" can't believe tomorrow is our prom." Ash gushes in excitement.

Claire who is just joining us plopped down on one of the chairs and starts munching on her French fries. We are all at a small restaurant in town having at girls time.

"I know right, I can't believe that we have finally graduated from high school. I can't forget my first day at Star Light High" I see a guilty look flash through Ash's eyes and I realize I shouldn't have said that.

Ashley dumped a cup of lukewarm coffee of me on my first day in school and I was mocked by everyone that day. I'm sure Ash still feels guilty for everything she has done to me and even though it was a bit hard for me to forgive her for all she did to me, I eventually did.

She opens her mouth, I'm sure to apologize again when her phone suddenly starts ringing. She brings it from her purse and checks the caller id.

"It's mom." She mouths at me.

I had to suppress a grimace, aunt Emily is still against my relationship with Jace.

"What?!"

I am brought out of my reverie by Ash who looks really pale and the hand that is pressing her phone against her ear trembles as tears fill her eyes. Claire and I both stand up in alarm, it's obvious that it was bad news she got from the caller and the caller is Madam Emily so I'm really worried.

"What is it?" Claire asks. She is holding Ashley who looks like she is about to collapse on the floor.

"J-Jace..."

"What happened to Jace?" I ask in panic.

"H-he had a... a gha-ghastly a-accident." She stutters as tears start streaming down her face.

I have been crying in my room till there are no tears left to shed, Jace is in the hospital hanging between life and death and his mother won't let me go to the hospital to check on him. Not being able to see him right now is killing me but they won't let me see him. I'm sure if 'dad', like Sir Marcus asked me to always call him is at home he will surely let me see him but he's not around. He went to Japan to close some business deal and I don't think my sanity can let me wait till he comes back. I need to see him now.

I'm sure Ash is crying her eyes out in her room right now. Madam Emily is not at home, which means she is still at the hospital with Jace. I quickly put on the first dress I saw in my closet and sneaked out of the house.

Uncontrollable tears stream down my face as I watch Jace laying on the hospital bed with an oxygen mask placed on his face. From where I'm standing, I hear the doctor telling his mom that he lost a lot of blood and he is in a coma so he had to be placed on the life-supporting machine, the doctor also said that he doesn't have any idea when he is going to come out of coma and that he has a very slim chance of surviving.

From the corner where I am standing, I watch Madam Emily wipe her tears and walk out of his ward so I entered the ward the moment she stepped out. I got close to him and clasps his hand in mine, he looks so pale and there is no sign of life in him.

"J-Jace... oh my." I wipe my tears furiously. "Please come back to me Jace, you have to fight Jace. You promised you won't leave me no matter what, please don't leave me now that I really need you."

I weep uncontrollably as I stare at his lifeless form, the pain I'm feeling in my chest is too much and I don't know for how long I will have to endure the pain.

"I couldn't even tell you how much I love you when I had the chance."

My body hurts really bad, I feel pain everywhere. I try to open my eyes but no matter how hard I try, I can't open them then I also try to lift my arm but I also find it hard to do.

What is wrong with me?

The last thing I remember is that I went to a clubhouse with some of my schoolmates at the university where I study here in France. After having fun at the club, I drove myself back home with one hot blonde I met at the club. We had rounds of sex and I slept off, that is the last thing I remember. What did the fucking bitch do to me?

I hear some faint voices around me and I try to concentrate on the voices.

"He has a 40% chance of surviving ma'am."

"Doctor is there not something you can do to save my son?" Isn't that my mom's voice? When did she get to France?

"I will try my best."

There was an eerie silence for a while and I 'jump in surprise' when I suddenly feel a warm hand cradling mine tenderly.

"J-Jace... oh my." A sniff. "Please come back to me Jace, you have to fight Jace. You promised you won't leave me no matter what, please don't leave me now that I really need you."

I feel a strange kind of sharp pain in my chest like my heart is breaking as I hear her cry while holding my hand. Her voice sounds familiar but the more I try to think of where I heard it from, the more pains I feel in my head.

"I couldn't even tell you how much I love you when I had the chance."

Love? What!?

And then I hear her voice almost every time, telling me how much she loves me and how much she wants me to fight for my life and come back to her.

Even though I have no idea who she is or how she got to know me, I look forward to hearing her soothing voice every time but I hate hearing her cry.

"According to the investigations we carried out..." Rob starts to say while looking at every one of us in the eyes one after the other. "...it was discovered that Jace's car was tampered with."

"What?!" We all day in unison.

The cops are here to give us feedback on the findings they made about the cause of Jace's accident.

"Yes, someone is trying to kill him." John, a stout-looking man who is Rob's partner says while giving us a sympathetic look.

"So what you are telling me is that someone tried to kill him by tampering with his car?" Sir Marcus asks calmly, I'm sure that behind that calmness a storm is brewing.

"Yes sir."

I bite back a sob as the image of Jace's almost lifeless body laying on the hospital bed keeps on replaying in my mind.

"We went through the surveillance footages around the building where his car was parked before he had the accident."

"What did you find out?" Madam Emily asks and we all wait eagerly for the cops to drop the bombshell.

"Unfortunately, we couldn't see the face of the guy who tampered with the car," Rob mutters with a grim look on his face.

"What do you mean by you couldn't see the face of whosoever did this to Jace?" Ashley snarls at Rob while jumping on her feet with an immediate alacrity that scared me a bit.

"Sit down Ashley." Sir Marcus persuades and she takes her seat with a scoff.

"We have looked at the footage from different angles but his face was concealed with a hoodie, face cap, and a sunglass," John explains.

"I'm afraid if we can't get the face of who we are looking for here or any other evidence related to this case, this case will be dismissed."

We all gasp in shock while staring at the two detectives who are almost fidgeting uncomfortably in their seats as if what they said is the most ridiculous and surprising thing we have ever heard.

And that was how the case was dismissed for lack of evidence and even the private and professional detective sent out by Sir Marcus couldn't get any evidence relating to Jace's accident.