" Exactly, just forget her and move on, okay, like I said there is nothing you can do to the situation on the ground, you know?" Tom asked smiling.
" Really? You sound as if it is that easy, you guys are not even remorseful at all, is my life a joke to you guys? Do you wish for something like that to happen to you guys also? You know what, I have a prayer for you" Jack said in fury.
"Of course you can go on, we are all ears, after all, we need it," Tom said and Chris also nodded.
"I pray that you both will experience what you made me experience and it will lead to forever heartbreak for you guys"
"What?" They screamed out but he already left.
"Jack.. wait, why type of prayer if that? Tom shouted but then it was already too late.
He rushed into his car in a bid to get to Naomi's house. He had to drive furiously but then, what his friends told him almost made him ran mad.
" I am sure she is no more in the city after what we made her pass through " somehow, his instincts were forced to believe that she might no more be in the city.
My friends were actually behind the incident? I blamed Naomi, even when she spoke against those devils I called friends, I shunned her, please hang in there Naomi. You need to forgive your stupid boyfriend, he is a jerk. He thought sadly and continued, you should have continued coming to my house.
" Was it not you that told her not to step foot in your house again? Or will you like it if Ray continued dragging her out every single day? Now, you have to take responsibility for your actions. His inner mind whispered.
" Yes I did and that is a silly mistake and I am ready to take responsibility but then Why should it be the people I trusted the most? Why should it be them? Somehow, I should have trusted her, someone who gave me her dignity cannot do something like that, instead I insulted her and her family, I called her hurtful names, why should it be my friends? Why should they be the ones to betray me? Naomi, please wait for me, stay home, I beg of you, I have a lot of explanation to make, I know I have been a fool all along but I need you to forgive me" he asked no one in particular as he shed tears.
"It will not be a new thing if she does not forgive you because when she needed you the most, you abandoned her, " his inner mind said again.
"I pray you find it in your heart to forgive a stupid soul like me".
He said again. He made a U-turn to the nearest junction so he could get to her house in time, he then parked his car at a side not too far from her house to avoid series of embarrassment in case of anything.
He looked up and made then muttered some incoherent words and did the sign of the cross and left his car.
" Naomi, please wait for me, I know I have been a jerk but then, I need you," He thought as he ran towards the direction of her house but then when he got there it was too late. She had left just as Chris described. No one was home and having questioned some of her neighbours, they told him she had left the neighbourhood a month ago and had parents had probably travelled or something.
That day, he cried his eyes out because he knew he had lost something. Ever since then, he started to have nightmares of how he tormented her with his words.
( End of flashback)
"So that was how it happened, I am just tired of everything, can you see I tried my best to find her but all to no avail," Jack said. Unconsciously, tears were dropping from his two eyes.
"Man, you are shedding tears, it is not up to that, you know?" Dave said pitying his dearest friend wishing there was something he could do at the moment.
"That is because it hurts, it hurt so badly that I am the cause of everything, if I had given her a listening ear back then, something like that would not have happened, I am sure we would be living our lives happily, there would be no Betty, the company will be doing fine and Dad would have retired, it hurts me seeing Dad working when he should be resting, it feels like I am stressing them, I am just tired of everything, I wish to find her as soon as possible for everything to be in order, I am tired of having the same nightmare every single day, she is the only one that can make things right in my family"
For a while, there was silence between the both of them until Dave interrupted the silence,
"Well, tears are not the solution, what do you think is the next step? What do you intend to do? You need to find her as soon as possible or else your parents might bring in a random lady just to save their company and several investments also, you know the future of your parent's company lies in your hand"
"Dave, that is majorly the reason I came over and besides, I need you to help me tackle the situation but then, I am scared"
" What are you scared of? I see no reason why you should be scared in this situation, you should think of ways of getting her back,"
"Would you please listen to what I meant by that before you start chastising me" He answered him calmly and sighed as he continued, The reason I said I am scared is because I fear that by the time I finally see her, she must have gotten married to someone else or she has given birth to someone else and then, there will be no chance at all for me"

One word for Jack the Jerk ?
To be continued.