Back home, Maka didn’t waste anymore time before logging on to herputer to find what she could about Eric. At least, she had learnt that he was a billionaire and that would just make her search much more easier. What she wasn’t expecting was for several topics about his promiscuity and womanizing traits to appear.


    Apparently, Eric Carter was a billionaire. He wasn’t really known but yet, there was still something. Asides being a womanizer, a blog post reported on his arrant temper and how he seemed to always re up at the slightest provocation. There weren’t many details about the type of business he did which left Sarah a bit confused.


    Asides that, Maka couldn’t ce the Eric she saw today with the character the inte painted him as. To her, they were twopletely different entities that just seemed so different there weren’t even any simrity.


    ”Hey honey.”


    Maka looked up and discovered it was her mother. She looked so tired from thest time she saw her yesterday.


    ”Hey Mom.” Maka smiled.


    Erica ke was 47 and Maka just looked like her. She was an older and chubbier version of Maka and even when they walked along the street just before everything came crashing down, people knew that they were rted.


    Her blond locks which now had some gray undertones were packed to the side to give way for her smooth but slightly wrinkled skin.


    Erica Thompson had no husband and she had single handedly trained Maka since he died. Most people didn’t know about it but Erica had killed her husband and gone to jail for it ten years ago. Carl was an abusive husband and father to them and one day, Erica just snapped, having enough of everything.


    She had gone to jail for it ten years ago and those ten years were the hardest for the both of them. Due to this, their rtionship was somewhat strained but yet, they still tried to make out time for each other.


    ”Good morning Mom. Did you sleep well?” Maka asked.


    Just like her, Erica had recurring nightmares which were mostly centered on her time in jail and the horrors she had faced with Carl. Maka could barely remember some of it since she was little then but one still stood out in her mind.


    It was a memory of her father, hitting her mother’s head on the wall repeatedly while Maka watched in abject horror. She remembered the amount of blood that flowed from her mother’s head and at that moment, she wondered if her beloved mother would die.


    The only thing that saved her was when their next door neighbor came bounding in with a gun. He threatened to shoot Carl’s head off and that was the only reason he released her mother. She was rushed to the hospital and the doctor had said that she only survived by a hair’s breadth.


    It was a memory Maka would never forget. Her past was haunted, filled with all the pain she couldn’t voice out and she knew it would take a really long time before she could snap out of it.


    ”Stop thinking darling.” her mother said.


    ”Sorry, I tend to do that a lot.” Maka smiled.


    She had a sense of deja vu at that moment because she had said something along that line to Mark a few hours ago.


    ”So where did you run off to this morning?” he asked.


    ”So you knew i went out?” Maka chuckled.


    ”Of course I knew. What kind of a mother would i be if i’m not conscious of what goes around in our house” Erica chuckled.


    Her thin frame shook slightly and Maka knew she was under a lot of stress. What she faced wasn’t going to leave her anytime soon and it would only take the best of a therapist before she could find any semnce of peace.


    ”I went to see a client” Maka said.


    She told her mother all about Mark and from the look on her mother’s face, she didn’t like what she was hearing.


    ”To me, he doesn’t look like a good person. That’s the way all these billionaires behave. They behave like they own the whole world and no one has any right to talk to them” Erica hissed.


    ”To me mom, he seems like a nice guy. I guess the inte just doesn’t like him” Maka said.


    ”Whatever. I want you to stay away from him okay?” she said.


    Maka was tempted to tell her about the coffee date she had with him but she remained quiet. It was no use.


    ”Okay Mom” Maka said, finally.


    Erica smiled, moving out of her room. Just then, Maka’s phone gave a light beep, indicating she had a call. The caller ID showed it was Jason calling. Maka hadn’t heard from in for a while and she was quite worried that something might have happened.


    “Hey love.” Maka smiled.


    “My baby, I hope you’re doing alright?” Jason asked.


    “I am. What’s up with you? I haven’t spoken to you for a while.” Maka whined.


    In reality, it was only a few hours but as the clinging girlfriend she was, she missed him every minute that passed.


    “Maka, it’s only been a few hours but I know you’ve missed me.” Jason chuckled.


    “Badly.” Maka smiled.


    He remained quiet for a while and Maka knew there was something going on with him. Jason hardly stayed quiet especially when he was talking to her. This was odd and she was determined to find out what was wrong.


    “Jason, talk to me. What’s wrong? There’s something bothering you and don’t even lie to me.” Maka sighed.


    “Would it surprise you if I told you that I know Eric?” Jason said.


    For several minutes, Maka remained quiet. No doubt, she was surprised by Jason’s words. That wasn’t what she expected to hear which just brought rm bells in her head.RêAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only


    “Baby, are you there?” Jason said.


    “How?” Maka asked.


    “It’s really a long story but I wouldn’t want to bother you with that. I’ll tell you everything in due time but for now, I need you to stay clear away from him. He’s a bad man Maka, a very bad man indeed.” Jason said.


    Maka’s hands shook lightly upon hearing those words. She was working with with a dangerous man and there was no telling what he’ll do if he discovered that she knew all about him even though she didn’t know the details yet.


    “I’ll stay away from him.” She croaked.


    “Please do until I figure how to get you out of hispany without raising suspicions. But please, don’t let there be any indication that he knows about any of this.” Jason said.


    “Okay.” Maka sighed.


    “I love you baby, never forget that.” Jason said.


    “Love you too.” Maka smiled.


    Jason cut the call but not before informing her he would check on herter in the day. Now, what he had to do was to keep his woman safe and he had every intention of doing that.