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*CHAPTER 71
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Alexander alights from the car, Jaime steps out
opening his wallet ”Here” he gives him to her
”What? Your gold card?” she stares at it in
surprise
He takes her hand and then places the card
flat on her palm ”I may not be comfortable
leaving you with any one other than Adam but
he nee-ds to be at a funeral and i with him, but
Greg is trustworthy to, plus there would be a
few others here at the house and also with
you. Mother said you are her very special
guest tomorrow and i would hate to not dress
you hope like a special special special guest”
he reaches out to tuck a hair behind her ear
”Three specials?”
”One for mother,two for me?’
”How so?”
”You’ll see, come tomorrow” he leans in and
then ki-sses her ”see you later, you can do
anything you want with that”
”You know you shouldn’t leave a gold card with
a girl who you have no idea how she spends
money” she calls out
He laughs as he sli-ps back into the car ”You
think i would care if you finish what’s in there?”
”You should, i can take out all your money!”
He shrugs ”Don’t care” he waves as the car
pulls away
”Oh Jaime, you silly man!” she smiles bi-ting
her li-ps and then shaking her head
”Look who decided to come home, tell me tell
me TELL ME ALL!!!” Tinny-B comes behind her
and then squashing her in hu-g, Alexander
squeals in laughter
”Oh, never!!” as soon as Tinny-B lets her go,
she dashes into the house with Tinny-B
chasing after her.
*
Officers filled the reception area.
Lita, stood with her family talking with Adam.
Jaime waited. They had had the burial at the
cemetery for officers, and the reception was
moved from the house to a downtown event
area, since they couldn’t do it in their home.
Adam is saying something to her, then he
brings her to him ”This is Jaime Lockswire, my
boss”
Jaime takes her hand, it still shook, her eyes
were red , he places his hand to hers ‘I am so
sorry for your lose. I didn’t know your Steve
but Adam tells me he was a wonderful and
upright man. I know it hurts and i know it feels
like all hope is gone, but it would be okay. You
have to be strong for you, your family and your
baby”
”Thank you for coming and i am trying but..he
was my family, my all. I have no idea how to
go on like this without him” she sniffs
”You have me Lita, you have your family.”
Adam says to him
”And i would do everything within my power to
support you. Adam told me about the almost
kidnap, i called the Chief of police to look into
it, and you said your house was trashed and
mostly your husband’s stuff?”
She nods.
”I would drive down after to check it out”
”Okay”
Jaime stares at her, wanting to do more ”Do
you mind if i cater to some of your nee-ds,
atleast it’s the least i can do”
”You really don’t have to..” she trails off
He smiles ”I nee-d to. Atleast you nee-d a place
to stay and..do you work?”
”School Teacher, but..haven’t been able to do
that since all this”
He nods ”That is fine, we can get you
something else-”
”Sir, she doesn’t have to be in the city, right
now it may not be safe for her” Adam points
out
”But..i can’t just drop my life here and go”
”Adam is right, you nee-d to be away for a bit,
okay. Your parents stay out of town right?”
”Yes, West of chocolate City.”
”But that is where you were almost attacked?”
”Yes!”
”You know what, i have a friend and he has
this amazing cottage up for sale, it’s in a
beautiful town and nice suburbs, schools there
and ..it’s a place to raise a kid and a family to
rest..it’s in Santonia, off the grid of Chocolate
City, you would love it there”
”But how do we go by, moving to a new city
and-” she trails off
He smiles tapping her hand ”Do not worry
about it, i would have someone contact you if
that is fine by you?”
Her eyes fills with tears ”Thank you Sir”
”Jaime, call me Jaime” he pats her hand again
”Adam, you will handle her move immediately
yes?”
”Yes Sir, the ceremony is over, if you make the
calls now, she can be on the next flight with
her family”
”Sure” Jaime takes out his phone and proceeds
to make the necessary calls ”Hi Christopher,
it’s Jaime, about that cottage, i would like to
buy it” he says walking away
She stares after him ”God bless his heart” she
sniffs, Adam nods
”He is a good man, come, let me take you to
your hotel, someone would be there to pick
you all up and take you to the airport”
”You would find who did this, who killed my
Steve won’t you?” She stares at him, her eyes
red
I already know it’s Jimmy..i just nee-d proof
”Yes, i will, i promise” he takes her and leads
her to the car as he parents join in .
He pulls away after putting some men to watch
over Jaime.
Jaime enters his car a few minutes later and
then drives downtown to his office.
*
His secretary stro-ke PA smiles at him..
”Wow! You look different and Happy” she says
standing by the door,
”Don’t be dramatic” he smiles sitting ”Do i
have anything important to attend to?”
”Yes, Sir, there are some delegates from the
french international firm. They have been in
town for two days, despite i told them you
were on some personal trip away.”
”Oh? What do they want?”
