HIS PRIVATE STRIPPER
{He owns Her}
Chapter Fourty Two.
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"sweetheart!..." He hugged her tightly as his heart chattered into pieces.
"Liam??..." Jasmine called weakly, wrapping her hands around him as she burst into tears.
"Sssh-sh!! I'm here now!" He hushed her.

"Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" He asked disengaging from the hug and checking her out.
"He... He.. almost.." She stuttered, unable to speak.
"It's okay, I'm here now"
There was laughter from behind,, they both turned to look at the bruised Martin, struggling to get up.
Liam gritted his teeth and Jasmine clung unto him tightly.
"Why did you stop uh? You should have hit me with it.. I was so close!, So close to getting what I want..." He paused and staggered a bit, spitting out some blood.
" And that bastard you call a child, doesn't fit to be born... It deserves to die. it..." He didn't complete his statement when Liam rushed and landed another punch on his face. This time, he fell flat like he was unconscious.
Jasmine shivered in fear as the whole scene terrified her. The sound of the siren was heard. She rushed to liam and hugged him.
"It's okay, Its just the cops! let get out of here!" Liam said holding her as they start walking out.
"Going somewhere?" They stopped abruptly when Claudia showed up with a gun aimed directly at them.
Liam's eyes widened... How did she sober up quickly? Jasmine tightened her grip around him.
Claudia Iaughed hysterically. "Did you really think you can play me for a fool uhn? At first I thought you'd finally seen me as someone important only to realize that you were only trying to get info about this brat!" She spouted.
Liam only shielded Jasmine by pushing her behind.
"Of course, I wasn't drunk... I knew you wanted something from me and it was only a test. I can't get drunk over few glasses of wine. I had to play drunk. But then, I decided to let you know where your little wife is... So you could watch how I kill her because I'm never letting her step out of here alive. If I can't have you, then no one will"
"Put the gun down Claudia! The cops are here!" Liam warned carefully so she wouldn't harm anyone.
"I know! The entire house is locked... There's no way they're gonna come in, not until I've succeeded in killing her".
"I'm warning you Claudia, put the gun...." He didn't complete his statement when Martin hit him hard on the head. Jasmine gasped, she didn't see that coming.
"Liam.. Liam!!" She called, bending down to him as he held his head, groaning in pain.
"Come here you!" Claudia said dragging Jasmine up by the hair.
"No! Let me go!" She screamed but Claudia ignored and tightened her grip on her hair.
Martin walked over to Liam and punched him twice. He raised his hands to give him another punch but Liam held it, twisting it while he kicked him hard on the tommy. He walked over to Martin and punched him. Martin elbowed his ribcage then punched Liam.
On the other hand, Claudia had a gun aimed at Jasmine's head.
"I've finally gotten the chance to kill you.."
Whatever happens, I need to fight I can't be a weakling... I can't let this criminals win. Even if I shall die, I'll die with a fight.. Not for the sake on myself, but for Liam and my baby!. I'm sorry baby, but mummy needs to fight for you. Please stay strong for me and help daddy and I win this; Jasmine thought.
She glanced at Liam,, he'd sustained some injuries. Anger erupted through her and she elbowed Claudia at her ribcage. Claudia groaned and staggered back a little, but regained her stance then aimed her gun back at Jasmine but Jasmine was quick to kick her hand, making the gun fall to a distance.
She isn't good when it comes to fighting, but don't get her angry.
"You bit*h!" She growled and held Jasmine by the hair, Jasmine didn't relent, she dragged Claudia's hair.
Then Claudia pushed her away roughly making her fall. Jasmine groaned but that didn't stop her, she snapped her head towards Claudia. As if Jasmine knew Claudia wanted the gun, she reached for it just as Claudia did and they both got a hold of the gun. Both of them not wanting to let go.
They began to struggle with the gun until a gunshot was heard. Jasmine became stunned as she felt the whole world spin around her.
She moved her gaze to Claudia who stared right back at her in shock, her lips slightly parted. Then slowly, blood dripped down from Claudia's mouth.
Jasmine gasped and let go of her immediately and moved back a bit.
"Jasmine!" Liam called and ran towards her, after beating Martin to a pulp. Together, there both watched as Claudia fell to the floor dead.
Tears dropped down from Jasmine's eyes, her hands shook a bit! Liam noticed this and engulfed in a hug.
"It's over now!... She's gone!" He cooed rubbing her back.
Just then, some policemen rushed in.
Without being told, they picked the bruised Martin up and began to drag him out.
"Are you okay Sweetheart?" Liam asked, cupping her face.

