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*CHAPTER 55
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Earlier……
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Tinny-B stands back and then smiles at her
work , she folds her hands and then taps her
li-ps tentatively as she stares at Alexander all
dressed up.
”Now if that is not a disguise, i wonder what
is” she smiles
”You think he won’t recognize me like this?”
”No, he wouldn’t” Tinny-B says coming back
and then adjusting the big hat on her head,
tucking her hair un-der and then giving her
black shades.
”Really?”
”Hey, you nee-d to cover your eyes”
Alexander tugs at the turtle ne-ck top she wore
which almost swallowed her head ”Its ti-ght
and i am hot”
Tinny-B hits her hands away ”Its just till you
leave the house, you can take it off. Plus that
dress you are wearing is a killer” she smiles
”I could easy wear top and jeans but no…you
refuse”
”Yes Silly” Tinny-B ties the rope to the coat
round Alexander, helps her with cloves and
then steps back to look at her ”You are going
to that place they are holding the elections,
there are tons of people, camera and then the
media, would you want to come back from the
supposed dead looking like something the cat
dragged out of the dump?…or..” she grabs a
red li-pstick and then touches Alexander’s li-ps
to it, smacking her li-ps so that Alexander can
smack hers to evenly spread the red bright
li-pstick evenly over her li-ps ” You want to
come back from the dead looking smoking
hot?. Not only would the media have a field
day, the tabloids would not be able to get
enough of your beauty, se-xy looks and
also..maybe you would give that Christine a
heart attack” she laughs wickedly
”What dos Christine have to do with anything?”
Tinny- shrugs ”’Nothing, ” she laughs ”Well, i
like to make girls jealous for no reason and
because she was being a bitc-h to you thinking
you want to steal her man who is not even her
man anymore so well…give her a heart attack
and then maybe one to Jimmy too….because
he would not believe his dead heart that you
are alive..”
”Well, Jimmy is the one i am after anyways, he
would have to tell me why he did that and
maybe i can find out what he has against
Jaime”
”Hmm Jaime” Tinny-B goes to take a seat on
the bed.
”Why hmmm Jaime?” Alexander is curious
”Well, something has changed ” She observed
pointing out.
Alexander frowns ”Meaning, what has
changed?”
”The way you suddenly want to know whats up
with Jaime, his issues and going out there to
find out why Jimmy hates Jaime, i mean… all
this…for Jaime?”
”No, not that” she looks away ”I want my life
back and then fact that i can’t is well, because
of what happened to me and he isn’t willing to
tell anyone i am alive because he says he is
trying to protect me but …with the recent stuff
with Adam’s friend dying- they shouting about
Jimmy which i have not gotten the entire jist
well but…i know something more is to this, he
wouldn’t say. ”She sighs ”Basically, the more
he stays quiet for whatever reason, the more
my life is on hold and i want my life back. I
nee-d to go home, and get back to me and he
can do whatever he wants”
”You forget that, going out there, your attacker
would come for you, because he would feel
that you saw his face and would want to tell
the world”
She nods ”Let him come, i am taking my life
back…i have to, and i will. ”
”Aren’t you scared?”
”Adam would be with me”
Tinny-B smiles ”Adam, he is such a cutey is
he not?”
Alexander smiles and rolls her eyes ”You screw
anything with a co-ck ”
”Well, for survival, but, i only enjoy the co-ck s
that make me feel good and…i am sure i
would enjoy his real good…he is cute” She
states again.
”Hmm” Alexander nods rolling her eyes at her.
”But Jaime is dashingly handsome no doubt
and if i do not suspect that he got eyes on
you, i would nib him”
Alexander scoffs ”Don’t be silly, he got no eyes
on me, we don’t like each other but we are
being civil towards each other from now on”
She turns away, her cheeks burns suddenly.
”What happened in his room, i did tell you
there was something about your look when you
walked in earlier?” Tinny-B pushes as she
points at her.
Alexander touches her li-ps, growing really
warm. ”Nothing” she says over her shoulders.
”Liar”
”I swear ” she looks at her, her eyes giving
nothing away.
Tinny-B eyes her ”Okay” she goes tucks her
feet un-der her the the bed and begins to
whistle . ”She says nothing happen” she
breaks her whistling to talk ”But me smelling a
fish, and it sticks of ju-icy jist ” she continuous
to whistle ”She lying, bitc-h is lying, i know i
know i know she lying…Alexander is a liar, big
fat liar, pa-nty- pa-nt on fire ah..big fat liar!!” she
began to sing.
