Chapter 120: Somewhere Safe
As Jamal lay on his bed in his quarters, he replayed his conversation with Ryan, and he couldn’t help but wonder if Ryan wasn’t keeping an eye on him like he was doing to his daughters.
He tried to weigh the pros and cons of being the driver to that of being a secretary. He didn’t want to lose his job as the driver.
Being the driver gave him more edge than being the secretary. As the driver he could keep living in the house, but as the secretary he might have to move out, and he didn’t want to.
He wondered how Abigail’s conversation with Ryan was going, and he hoped Ryan would believe all they told him. Jamal was counting on that. He hoped that by the time Ryan would discover any foul play they would have been far gone in their plans.
Feeling anxious and needing to calm and distract himself, he picked up his phone and stuffed his ears with his AirPod as he connected to his favorite podcast channel.
As he listened to nobody’s old podcasts, exhaustion caught up with him and he began to feel sleepy. He was about to doze off when his phone rang.
The moment he saw it was from his uncle, Harry, he checked to make sure his door was locked again, and then he received the call as he walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower.
"How are you doing? What’s going on now?" Harry asked without bothering with pleasantries.
Jamal quickly explained all that had happened to him, and when he was done Harry was silent for a moment as he processed it all.
"Do you also think it was a bad idea? Telling him that she is not mute?" Jamal asked when he couldn’t stand the silence anymore.
"I think Dawn is quite smart and a good strategist. You should be able to give your enemy something big to get something bigger from them," Harry said thoughtfully.