”You are the President of the Heritage Group
now, what do you think they want? Investors
who have been following your business charts
and seeing how successful you are know that
they nee-d to cash in, everyone wants to do
business with you”
”You make me sound like the best thing to
happen”
”You are the best thing to happen, to this
Chocolate City and the neighboring cities, so
stop living in denial”
He laughs ”You all think highly of me; my
father, everyone”
She walks in dropping a cu-p of coffee on his
desk ”As we should, so..i had your designer
bring in some suits for tomorrow, he would be
here soon”
”I didn’t tell you i was coming in today” he
raises an eyebrow
she shrugs ”Doesn’t matter, would have sent
him home to you..should i set up a quick
meeting with them? I also used to opportunity
to invite them for your party tomorrow so…”
”You think for two, what would i do without
you?” he teased
”Absolutely nothing. ” she smiles ”I would set
up it up and make sure you get your fitting
done, the guest of honour should look like a
billion dollar”
He smile shaking his head ”Thank you!”
”You are welcome” she leaves him as his
phone rings , he gets up with a smile ”Hello
Father”
*
”Boss Jaime went to the office, the other guys
are with him. I came here as soon as you
called.Combed the place, it’s a mess in there ”
the man said as soon as Adam alight , he
nods entering into the building of where Steve
lived.
From the front of the door, everything looked
again, but as soon as he entered, he noticed
how trashed the place was. It really was a
mess.
Cushions were torn inside out, broke vases of
flowers, Tv broken in and the stools and table
broken into half.
He leaves the living room and the finds his
way to their rooms, it looked as worse as the
first. He enters Steve’s office area . The
computer and work docu-ments seemed worse
than the first two rooms.
He stares at the damage, his hands folding
into a ti-ght first ”Who did this?” he says in
ti-ght angry voice, his eyes bloodshot ” It’s not
enough that they killed him, now they trash his
home, make his wife homeless and destroy
every little memory of him he shared with his
family?”
”Sir, we spoke to some of our friends down at
station., there has not been reports about this.”
”Ofcourse, there hasn’t!” Adam says turning
away ”Jaime called the Chief of police, he
should look into it and find out who tried to
kidnap his wife” he sighs tempted ” you should
go”
”Sorry Adam, Boss also said not to leave your
sight so you don’t do anything stupid”
”I don’t intend to”
”You don’t believe that do you?”
Adam smiles ”I just nee-d to ask a few
questions that’s all”
”No!”
Adam says nothing, he is walking out the
house.
The man follows him. ”Adam!! Damn for fxxks
sakes man would you stop!!!”
Adam enters his car and his screeching away.
”Shit!!!”
*
Tinny-B stares at herself. She smiles ”This
looks good” she turns around and then stares
at her back
”Yes Ma’am, this is a winner” the attendant at
the boutique says to her.
”Great pack it up” she unzi-ps the dress, gives
it to her and then steps into her own dress,
she goes to find her friend.
”Hello, are you decent?” she sticks her head
throu-ghthe curtain
Alexander laughs not turning as Tinny-B sli-ps
in ”Sometimes” she chuckles
Tinny-B takes a seat and then stares at her
”Black?”
‘It looks good!”
”You are going for a party, not to a funeral!”
”Hey , i like Black dresses, plus it’s beautiful!”
Tinny-B ignores her, she gets up and then
looks throu-ghthe hanged cloths, she brings
out a red dress ”Try this on!”
”Loud, screams danger!”
”s-×y, bold…alluring..” she helps her to unzi-p
her dress
”Who am i trying to se-duce now?” she co-cks
her eyebrow
Tinny-B laughs handing her the red dress ”You
got the man, you got to keep him plus, he
would be looking dashing tomorrow i presume
and you my dear have got to look the part,
come on, wear it , i have got good eyes!” she
stares as Alexander puts on the dress ”Wow!”
Alexander smiles at her, she runs her hands
over her body, stares at her front and turns to
stare at her back ”Yes, you do have good
eyes!” she admits ”I like it”
”What would you do without me?”
”Nothing!” she gives her a wide smile
”Correct! Saying anything else would have
gained you a body bag and tossed in the
ocean”
They laugh
Tinny-B frowns a little ”Hey Alexander?”
”Hmm..?”
”You really should keep your money and stuff!”
Alexander comes to her, perching on the chair
”You nee-d it more than i do. I thought we
spoke about this as i got back with Jaime this
morning?”
”But you worked for it, and i do not think it’s
fair that you give me all your money!! ”
She places her hand over ”Look..i do not have
it all, neither do i know if i do have it all but
right now, this moment, i have Jaime..and i
think i am content with him, and..even if we
don’t work out and stuff and even if he tires of
me and stuff, i have made up my mind not to
go back to being a call girl, i would get a
decent job, and even go back to school plus i
have a little savings..and i ..i have already
looked out schools i can go to and stuff so…a
little support for my friend is not bad. You
nee-d it, and you say you had quit too…you
don’t have anyone to support you so let me!”
”But since we became friends, you have always
helped me one way or the other when i was
financially down even despite our little pay”
”That’s what friends are for and right now, this
moment..i have Jaime”
Tinny-B smiles ”You repeated that twice”
”Yes..but i didn’t say that because he is rich
and i want his money. Never did wanted his
money. I am saying it because..he wants me
in his life, he says he loves me, he is inlove
with me and being with him makes me happy,
gives me peace. I can close my eyes and be
in his arms and i am not scared, i do not have
nightmares or wish i could scream him away,
he touches me and i shiver, he ki-sses me and
i melt, he makes love to me and i quake to his
every thr-usts…he loves me and every time he
says those words my heart beats so fast i
can’t make it stop and i don’t know how to
make it stop neither do i want to.
*
TO BE CONTINUED….