The City Held Its Silence byIrel Knx 49

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49 A new sense of determination

JASMINE’S POV 1

It was early in the evening when I received an update from Mike. He informed that his father was scheduled for surgery on Tuesday afternoon. I was glad to hear that. After the payments I had made that was what I had been waiting to hear.

I doubted I would be able to talk to him on either Monday or Tuesday. Mike was a part–time worker, so his schedule depended on whether he was going to be there when I was on shift. I would have to wait after the surgery before I could talk to Mike.

Tony and I had dinner, cleaned up, and then I took him to bed afterwards. Once I was done for the day I headed to my bedroom. As I got into my sheets I began to go over my plan for the divorce. After my unhinged conversation with Keith earlier today it was all that was on my mind, aside from hoping Mike’s father’s surgery goes well.

My biggest problem would be handling the alimony. In my past life, the divorce set on Keith’s terms had me arranged to receive 200,000 USD a month in alimony. An amount I had very much looked forward to receiving but never did. Of course, Diana had found a way to worm her way into the situation and ruin it for me.

Unlike my

allowance from before the divorce which Diana had control over this

alimony was controlled by people Keith assigned. So I thought I would be safe from her. However, when the time came for me to receive my alimony the first month only part of it the I knew it had to be Diana because who else could it have been? I tried to get Keith’s attention to the situation he had cut off all ties with me. I could only contact the people he appointed but none of them took the issue seriously or tried to tell him about it.

Along with suing Keith to make Tony the heir to his company, I also sued him for failing to make his alimony payments.

Diana however was prepared from the start she presented false evidence like she always did to make me look crazy. She also used Keith’s money and influence to bribe and pay off, I suspected, the judge, prosecutors, etc to slow down the court proceedings for the case and ultimately have them dismissed. All the while, Keith was ignoring me from a distance completely oblivious to the situation. Keith also had better lawyers representing him against me

I spent so many years fighting in court up until I died.

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49 A new sense of determination

Even if I agreed to use Louis this time around as he had suggested, to fight Keith in court it would just be a waste of his money. It would be too much to fight for something that ultimately wasn’t worth it. Keith was a horrible partner to me and father to Tony. Tony deserved far more and better.

This time around I had no intention of bothering with all that.

Even though Keith was now oddly talking to me directly lately, I still wasn’t going to bother. He wasn’t interested in finding out the truth. Even if I presented evidence to his face. I’m sure he didn’t want to hear it. I’m sure the truth could hit Keith in the face and he still wouldn’t believe it. He believed I was so crazy that I was willing to suffer all out of pettiness? Was he serious?

I didn’t want to depend on that man anymore. I thought of the condescending way he looked at me earlier today. Saying he wanted to help me and cared for me…what the hell was wrong with that guy?! I couldn’t help but laugh thinking about it.

I needed money since I no longer had the 50,000 I’d used on Mike. However, I’d rather be broke than be subjected to Keith and Diana. I wanted to believe I could find another way to achieve my goal. I could make something for my son to inherit. Once I dealt with the divorce, moved out of this house, I focused more on that. Couldn’t stay in this house if Keith and Diana could come and go as they pleased.

I was also determined to find out what caused me to get sick and perhaps prevent it from happening or at least slow down the effects. If I could stop my death I could give myself more time, to spend with Tony and build something for him. I sat up on my bed, brought my knees to my chest, and then wrapped my arms around them. That also meant I would have to pull Tony out of school. No loose ends I had to get rid of all aspects of Keith in my life.

“Just hold on a little longer, you’ll get through this,” I told myself.

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As I played with a toy in my room I heard a loud smack from the hallway and then a thud on the floor. I immediately put my toy down and left the room.

“Mum!” I yelled as I went to my mother who sat down on the O

I heard footsteps walking away and looked up to find it was my father walking away from my mother. Why isn’t he helping mum I thought to myself.

She had a large purple mark on her cheek.

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“What happened?” I asked her.

She looked into my eyes with a dazed expression before smiling. “Don’t worry sweetie, I just fell, I’m alright,” she told me with a weak hopeless smile.

“Jasmine,” she then called out to me.

“Yes, mum,” I responded.

Then the environment suddenly changed my mother lay in her bed she was frail and sick–looking.

“I wish for you to have a better life than me.”

I woke up with a start in tears. It was a recurring dream I had of my mother over the years. I was around 5 at the time of the incident that occurred in my family homes‘ hallway. I didn’t remember her all that well since she died when I was 7.