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Betrayals

Chapter 2: Raison d'être

By aniki19

"Hello Jesse,"

Jesse sat up straighter; folded his arms cross his chest and frowned.

"What do you want?" came the curt reply.

"Can't a man say hello to his one and only son?"

"Cut the crap," came the retort. "You have the nerve to call me your son after what you did!" Jesse was slowly losing his cool. This would not do. He took a deep breath, concentrated and feeling calmer, asks, "What is it? I don't have all day,"

Noah Kilmartin sighed. He knew this would be the tough part. "Look Jesse, I did what I had to do. I'm not proud of my actions…but I do regret that you were caught in the crossfire. You didn't deserve that; I know. I'm sorry," he looked up to gaze at the eyes on the screen that were so alike his and waited.

A solemn silence was his reply and Noah couldn't take it anymore. "Alright, I'll be brief. This concern not about me but it's Grandma Libby; she's dying. You do remember her, don't you? I know you do. She wants to see you ---she needs to see you. She won't be in peace till she's seen you." he paused for a while before continuing; as if contemplating how to put to words his feelings. "She's waiting for you, Jesse" he said softly. "She's waiting for you to come home." A quiet sigh. "Make your peace before it's too late, Jesse. Just…come home, alright; son?"

"We'll see," he replied.

"Jesse please, she's dying...!" Noah tried another desperate attempt of plea.

"I said, we'll see," He gritted his teeth. "Goodbye Noah."

"Jesse, wait…!"

At a flick of a button Jesse was gone; Noah stopped abruptly midway in his sentence and left facing a computer screen with the words 'Video conference disconnected' flashing across in bright red.

Slowly, a sinister smile was forming on his lips. With that call, he had kick-start the wheels of his scheme. He knows how much Jesse loves his maternal grandmother. He will come home.

"And when you do my dear boy, everything will fall into place. Do I have plans for you".

A/N : OOOpppppss….I know, I know I took a really long time to actually come up with this very short chpt but I had lots of errands to finish (life's a bitch) b4 I could even concentrate on this chpt…plus I was undecided whether I wanted this story to be a complete AU or not…well, I decided to choose e later..i.e…after 'Blood Ties' happened…more drama that way…hehehe. Anyway, enjoy the fruits of my labour and don't forget to review! n now…a few replies/thanks to e reviews 4 e previous chpt.

hi : my 1st reviewer of the day! glad u find it interesting. I can only hope i meet up to ur expectations as we go along…tell me wat u think of this chpt,k?

Kaela : hey kaela…oopps…maybe wat I meant was a tank top / singlet…or wat do they call it…oh yeah…a wife-beater…(that sounded wrong) is that right? Sorry abt that…typo error…late night musing does that to you…don't worry e girls will be around but like most of my stories…it's a jesse-centric one so there won't be a lot of chpts starring them. I hope that does not deter you from reading the story as e plot unfolds…o.k? looking forward to ur reviews.

good : wow..such high praises for e 1st chpt…I'm under stress…aarrgghh! lol!

ackerbylnn : oohh..I know…I like jesse stories too…which explains why I love where ur 'illusions of trust' is going…jesse angst/torment/torture all e way! now hurry up wif tt update!

molecular 12 : i will try my best to update as frequently as I can but u know how life can get to u…don't worry..I have drafted the next few chpts already; just need to type it out n redo any errors…which could take some time…so bear with me! please!

falcon wolf : hey girl..long time no chat…thanks for e encouragement… now have I reviewed ur story (thinks)…I think I haven't…ooppss…I have not checked my email for ages…so now I'm gonna read up ur new chpt n hopefully get some inspirations from there…

08/05/05

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