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*CHAPTER 9*
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”Put your hands down Alexandra” Jaime says
to her as he stares down at her,everyone else
is doing so too.
”Er…nope.First off,I nee-d to ask my question”
”Alexander!!!!!” he says throu-ghhis teeth.
Alexander ignores him and then stands
up,Jaime reaches for her hand to pull her
down but she swings her hand away from
his,she clears her throat and then smiles to the
everyone seated,aside the Mayor,the Chairman
and Jaime who still stood staring at her.
”Alexander!!!” he calls her name throu-gh
clenched teeth,low enough that only she could
hear.
She ignores him.
”So, Hi, good evening ladies and
gentlemen,you all look amazing by the way
and I must say this…” she waves her hand ”Is
just breathtaking ” She says with a smile ”So
here is my question,don’t mind the irrelevance
but I am a curious cat so please indulge
me.You are the Mayor,yes?’
The Mayor frowns,the Chairman stutters
puzzled ”Y-es- Yes he is and –”
”Good, I knew that,I just wanted to make sure.
So your name is Jacob Wellington Snr” She
points to him ”I know that because I see you a
lot on Tv,good work by the way Mayor,wow!!
To think I would be in the same room with you
is..well crazy huh?” She laughs,she was the
only one who did,realizing her joke was lost on
everyone else,she then points to the woman
seated beautifully beside him ”And you are
Gemmlyn,well- Mrs Gemmlyn Wellington I
@$$ume?”
The lady beside him smiles,nodding.
”Okay now,how is it that he called you father
and his name is Jaime Lockswire?” she points
to Jaime and then back at the Mayor,he
furrows his brow at her.
”Alexander” Jaime grabs her hands,she pulls it
away again.
”Hey,don’t Alexander me.I am coming to you,I
just nee-d some clarity” she pulls away from
him and then leaves her seat.
Oh,did he think he can just swing her along to
some dinner pa-rty with tush people,and then
open his mouth to tell everyone she is his
handler,what does ”Handler” mean anyway?
Whoa!! Like drugs? Like she is his handler for
drugs?
She looks back at him.
He sure looks like someone who takes drugs
anyways,it would explain his ”Annoying,Peculiar
nature”
Ha!! His handler her natural smooth @$$.
Well,she was just curious and she just nee-ded
to un-derstand what the hell she was doing
here.
”Well,how come he is called Jaime Lockswire
and not Jaime Wellington,I mean children
should bear the names of their fathers, yes or
yes?”
The Mayor raises an eyebrow.
”Because he is-” Jimmy began, Alexandra
noticed he seemed happy to share,she blinks
when the Mayor cuts him off angrily.
”Be quiet!!” The Mayor says,he looks at
Alexander and then at Jaime.
”You say she is your handler?In what se-nse?
And besides,this is not you Jaime.Did anyone
tell you to pull out from this,is that why you
are doing this..son?”
Jaime sighs ”Nope. I really don’t want to.This
is me,this has always been me.I want my
freedom and time and I do not nee-d to be
h@$$led up with the hallaboohoo of the
President of Heritage group,too much
pressure,too much nonse-nse I do not nee-d on
my plate”
”By every right you should be bothered,it is
your family legacy and it is not nonse-nse
Jaime”
”And thank God it is not a seat foisted on
another. Allow other people,it doesn’t have to
be me” Jaime says”He is right!!” Jimmy agrees with him ”For
once..you are right!!”
”I said be quiet Jimmy!!” The Major turns to
Jimmy,who stands up from his seat, his eyes
growing dim and dark as he speaks.
”Every time,every bloody time you do this!!!!”
he flares up
The Mayor looks at Jimmy ”You give me
reason to”
”I do not. You just love to ru-b it in my face
don’t you?”
”Jimmy?Jacob?” The lady says,she touches her
husband’s arm,he looks at her..
”Let the boy be if he doesn’t want to be pa-rt of
it,why for-ce him.What the hell do you again
when you do this every single time!!!”
”Jimmy…don’t!!” Jaime says to Jimmy.
