The Heirs

Chapter 99: Back then

CLARY

I woke up earlier than expected since the twins are actually whining. I groaned and stretch a bit and seeing that Jace wasn't here. He must be at the nursery already.

"Jace.... " I say as I opened the nursery bedroom door, I frowned seeing that he's not there. I picked Stephen up, as I hush him down, Mom came picking up Christopher.

"Jace still sleeping?" Mom asked. I frowned.

"I woke up without Jace on the bed.." I tell him.

"Well he's not here.." I frowned deeply.

"What do you mean he's not here?" I ask mom worriedly. She blinks staring at me confusingly.

"Jace's not here........" I muttered worriedly, thinking. It's been two weeks now since that incident with Valentine and he's been too quiet.

"Where's Jon?" I ask mom, "he's still sleeping.." she says, I groaned.

"Wake Jon up, tell him to call the airport to know if Jace left..." I say, as I frantically search for my keys.

"Okay.. But why? Clary? Clary?" I hear my moms frantic voice, but to me it's like a whisper that I don't bother hearing..

I ran after searching for my keys, "Clary!!! Clary.. Where are you going?" I hear my mom yelling. I didn't look back, I ran quickly, getting in to my car and drive out of the house immediately. 

I already had a hunch where to go..

"Please... Please..." I mumbled to myself, biting my lip as I drive towards Dad's hotel..

As I reach the hotel, I park my car at the front. Leaving it to the confuse valet parking attendant... I ran straight towards the elevator and went in, I swipe my card to the identification scanner so that I can go straight to the penthouse. I bite my lip as I wait patiently to arrive. 

"Ding"  

I look up and ran out of the elevator immediately. I ran to my dad's study and was actually shock and felt relieve that he was there. I blink in confusion as he glance up at me, "What are you doing here?" he asks in a stoic manner. 

I composed myself immediately and walk inside to standing right in front of his table, "where's Jace?" 

He smirks and looks at me "do you see him here? why are you even asking me this question?" he says amusingly.

"You really don't know?" 

"You think I do? I've been working for weeks Clary, I have a lot of paper works because I'm already leaving New York... Do you think I have time for your lover boy?" He asks me amusingly.. I scoff, and was about to retort when his assistant cuts me off.

"Sir, we have to leave.." He says, looking at Dad then to me. 

"Really? Where are you going?"

"Why? do you wanna come?"

I scoff, "where the hell is Jace? what did you do?" 

"I didn't do anything, Clarissa." He simply says with his cold voice. I flinch feeling a pain to my abdomen. 

"Leaving so soon? Are you even really done?" I ask, putting my hand to my abdomen. 

"Well don't you want me to leave? I'm leaving because my work here is done.. I'm going back to the main company.. I'll leave New York to you and your older brothers.. Do you need more explanations?" he says nonchalantly, standing up from his chair, wearing his coat. 

I stare at him, "really? you finally gave up..." 

"No.. I just won." he says with a devilishly chuckle, and left me there alone. 

I let out a half chuckle, sliding down to the floor crying..

"Jace...." I murmured, checking my hand. I'm bleeding indeed.

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Hours later Clary huffed as she wipe the rest of her tears away, standing up from the floor. She looks around his father's study. She walk around the table and search his dad's table. Minutes later she didn't find anything un usual. Except for the fact that her dad really gave in and left New York. 

She left the penthouse and drove towards her old place. It was already 2 in the afternoon when she arrived at her penthouse. She struts towards her room, she opened it slowly praying for Jace to be there. But no, he wasn't there.. She closed the door and slid down to the floor crying again. Thinking where could Jace be. He really won't leave without a reason, she knows this. 

"Where the hell are you, Jace?" asks herself again feeling devastated, her tears won't stop falling. 

Meanwhile Jocelyn was so worried as she keeps on pacing back and forth in front of Celine, Luke, Jon, Bass, Aline and Isabelle..

"Mom, stop. There are no traces of Jace flying out of New York. Eric already told me.." Jon tells his mom. Jocelyn stops to glance to her child worriedly. She can't help it, she felt that Jace really left New York, "Yeah, Jocelyn.. Jace will never leave without a trace. He can't just vanish you know..." Celine says afterwards.

"He really didn't call you?" Celine shook her head into a no.

"There must be a reason why he's not here when you guys woke up.." 

"It's been hours Celine.." Jocelyn says in her soft worried voice. Celine sighs, standing up from the couch, pulling Jocey to sit. 

Ring......

They heard Jon's phone ringing, Jon picked it up and puts in loudspeaker.

"Valentine left already. There's no one in his penthouse... And I also ask the lobby if Clary dropped by. They said she did..." Simon says on the other line, sitting in his car thinking.

It was already 3 in the afternoon and Jace is still nowhere, and they can't call Clary either because she left her phone earlier.

"Try driving to the penthouse.." Jon sighs telling Simon. Simon agrees and ended the call. 

"What happened this past few weeks?" Jocey asks Jon.

"Nothing, really.. The plan didn't change, Amatis has plans. But she didn't push it through because of Valentine's announcement that he's going to leave New York." Jon explains, thinking about something.

"No... It can't be, we checked the airport he couldn't have past through without detection..." Jon muttered seconds later.

Luke groans, "it's Valentine.. we were too late..." Luke says.

"You---" Celine was about to say something but was cut off by a call from her secretary. 

She answered it, her eyes grew wide when she heard her secretary said those words.

"Madam, the young master left New York using the private jet, but we can't seem to pin point where he landed.." Celine ended the call afterwards.

"Jace really did left. But it seems that they can't pinpoint where he landed..." Celine muttered. 

Soon Simon called saying that he's going to the hospital with Clary.. Simon says that when he arrived at the penthouse, he found Clary's keys and went immediately to her room, he saw Clary lying on the floor, with a few bottles of wine and was reeking of cigar and that he can't wake her up no matter how he shakes her..

Jocelyn was crying nonstop when they arrived at the hospital, the doctor told them that their daughter is fine, she was just drunk and exhausted and that she just gave birth weeks ago and that she also lost a few blood because her stitches reopen again and she will wake up in an hour or so.

"Just where the hell is he?" Jocey muttered in annoyance and sadness. She can't help it, she had a gut feeling that Jace left for them. Jace left because he doesn't want any bloodshed. That he knows that Clary still loves her Dad.

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