ON MY TERMS

MAX

Five years ago, I lost almost everything. It was heartbreaking that I had just realized how much Jade meant to me when she disappeared with my sons.

For days, I searched desperately for her in San José but could not find a clue. She seemed to have disappeared off the surface of the earth. I had sleepless nights as I worried how she would survive.

After catching that skipper who had stolen her jewelry and pointing a gun at him, he had confessed that he got into her room at night while she was fast asleep and opened her bag.

He had suspected she had more pieces of jewelry with her, considering that she had parted with an expensive one for his payment. He got into the room through a large, secret wooden window and after stealing, he hoped that she would not find out. He would have knocked her unconscious otherwise.

After she left with her two babies, he followed behind her carefully and saw her shop for a few items before booking a room in a hotel. He didn't know if she would still be