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*CHAPTER 47 part 1
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Are we set for tomorrow Mr Chena?” Jimmy
shakes his hand as he steps into his office. He
ushers him to a seat.
‘ We are, with majority of the vote, it would be
a clean win”
”Good, and the Mayor, he is coming right?”
Mr Chena takes a seat ”We made him a very
tiny window of choice, he would be there”
”Great, i want the press to be contacted,
camera crew, the news house, the whole world
must see me win ”
”It is all arranged”
Jimmy is happy. He looks at his phone
viBr@ting. It was Kennedy. He busies the call
for the 100th time that day.”
Drinks? How about Mr Lupit?”
”Placing final touches. Yes please ”
”Lovely, so let us talk about the modalities on
how we can liquidate this company” he smiles
handing Chena a drink
”The Mayor wouldn’t allow it”
”I would be the president, my word stands, i
don’t care what he would say, allow or admit.
We commence work tomorrow.Drink and be
merry. Drink Chena drink.!!”
They clink their glas-ses as they smile to each
other. ”I nee-d to swing by the Mayor’s , be a
good son and check how they are doing” he
laughs.
*
Kennedy curses as he realized that Jimmy was
not going to pick his call. He drops his phone
into his pocket and then knocks on the door.
The security had let him pas-s. He was glad he
didn’t nee-d to do much talking having been
seen with the lady of the house the other day.
He knocks on the door again, he waits as he
hears footsteps. The door swings open and a
lady is at the door
”Yes sir?”
”Tell Christine Barlow that she has a friend at
the door please” he smiles watching her nod
and disappear back into the house.
He is thinking, his flight was supposed to
leave late this afternoon, no word from Jimmy
nor from Christine about the whereabouts of
Alexander. And Jimmy seems to be playing an
angle he is yet to see. He had mentioned he
had the prints taken care off, he was not
scared which means that he would not want to
budge..
No, he nee-ds to put the fear of God in them,
he nee-ds his Alexander before midnight. And
since he doesn’t know where Jimmy lives, but
he knows where Christine lives.
What should he do to put the fear of God and
let them know that he is dead serious, that he
would do anything to ensure he gets what he
wants..anything.
The door opens, Christine has a look on her
face ”What the fxxk are you doing in my house,
get out or i am calling the police” she sneers
”who dared to let you in”
Kennedy is smiling , he shows her a gun ”Lets
talk, shall we?”
*
Jacob is pacing the length of his room,
speaking to the chief of police ”I do not
un-derstand what you are saying, i thought you
said that the forensics reports would be out
and then we can finally have some concrete
evidence to know for certain who the murderer
is because i still do not believe it is my son”
”Yes sir, but i just got word from Gareth, that
the reports were corrupted due to some fire
incidence in the lab and it’s gone. We are back
to scratch”
”Argh damnit! So what do i do?” Jacob seats
on the chair, his head in his arms ”Have we
found the body?”
”No Sir, we have all come up to a dead end,
only Jaime can pinpoint us and he is still
unable to be found..we can’t even get a hold of
his body guards, they are laying low and
unseen in the dark. we just nee-d to keep
searching for evidence , good or bad.”
”My God.!”
”We are doing all we can, but i would advice
that you get him a good lawyer, because as
soon as he shows up, he would have to
answer Sir…and i have to do my job as an
officer of the law and the protector of lives”
”I un-derstand just…just find him please”
”Okay Sir”
The line cuts. Gem walks to him ”Nothing?”
He shakes his head. She is quite. ”I saw a
message, they are still going ahead with the
primaries tomorrow?”
He nods ”It was an ambush..i had to step
down temporarily. i had no choice, i nee-d to
focus and find my son and ensure he is safe, i
nee-d to care for you…it’s nothing”
”But you cannot leave your company int the
hands of those who want to ruin it”
”Let me find my boy, whatever Jimmy thinks
he is doing..he should go ahead. I would be
there, whoever wins would be endorsed by
me..”