Alexander stares at herself in the mirror , then
she looks back at her ”Okay i would tell you,
would you stop singing that horrible song
without rhythm?”
”AHHHA!!I knew something happened in there,
because you were there for long. Did you guys
do it?” She points to her seating on her legs
but straighten up.
”Tinny-B, no,ofcourse not! Don’t be too
dramatic. He don’t want me that way..and
thank God for that. ”
”Ohhhh-kay, so?” Tinny-B stresses and then
relaxes. ”Shoot!”
Alexander walks to the bed and then takes a
seat, she turns to face her”Look i was mean to
him earlier after Adam left so i said some
really hurtful things and…” she stares at her
hand ”I felt bad, strangely, i did. So he walks
away not saying anything and i followed him,
don’t know why i did but i did. I wanted to
apologize” She looks into Tinny-B’s eyes ”Have
you ever seen a man cry? i mean really cry?”
She wanted to know if it was normal to feel
the way she did when she saw him, the nee-d
to protect him, make him feel better, ease his
pain.
”Eh, one, two…why?”
”Did you want to take their pain away?”
”Hell no, fxxk no. They can cry for all i care.
Girls cry all the time, they don’t give a rat’s as-s
about that, why the hell would i want to feel
like taking their pain away, as long as it ain’t
my papa or brothers..i don’t give a shit.”
Alexander bites her li-ps ”Then why… i mean he
isn’t family, then why did i feel the nee-d to
want to do that and.. why…” she trails off
frowning.
Tinny-B co-ck s her head to the side ”Then why
what exactly, was Jaime crying?”
She nods her head.
”Awww” Tinny-B’s countenance changes
”Something is up with that man, he may be
going throu-ghsome things, and it’s telling on
him. He doesn’t look it, you know? He always
has this countenance of… i am good all by me
and you know..co-ck y and shit somethings,
more co-ck y and shit”
Alexander smiles ”That’s the surface, i think
that’s all a front and i realize that it is true. He
is…a soft person within..i don’t know. ” she
stares at her hand ”I felt really bad, and he
kept saying he doesn’t know what to do , to
protect them, he doesn’t know how to and all.
Wasn’t making sense”
”Who do you think he was talking about?”
”I don’t know… but maybe his family. I
suspect so. ”
”You think they are in danger?”
”Er…he puts up a front to be someone he is
not, that part is certain. He is hiding out here
not to clear his name …because of what? It
has to be because of something not just
because he is trying to find my supposed
attacker. He does not know me and i don’t
mean anything to him and vice versa…it has to
be more than just my attacker and stuff. This
has to do with him personally and his family, it
has got to be. Adam said, i overhead him
saying Jimmy this and that, not sure exactly
what..so..whatever is going on here , there is
more that meets the eye and..he is hurting
bad, not knowing what to do and stuff.
I don’t know, maybe i am thinking about too
much things that don’t make sense but…i
know, something is up and ofcourse he
wouldn’t say but it doesn’t matter. So i told
him to fix it, his life, for people he cares about
if he is worried about them or that someone
wants to hurt him or them or using him to hurt
them.. i also nee-d to get away from here and
then go back to my life so it’s a win win if he
fixes his shit up.”
”True. Then what happened?” Tinny-B was
impatient as she pushed.
”What do you mean what else happened?”
Alexander’s eyes is innocent, giving away
nothing still.
Tinny-B pokes her ”You made it sound as
though there was some ju-icy details, left me
waiting for it”
She looks away ”I did?…oh that!” she says it
with an air of aloofness.
”Oh there is a ju-icy detail, spill” she pulls her
to face her ”Oh i would choke you”
Alexander laughs ”There is none silly. Just that,
i felt bad and -”
”Yes, boring, you said so before..get to the
part where there is juice”
”And i suddenly wanted to make him fell
better” She continued.
”ju-icy detail woman, i will strangle” she grabs
her ne-ck
Alexander is laughing ”Then i won’t tell you”
She turns up her nose while holding unto
Tinny-B’s hands round her ne-ck.
”Argh, fine!” she drops her hands, Alexander
adjusts herself, she continued ”I offered to
make him feel better but he turned me down”
A gasp escapes from Tinny-B’s li-ps ”se-x? he
turned down se-x?” Tinny-B was shocked ”He
G-aysis, no one can see a hot rocking body
like yours and your beauty is to die for and
says no, dude is fxxking ga-y” she nods
pointing at her, shaking her head too.
Alexander is laughing.
