A Girl Nobody Wanted

I entered the room, thinking who wants to see me right now. I don’t even know anyone here. A person was sitting on a rotating chair in the room. He had his back turned to my direction, but when he heard I entered the room, he turned to my side. OH MY GOD!!! My heart stopped beating for a second... My feet frozen... Victor McMillertt Ves... tis indeed him... Looking exactly like the matured version of my Jake... Why the hell he wants to meet me? How he knows that someone like me even exists in this world. God! Has he got to kno about my relationship with Jake? Oh, My GodMOh, My GodiOh, My God!Oh, My God! What am I going to do now? Jake was going to tell his dad about us on his birthday, which comes next week. He said that the perfect time to let him know. So what the fu** am I going to do now? What am I supposed to say even? “sarah... his deep voice raised. I totally lost my ability to speak. I was just staring at Jake's dad like I am insane. “Come and sit..” then he said. His voice sounded calm, but there was a clear dominance in it. I walked towards him slowly. There was not even 3 meters distance between us, but I found it super hard to walk even the I sat on the chair he pointed me. The man who is in front of me is not just Jake's dad, but he is the newly elected president of our country too. The most powerful person in the country. Though he looked so much like Jake, his features clearly said that he is a dominant, strict person who values his principles more than anything else. When compared to him, what am I? I am just nothing. I was just looking down, I had no strength to look into his face. “sarah Anderson, I think you know who am I?” he asked. I nodded my head, still looking down. “What you know about me?” then he asked. I lifted my head up and peeped at his face. His eyes were focussed on mine. Those eyes had an unbearable piercing look like he is going to look into my soul through my face. “You are the new president... I said, but even I couldn't hear clearly, what I said. “Is that all you know?” he then asked. God! Why he makes me feel this uncomfortable? Mr. McMiller, for Godsake, I clearly know who you are, and you definitely know that I know who you are. So why make this so uncomfortable? I looked at his face again. His eyes were still focussed on my face, and he is waiting for my answer. “You are Jake's father” I released a sigh and replied. “Why you seem so afraid if you know who am 17” he then asked. Oh, God! What is this? A court hearing? I didn’t say anything. “According to what I found about you, you are a smart, independent girl. I didn't think you will be this afraid in front of m he said coolly. So he has found information about me. What is going to happen now? “Don't be afraid... Look at me..." he then said. Easier to say, Mr. McMiller... However, gathering all my courage, I looked right into his eyes. God! It is so hard to keep looking into these eyes... I feel l I become totally naked, and my body and soul both are fully exposed to him... “You are a simple girl, nothing distinctive...” he said, after looking into my face sharply for a few seconds. “I think my son prefers brain than the look” he then said, sending a shiver down my spine. He knows... He exactly knows. I looked down immediately. “Don’t try to pretend you don’t know what I am talking about, Sarah... That is not the nature of a smart girl,” he said. I don't want to pretend anything. But I was so afraid to talk to Jake's dad. Not because he is the president or a dominant man. I fear him because I respect him as Jake's dad. I am afraid because I don't want to say anything unnecessary and ma a wrong impression on me. I looked up and focussed my eyes on his face. I should keep on looking at his face no matter what he says. I don't want hi to think 1 am a weak girl “I know everything about you two. Until yesterday, I didn’t know anything about you, but now, I know about you even mor than you know about yourself” Mr. McMiller said. Of course, you are the most powerful person in this country. You can do that easily. “I didn't know about you earlier because I didn't want to know. Jake doesn't like me putting a lot of restrictions on his lif He always says he wants to lead his life like a normal youth. So I let him and I trusted him. He kept my trust for all these years he has never lied to me until yesterday." he said. The look on his eyes, God, I don't even have words to explain the disappointment it carried. “Even when he lied to his mom and me yesterday and left home, I let him... I wanted him to have the freedom he wants. & today, I regret I let him have that...” True... I can understand the way you feel, Mr. McMiller. If you didn't let him go, then he would still be safe. I wish I could convert my thoughts into words... “He has cheated me all these years...” he then said. His voice has turned so much. Now he sounds angry. My heart started to ache, after hearing the word “cheated Isn't that word a bit harsh? “I think a smart girl like you can understand that he has put his life into danger because of you,” he said, treating me witt his piercing look. “He has gone to so many places when he is not supposed to go. He has done many stupid things when he knows that the is a risk. He has made himself vulnerable because of you! It is a miracle that he didn't get into this trouble much earlier. * I know, lying to his parents yesterday and go there is not the right thing to do, but Jake's dad is not talking about yesterd: What are the other times he is talking about? I couldn't even understand. I think he understood what I was thinking. He is so good at reading people, I think that's the main reason for his success. “Do you think about going to the 10th floor in your faculty frequently to meet you is a good idea? His security people can’ g0 there, and there are no CCTV cameras as well. Anything could have happened. Also, do you think to go to an abandone building in