𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁

Chapter 25

March 5th, 2022

3RD PERSON

"Listen me, Sasha," Jaden started as he stood in front of Sasha while she was doing her work, "Gordon and Jimmy are finally out in Michigan and will probably never return here. Jason is 6 feet under the ground or however and wherever they buried him. I got a great plan with my friend, Madeline. You know her from before. So, you are going to bring a paper home, and tell Joseph it's some letter or something, Madeline told me exactly what but I forgot. It will actually be a divorce paper, which will work out, due to help we will get from my friend that is now on Gordon's place. We will make a anonymous report about Joseph being abusive to his wife and kids. The thing is, he won't know you're not his wife anymore. And then, all you gotta do is go to court and admit everything he has done to you and your kids. If any of kids want to participate in court too, it's only gonna be better for everything. And then, he will be locked up for many years, because Linda will charge him for as much as she can. On the paper that he signs, he will sign up that house goes to you, and you will have nothing to worry about."
"That would all be so great if we were in movie, Jaden." Sasha sighed as she looked down, making Jaden grab her shoulders.

"Trust me. Everything is going to go that way. All I need you is to confirm that you are going to tell in court what all has he done. And maybe even talk to your kids if they would feel comfortable sharing their side of the story. If not, it's okay. They're young, and they might not want to do it."
"God, you're so optimistic." Sasha mumbled under her breath as she looked around.

"You gotta learn to watch the positive in every situation. If we didn't, we'd all just be depressed."
"Didn't you say, I quote, 'So, we all are little depressed'?" Sasha tilted her head, making Jaden nod.

"Yeah, but little. We're not too depressed. Just a little." Jaden squeezed his thumb and point finger, in a way of showing that 'little'. Sasha chuckled as she shook her head.

"Hey, head up. Everything is going to go well. If you agree to finally do this and finally accept this 'offer'."
"Okay."
"Okay what? We're gonna do this?" Jaden's face lighted up as he almost jumped up from happiness.

"Yes."
"We're gonna do this?" He asked one more time to confirm as he grabbed Sasha's shoulders.
"Yes." Sasha chuckled, making Jaden pull her in hug.

"Serenity!"
"Jaden!" Serenity mocked as Jaden rushed into store, Sasha following behind him.

"Sasha's gonna do it!"
"You are?!"
"Yes." Sasha laughed slightly at two adults who were basically jumping around the little store.

"Okay, I'll be back very soon." Jaden said as he rushed out of store.

Those news, to him, were worth of celebrating. And what better way to celebrate but get some food and drinks for two women that are working their afternoon shift today.

Once he got all the things he wanted, he drove back to the store and got out of his car.

"Okay, this is for the best news I've heard recently. Thank you Sasha for fixing my day finally. I would stay to celebrate with you, but I have kids to take care of, and currently, my best friend is in my house and he can't stand kids. But, my son loves him so much and is currently trying to get him to play with him, so I have to go there and stop him from breaking my son's heart. Have a great day!" Jaden almost danced back to his car before dialing Madeline's number, leaving two women in shop in shock while they were trying not to laugh.

"God bless that man for what he is doing." Serenity said as she opened the bag of food.

"For buying food?"
"No, I mean that too. But I mainly meant on helping you away from Joseph."
"Yeah."

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"Madi?"
"Hey."
"I got great news!"
"Is Linda pregnant?"
"God, no. Don't talk about that. We aren't even properly dating. But this is more exciting. Sasha said she is going to talk."
"Wait, for real?"
"Yes!"
"That's amazing! Great, those are some great news. We need to get her to meet up with us to talk further into the plan."
"I don't know how much that will work. She always works almost, and when she doesn't she's locked up in house with Joseph."
"Yeah, but I bet that she can ask her boss for like two hours to do something important without Joseph knowing or something."
"I will talk to her. But I can't believe she finally agreed."
"I know. Alright, I'll see you in the morning then?"
"Ugh, I don't know. I agreed on getting breakfast with Linda. But maybe we could all go together, because she is involved in this. We need her opinion too."
"Yeah, okay, if you want to. I'm not going to be a burden. We could just meet up later."
"No, no. We will meet up tomorrow morning, don't worry."
"Okay then, I'll talk to you later, we have some guests over."
"Okay, bye."

Jaden got out of the car and walked to the doors of his house. He opened them, seeing Adam trying to escape from Connor with grossed face, while Connor was laughing and trying catch up to him.

"Hey."
"Jaden! Thanks God my friend! I missed you so bad!" Adam rushed to Jaden, in hopes he would save him from Connor.

"Oh I bet. Hey Connor." Jaden picked up his son, kissing his cheek multiple times.

"Daddy."
"Is Adam mean to you?" Jaden asked as he ran one of his hands through Connor's hair.
"No, we were playing around the whole time."
"Yeah, I totally wasn't running away."
"Yeah." Connor smiled, still oblivious to Adam's words and acts.

"Okay, how about I get you some candies and you quickly finish your homework and then we'll do something before dinner?"
"Okay."

Once Jaden gave Connor his candy, he ran off to his room, leaving Adam and Jaden alone.

"You're so mean to him for no reason. You are going to break his heart. I don't need my son's first heartbreak to be by my best friend when he is 7 years old."
"What can I do when I can't put up with kids?" Adam threw his hands in air, sitting on the couch and bringing his legs on the table.

Jaden walked up, removing Adam's feet from living room table and taking remote from Adam's hand to find something on TV before he would make dinner.

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