19 Jason is angry

Beatrice froze in fear. Maxwell bent down to pick up the items with an opened mouth.

"Uncle, what's going on here? Are these yours?" Maxwell asked his uncle as he turned to face him.

"Yes…they are mine."

"Did you give it to her? How did she get them?" Maxwell questioned his uncle who remained silent after looking at Beatrice's face. She had that threatening look on her face so he didn't say anything to avoid exposing himself.

"Sir, did she steal from you?" One of the two cops asked Henry.

"Maybe she did, maybe not."

"What are you saying?" Maxwell asked his uncle as he looked so confused.

"You said she was here last night, when did she leave?" The cop asked them.

"She left a couple of hours…maybe she came back to pick up something that she forgot and took it with her…there seem to be a mix up somewhere. I need to leave. The cops should do their work, just take her." Henry said to them as they whisked Beatrice away.

Henry walked past them as he whispered into her ears, "I'll come and bail you out. Just keep shut." 

"This is madness! How can such happen in this house?" Maxwell complained to his uncle after they had left.

"Don't worry, we'll take care of it." Henry said to Maxwell as he left for his room.

Ava was sulking over her wedding dress. Her sister, Julie was fixing up some things.

"Babe, tears won't fix anything here. Let's just hope for the best okay?" Julie calmed her sister down. Just then, there was an angry knock on the door.

"Who is this person that wants to break down the door?" Julie asked in annoyance.

"Maybe it's him?" Ava asked as stopped crying.

"I'll go and get the door. You wait here and I want you to stop crying. I don't want him to think you've been sulking for long. Go wash your face before he gets in." Julie instructed her sister as she left.

Julie opened the door but yo her surprise, it wasn't Sebastian. Her jaws dropped on seeing who was at the door. Jason.

"Jason? What are you doing here?" Julie asked in surprise.

"What am I doing here, Julie! That is what you are asking me!" His voice sounded so angry and harsh.

"Where is Ava? Is it true? Where is she?" He poured out his questions to her.

"What are you talking about? Come in." Julie opened the door wider for him to get in. 

"Tell me Julie, what is happening? Is my love not enough for your sister? Isn't she pleased with me? What wrong have I done to deserve such a surprise? Tell me Juliet!" Jason spoke so angrily at her. 

He called her full name for the first time in so many years. She knew that he must be heartbroken by whatever he was talking about. She could see tears in his eyes and feel it in his voice.

"I'm sorry Jason…but what is the problem? What are you talking about?" Julie asked Jason, not sure of what he was saying. Just then, the door opened and Jason turned to see who it was. Ava had come into the living room as she dried her hands on a napkin.

"You, have you always been so ungrateful? Have you always been so heartless and unkind? At least if you didn't want me, you should have told me. If you couldn't tell me, you should have asked your sister to tell me that you are interested in another man. Why all these?" Jason asked Ava with tears in his eyes. He couldn't hold them back anymore as they fell off his eyes.

Ava felt so sorry for him. She felt guilty already but she was also surprised.

"Jason…I thought you knew about this…Julie…didn't you tell him I was getting married?" Ava asked her sister as she was confused. Jason turned to look at Julie.

"I'm sorry…I should have done that earlier. Jason, the thing is Ava wasn't aware that I didn't tell you…please calm down and let's sort this out." Julie begged him but he was raged.

"Calm down? How can I calm down? I was going to propose to your sister this weekend! Why couldn't she be patient enough if she wanted to marry so quickly?" Jason yelled at Julie.

"Please it's not her fault…I'm sorry…" Ava tried to plead with Jason but he was already mad.

"Stay away from me! I hate you two!" He yelled in anger and stormed out. Ava had tears rolling down her cheeks. Julie went after Jason but he refused to say another word to her as he got into his car and drove away. Julie stood there as she watched him trail off. Ava stood at the door, watching them with tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry that your friend is mad at you because of me…" Ava apologized but Julie told her not to worry and they went inside.

They continued with the wedding preparations. Their relatives would be coming in the evening so they cleaned and cooked for them. 

Maxwell got information from his manager with how far the wedding was going. He called off his wedding with Hazel in the twinkling of an eye. His uncle was raged as he stormed into his office.

"Are you mad? What is wrong with you? Why did you call off the wedding?" Henry bursted into Maxwell's office with those questions. 

Maxwell was expecting this so it wasn't something he wasn't prepared for.

"Uncle, shouldn't you have at least asked me why I did that?" Maxwell asked his uncle in a calm voice.

"And what useless excuse could you give?" He asked him back.

"Hazel is pregnant and she ran away with her lover." Maxwell replied.

"Then find her! Comb around the town to find her! Is it that hard for you to do?" Henry yelled at him.

"We should be looking for a way forward right? Rather than all of these." Maxwell said to the chairman.

"You are such a disappointment! Anyway, I was expecting something like this to happen which is why you have to go and bail Angela out of prison." The chairman replied as he tried to cool down.