”Even if it is Jimmy?”
”Free and fair, yes, but i pray it does not come
to that because if that happens, i won’t give
him free reins ..i would keep the power of
attorney for the sake of others..if not by
morning, Jimmy would do what he knows how
to do best, ruin us all”
”I would come with you”
”No, you stay”
”I am coming, to support you. I may be losing
a son but i won’t let my husband go throu-gh
this alone”
He nods.
Someone knocks on the door ”Sir, ” he says
opening it briefly stepping into their living
room ”The police is here to see you”
Jacob frowns ”The chief of police? I just spoke
to him”
”He said his name is Steve? He works directly
un-der Mr Gareth he said”
”Send him in”
”What is that about?” Gem turns to him
”I do not know, maybe the chief of police sent
him to me, but he didn’t mention” he stands up
as Steve walks into the living room, greeting
them.
”How can i help you Steve, did Salim send you,
or your boss Gareth?”
Steve shakes his head as he brings out an
envelop ”No sir, i came here on my own, no
one knows i am here”
”Why?”
”I have something to tell you, about the reports
and about this case.. I have the forensics
report here with me, and i have opened it and i
think you should to. i believe that Mr Jimmy-”
The door bursts open and Jimmy walks in
”Mayor, Gem..how are you both?” Then he sees
Steve, he frowns ”What are you doing here?” He
sees the envelop and it was boldly written
”Original forensics reports for the Mayor” ”What
is that?” Jimmy’s antennas went up, his eyes
grows dark. What the fxxk does he have that
and why is he here..what the hell was he about
to do? What’s in that envelop, why does he look
at me like that? And if that is written ”Original
forensics reports for the Mayor, what was
inside the envelop did he give him that he burnt?
Steve swallows, his eyes darts to the Mayor,
Gem and then Jimmy.
*
Jaime is fli-cking throu-ghthe channels when
Adam walks in, perches on the arm of a chair
and stares at him, not saying a word.
”Don’t even think it” Jaime says without looking
at him
”Think what?” Adam has a crooked smile on
his face, he cleans a apple he had grabbed
from the nearby table placed by the chef to his
sleeves and then bites it, chewing with a
smile.
”That?” Jaime fli-cks throu-ghanother channel,
the channels pas-sing his view, he wasn’t
paying attention. It was not as if he was
interested in watching Tv. He was distracted
and something was was nudging at the back
of his head.
He frowns.
A moment ago with Alexander , it had been
sour.. their fighting, then her all of a sudden
sadness that tugged at his heart for reasons he
couldn’t un-derstand, and his sudden nee-d to
make her feel better and an even stronger nee-d
to stop fighting with her.
One minute they were glaring at each other, she
walked out on him, he following her into the
room and her tears, they on the bed and he
was restraining her from moving, then the whole
talk of being nice.
He was a nice guy, he didn’t nee-d to restate
that, But for some reason, he didn’t want to
keep fighting with her. He had never had this
weirdness with any woman he had come
across with. Most women were eager to
swoon, throw themselves at him, when they
were in his company or he nee-ded their
services… they never want to leave, they cling
to him..want what he desi-res not to give.
Christine was the only woman he had fallen
inlove with…then. After Christine, he had never
let himself fall for another woman. He never
played them either, he wasn’t like that. He never
would want to hurt one.
After Christine, the other women came in
pas-sing and he had ha-rdly had anything to do
with them. And then the situation with Jimmy
and his father and the whole Mayorship and
president position in Heritage group, he had had
less time to think about a woman R0m-ntically.
Not that he was thinking about
Alexander R0m-ntically. That would be
ridiculous.
What was he even saying?
He ru-bs his jaw and then ran a ran throu-ghhis
hair.
Yes, he was trying to make sense of the
situation. He was not thinking of her
R0m-ntically or anything and he only wanted to
stop fighting with her and feel they can be civil
towards each other atleast. There was nothing
wrong with that was there?
What was the point of both of them fighting at
every time they get. That was why he offered to
be nice so she return the favour.