"I'm.. I'm.." She tried to say but couldn't as her eyes spined around until she lost conciousness.
Liam caught her as she was about to fall... "Jasmine!, Jasmine!!" He called, tapping her cheeks.
"Please stay strong for me!" He mumbled before Carrying her up in a bridal style and rushing out.
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Mrs Nolan rushed into Jace's room when she heard him scream out loud.
"Jace! Are you okay?" She asked sitting down beside him.
Jace's lips quivered as he tried to speak but couldn't. Mrs Nolan noticed this, then pulled him closer and rested his head on her chest.
"It's okay!!" She cooed.
"Mummy Philla!?" He called after a while of calmi calming down Mrs Nolan hummed in response.
"Is Jasmine okay?" He asked
"Why do you ask?"
"It's just... it's just that I had a bad dream!"
"A bad dream?" Mrs Nolan asked and he nodded.
"And what was it about?" She asked.
"Jasmine!.. She was in danger!.." He said and began to sniff.
"It's okay dear, it's just a dream!" She said.
"Does dreams do happen?" Jace asked.
Mrs Nolan remained silent! What is she gonna say to him? That dreams do come to pass and even the bad ones? She doesn't wanna hurt the boy's feelings.
"Mummy Philla?" He called when she wasn't responding.
"Dreams do happen.. The good ones to be precise" She simply said.
"And the bad ones?.."
"Most times, it's just a mere dream and sometimes, it's a warning!"
"Can you call up Jasmine! I want to speak with her, please!!" He pleaded.

"But it's late! She must be asleep!"
"Please!.. please!!"
"Jace!!..."
"Please?!..."He winced.
"Oh! alright, fine!" Mrs Nolan said and bringing out her phone from her night dress.
She dialed Jasmine's number but it was switched off. She dialed it again but it was still switched off. She frowned slightly, then decided to try Liam's. She dialed it twice but it was switched off as well.
"It's not going through Jace!" She said.
"Do you think Everything's okay?"
"Of course!... You know what, By morning, we'll go pay them a visit.. How about that?"
Jace nodded.
"Now get some sleep!" She said and tucked him to bed. She kissed his forehead, switched off the lights walked out of the room".
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Adam groaned as he touched his forehead. Then he snapped his eyes open, only to meet with a pair of eyes.. There were Stephen's.
"So finally, you decided to wake up... thought you've gone into a comma" Stephen teased.
"Quite teasing me, will you? We've got an important thing to worry about... Claudia! She escaped!.. We need to catch her!" Adam said as he made to get up but Adam pushed him back.
"About Claudia, everything ended a while ago!". Stephen said.
"Ended?" Stephen hummed in response.
"Well,to cut the long details short... Claudia's dead!" He said.
"She's dead?"
"Yeah, and Martin... He's with the police, probably facing some interrogation" Stephen said.
"Wow! All these while I was unconcious!... I missed the fun!"
"Of course you did, and you made me miss the fun too!" Stephen said.
"You did?"
"Yeah, I was babysitting you..."
Adam rolled his eyes, then he remembered..
"And Jasmine?..." He asked
"She lost conciousness. I guess the whole scene really frightened her" Stephen said.
"Yeah, She shouldn't have gone through all that.. Especially with her condition".
"The good thing is that, the devil's are gone!" Stephen said.
"What are we waiting for?.. Let's go to the hospital"
"No! We won't go. You're gonna get some rest and we'll go tomorrow. But for now, let's head to my room upstairs... So you can rest" He said and winked at Adam, who blushed.
They both walked upstairs .
Tbc...