FOR ALL TIME

Michael truly was suffering after what he did. He 100% regretted his decision. Not even the next morning but in the middle of the night he tried calling Jasmine's phone but it was turned off. He wanted so badly to just get in the car and drive to her house which wasn't far away at all but he decided not to. He slept for about two hours on and off so the next morning he felt horrible but he still had work to get to. He tried calling her again but her phone was still off and the next day the phone said it was no longer connected. He began worrying so being that he still had a key to her house, he went there late at night one evening dressed in a disguise but when he walked in, no one was there. So he figured she was at her father's house but that was the last person he wanted to see after what he did to the man's daughter. He asked his sister to get in contact with her but she couldn't.

Marlon, his brother, came to visit him to see how he was doing. He met Michael in his Neverland studio. They both sat down and talked and Michael explained the whole thing to him and what happened that night.

"Why would you do that knowing you would feel like this?" Marlon asked his little brother.

"I don't know. At the time I really felt it was the right thing to do. And now she's breaking my heart," Michael said.

"You're breaking your own heart. You did this."

"But she seemed to wanna get away."

"Well when she started beating you that's when you should've known that's definitely not what she wanted."  Marlon's words got Michael to laugh a little. "Did she bruise you?"

Michael laughed again. "No, but I have a small scratch on my neck from her ring I guess and speaking of ring..." Michael pulled out her promise ring from his pocket.

"She gave it back to you?"

"No, but one of the landscapers found it outside this morning while doing the lawn. She must've thrown it or it fell off."

"Wow" was all Marlon could say.

Michael knew that out of all his brothers, Jasmine was closest to Marlon so he tried getting some information out of him because he believed she would have contacted Marlon at some point by now. "So where is she?" Mike asked him.

"She told me not to tell you anything but I don't want you going crazy so I'm letting you know she's alive and she's fine."

"Did she move out of California?"

"I really can't say anything."

"I'm your brother, Marlon, come on."

Marlon looked away.  "Yes she's out of state but I don't know where."

Michael didn't believe him. "I feel like you're lying to me and that's so wrong. You're my blood."

"Yes, I know and I hate that she puts me in these positions all the time. She gave me her trust so I can't to say anything to my little brother...it kills me and she knows that so she didn't tell me her exact location, she just said she's not in California and she's not in New York and when you asked, say I didn't speak to her."

"When I asked?" Michael said smiling.

"Yes, when," Marlon said with a small laugh. "Are you okay?"

Michael, resting his head on his hand, had this smile on his face he seemed to not be able to wipe off. "I'm smiling to keep from crying."

"Ah man, it's gonna be fine. She'll come back to you."

"She..." Michael's eyes filled with tears as he still smiled and he turned his head away from his brother. He started shaking his head back and forth and tried to say something but he was getting choked up and then he just let his cry out in front of Marlon.