Chapter 618 - Stupid (1/2)

At 7:30 in the evening, Sophia and Felix were logged into the video conference, waiting for others. About one minute later, JoAnna and Jeff joined.

”Hi big sis… Hi Felix…”, JoAnna greeted sheepishly while Jeff gave a small nod.

”Will you explain how you got yourself kidnaped?” Sophia asked angrily.

JoAnna knew that this is coming. But still, she was not able to prepare herself… she thought it's a good idea to delay. ”Can we wait for Sarah and Aiden to join before we dig into that? They played a part in that incident as well…”

Sophia scrutinized JoAnna for few seconds before agreeing. ”Fine. Are you guys ready for tomorrow?”

”Yes, yes…” JoAnna happily responded. She was happy that Sophia changed the topic.

Aiden joined.

”Hi everyone…”, Aiden non-enthusiastically waved at the camera.

”Where is Sarah?” JoAnna nervously asked. She was counting on Sarah's support when telling Sophia about kidnapping. Sarah's absence is not a good thing for JoAnna.

”She is sleeping… I think it's better to let her rest.” Aiden responded.

”Oh? How come she is sleeping? Did something happen?”, JoAnna was curious because it's early to sleep. And how Aiden said that it's better to let her sleep, it sounded like there is a deeper meaning behind those words… and she really wanted Sarah to join and help her out in telling Sophia about the kidnaping!

Aiden was not sure how to respond without incriminating himself, so he hesitated.

Sophia caught onto it and responded instead of him. ”She is probably exhausted from all crying.”

”Crying? Why was she crying?” JoAnna asked and that also got Jeff's attention.

”Because Aiden said they should split up.” Sophia didn't hesitate to expose Aiden.

”What?!!”, JoAnna and Jeff exclaimed in unison.

Aiden pinched roof of his nose and closed his eyes. He really didn't want to talk about it. He was blaming himself for hurting Sarah and he knows that no one from four people on the call is willing to give him any words of comfort. Not even his brother. All the scolding looks and harsh words that are coming his way, he deserves it.

”Did you… break up with Sarah?”, JoAnna asked reluctantly.

”No. But I hurt her.”, Aiden admitted.

”Why?”, this question came from Jeff who looked at his brother in disbelief. Jeff remembers watching Aiden and Sarah dance previous evening. They were in love. He could see how much his brother loves Sarah. How is it possible that in less than a day he ended up asking for them to split up? What happened?

Aiden really didn't want to talk about it. Why are these four butting into relationship between Sarah and him? He felt as if they are invading into his heart, and it was uncomfortable. No one other than Sarah gets access to his heart. He decided to talk about files and what they found.

”Earlier today, we analyzed data we found from Enrique's devices…”, Aiden started.

”Who is Enrique?” Sophia interrupted.

”He is the guy who kidnapped me.”, JoAnna responded.