One last time - Chapter 340

Janet and Rocky’s place.

“Babe, will you tell me what is wrong?” When Janet did not say anything, Rocky shook her shoulders. “Jan?”

Coming out of her daze, Janet looked at him. “Sorry, you were saying something?”

“What happened? You seem very lost these days, did something happen?” He had been observing her for quite some time now and it wasn’t hard for him to say that she wasn’t completely fine. Something was troubling her and Rocky had no idea what it was.

“I—It’s nothing, I—” she stopped midway when she received a call. Glancing at the caller ID, she quickly got up. “I’ll be right back.” Without waiting for his reply, she walked out of the room.

Finding her behavior very strange, Rocky tried to stop her but decided not to. Thinking it might be an important call and she needed some private space, he shrugged it off.

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Seven days before the SPIRIT competition.

Kevin and Silvia’s place.

Snuggling in his embrace, Silvia placed her head on his c.h.e.s.t.

Gently c.a.r.e.s.sing her b.a.r.e back, Kevin kissed her forehead and without saying anything, hugged her tightly.

The competition was just seven days and they were still trying to find out many things. Matt, Chris, Rocky and Kevin were working together to sort things out but nothing seemed to work. They were missing something out, something very important but no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t figure it out.

Silvia knew everything that was happening and how hard everyone was working to sort out everything. She knew Kevin was very stressed but he tried very hard not to show it in front of her.

Drawing circles on his c.h.e.s.t, she said, “You have to get dressed.”

“Hmm, let me stay like this for some time.” Pulling her close, he sighed, “It feels nice.”

Just then the doorbell rang making Kevin sigh in dejection. Glancing at the watch, he frowned, “It’s seven in the morning, who is it?”

“Maybe it’s Rocky or Matt, you told me they are coming in the morning yesterday.”

“Yes, I almost forgot.”

“You should go down,” she remarked before sitting up straight. “Ahh.—” she yelped when he pulled her back.

“Where are you going? Why are you leaving me alone early in the morning?” he complained before pinning her down.

Placing her hand on his c.h.e.s.t, she chuckled, “When did I leave you alone? You need to go down so—”

“I never said I am going down.”

“Someone is at the door, either one of us has to go down.”

Kevin sighed and nodded his head. “Alright, I will go.”

Giving him a peck on his lips, she pushed him away. “Why are you being grumpy early in the morning?”

“I can’t even spend some quality time with my wife, it’s so disappointing,” he remarked before getting down from the bed. He then grabbed his t-shirt from the coach before walking out of the room.

…..

Downstairs.

“Did you find out anything about that man?” Kevin inquired. They were still trying to find the identity of the man whom Sabrina had been meeting secretly for quite some time now.

“I am still working on it.” Scrunching his brows, Matt snapped, “Honestly, I don’t know what is happening. I mean, when did it become so difficult for me to find something like this?”

Patting his shoulder, Rocky consoled him. “Don’t stress about it, you are trying your best.”

“Exactly, everyone is working hard but I still feel we are missing out something important,” Kevin frowned.

“I want to tell you both something.” Looking at Rocky, Matt stated, “And I am not saying this to offend you, okay? This is just one of my analyses.”

Pausing for a while, he further explained, “I researched about the past SPIRIT based competitions and I observed something very strange. Out of the many competitions, at least ten times the participants refused to be a part of it. This also includes what Matilda Brown did but Sabrina tricked her to take part. The same thing had happened with others as well.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean—we need to be careful. Silvia had always been away from this, she hasn’t received any training unlike Janet.”

“You mean—”

Cutting Kevin off, Matt explained, “I am not saying Janet will do what Sabrina did but it’s better to be careful.” Looking at Rocky, he added, “When you told me Janet is behaving very strange these days, I had some men follow her. I didn’t want to tell you this but her activities are very suspicious.”

Pinching the bridge of his nose, Rocky sighed. It was true that Janet had been acting very weirdly lately but he believed that there was no way she could do anything like that with Silvia.

“What is wrong with you guys?” Silvia snapped.

“Babe—”

Cutting him off, she added, “How can you even think about it? It’s Janet you guys are talking about, she would never do anything like that.” Looking at Rocky, she sighed, “And I can’t believe even you are being a part of this meaningless conversation.”

“Honey, you are getting it wrong. We are just laying out the possibilities and—”

“Kevin, it’s my best friend you are talking about. No one has the right to judge her this way,” she stated.

“But—”

“Janet would never do that to me or anybody else.” Looking at Kevin, she frowned, “And you know how important Janet is in my life, how can you—” Stopping midway, she sighed and walked away.

…

Brown mansion.

“Let her go.” Looking at her mother with teary eyes, Janet snapped, “Stop, you are hurting her.”

“Oh no honey, this is nowhere near how I am going to hurt her if you don’t do what I ask you to,” Andrew stated before dragging Aurora by her hair near Janet.

“Mom—” she shouted before kneeling on the ground. She helped her loosen the rope around her wrist and removed the handkerchief from her mouth.

Aurora hugged Janet before bursting into tears.

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