Duskwood: the man behind the mask

27. Pain

MC and Phil leave with the doctor, and Jake immediately enters the house and goes to his laptop. He turns it on and focuses on the screen: he will be checking MC's phone all the time to ensure everything is okay.

Gabe watches him from a corner and walks over to him, noticing the worried expression on his face:

Gabe: What's up?

Jake: MC has gone to Duskwood.

Gabe: What? Why?

Jake: We need medicine, food, gas... She left with Phillip.

Gabe: I see, I guess you couldn't convince her.

Jake: I never can.

Gabe: Haha, that's true.

Jake smiles, but his gaze drifts to Gabe's wound and his face changes:

Jake: How's your leg?

Gabe: It's had better days, but I'll be fine. And your arm?

Jake: Same answer.

Gabe: You'd be better off if you hadn't gone to play boy scout in the woods. What were you doing?

Jake: Alan had MC's laptop, he took it from the house.

Gabe looks at him in astonishment at first, but then nods in understanding:

Gabe: How long did it take him to realize that he could track her phone with her email?

Jake: Not much, it seems that he had done his homework.

Gabe: I doubt he cracked the password himself, someone must have helped him... Didn't Nymos take care of blocking access to the phone?

Jake: Yes, that was not the problem. All of MC's information was on that laptop, Gabriel.

Gabe: I understand. Did you have time to delete everything?

Jake: Yes.

Gabe: Alright... But next time let me know because you seriously scared me. Remember that this time you are not alone, bro.

Jake: I am really sorry.

Gabe: Bah, luckily it all worked out, just keep that in mind in the future.

Gabe gives him a friendly pat on the shoulder and sits down next to him to help him with what he's doing, noticing that Jake is having a hard time due to his arm injury. However, at that moment Jessy storms in and goes straight to Dan:

Jessy: You, tell me why you lied to us.

The others enter after her with serious faces, they have been arguing outside apparently.

Dan: Hello first, right?... What are you talking about?

Jessy: Your wheelchair. It turned out that you didn't need it, huh? You allied yourself with these to fake the kidnapping.

Dan: Oh, that... I see they already told you.

Jessy: Yes, and even if MC hasn't done anything, I'm not going to stay quiet.

Dan: I wasn't faking, Jessy. You know it, you were in the hospital with me. The chair was only temporary. I could walk, but I thought if the kidnapper was watching us I could fool him with it and surprise him if he showed up here. It's stupid, I know, but it was what occurred to me at the time.