Broken without you

FIVE

Vanessa sits on her sofa with a glass of wine in her hand, sipping it slowly. Her mind drifts off to the events that happened since she met Jason again.

She had been waiting expectantly for years for his return and when he finally did, she keeps turning him away in a very horrible way.

But it's his fault, eight years of disappearance and he is still poor while his parents are still working for her parents and even begging for a raise in their salary.... That was totally unacceptable!!!

She places the glass of wine on her table and open her bag to bring out some files to work on when a piece of paper drops out.

Picking it up, she opens it and read it out :

Dear Nessa,

I have to tell you something really important. I want you to meet me at our favorite spot tomorrow evening by five.

Jason xx

Vanessa sighs. 'can't he just give up?' she thought as she sips her wine again. Then, she smiles wickedly.

*****

Jason comes to work the next morning with a swollen cheek. Olivia is very mad at him. Wayne couldn't stop laughing.

"I thought you said you'll put the ice yourself." she said, folding her arms and c*****g her eyebrows at him. Jason just scratched his hair like a kid being scolded.

"I dozed off. And besides it's just a bit swollen." he reply.

"It's just a bit swollen my ass." she says amidst laughter before leaving to attend to a customer.

"Why don't you just leave her alone. She doesn't want to be close to you." Wayne says to him.

"I can't just leave her alone after everything we've been through together as kids. I love her, right from childhood."

"You're out of your mind, Jason. Can't you see she doesn't even like you? Socialites like her only looks down on the middle class like us, If you continue to pester her, you'll end up in trouble." Wayne says.

"I'm not pestering her. Am just trying to gain her attention again." Jason defends himself. Olivia comes in and looks at him warningly.

"Okay, okay, just this once. If she rejects me then I'll leave her alone." he wasn't going to give up his love for her without at least fighting for it.

The day goes by so quickly and Jason dressed up to meet Vanessa and try one more time. He is really hoping that she will change her mind. Olivia hands him a perfume.

" I don't want you to smell like rotten eggs in front of her." she said, spraying it on his body. They both chuckle.

"Thanks Vy, you're the best." he appreciates.

"Look Jason, you made a promise to me this morning. Don't forget it." Olivia said to him. Her voice sounding a bit worried as if she knew something bad was about to happen to him.

Jason nods. "I promise, Vy." pecking her cheek, he says. "I gotta go, bye."

"Bye, take care and be careful."

*****

Jason arrives at their favorite spot, where they spent a lot of their time together as kids and teenagers. The place never changed a bit. On the bench is Vanessa who is busy pressing her phone seriously.

When he gets closer to her, he clears his throat to get her attention. Vanessa turns to look at him. He smiles but she does not smile back.

"What did you want to say, Jason?." she said bluntly and harshly.

Jason clears his throat again. "I wanted to really apologize again for hurting your feelings."

Vanessa c***s her eyebrows at him. "Is that all?." she asked with sarcasm.

"And I wanted to say that I love you. Ever since our childhood and I know you love me too. Just that our status are a little different."

Vanessa scoffs. "Haa, love? Did you just say love? Well, it's a good thing you remembered that our status are different but love.... That can never happen. And for pestering me...." she dials a number and spoke when the other line picked up. "He's here."

"Nessa, what's going on?" Jason asked, confused.

Suddenly, the cops come out of nowhere and handcuffs him. Vanessa smirks at him.

"I promised you that if you pestered me again, you'll spend a night in jail. Congratulations, your dreams came true and don't worry, it's only for tonight. And I hope it will be the last time you will pester me if not, I'll make sure you stay in jail forever. "

With that, she puts her sunglasses on and say to one of the cops." And give him the surprise package too. "

" Yes ma'am. "he nods.

" Wait! No! Vanessa! Don't do this to me! "Jason screams as he is dragged away by the cops.

At the police station, he was given the beating of his life. That's the surprise package for him.