Chapter 13
“I was not kidnapped initially. I lied to you all before”, Vanessa said. “This is just the one time I actually was kidnapped”, she added. She knew she was not going back to Club Nexus so she lied.
“So what happened to you that night? You came home all weak and tired.” Miles asked.
“I needed to look for a job, I was walking all day and searching till I met a friend, Selma.” She answered.
“Yes, I’ve met her,” Miles yelled.
Vanessa was shocked but it only took a minute before Miles realized he could be in a big mess if Selma opens up on what they had together. He shouldn’t have said that.
“Oh really, and what did she say?. Why did you meet with her?” Vanessa asked.
“Could Selma have exposed her?”, she thought quietly. Faces of guilt wore on both faces, Trey and his father were both dumbfounded with their looks.
“She just said you were friends and a friend of you both asked her to drop your phone. So she dropped it with me because Lance and Trey were-“. He took that in immediately. He was close to spilling.
“Lance and Trey were?” she asked.
“They were at the shop and I came to check you at home, that’s when I found out you were lost.” He answered. Miles handed her the phone. It was switched off and she turned it on immediately.
“What?!”, she said out loud.
“Did you see a surprise message on your phone or what?”, Lance asked. Tears rolled down her eyes. They were pictures and videos of Miles and Selma together in his house, on his bed, and both naked. Miles got up, saw the images and started pleading.
“OMG, Selma did this. It is not what you think Vanessa. I can explain”, Miles said in a calm tone.
“Leave! Leave!! Leave!!!!” Vanessa yelled at him.
“Oh wow, you even made her your signature coffee” she added.
“I was gone for a few days and you already did this!!” She yelled.
“Miles, I’m done”, she said in a pretty loud tone walking to her bedroom. She turned, removed the engagement rings and threw them at him. She really was done. He has no explanation. Selma sent her those and captioned it “SOME SH*T BOYFRIEND”. Vanessa’s head was screaming inside, but she could only show it with the tears down her eyes. All he did for the Warners was forgotten at that point, Lance asked him to leave the house immediately.
“Sir, please I can talk to her,” Miles said pleading.
“I said you should leave!, leave!!” Lance yelled but he couldn’t continue shouting because of his health. Miles left the house, sat in his car and headed home. Vanessa had already had her doors locked. She needed space.
“Make her some coffee,” Lance ordered Trey.
*****
It was late at night, Miles was really drunk and yet again, his visitor came in. The same thing happened that night, Selma sent another set of pictures to Vanessa and captioned it ” MEN WON’T CHANGE, WOULD THEY?”. It really got on every nerve in Vanessa’s body and she screamed out loud waking her family and neighbors up at midnight. This time, Selma didnt sleep behind after the sex she just had with Miles. She left and decided to check her ex-boyfriend’s best friend’s house.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g
*****
“You like her, don’t you?”Lorenzo asked Asher, handing him a glass of red wine. They were both in the swimming pool of the house, stargazing.
“I do, but I’m not sure yet. It might just be infatuation. I don’t believe in love at first sight Dad” Asher answered.
“You are an older boy, your mother and I need our grandkids now”, Lorenzo said.
“Dad, don’t worry soon enough”, Asher responded. Lorenzo was leaving the pool and yelled, “She’s the daughter in law I want!!”. Asher shook his head and smiled as he dived back into the water with a breast stroke-like movement.
*****
“Hey, I want that one”. A man was pointing to Theresa. She was drugged and kidnapped from the party. Esteban was the leader of a thug group. They did all sorts of illegal deals. Kidnapping, Drug trafficking, Armed robbery, even hacking of big sites. He had recruited both genders from all over towns in the country. His newest member would be Theresa. Esteban always had two options for his victims; Have sex with them irrespective of the gender and they join his group after marking them on their fist or they are terminated.
Theresa decides to be terminated. She’s got reports that she might end up having sex with more than six hefty men. She could literally die from there. After six days, on the seventh day the victims that chose death would be killed and the other marked and fu*ked.
*****
Theresa thought, “Smith was at the party with her, he might be somewhere around too.” It was a different situation. Derek wanted the money all to himself, so he called the police and accused Perry and Smith of robbery.
“You are under arrest for attempted sale of another person’s property”, the policeman said as he cuffed both men in their hands collecting the car documents from them. They swore that they would get revenge on him for it.
Perry had the same plan so he had already hired some group of robbers. They attacked and killed Derek. After acquiring the car and its documents, they sold it off and paid the agreed percentage into Perry’s account. Smith was just a victim of greedy people.
*****
It’s been two weeks now, Vanessa was partially over her last relationship. She needed to get a new job. Club Nexus was still on rebuild and Andre was still recovering. She had not seen him but had spoken to him on the phone. Selma was dating Fred’s best friend now. They moved out of town.
*****
“Doctor, how is he?” Vanessa asked.
“He is not good. We have to carry out the surgery and it would cost you twenty seven thousand” the doctor answered as he went to attend to other patients.
Vanessa was home. Deep in thoughts, it was like Life had turned against her. She’s lost her job, her relationship and now she’s at the verge of losing her dad. The debt still remains unclear and time has a few weeks left to run out.
Her phone was ringing, it was the Doctor.
“Hello ma!”
“Hi Doctor,” she answered.
“I am calling to inform you that the surgery will begin by 2:45pm. I have confirmed the payment” he said and ended the call.
Of course, she was really confused who had paid such an amount of money and how the person even got to know about it because she did not tell anyone besides her brother Trey. He has to know of course. He is his father too. She rushed down to the hospital. On her way, a car stopped by her. It was Asher. He asked her to get in and she did.
“Hey, why are you in such a hurry? Where are you going?” He asked.
“The hospital,” she answered. She then explained the incident to him.
“This is surprising. Just take it easy, we will get there soon and find out” he said.
*****
“Doctor, please I wasn’t the one who made the payment for the surgery. Who did please?” Vanessa asked.
“I know. It was a young generous man” he added.
“Did he say who he was?” Asher asked.
“I can’t really remember but he dropped a card” the doctor said. He handed Vanessa the card.
The name wrote boldly in a nice font,
“ANDRE FEDERICO”