Jane was out at the back of the bar, putting away the trash, she was separating the plastics from the metal, and she was so engrossed in what she was doing that she didn't notice someone approaching her from behind.
The person wrapped his hand around her waist, and she flinched, the nylon bag she was holding dropped from her hand.
"Who's it?." She asked, struggling to free herself from the person's hold.
"Calm down my love, it's just me." "Jacob!!." She exclaimed her voice, sounding happy and excited .
He finally released his hold on her, and she turned to face him.
"Silly, you scared the living hell out of me." She hissed, then she hit his arm playfully.
"Ouch, I'm sorry, I just wanted to surprise you." Jacob said. Jane scoffed. "Nice way of trying to surprise me." She said, sarcastically. Jacob chuckled, he wrapped his hands around her waist, then he pulled her closer to him.
"Are you mad at me?." He asked. Jane scoffed, then she turned her face away, she was literally pretending to be mad at him. Jacob sighed.
"Come on love, I'm sorry, I won't do it again." He said.
"No, there's no way I'm letting that slide, I was super scared thinking it was one of those goons in the bar, I thought one had followed me out here to do something bad to me." Jane said.
All the notorious criminals visited her aunt's bar, apart from being a bar, it was also a brothel, the way people act shamelessly in there made her sick to the stomach.
"No one would ever dare to do that to you, I'm here, you shouldn't be worried about anything, in fact, I'll kill anyone who dares to touch what's mine." Jacob said menacingly. Jane looked at him for sometime, then she burst into laughter.
"You're so funny, if someone were to see the seriousness on your face, they would actually think you have the guts to do that."
"I'm serious about this, or don't you know i don't joke with you, you're very precious to me, and I'll fight for what's mine." Jane was about saying something when they both heard someone scream her name.
"Jane!!." Laura, Jane's aunt yelled. Jacob immediately let go of Jane. Laura angrily walked to where they stood, she looked at the two of them disdainfully, then she slapped Jane hard across the face. "Aunt Laura!." Jacob barked.
"Shut up boy!, you just watch that stupid mouth of yours, you pauper, one more word from you and i swear to God I'll get you arrested." Laura threatened.
Jacob balled his fist in anger, he was about saying something to her, but Jane held his hand.
He turned to look at Jane, and she gave him a weak smile, shaking her head at the same time, she was literally pleading with him with her eyes to let things be.
Laura has never actually loved her, and she didn't fail to show it, she took Jane in when she had lost both her parents, Laura was Jane's mother's younger sister, and she blamed Jane for her parents death, she calls her bad luck, and has always made life miserable for Jane.
The worse part of it?
She had something over Jane’s brother that could have him killed immediately making her have no choice than to follow her every wish.
It was either her will or her brother’s life.