Jimmy turns to him and laughs angrily ”Of
course you would speak.Jimmy don’t!! What if
I do not,are you going to run to daddy’s aid
the way he runs to yours when it looks as
though someone is ruffling your tinny feathers
eh Jaime boy” he throws at him
”Mr Jimmy,I think you are stepping out of
line,you nee-d to respect the –”
”Oh do shut up Mr. Chairman.Does anyone
here respect themselves?Does he?” he points
to Jaime ” He knew he wasn’t right for this and
yet he keeps coming towards it and now,he
backs out?And he makes it look as if he is so
good and that he nee-ds to give poor us a
chance,me a chance?I do not nee-d a chance,I
am IT!And the sooner everyone sees it without
being clouded by wonder boy here..the better
the company would be.”
”I did not say that” Jaime throws back. ”I never
said I was better than anyone or good at this,I
never asked for this and you know it.I did not
say that”
”You did not have to say anything Jaime,you
just have to be Jaime Lockswire and
everything falls like gold to your fxxking plate”
”Watch your language Jimmy” The Mayor says
angrily
”Or what? Tell the security to oust me out?”
”If nee-ds be!!”
”Oh great,you will throw me out and you would
allow him stay with his co-ckiness and feel-
good attitude that is nothing but stale
beans,are you kidding me?”
”You know Jimmy,you could be speak
civilly,that is your-” Christine, Jaime’s friend
who had come to greet him earlier began.
”I do not give a shit who the hell he is and I
get to speak how the hell I want!!!” he thun-ders
Alexander who had been standing now is
speechless..
Okay, did she just walk into a war zone?Should
she dock?
”Phew!!! Awkward !! this is worse than the
Adam’s family reunion” she says,Jaime throws
her a hot lot,she shrugs.
”What..? What the hell is going on?”
”Jaime,do all of us a favour,get lost.Your
prese-nce isn’t nee-ded.You know that,I know
that..and maybe everyone else knows that but
are just scared to say it,but I know everyone
knows it,except one who is so stubborn to see
that I do not know what the hell he sees in
you.”
Jaime stares at Jimmy instead of replying
Alexander with a hot retort at the tips of his
tongue.
He knew what Jimmy was doing,calling for a
fight, and he didn’t want that.He didn’t want any
of it.That was the reason why he choose to do
this,take a different route down this lane,hoping
that Jimmy would see that he is actually not a
threat to him.
But the further he tries to pull away from it,the
further he is still su-cked in and the more the
hatred increases and he would give anything to
be away from all this.
Anything at all.
And yet,it still comes,like a wrecking ball
crushing and crushing.He didn’t nee-d this,he
didn’t ask for it,he never did.
”You know what,I don’t nee-d this!!” Jaime says
shifting his seat away to leave..
”Jamie? Jaime!!!” The Mayor calls out which
causes Jaime to stop in his tracks as he turns
to face him..
”You aren’t going anywhere unless we finish
this”
”Yes I am father…”
”No you aren’t,you have a prese-ntation and you
will prese-nt a good speech so go ahead”
”I don’t want to,I pull out my nomination let it
be”
”I said NO!!!”
”Oh let him be for shits sake,stop running after
the boy like he is the air to your lungs
damnit!!” Jimmy throws at the Mayor.
”If you do not back down Jimmy I will be
for-ced to throw you out and you know I would
not bat an eye” The Mayor speaks angrily to
Jimmy who laughs shaking his head.
”Yes you should,it wouldn’t be the first time,go
right ahead,have at it..” Jimmy opens his arms
wide ”Who is interested to come at me should
dare it,I will not be responsible for my
actions,go on..call your dogs..Mayor” Jimmy
mocks.
”This is always ,always what
happens..this..this right here is why I hate all
the drama and I want out,please..just let me
be and let whoever wants it can have it.I don’t
nee-d this,never did before,don’t want now…and
I said it earlier and I will say it again..my
lifestyle..isn’t worth the sp-otlight,no sir. And I
am content in being the bad boy that I am..
pick another save father,I do not nee-d saving,I
do not nee-d all this.I am not worth it.I am
doing good work where I am,I do not nee-d the
elevation and everyone else listed on that
nomination list can have at it okay.Please
Father,let it be.Enough!!!” Jaime says,he stares
at the woman by the Mayor’s side
briefly,without another word he turns and
began walking away leaving Alexandra who is
still dumbfounded by the scene unfolding as
she watches him walk away,his back tense
from anger.
