Chapter 449 - NEGOTIATION: PART III

Out of nowhere, Sam appeared along with a gardener and was carrying a long ladder. 

"Make way my dear princess." Jackie declared as the gardener extended the ladder to Elizabeth's bedroom window. 

Elizabeth looked down at Sam who had changed at all. She couldn't open her mouth to greet her but her tears fell down seeing her. 

Sam notices those tears and says nothing and only smiles back. It was enough for her to see her young miss and seeing her laughing earlier was satisfying already. 

Meanwhile, in Lord Knightly's office. One of the surveillance guard came knocking at his door. 

"Come in." 

"My lord, I have something to report." 

"What is it?"

"Miss Jackie, has..."

Lord Knightley went to check the surveillance himself by accessing it through his computer. He saw his daughter laughing with Jackie's ridiculous humor. Seeing his daughter smiling and shedding such tear make him think. 

"Let it be." 

Sooner or later his daughter will find out about the truth and it is best that she finds out now rather than doing something crazy. 

As Jackie climbed up the ladder with a few snacks she took from the kitchen it didn't take long before she was able to reach Elizabeth's room. 

"Here you go, and that would be 100 dollar including tip." Jackie handed the basket of snacks to Elizabeth as she grabbed it and placed it down to hug Jackie. 

"I miss you too." 

Jackie slowly moved her arms to hug the girl. She tried her best not to cry at all. "Can I go in first, I fear that I might fall any minute." 

"Oh, sorry... Please, come in." 

After she went inside, Jackie went and gave Elizabeth another hug. "It's good to finally see you again." 

"Jackie, I'm sorry, I-"

"It's fine, I know you have your reason but please tell me, what happened?" 

"Jackie, before that, I need to ask you something."

Jackie was hesitant for a moment. She fears that the girl will ask her question which she must not answer, but will be too weak to dare not answer the girl. 

"How long have I been asleep?" 

"Well-" 

"It's fine, we can do it the hard way or the easy way." 

"I mean, girl can you be a bit nice to me for a second. Why is that even important?"

"Jackie, has it been more than a month." 

"Kind of." Jackie answers without revealing the truth. Specifically, she knows that the girl has been in a coma for almost three months. But before that, they don't know at all. 

"That's fine." Elizabeth said as she pondered on things. 'So, that means it's been at least two to three month or more since that day.'

"When was the last time you saw me?" 

"That's easy, when you were in China." 

'So that part of my dream was true. Jackie did go to China as well, which means she must have met Yun Shen as well. Didn't we...'

"Did we last spend time with each other in my private beach house." 

"Huh?" Jackie looked confused and was about to speak when she realized she just stepped on a trap. "Damn it!" 

"Wait, we never went to the beach house?"

Jackie hesitate for a moment. She wonder what would be the best answer without revealing too much of the truth. "We did visit your beach house but that was during college." 

Seeing the girl looked calmer and deep in thought. Jackie was relieved and was able to breath again. 

'So, I never went to the beach house with Yun Shen and his friend. Does that mean...'

"Jackie, did I by chance become an actress?"

"Babes, did you hit or head or something. Of course you did, I mean, have you forgotten you star in a movie with your mom. The movie hit big time and even won an Oscar." 

'So, that part of my dream was true as well. Which just means...' 

"The company I worked for what was its name." 

"Global star, have you forgotten as well?" 

"Was my manager's name Mr. Wang Ji?"

"Uhmm, ye-yes?" Jackie was confused with everything and was taking her time to answer the girl's question. 

Elizabeth has puzzled some of the pieces together. She now realizes that the person in her dream does not exist or does exist but with a different name and appearance. Seeing that part of her life did happen which means some part must really have been a dream. 

"Before I vanish, did I call for you?" 

"Ba-babes, you kind of did." Jackie fears she is about to hit a time bomb any moment now. 

"And, what did I say?"

"We-well, you kind o-of said tha-that you'll..."

"Never mind." Elizabeth answered because she already understood what happened. 

Yun Shen did exist for she now realized the reason why she vanished. The reason why she vanished because she ran away with him but why? Why did she run away with him in the first place. 

"Jackie, when I was acting, did I meet some trouble with the Longs?" 

"The Longs, yeah, you did, I mean, that cheap b*tch continue to harrass you lucky I came if not. That, b*tch should have just died."

"So, what happened to her?" 

"What? Did you really lose your memory as well? Wait, before that, how much of your memory did you lose. Did you lose your memory during our childhood as well? Do you still know my brother's name?" Jackie was like a machine gun asking so many questions at the same time before Elizabeth could even answer. 

"Jackie, calm down, to be honest, my memory of the past is a bit muddle up. I can still recall all my memories back then but the rest muddle up especially by the time I was in China. It seems my memory then has been mixed up." 

Time passes as they continue to discuss what part of her memories have been wrong and added. 

"So, you still remember the jerk then." 

"Ha-ha, strangely, I thought that part was just a dream."

"Well, that part was real but let me ask you one thing. What happened? You call me about Jayden then disappear." 

"Ah-" 

Elizabeth does not recall what happened then. She knew about what happened with Jayden and after that part of her memory is missing or the memory seems to be off. 

"What I recall is I went home." 

"No you didn't, like I said you vanished." 

Jackie consumed the bottle of wine and soon felt tired from all the chattering and drinking. The heavy amount of alcohol has finally hit her system when she said, "Babes, tell me the truth. Did you ran away with a man?"

"Hmm, I guess I did." 

"Oh, then, where is he?"

"That I don't know, since you said, we never met anyone by the name Yun Shen nor did you meet anyone when I was staying in China." 

"Well, I guess you have no choice but to go back to China so you can recover your memory." 

"Well, I don't know about that." 

Elizabeth watches as Jackie continues to drown herself with wine. She couldn't join Jackie since she just recovered but was eating all the different desserts Jackie brought. 

"Jackie, if you were in my situation right now, what would you do?"

"Well, to be honest babes, no matter what I'll say you'll always do the opposite. So, instead, let me tell you what you'll do." She answered as she took in another gulp of wine before continuing what she had to say. "I guess you're planning to return to China. Seeing you haven't asked me for how long you've been missing, you're planning to find out for yourself. Also, you asked me so many questions since trying to find a way for your parents to let you go. Well, what I can tell you is that your grandfather is returning tomorrow to China. So, you better get you *ss up and go to your dad and tell him the truth than hiding everything from him. In the first place, this all started because you kept everything from us. I mean, yes, your dad will be hard on you but at least. Your taking the safe path and at the same time maybe he'll help you find the answers you're looking for." 

Elizabeht stay silent and didn't know what to say. What Jackie said was right but he does not trust her father. She fears once her father get ahold of the person, he might just kill him and get it over with. 

It was already past midnight when Jackie had drifted off to sleep. Elizabeth was by the window gazing at the moon and stars. 

"Guess your right." 

She went to her bedside and grabbed a blanket to cover Jackie. Afterwards, she left her room.... 

It didn't take long before she stood by the old wooden door which was beautifully crafted. She stood there for a moment, took a deep breath and then knocked. 

KNOCK KNOCK