Convincing her

After everyone had separated to go and do their own things, Lucas brought Jen to is room and she immediately fell asleep the moment her head touched the pillow. Lucas accompanied her for a while before e too fell asleep but woke up after thirty minutes.

He was not used to getting so much sleep so he left the bedroom and went outside to call Dave. He sat on one of the benches in the garden as he waited for Dave to pick up his phone. After a while he could hear Dave's tired voice answer the call.

"Yes sir?" Dave answered while trying to sound as energetic as possible.

"How is the case going?" Lucas asked.

"The police have pretty much given up since he has not stolen anything nor harmed Miss Larson" Dave said sounding very frustrated.

"And?" Lucas asked impatiently. He didn't like how Dave gave him bits of information as if he couldn't say everything at once.

"They said even if he was caught he can only be detained before they would have to release him" Dave said and paused again.

"AND?" Lucas said his tone sounding annoyed.

"I'm working with the private investigators now since the police have taken their hands off the case." Dave said and paused.

"Can't you say everything at once? Do I have to coax you into talking?" Lucas almost shouted.

"Um, we found where he was staying. I will send you pictures of what we found at his house. But it seems like he has been following Miss Larson around for years now" Dave replied ignoring Lucas' frustration.

"Did you inform the police?" Lucas asked with a sigh.

"Yes, but they said he was probably harmless since he has not done anything even though he was following her around all this time." Dave replied with a sigh. He had been given the weekend off but he ended up working even harder than he normally did. At this rate, he can only dream of having a girlfriend in his lifetime.

"Those ***, did you tell them who is asking for the investigation?" Lucas asked. He knew that saying he was a Lewis would put more pressure on the police.

"Yes, s-"

"Forget it, it's for the best. Tell those investigators to find his whereabouts within the week. As for you, rest tomorrow and come to work on Tuesday. I'll have to find someone to help you with your workload. Get ready to train another assistant" Lucas said before he hang up.

"Aaargh, this is so frustrating!" Lucas said as he tilted his head backward and massaged his temples.

When he opened his eyes they met a pair of grey eyes that looked amused. He sighed before he sat straight.

"What's frustrating?" James asked as he moved to sit next to Lucas.

"It's nothing" Lucas said not sure whether he should tell James or not.

"It's obviously something, come on, tell me" James said as he ruffled his hair leaving Lucas dumbfounded.

"You know i'm not a kid anymore right?" Lucas said as he tried to fix his hair.

"Mmh, so tell me what's wrong, or we can talk about it during dinner" James said casually but Lucas knew he meant it. James had never been superficial with his words before, and even in his business, his employees knew his personality well much less him. Lucas felt like he had already lost even before he put up a fight.

"Jen has a stalker" Lucas went straight to the point.

"And?" James asked looking very intrigued. He was in entertainment. He knew that celebrities had stalkers, even Jason had his fair share of stalkers in his career so this was familiar ground for him.

"I learned that he has been following her around for years now. Two days ago, e broke into her house and then disappeared" Lucas said.

"Has he ever made contact with her before? Is she someone she knows or knew?" James asked.

"It doesn't seem so, otherwise she would have recognised him right?" Lucas answered logically.

"So he has just been following her around?" James asked and received a nod from Lucas.

"It's a tough one. He probably feels like she is his going by how long he has been on her tail. He may be infatuated? Delusional? who knows? But don't expect much help from the police with this one. Since technically he has not done anything to her. He probably won't even get a restraining order" James thought out loud.

Hearing what James said Lucas knew what he was trying to tell him.

"I'll have to deal with this myself" Lucas said contemplatively.

"Should I help you?" James asked as he fondly ruffled Lucas' hair again. He couldn't imagine his cute young brother doing this type of work. What would he do? Torture the kidnapper to death with his dimples?

"No need, I'll handle it. If I can't i'll have to ask you" Lucas said and looked at James seriously.

"Is this how you ask for favors?" James asked with a frown making Lucas chuckle. Before Lucas knew what happened he could feel his cheek being pinched by James.

"I'll help you. Just give me a call" James said before he captured Lucas' other cheek and gave him an indulgent smile before releasing him. Lucas was completely dumbfounded. He was a 23 year old man that just got treated like 3 year old right?

"This is why I tell mom I must have been adopted, can't you treat me a bit better?" Jason said as he looked at his phone in amusement. His question was obviously directed towards James who ungracefully scoffed as he looked at Jason.

"I'll have to send this picture to sister-in-law" Jason said as he sent Jen the picture of Lucas getting his cheeks pinched.

"You have her number?" Lucas asked surprised.

"No, but we're friends on social media, a` technology is so convenient these days" Jason said before squeezing himself between his two brothers.

"James i'm also thinking of growing out my hair-" Jason started before James' glare shut him up.

"You see? If it was Lucas you would have probably taken him to the salon yourself!" Jason complained indignantly.

"Why can't you be calm like him? You are so all over the place that I feel like you suck away my energy. I don't understand why you have so many fans in the first place. Tsk tsk, there must be something wrong with them" James said antagonising Jason. In the process he unknowingly dissed Jen and was surprised when Lucas seemed like he was angry with him. Lucas stood up and left to go check on Jen without even excusing himself.

When Jason saw how James was confused he couldn't help but laugh at his misfortune.

"Didn't I tell you that sister-in-law was a big fan of mine? How could you diss her in front of your precious little brother" Jason said and looked at James with schadenfreude as it finally dawned on him that he had unknowingly offended Lucas.

"I'm not even going to complain about the idol dramas anymore. I have very powerful fans, they can even tame my manager! I'll consider the idol dramas as rewards!" Jason said as he cheerfully laughed as he went back to the house.