”Oh and he is so cute, that body must be
greek-godish!” Tinny-b bites her li-ps ”Second
to none. He turned down se-x? Baby, i know we
can un-G-ayhim. Fine men like that cannot be
ga-y. We refuse it, we refuse it i know what we
going to do baby girl, we are going to tie him
up, and shove his rod up our holes and se-x
him till he becomes straight..my goodness.
Why lord why!!”‘ she looks to the heavens,
wailing
Alexander is laughing ha-rd holding her tummy
”You are a mad girl Tinny-B i swear to God you
are deliriously mad”
Tinny-B looks at her grabbing her hands, ”Let
us pray together, he is ga-y…he is ga-y…let
God un-G-aythat fine as-s of a brother so he
never gets to turn down some pretty as-s such
as yours. ohhhhh lord, oh now, my heart!!” she
holds her che-st dramatically
Alexander is roaring with laughter ”Stop it, you
are ruining my makeup, i can’t!! i..i am going
to cry” she roars.
”So what else happened?” Tinny-B tugs at her
”Tell me, tell me”
”I did not tell you i offered him se-x Tinny-B”
Alexander is smiling as she calms down from
laughing, but Tinny-B’s face is causing her
laughter to rise up again, she holds it down but
lets her li-ps curve into a smile.
”But you said, you offered to make him feel
better and i as-sumed that..” she trails off
”Nope, you thought wrong, i didn’t offer him
my body, but…a ki-ss” she makes a face,
Tinny-B stares at her, then her mouth drops to
the ground
”But you don’t ever ki-ss your clients, you never
allow them ki-ss you and then break their jaw
with your heels if they ever dare ..there have
been cases Alexander, i know so— so…you
offered him your li-ps you don’t ever willingly let
another man touch, that’s like your safe ground
or your off access area..yes?”
”You are so dramatic Tinny-b” she smiles
”Eh..he refused to ki-ss you?”
She nods ”Did, at first, then he didn’t refuse
anymore, infact he called it service to humanity
to teach me a thing or two since i supposedly
find it disgusting..”
”So…You ki-ssed him, willingly, ki-ssing you say
you hate, that it’s disgusting?!!!”’
She subconsciously touches her li-ps ”It is, it
was but…” she trails off.
Tinny-B’s eyes grows big ”Oh my God!
Alexander likes the ki-ss…oh my God!!!”
”It was strange because , eh, i don’t like it,
never did and then he goes, let me show you
what a proper ki-ss feel like..”’
”While he was crying?” Tinny-B wanted to
clarify
She laughs ”After! i don’t know how we got to
there really. One minute he was such a cry
baby, and i wanted to protect him ”she held
her arms as she would if she were carrying a
baby ”..and the next we were talking and then
it centered on the ki-ss and i said it would be
eww which i know and he said it is not
because i have not being properly ki-ssed and-”
”He ki-ssed you and you liked it?” she cuts her
pointing out.
”I..i don’t know. For the first time, i ki-ssed a
guy back and it…felt strange, still does”
Tinny-B makes a cry face, she pulls her friend
to her and then hu-gs her, sniffing dramatically
”Oh baby, welcome, i am so proud of you”
”What?” Alexander chuckles ”You have gone
mad”
She pulls away to stare at her friend shaking
her head ” No, for real Alexander, You are
officially not a robot”
”Hey” she nudges her friend
”Really, i thought you don’t have feelings, but
you do… you just nee-d the right fire cracker to
get you fireworks. i tell you, he gonna awaken
all those things within you, i see it now”
”Argh please, it was a stupid ki-ss” she gets up
and looks at the mirror
”That you like” she leaves the bed to stand
behind her.
”That… i don’t know that i like per-se ”
”Maybe you guys should ki-ss again” she grabs
a masking tape and then hands it to her, ”For
more clarity on your like” she winks
”That is not happening”
”Or maybe….if you guys eventually do the DO-
DO, you may like it this time, i mean if he
could ki-ss you and you feel strange, dude
imagine if he touches you, sparks will fly”
”Tinny-B, i have been with guys, sparks nor
electricity never happens, infact, all i want is
that they get their business over with and roll
of my body so i can scru-b their stench off.
I hate it”
Tinny-B smiles ”I still don’t un-derstand how it
gets like that with you but see, i believe if you
get to be with someone you love or maybe
like, it would be different. Every touch, every
ki-ss, every thirst would be like heaven. Oh,
when you fall inlove, you would un-derstand that
all i say is true”
”Love? There is nothing like that, All we hear
about love is fable nonsense. It is not real and
people who use them use it just to get things
from people who believe nonsense like this”
”Oh poor baby, love will find you, find me and
everyone who desi-res it and trust me, when it
does, it would knock you off your feet and you
would be happy” she spreads her hands wide
and then twirls around and round.
