive enough to pursue their relationship. For instance, four years ago, if he had not forced her to stay with him, they

her stay with him by any means

long silence, Emily spoke first, "That woman in the hospital, please give her

a second

years,

was the same person as

of those who had hurt her, he chose to

said nothing more. Out of pity, she didn't hold any grudges against Delores, even though she tried to kill her and said all those

tries to change a person's perspective, sometimes people are

of the window lost in thoughts. Soon she would have to take Beryl back home, because she didn't want to take advantage of Jacob's help and overstay her welcome at

that, then there would be no difference between her and the opportunistic, self-serving women who hung around men for benefit.

avoid becoming that kind of person. She had already made up her mind about keeping a distance between her and

the awkward silence in the

suddenly turned serious, and she couldn't help asking,

turned to her and spoke

eyes widened with surprise.

suffered a miserable fate, she could only blame herself for her misfortunes.

fell upon Emily. Without thinking, Emily knew Leona had got serious wounds, but she still managed

of Leona hiding in some corner of world, secretly spying on her and her daughter, drove shivers down Emily's

look of concern on Emily's face, he softened his tone and said, "Don't worry, I'll have her captured. Anyway, she's already contracted AIDS, she won't live

her head in disappointment. Leona had

done to her, but she never thought of punishing her in

begets good, and evil begets evil" — this old saying

for Leona to meet her

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