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*CHAPTER 74*
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‘Alexander, you know you should have let me-”
”Not now Tinny-B, please” Alexander says
alighting from the car
”Okay” Tinny-B says , she squee-zes her hand
and then enters the house.
Jaime doesn’t say anything to her, he lets her
go before him, wondering how to make her feel
better.
She climbs up the stairs, heading to the room
she shares with Tinny-B, he walks fas-ter,
stopping her, he takes her hand and pulls her
with him, he opens his door and then pulls her
inside
She doesn’t refuse, instead she goes to the
window, and perches on the chair there, staring
out,
”Alex-” His phone rings, sighing he picks up
”Hey Mother, yes..no i erm..told them that they
would meet dad tomorrow at the party, .” he
listens ”Yes some international investors, no
it’s just normal procedure..it’s fine mother,
Dad
would be happy to meet them, yes, Ten..yes
you can send their invites to my secretary, she
said she had already invited them so you just
had to okay it, yes Mother.’ He smiles nodding
”Yeah , erm..” he stares at Alexander ”About
Dinner.. can we take a rain check?” He shakes
his head ”No mother she was looking forward
to Dinner but.. she just suddenly isn’t feeling
up to it at the moment, she just came un-der
the weather and, she would hate to ruin the
evening…yes mother ” He smiles ”Yes i would
make her a hot choco. i will send her your
love, yes, love you too” Jaime cuts the call
and then stares at her. She is quiet still, he
goes to her.
..”Hey!” he sits opposite her ”Are you okay? I
am sorry about all that”
She shakes her head ”It’s not your fault!”
”Still..”
”We can not be together” she states
His heart nearly stopped ”Hey..don’t say that!”
She sniffs ”Yes, because people are not going
to want us together especially when they
realize that i am nothing but some stri-pper you
picked off the street or worse when they know
i am a call girl.”
”Babe!”
”Christine is right, i am a slut and you deserve
someone better and-”
He stops her ”Don’t..okay. Stop!!’
”I am no with you because of you money and-”
”Sssh! Do not even begin to think about what
she said Alexander, i know you aren’t and i
love you so whatever she says doesn’t mean
anything”
”Calling me a slut? You don’t feel shame?”
He stare at her ”I love you Alexander, that is all
that matters..so stop!”
”But…”
”You are not hearing me..i love you Alexander
Beckington and i do not care…so stop,
please!” he touches her hand, he takes it to his
li-ps and then ki-sses it a few times ”’I don’t
care about past, all i care is now, today our
future so she can loud it , i won’t love you any
less so get that into your beautiful head” he
taps her forehead ”Okay?”
She nods.
”Why does Jimmy hate you so?” He stares at
her
”Why does he hate you so?” she searches his
eyes
He sighs looking away. Maybe it was time. If
he was going to share his life with her, then
she must know everything about him ”He is my
brother…”
”What?”
”Yes” he says , turning to face her ”Jimmy is a
Wellington”
”Oh my God! How come no one knows?”
”A few people do, look if you want to
un-derstand his reasons for hatred, you have to
know from when it began.” he stares at her,
then he began to tell her.
”So you un-derstand it all now, his hatred, all of
it” He finishes
She blinks in shock ”And the reason the sole
reason is because -” she trails off
”Yes! He wants me to own it, Father
refuses…and i tried all i good to give Jimmy
what he wanted but…he wanted more,
everything of recent was because he threatened
me and all..but father, father never wanted to
give in even though he was in the dark…but i
then realized, maybe because of you that- i
nee-ded to stand up to him to save my family
and i have. The road won’t be easy but…i
nee-d to protect them, the city, you”
”You didn’t see his eyes, he doesn’t look as
though like a man who lost, he seemed like
one who has more plans brewing
”The police are watching him”
She shakes her head ”But he is dangerous,
now is see why- oh Jaime, i do not think he
would let it go” she says suddenly scared for
him.
He touches her face ”He would do nothing to
me, not now that he cops are watching
him..investigating are still on-going codedly,
so don’t worry, okay” he touches her face
But she is ”I am scared..”
He leans closer ”Don’t be okay?”
She nods ”Promise me, you would be extra
safe tomorrow?”
He smiles ”I promise” he pulls her to him and
holds her.
*
Adam is parked outside Jimmy’s house. He
turns off the engine and began walking to the
gate.
His phone rings..he frowns staring at it, he
ignores it, after two rings, a text message
comes in, he opens it
”Get back now Adam!!!”