”Fairy-tales are for children…and you know
nothing of love” Alexander points to her ”Have
you ever been inlove my little fish of a friend.?”
”Books, movies, they tell you about the real
deal..”
She nods ”Exactly my point, fiction, fairly tales
” she looks away and the adjusts her hat.
A knock causes them to turn to the door
”Ma’am, are you ready?”
”Adam, give me a minute’ Alexander says over
her shoulders ‘ She goes to her warddrop and
then brings out a shirt handing it to Tinny-B.
”Put this on Tinny-B”
”Oh, okay. Jaime’s?” she observes
”Yes, he may have a feat but who cares, and
then let down your hair”
She undresses and then wears his shirt . ”Do i
look like Alexander now?” she turns from side
to side
”ba-rely, but if he doesn’t see your face he
wouldn’t tell.” she turns to the mirror and then
stares at her disguise
”okay, ready” she takes some masking tape
and then tapes her li-ps. She stares at the
mirror one last time.
Disguised in a black hat, dark coat and
gas-ses, a masking tape for her li-ps, turtle ne-ck
top covering her ne-ck, gloves for her hands
and high heeled boots…she sure looked the
pat of a bootlegger going for a stri-ptease in a
alley..
Well, role play disguise,.Jaime would not
suspect. Hopefully.
Tinny-B opens the door for her, smiles at
Adam who returns it.
”Where is he?” Tinny–B asks in a whisper
Adam steps closer ”Downstairs, watching Tv,
good distraction. It would be wise that we
leave now. Car is ready.”
”Okay” she turns to her friend ”Break a leg..”
she hu-gs her , she watches them leave and go
downstairs. She waits for ten minutes, when
she heard voices downstairs, she opens the
door, walks to the staircase, when she see him
look up, she turns her back quickly, and then
goes back to the room.
Done. Now she waits for news.
*
Tinny-B heard him exclaim Alexander’s name.
She was watching the showdown herself as
well, she knew he had realized that it was not
Alexander in the house with him but she was in
town, in that same room while the primaries
was going on.
She heard him running up the stairs and
quickly stood up, Br@cing herself as the door
comes swinging open…
Th surprise on his face and the realization that
he has been fooled..
”I am sorry…she” she trails off as he turns and
begins to run down stairs.
She bites her li-ps and then goes back to
staring at the screen seeing the shock on
people’s faces..
”Go girl, make them squirm.”
She turns when she heard tyres screeching and
then voices. She rushes to the window to see
Jaime driving off and then three cars follow
him.
”Oh dear…” she bites her li-ps. ”Jaime is mad”
”But, you are dead!!” Tinny-b turns back to the
screen when she heard it..she seats down on
the bed and continuous to watch, a sudden
fear grips her for her friend. Maybe they
shouldn’t have let her go out there, what if,
what if something happens to her, and she
steps on even worst toe, what if her attacker
was in that same room, what if…oh
She bites her li-ps as she stares at her friend,
praying for her safety.
Jaime would be there soon, Alexander, Jaime is
coming, he would keep you safe.
.. She bites her li-ps.
*
PRESENTLY…
*
Every one is muttering, cameras clic-king,
questions were thrown at her.
”Miss Alexander, what happened. how
come….” They began, each reporter with
different questions at thesame time wanting all
the information they could get.
”Miss Beckington, where have you been all this
while, why did you not come out since to notify
everyone that you were …..”
”What do you mean that Jimmy seems to
know you are alive?””
”Jimmy locked you in the sto-reroom, are
you….”
”Was Jimmy the one who attacked you?”
”Jaime Lockswire saved you you say?”
”What happened, who sent those pictures of
you in that state and claiming that you were
dea….”
”Where is Jaime Lockswire, why was he in
hiding, where has he been hiding?”
”If he is not your attacker since you are
alive…who is?”
”Where is Jaime lockswire?”
”Where is the Mayor’s son, why didn’t he come
out to clear his name?”
”Who attacked you, where you hurt and treated?
Those pictures were gruesome and….”
”Jimmy, did you know she was alive?” a few
people throw the questions at him, he ignores
them. They turn back to her.
”Where were you kept, which hospital, where is
Jaime Lockswire?”
