30
JAKE
I was consumed with worry.
Being thrown in jail wasn't the best, but knowing that Edith was out there alone with the McCain family hovering over her was unbearable.
Julian assured me he wouldn't take his eyes off her, but I still worried about her.
If something happened to her because of me, I would never forgive myself.
"Your lawyer is here. He wants to see you," a guard warned me, leading me out of the cell.
I followed him and arrived in a room, where I found Edith sitting and waiting for me.
She was pale and tired.
I sat down in front of her.
How I wanted to touch her but it was forbidden.
"Are you crazy?" she exclaimed in a shrill voice.
"Are you all right?", I asked her in turn, but she was unwilling to li
