When Love Breaks by Jack

Gregory’s guilt was palpable, a heavy weight on his shoulders.

“It’s my fault, I admit it.”

“Now you decide to admit it?”

Gregory hobbled back to his hospital room, his forehead beading with cold sweat with every step he took. The sweat seeped through his bandages, turning his lips a ghostly shade of white from the pain. Dailey trailed behind him, “I’ll find her, Gregory. And I’ll bring her back safe and sound. You need to stay put though; with that wound, any infection could be serious, you might even die.”

But Gregory was hardly listening. He paced the room once before asking, “Where’s my phone?”

Knowing how stubborn Gregory was, Dailey handed it over without further persuasion.

Gregory immediately dialed Lucius.

Lucius, already feeling culpable for a mishap at the chemical plant, was desperate for a chance to redeem himself.

And now, this.

Mistake upon mistake.

“Gregory,” Lucius answered.

“Any leads?” Gregory’s voice was urgent.

“I’ve checked everything – the hospital’s CCTV footage has been wiped. I’ve checked the highways, the airports, the bus stations. Now I’m heading to the docks,” Lucius reported.

Gregory let out a bitter laugh. The plan was meticulously executed; even the hospital’s surveillance had been tampered with. After the previous incident involving his grandmother, the hospital staff had been replaced, yet the perpetrator found a loophole. This wasn’t something Mark could’ve managed alone.

“Check the ports along the border, especially. Focus on Josiah and Norman,” Gregory instructed.

Josiah and Samuel during their last overseas mission. They were

charge of security at the hotel that had been bombed, and he

even if it kills me, I’ll

who took her,” Gregory revealed, a hint of exhaustion in

stunned. “What

up without repeating himself and started making

in a fine sweat from the pain of his wounds, feeling a mixture of

stop you, but Jane’s going to be heartbroken seeing you like this. Take care of yourself for her

long have

Christine answered truthfully.

taken to the emergency room bleeding, agony flickered in Gregory’s deep eyes. His voice was hoarse as he asked, “Is

taken away by Mark under such circumstances,

worst fears seemingly confirmed. He then asked Ike, “Did you see or

up. “I just saw him take Jane. There was blood

so strong. Please save

worry, more

“Dad!”

tense silence until Ike

its members. You need

…

gloom, the relentless rain

fell, the city was plunged

off from the world in

couldn’t tell the

Mark brought me dinner that I guessed it

you going

wouldn’t even drink water he gave me, let alone eat his

said, “It

hook you