And what he said about her? Where true, she
was a strong person. There is something she is
hiding, and whatever it was so painful. Those
tears..it came from a place of pain. Why won’t
she say?
About she being selfless, yes. Because only a
stupid person would prefer to allow herself to be
out in the open for danger just because she
wants to clear his name.
Stupid! She ha-rdly knows him to risk herself like
that.
Stupid! You ha-rdly know her either yet you are
protecting her un-der your roof and keeping her
safe. His mind nudges him
I am not protecting her, i am just using her
situation to ensure i don’t clear my name so
that Jimmy can get what he wants and i can go
on and live my life in peace
If you believe that lie..then you are stupid.
His mind nudges him again. So its because of
Jimmy you held her close like that, telling her
nice things and about to say the B. word?He frowns
Was he going to tell her she was beautiful? Was
he really going to do that?
Damnit Jaime, why though? He asks himself
mentally. Visualizing her in his mind’s eye,
as-sessing her.
Jaime closes his eyes.
She had this de-ep set of eyes that tends to pull
you in subconsciously. A face with nice
features, high cheek bones that when she
smiles, her li-ps curves to a perfect C revealing
nice dentition. Her nose were not exactly
pointed, but they looked perfect sitting there in
the middle of her face, just above her mouth,
Troublesome mouth, those that never shuts up
but takes plea-sure in spewing things that only
makes him angry.
That mouth, that seem to look good when red
smears over evenly with a tiny inward curve at
the bridge of the li-ps.
li-ps; full, those kinds that looks as if it is
always pouted, ready to be ki-ss-
He coughs clearing his throat.
”You okay Boss, water?” Adam’s words cuts
throu-ghhis thoughts.
He shakes his head ”I am good”
He continues to fli-ck throu-ghthe channels, his
thoughts zooms off, centering on her.
He has seen beautiful women, breathtaking
women, women that would literally cause one
to lose focus. They were slim, tall, gorgeous..
Alexander looked nothing like them.
She was tall alright, had legs that ran up for
miles, especially when he remember her
standing at the top of the stairs in his mind-
eyes, that day Christine ripped off the dress he
bought for her due to jealously or whatever that
was.
She was not slim, no. She was..
He swallows, as his mind takes him to the
bathroom. She standing there staring at
him,nak-ed ..
She was..curvy, slim at the wa-ist, flat tummy
that stretches down to her..
He swallows again, suddenly feeling warmth.
He ti-ghtens his eyes, willing the thoughts of
her nak-ed body to go away. It doesn’t.
Her flat tummy that stretches down to the end
of her abdomen, then below was clean shaved,
a v-curve that disappears between her thi-ghs.
Her bosom, identical, perky, seated perfectly
where her che-st resides. Her shoulders high
enough to carry her ne-ck, and then her face,
glowed, glistened with patches of crystal-clear
water.
Infact all over her body dripped with that glow.
There was something breathtaking about that
view, something he had quicken shut off out of
embarras-sment and shock.
That something he had refused to acknowledge
was nudging him at the back of his head. He
mentally ru-bs his head as it occurred to him
that that was something was a realization that
there was something alluring about her look.
If he had never seen a woman who looked so
alluring nak-ed before. Christine was and is
beautiful . No doubt..
Love for a woman can blind you to their
defaults. And when he saw it..when she left
him, she..never stricked him as beautiful ever
again.
But the strange thing here was, he doesn’t love
Alexander, doesn’t even like her. And infact, he
has been with other women, after Christine,
even though in pas-sing..none had suddenly
stricked him as alluring.
Yet. this woman, annoying , silly, really annoying
woman seem to be messing with his head, and
all too suddenly too.
What, he has seen plenty of nak-ed women..hell,
they throw themselves at him on a daily.
literally. Some he indulged and others he gave a
politely no.
He didn’t have the time for love and
relationships anymore, mostly because love was
shitty and it is never real and he has no plans
to relinquish that power to any woman to make
use of it again like Christine did.
