When Past & Present Collide: WP&PC by Sarah Hardy Page A

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Chapter Nine
    After news conference

    Jacob
         Ella has been upstairs in her room since she collapsed after the press conference yesterday. We had all been careful not to mention the kidnap or Samuel but we couldn’t protect her from the undeniable questions the hound dogs were going to ask. Even I felt sick to my stomach when they wanted to know why we had been questioned. Didn’t the fuckers realise we have done nothing wrong? Couldn’t they tell by just looking at Ella that she didn’t do this? Fuck, if I ever thought she would have. Shit, I would have strangled her myself. But I know my Ella. She loves Sammy more than life itself.
    Fuck , when they mentioned death, Ella tried to jump out of her chair but her body was too weak, she vomited as she fell to the floor. Some fucking arsehole had the bloody nerve to take her picture.
    Let me tell you now that that camera is no more .
    I grab bed the fucker and smashed it into smithereens. He can try and sue me all he likes; the shit thinks he can threaten me. I heard the police informing anyone if her pictures were to hit the headlines they would be charged, but no matter what, the news conference was live so everyone got a shot at Ella falling to her knees and vomiting. Thank fuck a lot of the news stations have deleted that scene, but there are the odd few that put it on air.
    Fuck , it’s now viral.
    Frank ’s team are working to remove the footage but the greedy fuckers are spreading it like wild fire. It’s hot news. Ella Jamison pukes on TV. What the fuck is funny about that? But some twisted fuckers think it is.
    Mum and dad are finally here though. They rang Ella, I doubt she listened to them but I did hear her say Sammy loves them and they should be here. I’m fucking glad really. Mum’s the best in a crisis, even though this one is wearing thin on them. They are my rock.
    The only thing we can’t grasp yet is why?
    We’ve had no ransom, no anything really so we know it’s not for money. I think the coppers were hoping for that really, but after the first day I think they changed their mind. Whoever took Sammy never knew what we were worth, and now we think they have shit themselves but we still don’t know why or where he is.
    No fucker does.
     
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    Ella
         I could feel my entire body tense up as the anger consumed me. I fucking hated this, I felt vulnerable and fuck, I’ve not felt this vulnerable since Matt threatened me to spy on Jacob’s business.
    Yes , I can imagine what you are thinking.
    Why?
    Well, why is the very question.
    Matt decided I was no longer required as his girl, but he just couldn’t let me walk away so easily. He had wanted revenge on Jacob since university. I never questioned why as I knew I would never get the answer I wanted, but this one revenge was the sequin of our lives.
    We sometimes wonder what path we would follow, but mine was determined for me by one man.
    One man who has destroyed all I have loved and I tell you now if he is behind this then I will get more than revenge , I will seek death.
    I’m a heartless bitch now adays but that is the product of being with a bitter, twisted man. He turned me this way. I never used to be like this when I was younger; I was sweet, innocent and naïve. Now I’m broken, bitter and out for revenge.
    Did I seek revenge on Matthew?
    Fuck yeah I did, but trust me he deserved it.
    I know I never should have spied on Jacob ’s business but trust me, when I met him and fell in love, the guilt sank in and I tried to get out of Matthew’s plans. But he wouldn’t allow it. He’d had me followed and threatened.
    Did I ever consider going to Frank at the time? I thought I was a big girl and could handle it. Heck, not that Frank’s advice was the best. Fuck, that auction got so much bad press I couldn’t believe it. The only good thing was since investing into Stones every fucker loved me. I never wanted that though. I never wanted