Wow!! This was better than the movies, she
chuckles.
Even the rich also have problems,wait till she
tells Tinny-B how dysfunctional the rich
were,maybe she wouldn’t want to get with a rich
dude in her life time.
Bleh!!
”Hey hey,where the hell do you think you are
going? ” He calls to Jaime who pauses but
doesn’t turn ”come back and take your
scalawag or your handler or pimp or slut
whatever she is to you away from here!!!”
Jimmy spat angrily as he indicates Alexandra.
She,who had been quiet all along the banter
suddenly gasps,when she turns to see that he
was referring to her,but she nee-ded to make
sure.
”Erm..sorry,just to be clear,did you just call me
a scalawag, pimp, slut or handler.which I am
yet to un-derstand what he means by that,did
you just refer to me as those?’
”Or would you rather me call you what?A lady?
Because a lady wouldn’t be wearing a dress
with all her esse-ntials showing to a state
dinner with the Mayor and others,no…but you
and I and Jaime knows you are no lady, same
as what’s her name..Bekky,aren’t I right Jaime?
If you think you can bring one of your pla-y
things and dump it on us like you were trying
to do all along to save face..not happening.”
Alexander laughs ”Really,yet you didn’t mind
fli-rting with me back there, what was it you
said?I have a beautiful bu-tt?”
”Yes indeed you have doesn’t mean it’s not
from the gutter,and my offer still stands
sweetheart, after all,what do we do with tissue
paper? Wipe the bu-tt but yet first it is used…I
can still use you, ask him for my number he
knows where to find me, surely he wouldn’t
mind p@$$ing you on to me”Jimmy chuckles
Now Jaime turns
Alexander stares at him ”For a man I just met
you can be disgustingly annoying,who the hell
do you think you are?”
”Alexander!!” Jaime calls her name
”I think you all should leave because you are
disrupting the event and ..”’ the Chairman cuts
him, yet again he is cut off
”Me?I will be the guy at the top of the chain
and the pyramid of events and your boy would
be lic-king his ba-lls and asking for crumbs
soon when I am President, maybe you should
stand in line, because of you I can go easy on
him,we can work something out..i mean,that is
what you are meant for right? ”
”Oh goodness!!” someone gasps,the guests are
beginning to murmur.
”Jimmy!!” The Mayor calls him throu-gh
clenched teeth.
”And just for emphasis,my name is Jimmy,nice
to fxxking meet you Alexander,but you can call
me Jim, but when we are rolling those sheets,I
can be your daddy..handler”
A light went off in her head.
She takes two steps to him,made it three and
by the time she got to him..
”Men like you are the reason women like me
prefer to stay away from them. Men like you
have no respect, men like you shouldn’t be
given or accorded any form of responsibility
that equals being above people, you know
why? Because it is men like you that are
selfish, despicably stupid and inflict-er of pain.
I do not know you and you sure as hell don’t
know me and I hate what you are about….Men
like you are slime and to think you would
degrade me just because of what I wear
tonight is downright disgusting. Whatever I am
and whoever I am, what I do or what I wear
does not to give you the right nor anyone else
to talk to me that way and I will not hesitate to
put that person in his place immediately. If you
all want my candid advice ” she turns to
everyone else briefly before she stares back at
Jimmy ”He would be the worse person to put
on the pedestal of leadership when he cannot
address a total stranger civilly, I wonder how
he would treat his subordinates. He oozes of
filth and scu-mm and I rather be his handler” she
points to Jaime ”Whatever he meant by that
than to @$$ociate myself with you even for
nano-second. Disgusting!!!!” she spat
Jaime who had turned folds his arms and
watches her as she talks to him, a puzzled
look on his face…
”Do you know who I am Alexander?” Jimmy
says to her ”I can have you thrown out and-”
”That’s what I asked and right now I really do
not care If you are the lord of versalis or
Hades; any man who has no respect for
himself shouldn’t be respected by another. So
shove your words down your throat and drown
it with a bottle of gin Jim” she says turning
away
He reaches for her,she swings her hands
away,as she turns away again he reaches for
her bu-tt instead and spa-nked.
