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*CHAPTER 83*
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Jimmy hears someone coming, he stands up
slowly, opening the door to peek out, He saw
Jaime stepping down, coming towards him. He
grips the gun and then stands up, grabbing
the door knob for support. He opens it wide ,
standing up and then resting on the door.
Jaime stops, he stares at him, his suit stained
with blood, his hand to the gun, Jimmy stands
to his full height.
”You are bleeding”
Jimmy scoffs, laughing. ”Blood tends to look
scary when it’s yours –” he coughs ” he leans
away from the door, he felt weak and then
drowsy, he shakes his head
”Jimmy put the gun down, it’s over, this place
is weeping with the police, just put the gun
down”
”So what, they can arrest me?” he laughs, then
he spits out blood, he staggers
”Don’t be a fool Jimmy, you did all this, you
did the crime it’s only right that you do the
time”
Jimmy laughs painfully”You don’t see it yet do
you?”
”Look, i will help you with my power i would
ensure you get proper care when you get out, i
would get you the best lawyer, i will ensure
you are comfortable even in cell, look..it
doesn’t have to end more badly than it already
is.. i would help you, once you do the time, i
would help you.”
”You fxxking as-s-hole, why should i believe
you? ”
”Because you are my brother, you are his son,
you are a Wellington and i can never change
that, i never wanted to. I never took your place,
he never loved you less..he was hurt too
because you pushed him away but you are his
flesh and blood, his son, and i would never
separate a son from his father, look, i would
speak to him, he would give you your
inheritance since that is what you want but you
nee-d to put your gun down, no one else gets
to die tonight”
”But you are no brother of mine” Jimmy hisses
gripping the gun ti-ghter, fingering the trigger,
Jaime eyes it
”Jimmy, i came here unharmed , i came here
to speak to my brother, to plead ..i know you
are hurt and angry, but you have to let it go,
you have to- i promise that we would find away
to work it out, you , me , father, mother.i
promise that when you get out of jail, because
you have to atleasts do the time, but once you
get out, i would put you back on your feet,
we’ll be a family again, you, me ..all of us. i
love you Jimmy, despite it all, despite it all
you are my big brother, and i love you so
please, stop all this madness- please” Jaime
sniffs, a tear drops
Jimmy bows his head briefly, Jaime thought he
got throu-ghto him, he took a step closer,
hoping to take the gun away from him atleast ,
but Jimmy raises up his head laughing,, Jaime
stops moving ”Oh Jaime, you are just so
fxxking pathetic” he points the gun at him ”I
am never going to jail, and you are not living
here alive” he pulls the trigger.
A shot is fired.
Jaime drops to his knees, Jimmy drops to the
floor, choking out blood, Adam comes down
the remaining steps lowing his hand. Jimmy
had stopped moving. He was dead.
Jaime covers his face, pain rips throu-ghhis
heart, he cries.
Adam walks to the dead Jimmy, ”You don’t
deserve prison” he whispers . ”The world is
better without you in it” he turns away and
walks to Jaime, he doesn’t say anything, he
just places a hand on his shoulders, and
allowed him cry.
If he hadn’t come on time, Jimmy would have
killed Jaime, he wasn’t about to let that happen.
Atleast, now everyone else would be save and
those who had died because of him would be at
peace now.
Adam had no regrets, but his heart pulled for
the broken man who cried on his knees for a
man who didn’t deserve his tears.
*
Jacob is placed on a stretcher and is wheeled
outside followed by Gem and then Alexander,
the police had the area covered, more medics
had arrived.
Alexander kept looking around for Jaime, she
saw Adam walking towards her, his shoulders
bleeding, she rushes to him”Are you okay?”
He nods ”Just a graze”
”where is Jaime?”
He stares at her
”Where is Jaime Adam?” her heart catches in
her che-st
” i am here?” she looks over Adam’s shoulders
to see Jaime walking towards them, she
rushes to him grabbing him in a hu-g,
”Oh my God i thought i lost you!” she cries, he
hu-gs her ti-ght. Much more ti-ghter.
”Jaime?”
He shakes his head, burying his face in her
arms, she held him to herself and didn’t say a
word, she knew he didn’t nee-d words now, he
nee-ded to feel the pain, let it course throu-gh
his body, so he can let it go. So he can heal.
She held him and allowed him cry some more.
*
Salim found the connection between Jimmy
and Gareth. He ordered his arrests and that of
the other police officers in cohorts with him.
*
A woman who had seen the news took the next
flight into town and demanded to see her
husband’s body. She wailed and cried that her
husband was killed unjustly that he was no
criminal, that he left home for work and she
hadn’t heard from him since, only for her to
see the news that he was dead and was a
criminal.
She was told the details. Shocked to her
bones, as she was leaving the station, she ran
into Alexander and Jaime who were just
leaving.
Shocked, she calls her name ”Alexander? ”
Alexander stares at her, recognizes her and
then looks throu-ghher.
”Do you know her?” Jaime asks
”Once unpon a time, when i wished i had a
mother” she turns away ”My mother is dead,
this woman means nothing to me, she is as
dead to me as her husband ” she turns and
then walks away.
The woman sinks to her knees and didn’t stop
crying, not for her husband this time, but for
shame, for not seeing that her husband was an
animal, a monster and a pervert, for the little
girl who had survived all this torture, she cried
for shame..for her own shame.
Then she got up, took the next flight and never
spoke about her husband Kennedy Anderson
again.
*
The news the next few mornings was still
graphic and unbearable to watch . Jacob
stares at the muted screen. Its been a few
days since it happened.
H didn’t turn when someone walked in.
”Father?”
Jacob stares away from the Tv and then
manages a smile
”Do you think you are up for this?” Jaime
comes closer to him
‘He was still my son, i would pay my final
respect to him, only God can redeem him now”
he reaches for the walking stick, Jaime helps
him off the bed and then helps him out of the
room and the hospital.
*
Jaime and Jacob stood over the graveside.
His gravestone read ” A son lies here. ” that was
all.
”I am sorry Jaime”
”What for father?”
”For not loving him enough, for making him
think he was loved less, for all his pains and
sufferings”
”It wasn’t your fault”
”I know.. still, i am sorry-for letting your
brother have that strong hold on you for years
without knowing, for not putting a stop to him
even when he exhibited those bad
characteristics. i am sorry he chose this road, i
only pray that now he finds peace”
He bends down, gathers a handful of sand, he
lets it sli-p throu-ghhis fingers, Jaime does
thesame. Then they stare at his graveyard for a
long time. They turn and leave. They never
visited his graveside again.
*
*TO BE CONTINUED*
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