JADA'S POV
"One tequila." I say to the bartender my eyes on the stage looking at one particular stripper. Ivy Armstrong. I've had eyes on her for the past twenty hours and nothing has come up.
She's Alexis best friend who started existing six years ago with no criminal records. Not even a speeding ticket.
The bartender calls me for my shot and I take it without any hesitation my eyes on Ivy with her white wig and white lingerie.
She looks like an innocent angel. A huge contrast to the photo that Cole sent me where she was dressed as a devil.
Her eyes meet mine and she gives me a seductive wink and continues dancing eyes on me.
I give her a seductive smile without breaking any eye contact.
After half an hour, she gets off the stage and I follow her until I'm stopped by two bulky men.
"She's with me guys."
Ivy comes and says and they move aside letting me follow her to a room labelled on Sweet Fantasy.
"Sweet Fantasy. That's your name?" I ask my voice low and she turn giving me a smirk before it turns into a grin.
"Yeah. But you can call me whatever you want." She says moving to her vanity as she takes of her ear studs.
"I'll be on point here Ivy. What do you know about the Spiders?" I ask my voice suddenly cold and this makes her turn around facing me.
"That's why you looked familiar." She mumbles making me raise my eyebrows. No one knows me.
"What do you mean by that?" I ask moving closer to her as she stands tall but unsure of whether to move back or not.
"There was this guy asking if I've seen someone who looks just like you. He showed me a picture of you walking next to a boy."
She says but everything she just said is false according to the breaking of her voice and twitching of her left eye. She's anxious.
"That's what that man wanted to know." She says.
"What man?" I ask acting confused.
"The man with a jacket on. Drawn a spider on it's back." She says.
"That's the Spider dude you're talking about I presume?" She asks innocently and I nod. I see her pressing something on her phone in my peripheral view. I move closer to her and whisper.
"Don't do something you'll regret sooner than later. I'll be back and that time I'll want the truth."
I say then turn my back and leave. I walk out and find the bulky men outside as I move past them.
I jog to my motorbike and I roar iys engine before ridinh as I see a man running towards me. I ride to my next target; Linda Williams.
Turns out Linda hasn't used her last name for two years since Jacob died. She's known as Linda Kate. Kate is her middle name.
She's Jayden's younger sister who works as one of the most paid DJ in the state.
Cole gave me her file two days ago. She lives in a quiet street making my motorcycle sound louder than I'm used to.
I park outside of the house that seems to hold a party disturbing the peace of the quiet place.
I look down at my phone memorizing her photo for the last time even though it's stuck in my head.
She has icy blue eyes just like Jayden but brown hair just like Sarah.
She has always been the reserved Williams that people knew nothing about. Started using her middle name -Kate- when something occured to her at school that she had to change schools. I can't believe I was as despicable as those bullies.
A man who looks a year or two younger than me approaches me immediately when I start walking towards Linda's loud house.
"Cool bike. If you're here for the party you need the blue card." That stops me in my tracks. Blue card? I turn to him and he visibly gulps when he looks at my intimidating eyes while raising his hands. "It's just protocol."
"I need to see Linda." I say and he stands straighter looking at me. Head to toe.
"What for? You're not sent by the Williams are you?" He asks and I roll my eyes. Some people shouldn't be told important things.
If I didn't know Linda's connection to the Williams, this dude would have already sold her out.
"No. I just need to talk to her and if I waste any more minute not knowing where she is, I'll break your fingers one by one then start with the toes. How does that sound?"
His eyes widen slightly before he composes himself trying to look brave.
"Who are you..." He starts but he's cut off by a female voice.
"Any problem here Dave?" I turn to find the one and only Linda Kate Williams.
"She's looking for Lin and she's not here." He says and Linda's eyes drift to me.
"Who are you and what do you want from Linda?" She asks.
"We need to talk. Alone." I add already knowing the type of man Dave is. He knows nothing about privacy.
"About what?"
Your brother Jacob." I say making her eyes widen as she looks between Dave and me.
Dave looks at her questionably but she shakes her head no. She follows me to my motorbike away from the noise.
"Who are you?" She asks immediately when we reach the quieter place.
" I'm Jada Costa. I heard that you and Jacob were so close before he died. Did he leave you anything behind?"
I ask getting to the point.
"Something like what?" She asks but I have seen a flicker of emotion pass through her eyes.
Her eyes are just like Jayden's but duller. Her hair seems unruly from all the pins placed on different places.
She seems 5"5 tall making her slightly shorter than me.
"A chain, anything electronic. A car. You know those."
I say and she seems deep in thought. As she touches her blue headphones around her neck. So he got her those.
"And what exactly are you looking for?" She asks pursing her lips and she crosses her arms on her chest.
"I can't tell you anything. I'm just doing this to protect everyone in your family because that's the least I can do." I say sincerely surprising myself.
"Umm. I don't think I can help you." She says turning around. "And tell Sarah if this is some sort of game to her, she should face me on her own." She starts walking.
"Those bastards will come for someone else. Don't you feel any ounce of guilt that this may lead to the destruction of the rest of your family?
You might be away from them but at least you can see them from far. At least you can tell them to rot in hell. But what if they left suddenly?
Leo's gone but who's next?" I say my speech and she looks at me in shock as she slides down to her knees in disbelief.
"Lee's gone? How? When?" She sobs and I look at her shocked. She didn't know? Nobody dared to inform her? "Oh my gosh!"
She sobs placing her hand on her mouth as if coming to a realization.
"That was why Jayjay was here. Oh My God." She lets out a cry making my heart twist. The strong woman I've seen a few minutes ago is gone leaving behind a hurt and broken girl.
"Linda..." I try.
"I'm so stupid. Such a coward. I hid and sent my friends to send him away." She says pulling her hair.
"I need to see him right away. Take me to Jayden. I need to see him now."
She sobs not realizing how she's placing me in a tight spot here. I'm not supposed to see Jayden until I find Leo's killers. Not that I can't but I promised myself that.
"Please take me to my brother." She crys and I nod. 'I'll just leave her and go away unseen.' I decide.
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