”Is he going to come and to show himself to
clear his name?”
”The Mayor’s son , where is he?”
”How are you still alive, who is your attacker?”
”Would the Mayor’s son resumes his candidacy
position for the heritage group and will he
make his pitch now that he is in the clear..”
”Will he..”
”Does he..”
”How come he..”
The questions kept flying, Alexander didn’t take
her eyes off Jimmy.
”But you are dead?” Alexander turns the voice
who belonged to a woman now, her hands
shaking. She frowns, as she noticed that she
had a striking resemblance to
Christine…strangely so. ”I mean the pictures,
they looked so real and–”
Alexander shakes her head ”I was never dead,
locked in a sto-re room yes, attacked and
probably killed yes,but i didn’t die. Jaime
Lockswire came to my rescue, and…took me
to the hospital and made sure i had treatment”
”Oh my God,” tears leave her eyes, she nods
”Thank God”
”Where is my son?” The Mayor asks, his voice
breaks. She could see tears at the brink of his
eyes, but He holds them back..she saw. Then
his wife whom he held is crying, shaking,
maybe tears of happiness. Alexander walks to
them as the crowd of reporters let her though.
She bends to her, her heart pulls for this small
fragile woman who seemed as though she was
going throu-ghso much pain probably being
separated from her soon, ”May I?” she looks
up to Jacob..
”Where is my son?’ he asks again, he just
wants to know where he is and that he is fine,
and then maybe he would return to them. God
has answered their prayers, he has. ”My son”
he says again. He wants to hold his son, and
protect him from the harshness of this world.
He wanted his son.
Jimmy squee-zes his fist, anger shoots throu-gh
him.
”He is well, he is well and he misses you both”
Alexander says, then she touches Gemmylyne’s
hands and reaches out to touch her face, ”He
is coming back to you, i promised you that i
would knock his head if he doesn’t. He will
come back to you. He loves you, he loves you
both” she says as her voice grows thick with
emotion.
She felt the love shared by them, like it
viBr@ted throu-ghthem as she held her hands.
Such love from parents, something she had
never had. A tear sli-ps down her eyes
remembering his pain, his tears. ”He loves you,
and he would come back to you i promise
you…”
Gemmylyne pulls her into a hu-g and then cries
”Thank you for being alive” she cries ”thank
you”
”Your son saved him, he saved me”
She cried on her shoulders as the camera
clic-ks and the media gets every moment on
live TV ”Is he well, does he eat, is he okay?”
she pulls away peering into Alexander’s face.
She nods ”He is a ha-rd nut that one, pain in
my as-s. We fight alot for stupid things but…he
is well and probably eats more than a fattened
cow”
Gem laughs throu-ghher tears. Alexander
touches her face and then wipes her eyes ”I
have one more promise for you Mrs
Wellington, i would ensure that he never ever
makes you cry and worry like this again, ever
okay?”
”Oh, i wish you can do that”
”I will. I will ask him nicely, but if he refused..i
would hurt him physically, trust me, i will not
take no for an answer…i will make him bend a
knee” she smiles, Gem laughs again wiping her
tears.
”Where is he? Is he coming? Now that you are
alive , that means his name is cleared and
that..” she covers her mouth as she speaks ”
That means there is really someone out there
who nee-ds to be apprehended?”
Alexander nods
”Don’t worry, we would do everything to ensure
we catch him”
”I don’t doubt that”
She held her hands ”..he is coming right, my
Jaime?”
Alexander shakes her head ”No, he had no idea
i am here but, by now he would have seen the
news…but, just be rest as-sured that you do not
have to worry no more and that no one would
ever call him a murderer , infact he is a hero,
he saved me” she looks up at Jacob
Wellington ”You son is a good man Mr Jacob,
a trait he may have gotten from you. You
should be proud of the man he is ” she smiles,
he nods, blinking back tears of happiness.
Relief washes over him, knowing that all this
would pas-s, his son named would be cleared.
He nods his head again.
Alexander taps Gem’s hand, smiles, then she
rises up and the turns walking back to the
middle of the room, going to stand infront of
Jimmy ”So, where were we? Ah, I believe i
asked a question?”
Jimmy recollects himself, absorbs the shock
of her presence and then smiles trying to
salvage the situation. ”Oh, thank goodness you
are alive, my God” he reaches for her, she
slap-s his hand away, everyone gasps
”You snake! Don’t you touch me with your filthy
hands, you locked me in the sto-reroom , you
better start talking why” she points at him.
*
TO BE CONTINUED……