Chapter Twenty-Five

"Some men, they beat me up and dropped this letter, telling me to hand it over to you," James said handing a letter in a black envelope.

When I opened the letter it read. "Dear Veronica, you might have to forgive me for what I did to your driver to get your attention, but it's not going to be compared to what I will do to Jake's Dad, Henry Benson, I promise you I will kill him. and won't leave a trace, I can see that now you know the influence I have on the policemen and I cannot be accused. All I need is for you to agree to the marriage and the marriage would be done, if not Henry dies, and if you try to play smart and inform your lover playboy Jake, Henry dies, yours truly, Lincoln Jenkins,"

I knew that I was done for. "Oh my goodness! Henry!" I blurted out. I knew that Jake had lost his Mom and his Dad was the only parent he had.

"What was I going to do?" I muttered to myself. All I knew was that I wasn't going to put Jake into further problems since he was already sacked becau