Chapter 348 - Banned

This synthetic opioid is one of the strongest pain relievers today, yet extremely dangerous when taken frequently or on a high dosage and is also highly addictive. Unfortunately, JK became dependent on it and taking it has become a habit. Even thou his doctor has stopped prescribing the drug to him, he was still able to buy it in the black market. Luckily, he was still alive because this kind of opioid is potentially lethal even in a small dosage.

This type of opioid can be detected in urine for eight to 24 hours, in blood for up to 12 hours, in saliva for one to three days. So, during his regular drug test, his results were always negative because he could just simply abstain for a week. While during a random urine test, if he has just taken this particular opioid within 24 hours, he would just find a way to switch his urine with his manager whom he was sure that is not taking any drugs. His manager would just tolerate him and he was lucky all this time that he wasn't caught.

But unfortunately, the NSC performs a hair test. The kind of opioid that JK is taking can be detected in hair for up to 3 months. So even if it was 3 months or 2 months ago since he last took this opioid, it will stay in his hair and can be detected.

The NSC asked JK for a medical certificate to prove that he is suffering from any severe pain and a prescription of drugs but he cannot show anything.

Eventually, JK was put under NSC's Rehabilitation Program and is subject to further observation and investigation since he has been buying those opioids in the black market. He was also forever banned in any type of racing.

....

A week after JK was sent to the rehabilitation center, J casually talks to Jacob while sitting on a sofa reading a classic novel inside Jacob's office adjacent to their bedroom.

"How did you know that JK is involved in drug abuse?" J asked directly. Even if Jacob didn't say it, she knew that he has something to do with the random test that the NSC conducts at Lotus City Motor Speedway during the meeting.

Jacob was not surprised. "I investigated him." He casually said as he raised his head to look at the direction of J. He was sitting in an armchair while reading and signing documents in his office desk. "You knew? Right?" He then asked as he put down his fountain pen.

J didn't reply so Jacob takes that as a yes. "You were the reason why he suddenly stops racing F1 abroad," Jacob said. He was either asking or confirming a fact that he already knew.

J stared at him and said, "It was not me. It was Lance."

"Lance?" Jacob raised his brow. He stood up from his seat and walk towards J. He sits beside her and turns his body to face her. Their face was just a foot away from each other. He rested his elbow on the back pillow of the sofa while waiting for J's reply.

J closed the book she was reading and turn to face him. She nodded her head started to tell the backstory of Lance and JK. "When we were abroad Lance had a girlfriend. He was truly in love with that girl. Lance is not the type of guy that plays with a girl. He would only commit to a relationship if he was sure that he loves the girl and the girl loves him as well."