Burn Those Who Burned Me novel Chapter 219

Chapter 219

Chapter 13: What’s next?

Jamie looked at his brother with confliction. He wasn’t sure if he truly wanted to know. Deciding for him, Christian handed him the report. Jamie’s brows furrowed as he began to read, by the time he was finished…he face looked ghostly pale. How could one person go through this much.

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As Vanessa watched the tears start to form in his eyes; she snatched the report from Jamie. As she read on…her face began to ashen. She had no idea this was what Josie endured. His voice trembling, Jamie looked at Christian.

“H–How could they let this happen?”

“I don’t know. We’re investigating everything now. Me and dad believe she was targeted on purpose. The main thing right now is finding out who put the bullseye on her back.”

Vanessa felt as if she was going to faint. Four years ago, when Josie was first sent to prison, she paid officer Tillman to make Josie’s life in prison hard. Her original goal was to break her enough to where she would want to leave the Taylor clan permanently. She had no idea they would do all of this to her. Still, she knew Christian wouldn’t see it that way. She needed to contact Tillman fast!

“I’m going to say this once and once only…from this point on….leave Josie alone. Until we figure out exactly what she’s doing; only dad or I will deal with her. Understood?”

Both Jamie and Vanessa nodded in agreement. Harold left the foyer. He knew Laura was likely in distress by now. As he grew closer to their bedroom, he could hear the sobs coming from the other side of the door. Slowly opening their bedroom doors, he could see Laura hunched over on her side of the bed crying hysterically. Harold’s eyes began to water as he watched his wife cry in pain.

This wasn’t how any of this was supposed to go. Josie was only supposed to do her four years and come home. He knew she would be upset about her grandmother, but he’d plan to spoil her to compensate for that. Now, he would have to find out who did these things to her and make them pay as retribution to his daughter.

“Laura…it’s going to be okay-”

“HOW!!! How will this be okay Harold!!! I didn’t want her to get hurt in there!! You told me she wouldn’t!”

Harold’s face instantly filled with guilt. Back when Josie first got sent to prison, he assured Laura she would be okay. But now…it seemed that was the furthest thing from the truth.

“I want them to pay! I want you to find the fuckin shitheads that did this to my daughter and make them pay!!!”

Harold nodded in agreement. He had every intention of making that happen. They dared to lay a hand on a Taylor; he would personally saw that hand off as a gift to Josie.

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Josie’s rideshare arrived at Marlon’s condo around 1pm. As she pulled her bags out of the car, her body began to feel fatigued. It was as if the entire day had drained her and it was only after 1pm. Marlon wouldn’t be home until five; after she got settled, Josie decided she would take a nap.

Josie woke up to smell of chicken frying. Forgetting where she was for a moment; she quickly sat up and looked around the room in a panic. Her breathing trying to pace; she remembered she was now at Marlon’s. Josie hopped out of her bed and made her way to the kitchen. As she grew closer, she could see Marlon watching something on TV as he fried the chicken. The sweet and spicy smell began to make her stomach growl, looking at the clock she realized it was now after 8pm.

“Oh my god!! I didn’t mean to sleep this late!!”

Startled, Marlon quickly turned around.

“Hey, hey sleeping big head.”

Josie feigned annoyance as she walked over to her cousin.

“What time did you get home?”

“Right before 5:30.”

“WHAT!!! Dummy! Why didn’t you wake me up!”

Marlon raised an eyebrow.

“Why would I do that?”

“Because you were home!”

Marlon smiled at his little cousin and patted her head.

“Jojo…I came to check in on you. You were sleeping so sound…there was no way I was interrupting that. It’s probably been a while since you slept that good.”

Josie smiled warmly at her big cousin.

“About four years.”

Marlon nodded in agreement.

“So! I see the smell good fried chicken; what else we having?”

Marlon tilted his chin in the direction where the sides were.

“Since I did Korean style fried chicken I made some white rice with kimchi and pickled white radish.”

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Josie’s eyes widen with excitement; Marlon was the one that taught her how to cook. And whereas she fancied herself a great cook; nothing beat his Korean style fried chicken. Eager to eat; she practically danced over to the dinner table.

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Marlon set the table and served both he and Josie. The first bite into the chicken was like heaven to her. She closed her eyes and bobbed her head happily as if she were listening to music as she ate. Marlon couldn’t help but laugh, she would do that same thing when they were younger. It was good to know the old Josie wasn’t completely destroyed by those people.

“So…what’s the overall plan?”

Marlon asked in between bites.

“Well….I’m going to tear them all down. One by one…in the areas that mean the most to them.”

Marlon nodded in agreement.

“Yeah but how?”

Josie chewed her food before responding.

“By becoming one of the most powerful people in Bridgeton.”

Marlon’s eyes widen. That was an unrealistic ambition.

“How do you plan on doing that?”

Josie smiled at her cousin; she knew he probably thought she was crazy.

“By creating a new name and new company. I need to have a company Taylor Corp will desperately need.”

“So it’ll have to involve real estate?”

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