Present day... - Her phone started ringing that grating alarm bell ringtone, vibrating like an earthquake on the nightstand. She remembered plugging it in last night, she should've left it to die if she knew someone would call her so early in the morning. Jay peeled herself off her very comfortable cushion which rediate heat in the chilly late autumn weather. Said cushion just happens to be the love of her life's very naked chest, and he grunted in response to her pushing herself off him. Her eyes met his barely opening ones, and she's pretty sure those dark blue eyes are begging her to come back. However, she hates the ringtone, so she shrugged, hopefully he got the message. He got the message, but instead of moving his arms off her and allowing her to reach for the phone, his hand reached for it and roughly pulled off the charger before holding it in front of her face. Her index finger tapped the speaker mode. "Hello?" Jay's sleepy voice said out before she could look at the c
Hua loves her little cousin, she truly does. Jijing 'Jay' is a bright person, both in terms of personality and intelligence. Jay isn't impulsive nor she is careless; even though she's younger than the detective, she's much more patient and considerate when it comes making decisions. Unlike Hua who got into the Police Academy as soon as she got off highschool, only to later on realized that she's into forensics and should've gone to university for it, Jay took her time choosing a major and what she wants to do with her life, then she made a plan, and she followed through with that plan with a beautiful checklist to measure her success. Since Jay is such a rational person when it comes to life, then why is she suddenly saying that she's inviting Hua to dinner with her husband-to-be? Said husband-to-be is her sugar daddy or partner or whatever who picked her up from the cafe the last time the cousins met; why Jay got a sugar daddy in the first place is questionable enough to Hua, but
At 6pm sharp, they arrived at the location which Jay sent them. It's a suburban neigborhood by the beach; as soon as she turned a corner, Hua was greeted by her cousin waving at her from a roof top. Jake's smile worth a million dollars, and he knows it. "YO, A-HUA!" His usual calm voice shouted when Hua parked her car in front of the property. Despite having the title of CEO of a shell company handed to him on silver plater, Jake still dresses like he's a broke college kid, even though he graduated university a few years ago. His long black hair was pulled into a messy ponytail and his peachy pink hoodie has colorful stains of what Hua assume is oil paint. "JinLong!" Hua shouted back. "Get in here!" Jake laughed. "The door's over there!"Kade followed the detective to the front door, and before they could knock, the door was opened, revealing her beloved cousin. The younger woman is dressed in a fluffy white blouse and light gray slacks. Hua assumed this is how her cousin dresses
The café ran out of their signature green tea. Hua took in a deep breath and internally prayed to every deity she knew of for patience. The café's signature green tea is why she's here in the first place. After a minute of consideration, she chose jasmine tea with a set of mixed desserts, and the waitress went off with her order. She doesn't know how her cousin would react to the different flavor of tea, but Hua knows Jay loves the desserts here. She still had ten minutes until their agreed meeting time, so she opened her iPad and started scanning her eyes over a missing person's file. Ryan Issachar Zallik, aged 37 when he went missing five years ago. He was a math teacher at a private boarding school during the time he went missing. Hua's younger cousin, Jay, also attended that boarding school, and after a little more digging, Hua found out that Jay was one of the victim's students in tenth grade.And that is the reason why the young detective arranged this meeting. Maybe her cousin
5 years ago...-Jay redid her tie three times before she's satisfied with how it turned out. It's her first day of high school after all, and everything must be perfect.She looked at the mirror, and her reflection background shows the sterile white room. Her suitcase is laying on the floor in front of her closet and still has clothes inside, and the bathroom is barren of any beauty products except the necessaries such as soap and shampoo. Her textbooks are already nicely arranged on the shelves next to her desk, and that's the only lively thing about her room. Jay just moved into her dorm room yesterday, and she's more than happy to find out that her roommate cancelled last minute, so she has the room all to herself, but she still keeps to her side of the room. The girl decided to pick up her hair brush and went over her brunette bang one last time and tightened her wavy ponytail. Hmm... She needs a haircut soon. Then, her phone rings, so her hand quickly stops the alarm. This ala
"My name is JiJing Devin." Jay introduced herself to the class. "But you can call me Jay.""Devin?" The teacher's voice mumbled. "Sounds familiar." Jay's seat is right in front of his desk, she made sure to choose a seat which will help with her success in buttering up to teachers."You might have met my brother." Jay smiled slightly. "He's in senior year now." "Jake Devin." Mr. Zallik clicked his tongue, his fingers tapping on his chin where his beard seems to be thickest. He's close enough for her to see the timer on his watch, but she didn't mention that. "I see. Next."A girl sitting behind her stood up, she's quite tall. Her bleached hair, which contradicts beautifully with her tanned skin, is neatly tied into a ponytail. Her eyes are a familiar shade of dark blue-almost-black, and Jay immediately recognized it as the same ones as her brother's huge friend whom she bumped into this morning."Elyra Patrikovsky." Her voice is soft but demands attention."Patrikovsky?" The math te
Present Day....-As soon as Jay closed the door of the SUV, she was greeted by a baritone voice."How's your cousin?" The driver asked, his dark blue eyes hidden behind his sunglasses and facing the road, but Jay knows he's looking at her. "She's digging into the case." She flipped her wavy hair over her shoulders before she put on her seat belt. He snorted a little. "I'll get my people on it." She promptly shook her head, and her fingers made their way on to his thigh, tracing over the black gabardine fabric."Don't." She mumbled softly. "Hua needs all the support she can get, Jay. She deserves to be successful, you know. She worked hard to be where she is now, and I don't want her to fail." "And us?" He said back, his eyes wandered to hers as he stopped at a red light.Her fingers gripped on his thigh, and a hot shiver ran down his spine along with a pang of arousal.Another look into her deep brown eyes, and he can already tell what she's thinking."Alright." He licked his low
5 years ago...-There's something strange about her homeroom teacher, Jay just couldn't place a finger on it. She felt it around day two or three, his vibe was... Not so good? Also, he usually smiled more at female students. But, that's pretty normal since the male students in her class are a bit of a rowdy bunch. Well, a few of the boys did manage to come in before the bell rings, only to fall asleep before class even starts. She came to class early on a Friday morning. The first session is biology, a subject which Jay kind of enjoys learning, but not really into it. But, still she opened her textbook and started reading about bones, unlike the boy two seats behind her who came in early only to pass out on his desk. Why do they need to study about bones anyways? Not all of them are gonna grow up to be doctors. Sure, they need the basic knowledge for just-in-case situations, but a ten page lesson with four picture diagrams seems to be a bit of an overkill. "Hi." A blur of ginger