A Wolf's Purpose

•Chapter 51• Known Caller

"What's wrong, Little One? Did I catch your tongue?" Bill chuckles a little. "I'm just not used to hearing your voice like this." She said, feeling a little scared. Casper looks at her with furrowed eyebrows. "You're not home." Bill says abruptly, "He was supposed to take you home." He added. "He doesn't work for you anymore." But was that really true? She glances up at Casper who looks just as confused as she is. "You don't believe that, do you? That's what he told you?" Bill chuckles darkly, "No one ever stops working for me, Little One." Casper shakes his head a little after hearing Bill's voice coming through the speaker. "I do need you to come here." Jade turns away from Casper to respond to her father. "So you can kill me?" She asks him. "Why would I kill my daughter? The most precious person in this world to me." Bill replied. "You killed mom. And you've threatened to kill me before. And Jack, and Jerry, and Jayden." Jade tried her best to not yell through the phone and get too worked up again. Casper reached out his hand to her but she brushed it away and glared at him. "That was just a little exaggeration, Little One. You know how I get." She could picture his boyish, manipulative smile. Stupid smile. He always had it, only she never realized it was to fool or trick her into doing things for him. "I wouldn't call it that." Jade spits back at him. "Fair enough."

"Why do you suddenly want me with you, Dad? Let me guess, someone saw you and you need me, and my men, to clean up your mess? Stay covered and all that." Bill laughed a little at her. "Your men? I must confess, I'm a little proud of you. Your men. Feel right at home there don't you?" She rolled her eyes at his words and his tone. "Yeah, and I've heard you're not very fond of it. Threatened, was it?" Jade asks. "He told you that too, huh? Oh, he is sneaky, that one. Is he your boyfriend, now, Little one? Since you listen to every word he says. Or are you still hung up on that Greenwood boy? Your mom was the same, you know, going for the forbidden fruit." His words were soft, a little teasing, and was that genuine interest? I don't buy it, she thought to herself. "I'm not talking about Casper. Or mom. What do you want?" She snapped at her father. "I suspect you're with him. Tell the little traitor to bring you, from your little hideout with him to the Greenwood's house. We're having a little family meeting. Doesn't that sound nice? Just like we used to do." The Greenwood's house. "Is Megan there?" She asks him quietly. "She should be any second. She will bring your brothers, no need to worry about them." He answered, "You have two hours." With that Bill ended the phone call. Jade lowered her phone and stood up to take it all in for a second. For all she knew, this was all a trap. He called from Louis' phone, right? Did he have him too?

"Boss-" Jade turns around to look at Casper. "Did you talk to my dad?" She cut him off. She could not bring herself to yell at him. But she felt betrayed. "Boss, I wouldn't-" Jade shakes her head slightly as tears are burning behind her eyes. "I passed out. I was asleep. You could've... very easily." She started. Casper stood up from the bed as well and stood in front of her. "I didn't talk to him. I didn't message him. This wasn't me." He assures her.
"What if you're lying again? What if all this, calling off the search, bringing me here, looking for a cure? What if you were lying about that? About all of it." She could see the light going out in his eyes, though, he tried his best to keep it lid. "I didn't lie. I told you everything. I'm on your side. I wanted you to be safe. Us to be safe. Even if it was for a little while." He tells her, "Jade, you have to believe me. I didn't tell Bill anything." He looked down at her, straight into her eyes. "He knows we are hiding together. No one else knows, Cas." She replied. "I don't know how he found out. But I didn't tell him anything. I promise." He assures her again. He noticed a small drop of blood trailing down her nose. "What does he want?" He asks very calmly as he wipes away the blood. "He told me we have two hours to meet him at the Greenwood's house." She informs him. "We?" Jade nodded her head again. "Do you think he's gonna shoot me?" Casper mutters to her. "I hope you're not going to shoot me," Jade replied.

Casper glared at her. "Sorry." She quickly apologized. Casper's jaw clenched slightly as he lowered his gaze. "What can I do to make you trust me?" He asks her. "I don't know." She answers very quietly. He takes a small step backward but his gaze remains on her. "I brought you here, not because you needed a place to stay, I could've easily brought us to a hotel. Instead, I brought you here into my home. Do you know why? Because I trust you. I trust you and I need you." He says to her. He got closer to her again, but he closed the gap between them this time. "I'll do whatever you want me to do, boss. I just want you to trust me." He spoke in a low tone. "If you want me to drive you, I'll drive you. If you want to stay here, we'll stay here." Jade let out a sigh. She didn't know what to think anymore. She let her eyelids close and rested her head against his chest. He put his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. All of a sudden, she felt so warm from him. His sweater rested against her skin while he hugged her with so much love. "I trust you." She tells him. One of his hands rested on the back of her head as he held her. "Can you take me to my father?" He did not want to.

"We have some time, right?" He questions. He takes a small step back and holds her hands. He backs up to his bed and sits down while pulling her gently towards him. "Is it okay if we... stay here for a little longer?" She stood between his legs and nodded silently. She reached out her hands and placed them on his shoulders. He helped her sit on his lap, which was new to both but did not feel weird. "Is that okay?" He asks her. "Yes," She answers. Casper played with the ends of her hair stained with drops of her blood. "I need to take a shower." She mutters to him. "I kind of don't want you to," Casper admitted. He was scared to death that she would pass out again. "You could join." She teased him. "Don't tempt me." He chuckles. 

"Meg? Meg, we're sorry." Jack knocked on the door again. "We're not trying to keep you from your parents. We just... we don't want Bill to get to you. Jerry has a theory. He wants the whole family. He's not going to do anything if you're not there. This could buy us a little more time to figure things out." He was trying his best to convince her. He rests his head against the door. "Meg, I know you can hear me. Could you... Could you, please, just come out here for a second?" He asks her kindly. She finally opens the door. "It wasn't locked." He shrugs a little. "I wasn't gonna barge in." He tells her. Of course, he wouldn't, she thought. "I need to save them." She tells him. "I know, but they don't want you to leave." He said referring to his brothers. "Jack, please." She started, "You have to help me." She was pleading for him. It took him back to when his brothers and he held her in the cabin to drain her blood and kill her. He sighed and gently shoved her back into the room and got inside himself. He locked the door behind them. "I'll help you if you promise to stay close to me. Alright?" Megan's eyes widened. "You're-" He walked over to the windows. "It's better than you sneaking off by yourself." That was her plan, hadn't he shown up at her door? "How did you-" She tried again. "Why do you think I came up here?" He cut her off. She followed him to the window. "Won't you get in trouble?" She asks him. "You're not seriously asking me that, right?" He replied as he crawled out of the window. He holds out his hand for her to take. "Come on."