So, no one had suddenly and quickly had an
effect on him for a long time. None, aside
Christine and since they broke up and he moved
on…even Christine can never make him want
her again.
Now, Alexander, the Call Girl with baggages he
would want to know it’s inside walks into his
life. Okay no, that is wrong, he brou-ght her in to
his business while she stayed in the dark.
What was he going to do? Pretend like he is the
bad boy, do all sort of things that would dent
his image, have lots of women at his beck and
call, use them to crash parties and make the
news have all his playboy and womanizing
things up in the papers, pay some girls to say
bad things about him, pay one or two of his
workers to make a case for him at the office.
Literally, the Call Girl strategy was to make sure
everyone sees him as an irresponsible fellow,
having all the bad boy tendencies up in their
faces, give the media more garbage to mess
him up more and pull up stupid questionable
stunts that would down right flatten him to be
useless that everyone would literally be up in his
father’s face to do away with his son who has
no regard for family, societal rules and whatnot,
and being with a nobody as a companion
would help fire and speed the news and media
what whatever disasters he can pull of with the
girl. Bekky did well in that aspect till she was out
of town.
But since she, Alexander has been in the picture,
everything he had planed out was not going
according to plan, nothing. From the dinner, to
the event, to every damn thing because she has
a good way of ..never sticking to the rules.
Was that annoying? Yes, very, especially when
she doesn’t take responsibility for her actions
and makes a case out of it. Most annoying was
when they have a fight.
Her mouth, dear Lord her mouth. Some days he
felt like reaching out and pulling it, just so she
could be quiet.
No one could get on his nerves as quickly as
this Alexander girl, no one.
Are those qualities beautiful? No, there aren’t,
far from it.
But yet…
He co-cks his head to the side, his eyes still
closed as he thought of her standing in the
middle of his living room, remote in hand
stretched towards the TV , oblivious of Adam,
seated watching him.
He thought about her.
Beautiful has nothing to do with how a woman
looks, no. Beauty is encompas-sing, its the way
she talks, carries herself, her heart, her
selflessness and so much combined and her
looks , her looks where just added advantage.
And Alexander’s added advantage was….damn,
breathtaking.
Standing there in all her womanly glory…she
was breathtaking.
Okay..what the hell was this? Why was he
saying things that don’t make sense, saying she
isn’t beautiful and then admitting she is beautiful
and then thinking about how full her mouth is
and how it looks good with a red li-pstick and
then thinking about how annoying she is and…
He ru-bs the back of his ne-ck and then opens
his eyes, something was definitely wrong with
him today.
How did that happen?
See, ever since her, even his thoughts are
uncoordinated and don’t make an iota of clear
sense, dripping into nonsensical, diving throu-gh
cobwebs of ru-bbish and still unclear with head
above water.
He sighs shaking his head.
Why did he even want to be nice towards her,
she was..aggravatingly annoying.
Fine, it’s a given, he had so much shit going on
in his life right now with Jimmy, his parents and
all that, and being home is an escape of all that,
and he would like to come back to peace, quiet
peace on a daily…and she being here at the
moment, because of their active
agreement..which he hopes would be done
when Jimmy gets his whatever he desi-res, she
goes, but in the interim, she is here, while they
try to find out who attacked her.
In the interim, he would want some peace and
quiet while he handles the shit going on in his
life and think of how he can reach out to his
parents and tells them he loves them and that
he was sorry for keeping them in the dark..
He nee-ds peace, not some troublesome woman
who takes plea-sure from being annoying.
He sighs again.
Fine, he was a nice guy, he can be nice . He
nods, fli-cks the channel again. Then he pauses
realizing that she didn’t get the chance to tell
him something nice about him..
He frowns..
He would have liked to know what she thought
about him, not that it matters though but he
would have liked to know.. He would
definitely finish up that conversation with her.
”Down to earth Boss”
He turns ”Have you been there the whole time,
*
There’s part 2
TO BE CONTINUED……