a dark evening to save you from a set of drunk gangsters, is a wise thing to do? Do you know even going to Luke's house, without letting his security people know is very risky? I don't blame you for those because you don't understand the seriousness of the life threat we have, but he clearly understands all those. His mom has to stay in a wheelchair for her entire life, the risk associate with our lives is that critical, yet he chose to risk his own life just to have fun with you!” I felt downhearted. Jake is stupid to put his life in danger, Mr. McMiller, but he didn’t do those to just have fun with me. Risking his life, most of the time, he just needed to see me and talk with me. I highly doubt you know anything about love atall. “Anyway, Sarah... He was lucky enough not to fall into trouble all those times. But this time, his stubbornness made him fight for his life. Also, I believe this is something you could avoid.” He said, making me shiver again. What is he talking about? Does he know I forced him to go there yesterday? “Don't be confused... I thought you are smart enough to understand who is behind this accident.” he then said. “You mean... Mr. Patterson is behind this accident?” for the first time without asking me to speak, I spoke. I had this doub about Mr. Patterson from the beginning. But with the way Jake's dad talks, I guess he has confirmed it already. “Of course... He told me that by himself.” he replied indifferently. “What he said that by himselfit” I exclaimed. Then what the hell are you doing now, without arresting that a**hole? He tried to kill your own son... I wanted to yell at him. I don't care if you do anything or not, Mr. McMiller, but I am going to ki that a**hole. I won't kill him at once either, he deserves a slow, painful death for what he did to my Jake... “You might think if he accepted he did that, why am I not taking any action against him,” he said calmly. Of course, Sir, think that. Not just me, any sensible person would want to ask that. “I have made a promise..” he said, freeing a sigh... Since I met him, this is the first time I saw sadness and helplessness in his eyes. “I can guess to whom you may have promised, sir... But he tried to kill your son, can you just forget that? Jake is fighting fa his death while the man who tried to kill him is freely walking out there, I don't even know how you stand this crime.” I asked sharply. God knows from where I got that courage to speak up to him. But I truly felt what Mr. McMiller is doing by overlooking thi crime is suck. He is a father. How a father can act like this? I don't think if the same thing happens to Shane, my father would think twice before choking Mr. Patterson to death. He looked at me with surprise in his eyes. Then he chuckled. “Not just smart, a loyal, brave girl too... think I can understand why my son prefers you over all the other girls” then he said with a small smile on his lips... My face turned red, and I looked down... “Anyway, I can’t break the promise I made to my sister. Also, not just Andrew is responsible for what happened to my son. You are equally responsible, Miss Anderson!” He is talking about the offer Mr. Patterson brought me, isn't he? “If you agreed to what he asked, then none of these things would happen,” he said calmly like what he said was extremel logical. I stared at him... “Sarah... I want you to use your brain now, not your heart... Try to understand what I am now going to say." he said, lookin deeply into my eyes. My eyes filled with tears... I think I know what you are going to say, Mr. McMiller... Please, I beg you don't say that... Please don't... “I think you can understand the gap between you and my son. I am capable of giving him anything. Also, with his talents, knowledge, and his look, he can get anything he wants even if he doesn't get anything from me. But you... I think I don't need to talk about it even. You exactly know your status. * Well... I know that. If Jake is the sun who lits up the whole world, I am not even worth to be a tiny star in the same sky. My parents are not wealthy. I am not from a high-class family. Even if I graduate with a first-class and get a good job, I will never be able to match with him. I understand my status very well, but until now, I have never felt so helpless and miserable because of how poor I am... I don't even have words to explain how vulnerable I feel right now. Why God, why you made me this poor and powerless so that I can't be a matching girlfriend to the person I love more than my life. “However, even if we ignore the difference between you two, I can't ignore the threat my son is having. Andrew is not goin to let my son live quietly until he gets what he needs. I can't take any actions against him either. I know you and Jake hav gone to extends that you both feel you can't live without each other. But I think considering all the facts only option we currently have is you leaving my Jake and marry Andrew. * I have heard many things people said to make me feel bad and less of myself... But when we take all those cruel things together, they can't even come closer to what he just said to me. It is not just because he can't break a promise to his dead sister, but he wants to make this an opportunity to remove this poor, low-class girl from his loving son's perfect life. When my mom once said that she wanted to kill me when I was in her womb, but dad didn't let her do that, it made me miserable. The day she said that for the first time was the day I got the first text from Jake. Since then, my life changed so much, and I was really thankful for my parents for allowing me to live because I could have someone amazing like Jake in my life. But at this moment, I really hope my parents dared to remove me from my mom's womb... If they did that, everyo would be happy, and there will be no “I” to get this heartbroken and fell worthless...

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