Whamp!
Alexander gasps,so did every lady in the
room,Gemmyln covers her mouth..
Jaime was shocked for a tiny second before
he realizes what is going on, Alexander turns
around and..
Whamp!!!
She slap-s Jimmy ha-rd across his face,then she
reaches for his gl@$$ of wine as he held his
face in shock,she empties it over his head..
then she reaches for the bowl on the table.
Jaime rushes to her and then stops her,she
slap-s Jaime away pushing him..
Jimmy is shocked and speechless..
He recovers at that moment when she reaches
for the bowl again..
Alexander empties the bowl’s contents on his
head,she reaches for something again,now
Jaime grabs her from her wa-ist and lifts her
from the ground as the guests begin to stand
and move away so the contents of soup and
wine don’t stain them.
The Mayor who had been angry earlier on is
watching, Gemmyln, his wife reaches for his
arm..”Do something Jacob”
He shakes his head ”He deserves it,more so
from a stranger, he should learn to speak to a
lady too, I’ll do nothing”
”Let me go Jaime, let me go” Alexandra
struggles away, trashing her hands about, she
sli-ps out of Jaime’s hands and rushes back to
Jimmy, now Jimmy backs away from her…
If she comes at him again, he wouldn’t hesitate
to knock her down,woman or not.
Jaime reaches for her, grabbing her and flings
her over his shoulders as the
Chairman,helpless for what to do begins to call
security.
”Let me go, let me go,I will show him!!”
Alexandra says to Jaime who doesn’t put her
down.
Worse..her bu-tt was in perfect view of
everyone who looked, the elderly woman
reaches a hand across her husband’s face and
turns his eyes away.
”Oh Goodness gracious,dear Lord look away
Charles. That is the devil’s business” she says
Christine is laughing now,so his Gemmyln, the
Mayor’s wife. Now a few others are laughing at
the awkward scene..
Jimmy drenched and ruined, He stares angrily
at the retreating back and bu-tt of Alexander
and Jaime,he turns back to the Mayor.
”I guess you wouldn’t be taking the necessary
action against him, and
that..that…woman.Look at what she did to me,
me?”
The Mayor seats down…”’Oh now you want me
to run to your aid because a woman gave you
back tit for tat?I thought Jaime was the little
boy?By the way,you look better like this” he
says with a smile,then he laughs, now everyone
is laughing with him.
Jimmy looks at the Mayor’s wife,in anger he
kicks his seat away and walks towards the
men’s convenience.
Christine excuses herself and then runs after
Jaime Lockswire.
*
Adam sees a man with a woman over his
shoulders coming down the staircase and the
woman was angrily trashing about.
When he recognizes who they were,he quickly
starts the limousine and drives to the entrance
and jumps out opening the door..
”Sir?” he says awkwardly staring at them,he
averts his eyes from her bu-tt.
”Stop trashing about Alexandra” he orders
”Put me down Jaime Lockswire or I swear-”
The spa-nks her ”Be quiet!!! ” then he bends
and dumps her inside the limousine, she hits
the car floor with a thud..she Gr0-ns in pain as
she turns to ru-b her behind.
”You!-” she began,about to spit out venom.
Jaime watches her for a second, then he ru-bs
his temple with one hand and the other one his
wa-ist.Without warning,he breaks out in a smile
shaking his head and then laughter.. a rich
hearty laughter.
Alexander frowns at him, ”why the hell are you
laughing?”
He points behind him,he continuous to laugh
holding his stomach.
”I swear Alexandra Beckington, you are really
something,did you see Jimmy’s face,he felt
that he was being attacked by a crazy
woman,hahahahaah” he laughs
Alexander realizing how much of a mad woman
she was in there just now and maybe would
have been crazier if Jaime hadn’t swung her
over his shoulders and whisked her away,she
would have done damage to Jimmy.
Jaime is still laughing, She breaks out in a
smile, then laughter too.
*TO BE CONTINUED….