Adam pauses and then curses. He stares long
and ha-rd at the gate, he sighs angrily and then
turns back heading to his car, he drives away.
*
Jaime waits for him outside the gate.
Adam drives in seeing him, he stops and then
gets down, he comes to him .
”I only came back out of respect for you”
Adam says angrily,
Jaime stares at him ”As much as i hate what
he has done- i would not turn a blind eye when
i know he would be harmed. He is my brother
, my father’s son”
”He doesn’t deserve to live” Adam spat ”He is
a criminal, a worthless scu-m off the earth”
”And when we do have solid prove against him
backed by the ones we already have, he would
do his time, i promise you. Salim is keeping a
close eye on him, his every move and if he
sli-ps they would be there to catch him, but i
would not allow you take matters into your
hands..i won’t, do i make myself clear?”
Adam says nothing
”Do i make myself clear Adam?”
”Yessir!”
Jaime turns and walks away.
*
”Adam?”
He turns, ”Yes Ma’am!”
”Are you okay?”
”Yes Ma’am!”
She nods ”Jaime told me everything”
He nods ”I bet you also believe that Jimmy
should be treated lightly?”
She shakes her head ”No, but he is his brother,
there is a part of him that maybe still cares
and loves him”
Adam scoffs ”He killed people, children,
threatened his brother and almost killed his
step mother and a few other crimes including
Steve and he would have succeeded in killing
you if we didn’t show up, infact i can swear
that he and that Kennedy guy planned it” he
shakes his head ”We do not nee-ded anymore
prove, what we have here is glaring.”
”Not enough” Alexander says ”Now that i know
things, i feel even more scared for Jaime’s
safety and maybe that of his family”
”Why? you shouldn’t. He would be safe, no one
would be stupid to do anything to them.”
”Jimmy is not stupid, but he is crazy, that is
certain and i can bet he has some devious
plan to usurp power from Jaime, afterall is that
not what he always wanted?”
Adam nods.
”So you see why i think we shouldn’t leave our
eyes closed but open then at every turn. Do me
a favour will you?”
”Yes Ma’am!”
”Do not leave his sight, or better still do all you
can to ensure that he is safe, take extra
measures…please”
”When you say extra measures?”
”I mean extra measures, i do not have a good
feeling about this party especially knowing the
details of it all, the Wellingtons..so, would you
ensure it all?”
”Yes Ma’am!” he nods
”Thank you! And don’t worry, Jimmy would get
what he deserves, Karma be serving his dish
cold, i promise !”
”Thank you Ma’am”
She places a hand to his shoulders, and then
walks away leaving him to his thoughts. A few
minutes later it dawns on him.
Alexander may or may not be right, Jimmy might
not take this seating. If he does, good, if he
doesn’t, atleast they are covered.
He nee-ds to make a few calls, he checks his
time; it still early in the evening . He calls
Jaime’s secretary
”It’s me- Adam, i wonder if you can–” he trails
off.
*
Later that night, they lay in bed; she was
asleep but he wasn’t.
He ki-sses her fingers and then opens the
drawer to reveal a small box which he opens
to reveal rings in different sizes. One after the
other, he carefully tries it on her finger until he
gets her size.
He smiles.
It was a good idea to take the box of 5 carats
diamond gold rings from the jewelry shop as
advised by the attendant, now he has gotten her
size. He can’t wait till tomorrow to propose to
her.
He would make a quick dash back to the
jewelry shop to return the box of rings, get her
name inscribed on the one he picked and then
count the moments before the moment.
He smiles again
He blesses the day he met her, he was looking
forward to spending forever with her.
He closes his eyes and goes to sleep.
*
SATURDAY…..
It was the whistling that woke her up. Then his
voice…
”Alexander…my sweet sweet Alexa, i would
like to see you again” he sang…
Her eyes shoots open, he was staring down at
her with a wide smile, ”I told you i would come
get you, you would never hide from me”
She struggles and realized she was nak-ed but
couldn’t move ”No…no….Jaime?” she calls out
his name. He would protect her from her father,
he would come rescue her.
”Oh, you mean your lover? My knife sli-pped” he
smiles pointing at the far end of the room to
reveal a dead Jaime, gutted from the stomach.
”I told you no man other than me would ever
touch you again- no man but me” he smiles
wickedly
‘OH..OH..JAIME!!!!!” she screams as her hearts
breaks into a thousand pieces…
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*TO BE CONTINUED*……
From U.S. Bah