CHAPTER EIGHT

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Miss Parker was still asleep, which worried Jarod even more. She never slept this long, and she should have been at the Centre a long time ago. But Jarod decided to not wake her up, maybe she needed to rest.

Instead he called Sydney.

When the older man answered, the first thing Jarod asked him was to tell him the same things he told Miss Parker yesterday.

Sydney did and a long silence occurred.

"So you think we met and got married in Vegas?" Jarod was confused. Maybe it wouldn't have been strange if Miss Parker didn't remember, he stated to himself sadly. But that he didn't? No, something weird was going on…

"That's the only thing that makes sense," Sydney answered.

Jarod sighed. "I'm gonna find out what happened there," he mumbled.

"And Sydney, who did you say Adia was?"

"Adia is Mr. Lyle's assistant," Sydney said.

Jarod was even more confused now. Why would Lyle want to tell Miss Parker that message? Was it a warning? And why did he send his assistant if he didn't want them to find out he was behind it? Of course they would find out… suddenly a thought struck him, what if Lyle wanted them to find out?

"Sydney, I'll call you later… oh and… I talked to Miss Parker, she said she'll stay home today, she's not feeling well," Jarod said.

"She told you that?"

"Yeah," Jarod mumbled. Please don't ask anything

"Oh okay…" Jarod could tell by Sydney's voice he didn't really believe him, he actually sounded amused. Jarod smiled. He must know that he was there with Miss Parker.

"By Syd," Jarod hung up and went to checkup on Miss Parker who was still sleeping in her bed.

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MEANWHILE AT THE CENTRE.

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"When are we going to make our move?"

Raines and Lyle were walking down an empty corridor, discussing their new project.

"Soon Lyle… very soon," Raines voice only sounded as a wheezing whisper.

Lyle was quiet for a while. He sighed. Oh Great…

"I think something went wrong, have you seen her? She has very bad headaches… you said she wasn't going to feel any difference," Lyle said, trying to keep his voice calm.

Raines sighed annoyed. "Well, obviously something went wrong, just as you said, but damn it Lyle, does it matter? This way Jarod has no choice but to help her, and then we'll have him right there we want him."

"But you said, since they'd gotten married, and…" Lyle made a quick pause. "Burning down her house would be enough, he added bitterly.

"Then just see this thing as a little extra spice, for god's sake, does it matter? She's gonna die anyway." You too if you keep acting like this…

Raines sounded angry and Lyle was feeling helpless. He shook his head. What had he done? I'm so sorry Parker; I hope it's not too late for you…

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Miss Parker stirred in her sleep. She made little noises and Jarod walked up to sit next to her on the edge of the bed.

Suddenly she woke up, staring straight into Jarod's deep brown eyes.

"We did it," she whispered, still staring at him.

Jarod looked down at her with a questioning look on his face.

"Did what?" he asked. What is she talking about?

"It… we did IT," Miss Parker said. "In Vegas." She added. "I can't believe I was so stupid, of course the Centre would find out…" she mumbled to herself. But I'm glad, you're just what I need Jar.

Jarod still looked puzzled. "You mean we slept together?" he asked. WOW!

Miss Parker almost started to laugh as she saw the look on his face. Oh he's so cute!

"No, or… I don't know… NO, we couldn't have… I meant, we got married that night, in Vegas," Miss Parker just realized how dumb she was sounding and had to smile a little. She was talking to Jarod as if he was an idiot.

"How do you know that?" Jarod asked.

"I dreamt it, Don't give me that look it was real, I know that…"

Jarod nodded. Somehow he believed her. But it didn't make any sense at all, why on earth would they have gotten married just like that?

Miss Parker saw the look of confusion on Jarod's face.

She sighed. "I don't understand it either, but I'm sure we must have been really drunk," she stated.

Suddenly Jarod grasped what was really going on, and suddenly everything became clear. It didn't feel so far away anymore and he started to believe this was the way it could have happened, and if they'd drunk so much that they'd actually gotten the crazy idea of getting married, it wasn't strange they didn't remember that night.

"Wonder how we spent our wedding night," Jarod said with a smirk. He couldn't help but tease her a little.

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TBC