Chapter 126 The Accusation (One)

• The flight to the hospital in Sacramento was a short one, considering that it was not that far from Napa. Throughout the flight and even on the drive to the hospital in which Jessica was admitted, Sebastian's mind was preoccupied, as it had recently been, with thoughts of Jessica, his uncle, and even Carol. Never in his life had he been so unsure of how he felt, what the future held, or where it was leading.
• He did not know why, but he found it difficult to stay away from Jessica, especially since she was so vulnerable at the moment. He lived in daily fear of what would happen to her, and each time his phone rang, his mind always started pounding, thinking that he was about to get the horrible news that she had died. This irrational fear that somehow, the people who had kidnapped her would get to her refused to leave him, no matter how many times he assured himself that she was well guarded.
• He had given the police, both here and over there where she was shot, the last name she had said before she went into a coma. Charlotte... The name did not ring any bell to him. He called them every day to see if they had any news yet, but the story was the same each day. There was nothing yet. They had ID'd the man whom Frank had shot dead, and found that he was once a bodybuilder, turned criminal who was mostly involved in armed robbery and petty crimes. Some years ago, he had been released from prison for manslaughter and had dropped off the grid since then... until now.