Chapter 315 - Forgiveness

Jake woke up see Grace wiping Jade's body with a towel and immediately he stepped down from the couch and walked up to her, "Mother let me." He said stretching his hand to take the towel from her. Grace hesistated a little, she looked at his face which looked dull, he hadn't had much rest since yesterday day, he had stayed up all night at Jade's side refusing to let go of her hand till Grace coerced him to lie down on the sofa at the early hours of the morning.

"Are you sure? You should rest more." She told him but Jake smiled and shook his head and collected the towel from her hand. "You should go home and rest, and Kevin too."

"But I can't just leave–"

"I can take care of her." Jake assured her while Grace sighed. She looked at Jade and her eyes teared up.

"She shouldn't be in this state at all. She look so peaceful like this and it scares me my baby might never wake up." She said as she caressed Jade's cheek withher hand, a tear dropping out of her eyes. She was yet to come to terms with her daughter's condition. It felt like a dream, a nightmare and she was hoping that she'd wake up soon to see her baby girl smiling at her again. And what really vexed her more was that she was in this condition because of that Cale. She had warned her daughter about that man, if only she had listened to her and left him at the very beginning. She sighed out loud. Now wasn't a time to ponder on things that could be, but rather it was time to pray for her to wake up soon.

Grace sniffed and wiped her tears, when she looked at Jake she saw the sad look on his face as he also stared at Jade. Placing a hand on his shoulders she comforted him, "She'll be fine. She'll come back to us. Jade is a very strong girl and she loves us and for our sake she'll be fine." Jake slowly nodded his head.

Grace removed her hand from his shoulder and grabbed his hand making Jake to look at her inquisitively.

Grace drew in deep breaths before opening her mouth to speak up, "Jake I want to thank you for saving Jade, for being there for her and for loving her. I know I haven't said this before, but I'm happy she has you in her life and I hope when she wakes up, you and her can have all the happiness you both deserve."

Jake didn't know what to say to her, so he just nodded her and replied, "Thank you."

Grace hugged him and gently patted his back like a mother would. Her actions made Jake remember his mother. She was just as good as Grace. He missed her alot.

Grace beckoned on Kevin who had been gazing at his sister since he woke and even last night, so they could go home and freshen up, then bring food for Jake.

Kevin stood up from where he was seating and walked closer to Jade. He bent down to her level, and kissed her cheek but not before saying, "Sister Jade wake up soon okay. I promise not to fight you or quarrel with you anymore." He said in a very emotional voice. He missed her already.

Grace walked to his side and ruffled his hair, "Don't worry she'll be up soon" She told him while Kevin nodded. They said their goodbye and left leaving Jake to cater for Jade.

"Babe you heard them right. You have to wake up soon, if not for anyone else but for me."

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Amy couldn't stop looking at Mason and Ethan, most especially Mason...no Ethan. As a matter of fact she couldn't stop looking at the two of them, but for different reasons.

She couldn't stop looking at Ethan because she couldn't believe what she had seen. He was ga..... She couldn't say it out. She wasn't discriminating she was just too shocked.

And she couldn't stop looking at Mason, it was as if Micheal was standing right in front of her. But then she knew it wasn't Micheal. Micheal was dead.

Amy felt tears stinging her eyes once more. She still couldn't believe Micheal was gone just like that. He died for no just cause but out of her mother's cruelty. He was the first man she had loved and when he broke up with her it broke her heart because the hurtful things he had said to her were demoralizing but who knew that her mother was behind it all. It felt like those words had come out of her mother's mouth. How could she be so cruel to her? Amy couldn't even imagine how much Micheal had suffered, he must have been heart broken just like her. He had even died alone.

Amy lowered her eyes and looked away from Mason. She felt so guilty towards him, and also towards Ethan. He had been shot because of her.

"Hey why are you crying now?" Ethan asked with concern. He tried to move but he couldn't because of the pain.

"I... I'm sor...ry." Amy sobbed.

"Sorry for what?" He asked.

"For everything. For putting you in danger, and for...." She paused as she briefly looked at Mason, "And for bringing pain to you and your family. I'm sorry, I hope you both can forgive me." She cried.

Ethan looked at Mason and asked him to help him up, and Mason did.

He reached for Amy's hand and pulled her close, making her sit on the bed beside him.

"Amy don't feel sorry, none of this was your fault. You're the nicest person I know and even if this had nothing to do with Mason, I'll still jump in and save you. And secondly I should be the one apologizing to you because I wasn't honest to you and I tricked you. So let me apologize to you. Amy Walker, my one and only best friend, I'm sorry for hurting you and for the pains you've passed through and Mason here is no longer angry. Your mom has been arrested and Micheal would get justice, so he's cool, right Mason?" He turned to Mason for confirmation and Amy did the same, while Mason nodded his head.

"Yes." He replied and hesistated for a while before he continued, "And I'm sorry for hurting you. I...I was just angry, and blinded by hatred and my quest for Vengeance. I'm sorry for putting through such horror." He apologized as well.

More tears flowed out of Amy's eyes as she nodded her head, "Thank you" She said appreciatively, feeling the burden on her heart completely disappear.

"Okay, now stop crying or you'll look ugly and I won't be able to tell you what I want to tell you." Ethan said, making Amy to wipe her tears as she sniffled.

"I'm not crying. What do you want to tell me." Amy said as she continued to wipe her tears.

"My secret."