If Only..(Part 1 And Part 2 Included)(Under Edit)

Chapter 35- Who gets the Bullet First.!

Jacob: No...but,

Madeline: Is it because Corvett is too close now? And you think he can scare me off? 

Jacob heaved heavily and kept silently staring at her. 

Madeline nodded her head: Your silence said it all. I am not a kid anymore. I know I got shaken after everything that happened. But, I am back. No one can deviate me from my goal. 

Jacob: I am not deviating you from your goal. I...I am just protecting you. He knows about you, and now we desperately need to get him first.

Madeline: That's a good thing he knows about me. That will be a good thing if he realises that I am a constant witness of his destruction. I need to see him get destroyed with my own eyes and I want him to know it. I need to get involved, please. 

Jacob turned his eyes towards the table as Madeline kept waiting for a reply. 

Jacob: Okay. I will let you know everything. Give me some time. 

Madeline's eyes sparkled with joy, and her lips curved into a grin. 

Madeline: There you go. 

She quickly turned towards the door to find Jackson standing and all of a sudden the smile in her face vanished. Jacob noticed her awkwardness and looked up towards the door, and his jaw dropped. 

He stood up from his place: How long have you been here? 

Madeline rushed out of the room keeping her eyes lowered. 

Jackson: And that's why you are more than passionate about getting the Wizards screwed. 

Jacob: Claros, you better not come to any conclusion.

Jackson: What's the deal with Madeline? Why are you protecting her? 

Jacob pointing his finger towards Jackson: Keep within your business, okay? I am working along with you guys. But, that doesn't give you the authority to raid into someone's personal space. 

Jackson: Trust me, I don't want to. But, some events are too visible to avoid. They seem too serious to avoid. 

Jacob: Why are you here? 

Jackson: Forget it!

He turned back and walked out of sight. 

Jacob banged his fist on the table: DAMN IT!!

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Jackson: MADELINE, WAIT!!!

Leaving Jacob's cabin, Jackson tried to get in pace with Madeline who rushed out of the cabin and was running towards the basement. Jackson screamed out her name from behind, but she did not respond. Jackson outran her, grabbed her by her arm and swung her towards himself, as she gasped.

Jackson(stern voice): Spit it out!

Madeline: Let me go.

Jackson: No. You told me, you knew none of them. Then what is Jacob protecting you from?

Madeline: Look, I don't have an answer for you.

Jackson: Madeline, we need clarity to solve this case.

Madeline: And? Do you think I have something to do with them?

Jackson: Yes, you do. I know you are hiding something.

Madeline: I am not.

Jackson: Then what are you running from?

Madeline: LET ME GO!!

Repeated instigations broke the last line of her resistance as she suddenly snapped out, startling out Jackson. He kept staring at her, as her eyes started to turn glittery, as she breathed heavy. His expressions softened. He decided not to let it out further. After a brief silence, he held his eyes down and turned to leave, when a choking voice hit his ears.

Madeline: He took away everything from me. My dreams, my teenage, my family and fucking hell, my identity.

Jackson looked up at her, to find her head bowed down as tears streamed down her cheeks. He walked up to her and carefully wiped the tears off her cheeks.

Madeline: I was a dork, to ever think that he loved me. I was warned, but I didn't care. Till the day, everything changed by a single gunshot. He killed my mother in cold blood, in front of my eyes. Two years, I was a nobody just a win in bets of filthy men, until I shot the regular and the highest bidder down before I fled from that place. I was just 19. A teen when I killed a man. You asked me whether I knew those men. Yes, I do. They were the only faces, I have ever seen after Corvett. That day, at Jake's place, they recognized me. They did try to take shots at me. But they failed yet again. This chase is both ways, between me and Corvett. "Who gets the bullet first"

Jackson kept his eyes steady into hers and gulped down hard.

Madeline(curving her lips into a smile, with glittery eyes): I am a human of flesh and blood, irrespective of the profession I have. I do have a heart, Jackson Claros. It. Is just in a shattered state. I do have an emotion, but it is just dominated by vengeance. (Seizing the smile) I want him dead. I want him dead, to live, to survive. I just yearn to see the history repeat, but this time, either way. I want to laugh as he cries out in pain.

Jackson:...for whatever it takes. And you chose to sacrifice your innocence.

Madeline: I was already stripped off the thing called "innocence". I couldn't be something, I wasn't anymore.

Jackson lowered his eyes and stepped back: I...I am sorry. 

Madeline kept standing in her place, as Jackson turned and disappeared from the place as fast as he could.